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New grads at OLOL start at 19.75/hr. There will not be another orientation class until January, so enjoy the holidays :)

OLOL's new grad pay is 19.75/hr

In the beginning there were papers to write, and every class had some type of project, but it usually wasn't something you had to spend more than a day or so on. There wasn't enough time to research something for weeks to write a 10 page paper :) ...

I did do the contract, and it's true that another hospital can buy it out. However, I'm not sure in this economy that a hospital would be willing to spend more on a new grad. But it is possible. Feel free to ask anything, and vent often... we di...

"I'm a 35 y.o. single mother of 2 boys (9 & 13). Can you tell me more about the "type" of students that actually completed the program? i.e. age, etc."-- As for the type of student, we had young twenty-somethings who were single or dating, and w...

well, I finished this program in Aug '09. It is intense in the sense that you will never have time to let your brain rest in 10 months time. It's tough physically... there were many sleepless nights filled with care plans, and clinical during the d...

I've seen several threads about different hospitals' loan buy backs and starting pay. I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants to know who's paying what, and who will give us money for our loans. I'm particularly interested in NO and BR hospitals......

From what I understand, it takes about 3 weeks from the time your transcripts are sent to to the LSBN until your temp license comes in. Also I don't think the job market in the NO area is great right now. They're talking about 7% salary cuts and hi...

1. Is there something we can do now to start preparing for these things? –yes! Know your A&P like the back of your hand. So much of the exams is understanding the physiology. If you know your physiology, you will understand why you do the nurs...

My last final will be in about 4 weeks, so I'm almost done! Typically we had lecture 9am-4pm for two or three days a week, plus clinical 7am-5pm or 7am-7am two days a week. There is no clinical for pharmacology, but there are a lot of lab hours for...

Hey y'all, I'm just finishing up the OLOL accelerated program in BR. I can give you some specifics as to what our tuition and fees were for this year, but keep in mind the tuition increase: Fall '08: 11 hours (Intro to accelerated nursing, Pharmaco...

the Mosby's 2009 Nursing Drug Reference has about 60 pages in the beginning of it that is excellent. If you study those 60 pages before school starts, you will be well ahead of the game. It outlines the different classes of drugs, their mechanism o...

the biggest topics so far are autonomic nervous system, heart (conduction system), & Kidney A&P, but everything physiology wise is important. Understand what the different hormones do to blood pressure, and what factors affect blood pressur...

first, in dealing with the college, keep copies of EVERYTHING you have to send them. We've had lots of problems with them losing papers. second, study your notes they give you and the notes you take in lecture first, then after you know them, if yo...

also, Pharm is all memorization and understanding A&P. I don't think someone could do well in Pharm if she didn't do well in A&P. Fundamentals so far has been mostly application of knowledge... and knowledge alone will not get you through.

I'm in OLOL's accelerated program right now, and there isn't any one reason why people don't make it. I know 3 students who were wait-listed for acceptance (but did get a spot due to people declining their acceptance) who made As in pharmacology (wh...

does anyone have info on new RN pay at the Lake? I've heard that it may be lower than other hospitals for some reason?

the different programs have different stipends, and most of the lake accelerated programs have some type of tuition forgiveness if you sign a contract with the hospital affiliated. Right now EJ has a 6 mo contract, and Lake in BR has a 3 yr contract...

although the A&PII class was difficult, it wasn't any more difficult than the other Biol/Kin classes I took at LSU. I thought the tests were fair.

I took my pre-reqs at BRCC, and we lost at least half of my A&PII class. Most of the students had too many other commitments with family and work to devote the amount of time needed to do well in the class. BRCC doesn't require you to take A&am...

are you interested in the accelerated program, or the 2 year program? I know for the accelerated one, it doesn't matter where you get your pre-reqs, so long as you have a BS/BA in something... i'm not sure for the 2 year program, though

thanks for the info!

I'm starting the BR accelerated on Sept 22nd. We had our orientation and they gave us a packet with all that stuff in it. The only thing you can really do without the packet is get CPR certified on the Health Care Level, and get your tb skin test d...

I'm doing the accelerated BR program this year (Sept '08-Aug '09), and we only had to take the TEAS after we were accepted. They said they were trying to see if it was a predictor of pharmacology scores. It was not used as part of the application p...

My study method which has worked great for me so far: 1. read text and highlight 2. attend lecture on material 3. re-read text and take own notes 4. study notes 5. make and study flash-cards for memorize-able items. it's very time consuming, but afte...