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YES! There are always a need for bilingual nurses in AZ. I would get the LPN just as a safeguard. You never know what can happen to you during that 3 and 4 block. But with your LPN you'll at least be able to advance place into another program if ...

It is absolutely NOT a hard format and UofP does a good job of giving you shortcuts so you don't have to worry about it. You actually have templates already created in that format that you can use. You'll have to do an APA paper in practically ever...

Just because whether or not you have little dependents relying on you would have a major impact on how much a full time job would effect your school. I have two young boys. Let me just say that I feel like after surviving nursing school for my L...

Do you have children?

I started looking around in the Careers forum. They have a Nursing Interview Help thread.

You know maybe that's a good question for the boards. What I can say about my experience as a CNA maybe really different than what you experience. One thing is I am in Phoenix, AZ and our retirement community keeps us working. When I was a CNA I a...

That's what I'm doing. I got my LPN and continued for my RN while working. It's important to get experience as a nurse to help you find a job when you finally graduate. Search these boards about careers and you'll find so many new grad RNs are hav...

Do not wear scrubs to your interview. I hate to even have to say that but I have seen it so much and have even made that mistake. Good luck! I was going to say transitioning from a nursing home or long term care facility to a hospital would be mo...

Everyone already said plenty but I wanted to add that being a certified caregiver has great advantages too. As a CNA, you cannot pass medication. I became a CNA because I wanted to become familiar with nursing, it was a requirement for school and i...

If you're a new grad AND you have no previous healthcare experience, you cannot afford to be picky. Also be aware that morning weekday shifts are extremely hard to find. I was able to get my experience built up working night shifts and home health ...

OFFER WATER! Do not forget that at some point during your visit with the invisible pt you MUST offer water. I'm a pretty smart person and I aced the exam but I failed the clinical part because they had the test room set up as one room. But I had t...

Oh yeah, I know when I entered I needed to have work experience within 6 months of my enrollment date at U of P or something to that degree. I was able to do all my registration paperwork but my start date would not get set until I was working as an...

I removed my objective a while back and I didn't get much luck with that so I put it back. I also had a resume with a job description that was specific to the job I was applying for so if it was home health, then I would plan my objective around wor...

Definitely don't base your experience on this one person. Maybe he did point out a weakness, but it's definitely not something you can't change. Just get in there and get your hands dirty. Maybe you did make him feel uncomfortable because you were...

University of PHX is good. I go to school once a week from 6-10 pm. Stay away from COLLEGE NETWORK and anything that charges you to find a school program for you. There are no ONLY ONLINE CLASSES FOR NURSING SCHOOL. You will always have to attend...

Yeah, you have to attend classes. U of Phx nursing program is NOT online. You have to go to class once a week. The features of your class are all online in the sense that you submit your assignments online and you communicate through a student for...

Some people just make bad decisions. If you want to go to nursing school because you need to find SOMETHING to do until you figure out your life, that's fine. But there are a lot of other things you can do that are also rewarding. I have friends t...

I became a CNA through a certification program outside of the community college that I was attending for my prereqs. It only took 3-weeks but I did have to pay out of pocket. It was better than the community college option of the 8-10 week courses ...

Yeah, they've been saying that forever. I am in AZ and believe me, they can't get rid of us, especially here. As a matter of fact, I am a school nurse and they are probably changing their format to hire only LPNs with an RN as a supervisor due to t...

I am posting this in both the regional and specialty sections. If you are a corrections nurse or a forensic nurse (I am an LPN) can you tell me where you went to find employment? Do you need another certificate? How did you get experience? Any info...

Thanks, I did just that and found a page for health services. I appreciate it!

Wow, you sound just like me. I am in Block 3 and I have to withdraw because of personal problems. I'm hoping to re-enter next block into a different program that fits my life better. This little break will give me the time to adjust to my new situ...

I think the most important question here is: Why did you want to get into nursing? Is it because it's the new trend, because your friends are doing it, because of money? I'm gonna tell you now, if you don't love it, you'll HATE it. If your heart i...

At Glendale Community College, that is the new stipulation. In the middle of the nursing program, they changed the curriculum. I have completed Blocks 1 and 2, I started July 2007. I started Block 3 in July 2008. I have only one chance to fail a ...

I have not heard or seen any problems with the traditional program. I believe they have the structure and support they are supposed to have. Seems like it may just be the part time program. I will tell you that they just had a change in the head o...