06CaliforniaRN

I was a bedside nurse for a little less than 2 years, and just recently made the switch to Research Nursing. Bedside nursing and research nursing both leave something to be desired. That being said, even with the drawbacks of my new job, I don't regr...

I work at the east Baltimore campus but from what I know Bayview has a full range of services/units. By no means is it a rehab facility or "sub acute". It is the adult burn center for Maryland, has a long-standing OR residency for nurses, etc. Defini...

So I just hit the 4 month mark of being unemployed since graduating nursing school. With 100s of applications submitted and what seems like even more of rejections, I started to let myself consider non-nursing jobs. With a burst of bravery, I decided...

Morg- Congrats on the interview offer! Depending on if you do "share time" or not in the ER you will need to bring scrubs and proper shoes. As far as what else to bring? On the Hopkins nursing site they give some basic instructions, in my experience ...

I'm a new grad myself, but one of the nurses I worked with said she started out in home health and found it to be very valuable. In her own words..."Let's just say by the time I got a hospital RN job I was able to put in an NG tube with one hand on a...

My interview got postponed til next month:\ Good luck to everyone else who is beginning the process of applying and setting up interviews!

It took about 2 weeks for me to hear back after I submitted my primary interest e-mail, and my interview is next week.

Scarlettanager- I had a similar issue when I got my primary interest e-mail. I couldn't remember what type of pediatric unit I applied for. I told them my main interest was in ped's med-surg, followed by critical care. Turns out I had applied for a P...

Congrats!!! And thanks for the time-frame, I feel better now:)

understandable. I only had a couple 1-day rotations to the ICU and ED. But my classmate had that or less and got offered a job in the PICU.

I've been biting my nails lately, so maybe someone can calm my nerves over this. I got the "primary interest" e-mail from JHH on Friday in response to my application for a peds position (which I couldn't remember if it was med-surg or PICU :\ ). Anyw...

I want to say it took about 2 weeks for me to get my transcript evaluation. I thought I'd have a problem with my nutrition class and my human development since my nutrition class was only 3 credits and the human development class wasn't in the psych ...

Awesome. I think I am going to take it through American Public University, their course dates work the best for me. Good luck with your ethics course!

uscdg: will drexel accept Excelsior credits? I know it's kind of a unique program, that's why I'm wondering. I came across it (it looks great), but even on their website they mention that not all programs accept their credit. bridget marie: what is C...

Can someone please recommend a good (average intensity) online ethics class to take? I need to drop the one I'm in now, it's awful, plain and simple. I need to take it this summer (I'm attending the ACE program in the fall). Thanks.

Smuffins- I think it's regular tuition (4 semesters worth), which I think when I added it up came out to about $42,000 or more, but that was purely my calculations. It could just be a flat cost, I have no idea. They had sent me an award letter for fi...

smuffins- I decided not to go, I got an offer from Drexel University which starts later, is a shorter program, and lower cost, plus it is in a big metropolitan area near many other cities, so I think I will have an easier time networking and finding ...

XLFord - Thanks! Can you (or anyone else) point me in the direction of who to call? I feel like every time I try and call I get told to call a different department where no one picks up the phone. I had e-mailed someone shortly after getting my tran...

Is CLEP an option? I didn't realize it was, but that would be awesome, I took a higher level sociology class, which won't cover the intro preqreq:\

For those who have been accepted and have submitted their deposit... Have you gotten anything back yet? I mailed my deposit in almost 2 weeks ago and haven't heard anything, I expected to get some sort of confirmation back. Also, has anyone gotten i...

I'm under the impression that most of the decisions did take more than two weeks. It took four weeks for mine. I have a feeling it depends on whether or not your transcripts are coming from the same place or not. Once they have everything they need i...

Yea, over half of the schools I've looked at require some sort of public speaking or interpersonal communications course.

Ted D... In my transcript evaluation, it said that any remaining courses must be completed by August 1st.

According to their (One Franklin Town) site, a one bedroom starts at $1165 and goes up to $1647. The price for a two bedroom isn't listed as there aren't any available right now. I've seen some places on craigslist (2 bedroom or more) that would come...

Thanks for the insight! One Franklin town definitely looks amazing, but it would be double the cost of splitting a two bedroom in a nice, but less fancy apartment or home elsewhere. I mainly want to find a place that will be quiet, nice, and friendly...