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Jefferson School of Nursing is not a four year university-it's an upper division school. You have to complete 2 years of nursing pre-requisites/basic undergrad coursework at a college or university and then transfer to JSN your junior year. Since you...

Congrats to those of you who were accepted into FACT! I remember being in your situation five years ago and feeling ecstatic once I received the letter of acceptance. FACT was such a great experience for me. I found it to be a very challenging, yet r...

I graduated from Jeff's FACT Program in 2011 and I really loved my experience! The instructors I had were excellent and they really cared about making sure the students succeeded. There were a lot of opportunities to get involved on campus, i.e. Jeff...

I'm also an MPH/RN and will be starting a BSN-DNP program this fall. I'll be concentrating in community systems administration instead of becoming an advanced practice nurse. In my program, I will have to take master's and doctoral classes and will e...

Congrats on your decision to earn a graduate degree in public health! I received mine in 2007 and I've found it to be very useful in my career (community health nursing). Best of luck!

In nursing school I used the Littmann Classic II SE in navy blue. It was a good steth for school. However, after graduation I received a Cardio III in plum as a gift and I now use it at my new job. Very high quality steth. I love it!

I get paid in my current residency position. With that being said, there are some programs that do not pay residents.

I graduated from the FACT program this year. I loved the program!! The faculty is very supportive and you learn so much. They also really prepare you well for the NCLEX, so stick with their NCLEX Plan for Success because it really works!! I passed NC...

Hello Itri4vt! I will also be starting the Mary Bridge residency on Monday. Looking forward to meeting you!

Due to the economy, I don't know any places that accept new grads "without hesitation." But from my research, many hospitals in the Puget Sound area do hire new grads. A few have actual new grad programs, while others will just hire new grads into a ...

I have the third edition. It's such an awesome book! It helped me score over 1000 on the Exit HESI. I HIGHLY recommend this book!

JSN announces the RWJ scholarship in August and will invite only FACT students to apply. To be eligible you have to be from a racial/ethnic group that is underrepresented in nursing or come from a disadvantaged background, demonstrate financial need ...

In a typical week, you will have lecture on Thursdays and Fridays for half the day. Your clinicals may be on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. Most of the time you will have clinical two of those days (12 hrs each day). For your OB and...

Hi! I'm currently in the program now. Do not expect for them to give you a full-year calendar on your first day or during your first month. In fact, don't expect it ever. At one point, they were giving us monthly calendars but then that stopped. One ...

I feel like I don't have a life in this program either, but it IS accelerated and the instructors constantly tell us that we got what we signed up for, lol. However, I do make sure I work in breaks here and there, because if you don't you will have a...

The main reason I decided to go for the BSN is because I know eventually I want to practice as an advanced practice nurse, for which a BSN is required. As well, many major hospitals in my hometown and the city I am attending nursing school in are onl...

Sorry I haven't been doing a good job of keeping up with your questions. FACT is keeping me quite busy! But I am now officially halfway done!!! :) I have an Itouch and it works well for me. I do not have my phone with me on the floor since we can't m...

Everything that AtomicWoman said is true! Be sure to relax and have fun before the program starts because there will be little free time. I don't yet have any friends from other programs, but there are opportunities to get to know other people via on...

I live in Orlowitz, so I don't know too much about Barringer. But I hear it's nicer. Orlowitz is "okay." I live in a 1-bedroom by myself and I like it. It's typically quiet. Mostly a mix of med, pharm, and nursing students. There aren't any first tim...

I'm a current student in the FACT program and I echo what AtomicWoman said. Be prepared to get very little sleep, as this program will keep you EXTREMELY busy. But make sure to plan study breaks so you won't feel totally burned out. Also, expect not ...

Yea, I also agree that it depends on where you live. More and more major medical centers in my state are either requiring a BSN or strongly preferring a BSN. So, an ADN won't go too far, except maybe if you wanted to work in a nursing home.

cacurlytop - I will be starting the FACT program at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia this month. I was accepted into other programs, but they were MSN only and did not allow me the opportunity to pause and get work experience as an RN befo...

The nursing programs that we have been describing are in the US, not UK. :) Hopefully, one day this "accelerated" concept will spread to more countries/continents.

Cacurlytop: There are different "entry-level MSN" programs. All of them average between 2 and 3 years. However, some offer a BSN and MSN degree, and others offer only an MSN. If getting a BSN is important to you, you might want to apply to a program ...

That makes sense. I used to have a smart phone, but I'm not very fond of them so I down graded. I also didn't want to pay extra for web access each month. Therefore, I'm stuck getting a pdd. I ordered the iTouch yesterday. I hope it's a good product.