Averykat

I thought it was an excellent review, definitely worth what I paid for it.

For the position I took it's 20 days/year. The other one was only 2 weeks.

I had two offers, both were salary for full time work, M-F, no call, similar benefits: one was for $100k and one was for $120k. I ended up taking the one that paid more because it was a better fit overall.

I'm a PMHNP in the Boston area, graduated in May 2013. There were a couple people in my program that had jobs secured prior to graduation and a few more that had started interviewing, for the most part they had started pursing this on their own. I di...

Northeastern University does. They also worked with us to make sure it was a good fit (if you were interested in inpatient or outpatient, etc.) and paid attention to location preferences. I was in their PMNHP program.

I'm also interested in the responses as I'm looking at this program (hoping to start it next year, I just started working and want to get settled in at my job first). I'd like to hear about how much time per week you spend doing class work and if it...

I just graduated from the Evening ADN program at MassBay. Overall I felt it prepared me well for the NCLEX, I passed on the first try and it seems like many others did also. You will want to have all your pre-reqs done before you start if possible,...

The most grueling? Not even close. I can't believe someone would even want to start things off by making a statment like that, like you aren't nervous enough already! It does take up a lot of your time, and there are stressful events when you have ...

I took the Psychology CLEP. The college board website had a practice test for the subject and a study guide that you could buy for I think about $10. I used the practice questions as an outline for what material to study. Also, the study guide gav...

Ugh, that's too bad. When we apply, we have to specify either evening or day, and when you are accepted it it into the one that you chose. If you chose evening and it was full, they would not put you in days, you would be on the standby list for th...

Our school must be run differently, because if you receive a letter saying you are in, your spot is gauranteed unless you decline it. Is it the norm for schools to accept more applicants to a program than they have spots for? I'd be pretty upset t...

I'm going to Mexico with the boyfriend - we can't take much more of this snow and nasty cold weather we're getting in New England. -Kate

The CPR for Professional Rescuers that I had to take was $65 (through Red Cross). The refresher course was also about that, although it was only 4 hours. My college offered classes through the American Heart Assoc. that were slightly cheaper, which...

It's an old thread, but I just recently started a blog - it's about being a nursing student but also about what's going on with me. The link is in my user profile if anyone is interested. New students - feel free to ask questions in the comments sec...

I'm in an evening program so our clinicals are mostly at night, but we have a few on the weekends during the day. The day clinicals may be a little busier, but I've found I get a little more time with my patient at night because they're not going ou...

Right now I think PACU, but I'll probably change my mind a few hundred times! -Kate

"The Practice Doctorate is designed for nurses seeking a terminal degree in nursing practice, and offers an alternative to research focused doctoral programs (i.e. PhD programs). Though only a handful of practice doctorates currently exist, more than...

Our last class/exam is the 21st and it cannot come soon enough! -Kate

Does anyone know the approx. salary for a CNA in any of the Boston hospitals? I'm a nursing student now and am thinking about leaving my current job to work as a CNA/PCT/PCA if I can make it work financially. I've heard that some hospitals pay a bit...

Do you sweat more or is it just the odor? If it's a sweat problem, I swear by a product called Certain Dri (I get it at CVS). You put it on at night and it totally helps with excess sweat. I only need to use it once a week now and no more sweating...

My clinical instructor and the nurses on the floor didn't make a big deal to the patient that a student would be helping care for them and I think that made a difference. Some other students told me their clinical instructor asked the patients if th...

My clinical group is split into two, with four of us on one side of the floor and three on the other. Our instructor goes back and forth between each group, and if we need her we can just grab her. She's not always around, which is good because if ...

I just ordered those same shoes! They're really comfortable. I think you would be fine with them - they're not open-backed clogs and they have a low heel. They may not be trendy, but I'd rather have comfy feet than look pretty at work. :) -Kate

I had a co-worker who would always say "You never seem to amaze me", which totally negates what I think she's trying to say. The word is cease, woman, CEASE! My boyfriend likes to torture me by saying "irregardless". And people who "could care les...

I'm a student now and one thing I really appreciate about my instructors is that they recognize that students have different learning styles. Whenever possible they have us read something, then they lecture about it, show visual examples of what the...