want2banurse35

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  1. Nursing Unions...what are the downsides?

    While I am not a nurse at my last job we did have a union and thank goodnesses we did because the Texas-based company was breaking all kinds of California laws and we were powerless to stop them until...
  2. ADN Fall 2011 Hopefuls!!!

    i will be finally applying in Jan 2011 to an ADN program...will be keeping my fingers
  3. As if it isn't hard enough to find a job....

    WoW! They have an age
  4. Oh where's my luck ?

    My friend finally got into a nursing program after being rejected 3 times:eek:. She just graduated last spring...now she cannot find
  5. Husbands!

    My husband almost passed out:eek: One of the nurses had to sit him
  6. Advice

    It is so difficult and takes so long to bring your GPA up, you can get all A's for two semesters and your GPA will not move:eek: But if you get one bad grade it drops quickly:uhoh3: I think it's...
  7. I don't want to regret staying in Nursing....LPN-RN

    To the OP, I know how you feel because I myself has struggled on what field to go into. I have narrowed it down to Nursing and OT as well. I am currently finishing up my BS in Health Sciences and...
  8. Nursing or Occupational Therapy ?

    I do not know if I read it correctly but I thought you stated that you want to become a nurse, then an OT, then maybe get a PH.D to transition into PT. THat is the reason why I said isnt that a long...
  9. Nursing or Occupational Therapy ?

    That seems like a very long and costly route just to become an PT. Why not just apply to a PT program? I know several classmates that have been accepted to PT and OT programs without being
  10. Occupational Therapy is my plan
  11. Competitiveness of MSN programs

    Are MSN programs less competitive than ASN and BSN programs or are they just as competitive? Thanks in
  12. Breast Exams

    Count me in on the "I would never do that" list. That is very invasive. It may be embarrassing for some women to just bare their breasts like that for other students. I have an older cousin who has...
  13. Nursing or Occupational Therapy ?

    The minimum for OT is a masters. It used to be just a bachelor's but they changed it. One of my classmates just got accepted into a graduate OT
  14. LOANs... a good idea?

    I wish I would have went to school when I was 25. For me right now I have made many sacrifices to go to school but had I went to school at that age the sacrifices would have been minimal. I say you...
  15. LOANs... a good idea?

    I agree with you about the next financial crisis. It's really sad because many of these people (including me) are financing their education with loans and then can barely find a job when they are...
  16. What is your splurge?

    I am taking my 7 yr old to Disneyworld next month. I have to go now because I will be booked up for the next couple of
  17. any help with private schools?

    :eek::eek:
  18. Where to go from here.

    I understand what you are talking about. One of my former classmates actually dropped out the nursing program because she really didn't like it, she like you only liked the diagnosing part. She is now...
  19. A classmate of mines just got hired at an hospital at $37 per hour in San Francisco and that is about the average pay here in the bay area. She is a new
  20. How long did it take you to complete your prereqs?

    :bugeyes: 3 long years I am finally
  21. Nursing or Occupational Therapy ?

    If I don't get into a nursing program next fall I am definitely going the OT route. I once considered SLP but decided against it. I have shadowed all and I really like OT. It didn't make me nervous...
  22. New Nursing Students age 50 and up

    That's one thing about nursing, it does not discriminate like much of the corporate world. I have a family member who works for one of The Big Four accounting firm and she says it is rare that they...
  23. Is anyone else's school increasing tuition?

    yes I know exactly what you mean. I am a student at CSUEB and they are charging an extra $240 per class for summer.
  24. Meg Whitman addresses the CA nursing shortage

    Just what we need Meg more new grads....we need
  25. Are there really RN Jobs in Southern California?

    :hug:I will pray that things get better for