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  1. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    83studentnurse replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure I would have viewed the decision about where to go to school differently if it had been my first degree (I went to a private school my parents and I could afford for undergrad -- now I'm...

  2. WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    83studentnurse replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't start studying for the NCLEX yet! Relax and enjoy this time! If I had been reading up on meds or whatever before even starting school, I can't imagine I would've understood, much less...

  3. WANTED: Nursing student tidbits of advice

    83studentnurse replied to KellRrn2b's topic in General Students

    The great thing is that you'll enter school with a whole class of people who are in the same position! It's the school's job to teach you what you not only the information you need to know but also...

  4. Do you bring your laptop to class/lecture?

    83studentnurse replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Students

    I printed the powerpoints provided by the teachers and wrote in the margins. I found this better for my individual studying habits (I like to flip through actual pages and I appreciated being able to...

  5. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    83studentnurse replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    There is no "right" and "wrong" when it comes to deciding where to go to school. It COMPLETELY depends on one's individual circumstances! Conventional wisdom says that you should borrow freely to...

  6. How do I obtain a career in nursing research?

    83studentnurse replied to SnowRain7489's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still a student myself, but I think there are a few places to start. Get your BSN (if you're starting with an ADN); get on a professor's good side and work with them to get something published;...

  7. Will it matter that I have a non-nursing B.S.?

    83studentnurse replied to maggie24's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Magnet hospitals need 1/2 of their nurses to have BSNs. Clearly, this means BSN prepared nurses have some advantage, but half the jobs are still open for anyone. A lot of the hospitals around me...

  8. Is there a glut of NPs in NJ & NYC?

    83studentnurse replied to seaside81's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I'm not an NP -- someday, hopefully! -- but I've read a lot about the shortage of primary care MDs, which is supposed to get significantly worse over the next decade. Med school costs so much that...

  9. new grad jobs in nj???

    83studentnurse replied to quinnie50's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    kemibal -- I heard from someone in HR at my hospital that they hire almost no LPNs (she was saying this to an LPN while I was sitting in the room). If they do hire LPNs, she said, it's for nursing...

  10. new grad jobs in nj???

    83studentnurse replied to quinnie50's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    dmskoka -- if you do an accelerated program, you can't do an externship. I know some people who couldn't do externships end up working as nursing assistants after graduation for experience, but I...

  11. Will it matter that I have a non-nursing B.S.?

    83studentnurse replied to maggie24's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    MSLoriRN, I just wanted to thank you for your beautiful response! The whole degree debate can be so nasty, and I nearly drove myself crazy last year trying to decide whether to get a diploma or acc....

  12. Will it matter that I have a non-nursing B.S.?

    83studentnurse replied to maggie24's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Some may disagree with me, but I believe that an ADN plus a BS/BA in another field is very similar to a BSN. Having looked at BSN curriculum, there are maybe 2 classes I would have taken in a BSN...

  13. Should students be penalized due to Instructors Mistake ?

    83studentnurse replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    How many exams do you have per semester and how are they weighted? In our school, we have 5 exams -- each worth 15% -- and a comprehensive final worth 25%. For us, each question on a unit exam is...

  14. Should students be penalized due to Instructors Mistake ?

    83studentnurse replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Students are NOT being penalized for the instructor's mistake. Students are getting the grades they actually earned. I understand that it's frustrating to find this out right before the final....

  15. ADN VS Bachelors

    83studentnurse replied to jdudley's topic in General Nursing

    If you're starting nursing this year, you wouldn't graduate from an ADN program until 2011, when the economy should be getting better (none of us REALLY knows when it will turn around, but most...

  16. Mountainside School of Nursing

    83studentnurse replied to espnn76's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I wouldn't worry at all about finding work in 2012! Hopefully the economy will be well on its way up again by then. Also, finding a job in virtually any field is tough right now, but I do believe...

  17. Need your help - trying to change school policy

    83studentnurse replied to CrystalShip's topic in General Students

    Diploma school, NJ. 80% required to pass (80-86 is a C, 87-93 is a B, 94-100 is an A). 100% required on all 4 medication math exams. If you fail, you are able to re-take the course next

  18. Advice for L&D extern without maternity experience

    83studentnurse posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am incredibly excited to be doing an externship in L&D this summer, but I won't study maternity until the fall '09, meaning that I will have no experience in the area at the time of my...

  19. Externship Ideas

    83studentnurse replied to sbg23's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I've only heard of externships being granted to students beginning or in their last year of school. I have never heard of an internship in nursing; I believe that, in the state of NJ (this being the...

  20. Externship Ideas

    83studentnurse replied to sbg23's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I know it's too late now for Morristown externships in 2009, but for future information, MMH offers different extern position different years. Nurse managers from various floors decide whether or not...

  21. Essex County College vs. Mountainside Hospital

    83studentnurse replied to Lovelymo79's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I know for a fact Fairleigh Dickinson, UMDNJ, and William Paterson don't require a BSN (or at east didn't a few months ago). Sometimes they say they require a "bachelor's degree" but if you poke a...

  22. Essex County College vs. Mountainside Hospital

    83studentnurse replied to Lovelymo79's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I'm very glad I could help. Unfortunately, Seton Hall has one of the more complicated bridge programs I've seen (you take a set number of "bridge" classes, but you also have to have taken bunch of...

  23. Essex County College vs. Mountainside Hospital

    83studentnurse replied to Lovelymo79's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    With a non-BSN bachelor's degree and an RN (associates or diploma), many schools will let you take "bridge" courses (maybe 2-3 courses) and then procede to MSN. Some schools let you present a...

  24. UMDNJ Fall 08, FDU Fall 08,SHU fall 08, NJCU Fall 08

    83studentnurse replied to ggabri07's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I believe you can print the application off of the website (the ABSN page). You can't apply directly online, but must put it in snail-mail, if I remember

  25. Essex County College vs. Mountainside Hospital

    83studentnurse replied to Lovelymo79's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    If you already have a BA, you might think of doing an MSN after you get your RN instead of a BSN (it's about 30 credits for the BSN and approx. 40-45 for an MSN, even including "bridge" classes...