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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 tele patients for nearly 24 hours until a bed opens u...

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 of their name, and the environment wasn't very we...

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 going there since it's cheaper than SLU. I got a j...

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: "I have a lot of pressure down there when I go. I...

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 first degree. I think maybe because I am a little bit ...

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 you to the major hospital, don't make her stop at ...

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 good pop up! Hoping to have confirmation of the good...

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 or bad instructors I feel like I have gotten a pre...

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 decent grades and work as a tech (even if just 12...

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 a tech job while in the program. Like I said befo...

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 now that it is just about as intense as they say ...

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 with less classes completed than I had. In hindsi...

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 decent preparation for the questions on the exams...

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 4 weeks and the cost is $29. Book is optional- we...

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 and UH are way better options, you might have to w...

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

Oops, sorry!

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 Forest Park, and Nutrition at Flo Valley. I very high...

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 other people will have at least one opinion to go by. ...

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 itself.

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 that he was helping to prepare me for what was to co...

Robinson at FP for G&D

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 bachelor's for that, but I am not sure.

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 was way easy. I also took growth and development at...

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 for most of the requirements (it varies depending...