FLmomof5

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  1. Accepted FSCJ Summer 2010 Students

    FLmomof5 replied to mistimartin's topic in Florida Nursing

    Heads up. Make a copy of ALL your immunizations and titers. Later terms have teachers asking for proof of your ppd (which is silly since you gave it to the Nursing Office). You can't get a copy...

  2. Be careful of what you ask for....

    FLmomof5 posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You might actually get it. This is a lesson my mother taught incessantly as I was raised. Today you hear a great deal of unjustified criticism of the US Healthcare system and progressives push for a...

  3. First semester of clinicals...is this nursing Dx ok?

    FLmomof5 replied to kja2s's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would say that is overkill. Acute pain r/t surgical repair of fracture AEB pt report of

  4. Health Care Reform passed, more jobs for nurses??? Yes or No???

    FLmomof5 replied to Thank_You_RNs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    IMHO, with the fact that bulk of it doesn't take effect until 2014, you won't see an increase in nursing jobs just because it passed. If the economy improves....we could have a shot at getting a

  5. Accepted FSCJ Summer 2010 Students

    FLmomof5 replied to mistimartin's topic in Florida Nursing

    Yes, you wear street clothes to

  6. Accepted FSCJ Summer 2010 Students

    FLmomof5 replied to mistimartin's topic in Florida Nursing

    No you don't. Polo shirts are worn basically when you do your community service and orient @ the hospitals. Clinicals don't begin until the 8th week. You have plenty of

  7. Be careful of what you ask for....

    FLmomof5 replied to FLmomof5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Did you forget to subtract the $1137.30/mo that you LOSE IN INCOME? (US dollars) So YOU are paying $1287.50 PER MONTH for your "inexpensive" low cost insurance! The UK appears to have gotten their NHS...

  8. Obama states Health Insurance to decrease 3000%

    FLmomof5 replied to Ginger's Mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So... what did health insurance cost 20 years ago? Let's start with housing. When my father bought his first house in 1968, it cost $15000. That house, in Alexandria, VA is now worth nearly a half...

  9. Am I too old?

    FLmomof5 replied to vikkivik's topic in General Nursing

    Fellow mom of 5 here....and as you can see, I am 48. I am 1/2 way through term 3 of NS. I will graduate in Aug. NEVER too

  10. FCCJ Summer 2010 hopefuls...

    FLmomof5 replied to SaraFL's topic in Florida Nursing

    Another alternative is to have your spouse assign HIS/HER benefits to you. You can still get it paid for that way. You have to contact the base education/benefits office for that. (It is allowed...

  11. HAS ANYONE BEEN APPROVED OR DENiED W/ RECORD

    FLmomof5 replied to chinadollie's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    And for medical fields, military, criminal justice type jobs, they will ask and be allowed to see and hold against you anything committed as a juvenile. Do not fail to report these

  12. How many of you took Maths in High School?

    FLmomof5 replied to jess112's topic in General Nursing

    I took up through Calculus in HS....Calc I,II,&III, Math Methods in EE, Probability and Statistics, Gen Statistics in college. Started NS and get 100's on all dosage calc tests without having to...

  13. No jobs in florida for new grads

    FLmomof5 replied to pmeeksSN's topic in Florida Nursing

    Also....last heard that the VA is hiring. They have a large hospital in

  14. FCCJ Summer 2010 hopefuls...

    FLmomof5 replied to SaraFL's topic in Florida Nursing

    I went to the website and looked for MyCAA and then called someone who walked me through it. (I don't have any names or numbers at this

  15. FCCJ Summer 2010 hopefuls...

    FLmomof5 replied to SaraFL's topic in Florida Nursing

    Start at militaryonesource and go from

  16. FCCJ Summer 2010 hopefuls...

    FLmomof5 replied to SaraFL's topic in Florida Nursing

    FYI for the military wives..... I am a military wife and if you don't get Worksource to pay for your schooling, you log into myCAA and apply there. :) I qualified for both and ended up with...

  17. RN positions in SC

    FLmomof5 replied to trimeduRN's topic in General Nursing

    That would be news to us! Actually, with experience you could get work in FL. New grads can't get hired though. I hope things will improve in Charleston because my hubby will be returning from...

  18. FCCJ Summer 2010 hopefuls...

    FLmomof5 replied to SaraFL's topic in Florida Nursing

    One consideration about the lowest point total...... Did that individual qualify for the Diversity Program (for minorities and men)? There is a specific # of slots set aside for them..... Just a...

  19. micro and a&p online

    FLmomof5 replied to renge1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took A&P I & II online and micro as a hybrid course. This was at FSCJ (Jacksonville, FL). The labs for A&P were drawings or computerized simulations. The lab for micro had to be in the...

  20. FCCJ Summer 2010 hopefuls...

    FLmomof5 replied to SaraFL's topic in Florida Nursing

    Titers replace the need for a shot record. If you are immune, you are good to go. If not, you will need to get

  21. FCCJ Summer 2010 hopefuls...

    FLmomof5 replied to SaraFL's topic in Florida Nursing

    For those that need additional points...if you didn't get an A in Math, you can take another math course (above College algebra I) and if you get an A in that, they will take the higher

  22. FCCJ Summer 2010 hopefuls...

    FLmomof5 replied to SaraFL's topic in Florida Nursing

    I have 5 kids of my own. DH has 4. I was a single mom for years so I kinda did what I had to do. I never thought about whether is could be done or not....I just did it. How do I do it? Well, what...

  23. Florida residency requirements for community colleges

    FLmomof5 replied to rosebud123's topic in Florida Nursing

    I don't know about the TEAS, I never took it. I think the books that everyone uses to prep for the Entrance Exams (Kaplan) is more difficult than the test

  24. FCCJ Summer 2010 hopefuls...

    FLmomof5 replied to SaraFL's topic in Florida Nursing

    Yes, there is a lottery for eve/we. Although everyone is in class at the same time, only 12 per clinical, so the section basically determines your clinical

  25. iPN troubles

    FLmomof5 replied to agnescwal's topic in Nurses Recovery

    BTW, for the poster who thought it illogical to allow Concerta but ban ritalin.... Ritalin comes in tablet form and can be crushed and snorted for a high. Concerta is tamper-proof and will deliver a...