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  1. What's up with all the Tele holds?

    saymo82 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a pretty busy ED in the STL area and it seems that lately (since January) we have a ton of tele holds everyday! Any other hospitals experiencing this? It's so bad that we're holding some...

  2. Best St. Louis hospitals to work at?

    saymo82 replied to BSNgrad2010's topic in General Nursing

    I did all of my clinicals for nursing school at Barnes and Children's and when looking for a job I really wasn't too interested in working for BJC. I felt like they had an arrogance about them because...

  3. SLU vs. BJC Accelerated BSN Program

    saymo82 replied to Katie22's topic in General Nursing

    I know this is a little long after your post, but I thought I would chime in just in case you hadn't made a decision yet... I graduated in May '10 from BJC's accelerated program and I would recommend...

  4. Chief Complaints

    saymo82 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    I just started working in the ER and have been thoroughly enjoying some of the "chief complaints" that I have been reading. One I remember from the other day is a female with UTI symptoms that states:...

  5. accelerated nursing grads

    saymo82 replied to laughoutloud8's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just graduated from a one year program, that was really more like 10 months when you take out winter break, spring break, holidays etc. My GPA in my program was 3.9, which is way higher than my...

  6. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    saymo82 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't refuse an ambulance transfer to the major hospital in your area when you're having a heart attack at the local rural emergency clinic, but if you do decide to leave AMA and have your wife drive...

  7. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    saymo82 replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I just took the exam this morning at 8am and got cut off at 75 questions. I was sure that I was doing terrible on the test and was terrified to try the "trick". I went home and tried it and got the...

  8. Barnes Jewish college question

    saymo82 replied to Marie97's topic in General Nursing

    Almost every teacher I have had there has been friendly and supportive of students. Yes, not all of the instructors are great instructors, but there are some that are excellent, and overall with good...

  9. Advice to accelerated students from a current student near graduation...

    saymo82 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am graduating from May from a 1 year accelerated program, and am scared I will be left behind when it comes to finding a job... get a tech job! Grades are important, but if you can manage to keep up...

  10. Advice to accelerated students from a current student near graduation...

    saymo82 replied to saymo82's topic in General Nursing

    Having any experience as a tech should be helpful, so if you don't end up working while in the program then you at least have that going for you. Having said that I would still recommend trying to get...

  11. Barnes Jewish college question

    saymo82 replied to Marie97's topic in General Nursing

    With 4 kids I would definitely not recommend trying to work and do this program.... Are you going for the accelerated program or the upper division program? If you're doing accelerated I will warn you...

  12. Barnes Jewish college question

    saymo82 replied to Marie97's topic in General Nursing

    Once I completed my application and sent it in I think it took about 2 weeks to get my acceptance. I had all but 3 of my pre-reqs completed at the time, but I know some people who got their acceptance...

  13. More challenging NCLEX book!

    saymo82 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have the Saunder's NCLEX review book, and I feel like the questions are not challenging enough. I used these questions to review for my HESI exams at the end of last semester and figured it would be...

  14. Dosage Test Prep Class

    saymo82 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wanted to post on here and tell people that I just finished the dosage test prep class at STLCC (Forest Park), and it was totally worth taking. The class is called NRSG 704, it's 1 day a week for...

  15. Hawaii Pacific University

    saymo82 replied to LittleMissDingBat's topic in General Students

    I just moved back to the mainland from Oahu in August and was weighing my options for nursing school if we had stayed in Hawaii. Based on what I learned I would highly recommend not going to HPU. KCC...

  16. needing some help

    saymo82 replied to autumn_twilight's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, good luck. I hope you can do what's best for you and your

  17. Barnes Accelerated BSN Feedback

    saymo82 replied to tcameron921's topic in General Nursing

    Oops,

  18. Barnes Accelerated BSN Feedback

    saymo82 replied to tcameron921's topic in General Nursing

    I took half of my pre-reqs in a different state, so the only ones I took here in St. Louis were A&P II, Nutrition, and Growth and Development. I took them through STLCC, A&P and G&D at...

  19. Barnes Accelerated BSN Feedback

    saymo82 replied to tcameron921's topic in General Nursing

    I too have been seeking info on this topic since being accepted this summer. Not much luck with recent posters. I start in May and plan on posting (if time permits...) on what it is like so that...

  20. Barnes Accelerated Prereq Question

    saymo82 replied to tcameron921's topic in General Nursing

    I get what you're saying, I just mean in terms of forming study habits for the vast amount of material covered in a short time, not necessarily the material

  21. Barnes Accelerated Prereq Question

    saymo82 replied to tcameron921's topic in General Nursing

    I also would recommend FP for your pre-reqs. I took my A&P II class there and loved it. I might have had the most challenging prof there, but he was awesome and I left the class with confidence...

  22. Barnes Accelerated Prereq Question

    saymo82 replied to tcameron921's topic in General Nursing

    Robinson at FP for

  23. Barnes Jewish college question

    saymo82 replied to Marie97's topic in General Nursing

    They have their pre-reqs listed on their website. For the accelerated program you have to have a bachelor's degree. They offer a BSN upper division program also, and I don't think you have to have a...

  24. Barnes Accelerated Prereq Question

    saymo82 replied to tcameron921's topic in General Nursing

    I would say psych, human growth, and nutrition online would be feasible... although honestly they might be more challenging online than in a real class setting. I took nutrition at Flo Valley and it...

  25. Which MO Programs Are Good, Which Are Not?? Advice please.

    saymo82 replied to newgirljill's topic in General Nursing

    I know that Barnes, UMSL, and SLU all have accelerated programs. Barnes also has a 2 year program that isn't accelerated, but you still earn your BSN. As far as pre-reqs go it should take about a year...