Nurse2bNichol
specializes in Family Medicine, Plastic Surgery.
Worked as an advisor for CU Boulder/ and CU Denver @ Anchutz while getting my LPN. Recently worked as an LPN for two Plastic Surgeons. Hoping to get into Nursing school to complete my RN in the near future.
Nurse2bNichol replied to lifewithkids's topic in Colorado Nursing
I most certainly helps you get into nursing school to have any kind of healthcare experience, especially working as a CNA. I don't think I would call it "easy" to get a CNA job in Colorado, but it...
Lutheran has a great New Grad program in July, November and usually in March or April. It is somewhat competitive but not totally impossible and much more likely than getting in at
I really think it depends on the program you are in, I did have some previous health care experience but I got a CNA job before I had even graduated from my NA program at a major hospital. Although...
University hospital has a great burn unit, I know a nurse working there now and although it's very difficult work she says it has changed her life forever. I would check there
I was on Exempla's site this weekend looking at jobs and they now say that they require nurses to have graduated from accredited program as well, so that eliminates several more hospitals in addition...
I went to Red Rocks for my CNA and it was phenomenal. We got to do clinicals at a great hospital and LTC facility and the professors got to know all of us very personally. In addition, they allowed us...
CSU Pueblo is a program I hadn't considered before, and may do so now if I don't get in this admissions round to other schools. I am curious though, what did you all take to fulfill their nursing...
The Anschutz campus is beautiful, but the 4mile radius around the college is not a good neighborhood. I just left my job there in October to be an LPN in Boulder. For the few years I worked there, it...
I'm not totally sold on DSN, but my old college roommate graduated from CU Colorado Springs Beth-El nursing school, she now works at Saint Joseph's and said that she works with many DSN nurses....
A rubric or a syllabus is a document teachers give you to tell you what their expectations are of you for an assignment/test/quiz. It basically details all the requirements and such for whatever task...
I called today and got some verification on the process. Even though they don't start signing students up until after 9 a.m. you are allowed to call before then. If hundreds of people are calling, it...
You need the BLS for Health Care Providers, make sure it includes, adult, child, and infant as well as AED training. The American Heart Association's program is the best because most rotational sites...
I just spoke with Connie, the S-Z advisor at the College of Nursing at CU Denver and she said they do take the CCC online courses. I am so glad we have this clear now! And I really wish I would have...