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  1. Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    What? Did you actually read the OP? I stated NO such thing. That was another poster. I simply asked the question....Are online RN to Bsn schools as good as brick and mortar schools.. Also,i asked if...

  2. Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    WGU does not require the entrance exam for RN to BSN students. Decision was made in mid April i believe. I did not even have to take it! Now,I actually passed but i know for sure i failed. But the...

  3. Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It is a cycle for me. I can't gain relevant acute care experience because i do not have a BSN! I think my statement is true for newer

  4. Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    This is tricky for me,and it requires LOTS of explaining.... In my area companies now want Bsn even for community based jobs. The NJ VNA only wants BSN nurses for a non supervisor field position. It...

  5. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    smartnurse1982 replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do not understand why the pt had a student nurse in the first place? Was there a sign outside the door? Did the professor even tell the student during report that pt was on isolation? I do not...

  6. Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    WGU is a regionally certified,not for profit University with no brick and mortar campus. WGU would have met all my needs if they would have had an actual

  7. Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have not seen any Adn to Bsn program that has a clinical component. As i understand it,I thought Adn's were finished with clinicals and need only the upper level

  8. HUGE RANT Since when does LPN experience not count for ANY kind of nursing experience

    smartnurse1982 replied to missymis86's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    You will know that nursing does not seem,for lack of a better term,"cohesive". My professors in my Lpn to Rn program told us from the jump that Lpn experience does not translate to Rn nursing...

  9. Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    A Bsn is a Bsn correct? ARe you a nurse

  10. Filipino nurses emigrating to US

    smartnurse1982 replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So technically,an ADN in America is equal to the Filipino

  11. Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    HA,seems great to me. I do not have to try hard...but that is the problem. Soon word will get out(it actually has btw hence the reason for this thread) that WGU is an easy program,and soon into the...

  12. Helene Fuld Info.

    smartnurse1982 replied to indxtc112's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    hi,that is my old school. I graduated in 2007. many of the professors had major attitude issues,but i see many are not working there anymore. My fav was Professor Banchick. I am thinking of...

  13. Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    That is what i am thinking. Western Govenors University is a fairly new

  14. Western Governors University (WGU) Readiness Assessment

    smartnurse1982 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Western Governors University

    My recruiter told me that Rn to Bsn students did not have to take the readiness assessment exam. That was after i had taken it though. He said it was for people who never went to

  15. need advice/opinions on where to relocate!

    smartnurse1982 replied to hellosun's topic in General Nursing

    Here is the thing with relocating that lots of people do not tell you....some towns,esp rural towns,are not that welcoming to strangers. Also,really,seriously do research. Texas near the border is...

  16. RN's what was your occupation while in nursing school?

    smartnurse1982 replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    In NC i thought that the facility can train you to become a Cna

  17. Ride alongs

    smartnurse1982 replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty

    I think i was just dealing with a lazy bus driver haha. I only did that case as a fill in 2 weeks

  18. Filipino nurses emigrating to US

    smartnurse1982 replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Can anyone post requirements for a Bsn in the Philippines? I often wondered how long their programs are and if they are identical to

  19. Filipino nurses emigrating to US

    smartnurse1982 replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You took it the wrong way. I said India is the newest country nursing recruiters are getting Rn's

  20. Filipino nurses emigrating to US

    smartnurse1982 replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No,i do not think you are being insensitive. Regarding their inferior education,I was told that the reason they are preferred over American nurses is because all of them have Bsn degrees,while most...

  21. Filipino nurses emigrating to US

    smartnurse1982 replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree. Its not fair,and the reason you do not see to many Filipino nurses is that there is a new country around:

  22. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    smartnurse1982 replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Where have i been? My professors have told me to wear scrubs on an interview. Allnurses has had threads on this and nurses said they wear scrubs too. Not trying to be funny or a troll,but what is...

  23. ADN's being pushed out

    smartnurse1982 replied to MSN Student's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The ADN is in a unique position. For example,when i was in South Carolina,private duty Lpn's and Rn's were paid the same hourly. Some companies refused to hire Rn's for LTC,saying that we cost to much...

  24. What can ADN nurses achieve with a BSN other than accumulating more debts?

    smartnurse1982 replied to elpnla's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I was told because they already have Bsn

  25. How much should I charge?

    smartnurse1982 replied to Xyst's topic in Private Duty

    Get malpractice insurance