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  1. 2 yr ADN students..question on IV's and blood draws

    mattfd37 replied to CT Pixie's topic in General Students

    I go to Gateway and have not seen nor heard of students doing IV's or BD. I just completed the 3rd sem. Yale and Midstate have the lab come do that. Maybe its different at Uconn, Southern or some...

  2. Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2011

    mattfd37 replied to Nikki819's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    OK the math you will find out when you get there. You don't have a math exam until at least the sixth week so relax. Its easy and they give you the two formulas you need. The shoes, just get a pair of...

  3. Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2011

    mattfd37 replied to Nikki819's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Yea I wasn't thinking. I was trying to think positive but then I realized after it was a dumb

  4. Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2011

    mattfd37 replied to Nikki819's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Is that 330 based on 1st choice or overall (2nd or 3rd choice)? There are about 750-850 that apply annually to the nursing program statewide. That would be interesting to see if/why almost half the...

  5. Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2011

    mattfd37 replied to Nikki819's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    'Also, there was a lady who I talked to in my summer 2010 class, and she told me that she had a meeting with someone from the nursing department, and they told her that you're more likely to get into...

  6. Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2011

    mattfd37 replied to Nikki819's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    If you get into a nursing program and you accept then your seat is saved. That reg deadline is not for the nursing

  7. BHSN-Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing Fall 2011

    mattfd37 replied to BA_anthropology's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    While in school you need to apply for Student Nurse Assistant jobs after your 2nd/3rd semester. Don't wait or rely on school to help you get a job. You're a nurse, be aggressive and go get

  8. Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2011

    mattfd37 replied to Nikki819's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I'm in my 3rd semester and I believe they definitely need to interview potential students. There are a few people that should not be there. Some are literally mentally unstable and some are great in...

  9. Goodwin college

    mattfd37 replied to cool12's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Where did you get a

  10. a couple quick, general questions about care plans

    mattfd37 replied to clearblue3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Read your NANDA book it explains

  11. Application photo?

    mattfd37 posted a topic in General Students

    Other than to see someones ethnicity what is the purpose for attaching a photo to an application? Isn't this against the law and

  12. Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2011

    mattfd37 replied to Nikki819's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I didn't get the

  13. Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2011

    mattfd37 replied to Nikki819's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I totally agree. My wife and I felt the same way as did the other 47 people BUT its not all that its cracked up to be. And yes you don't have to listen to me, you can listen to the 18 people(almost...

  14. Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2011

    mattfd37 replied to Nikki819's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Don't believe the hype! That person you talked about who wants to help has no system in place to do such a thing. There are day clinicals offered. They don't care about your commute. They make up...

  15. Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2010

    mattfd37 replied to orourkco's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Northwestern? Is that an established credited Nursing school? Where did they come from? No one has even heard of

  16. Still looking for a job?

    mattfd37 replied to SwampCat's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    It was on the news a few weeks ago about a job fair they did for 50

  17. While waiting on applying to the nursing program?

    mattfd37 replied to Jessicaeileen's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Start your non-nursing classes now! Don't wait. You need all that extra time to go over note, lecture and to study. Plus all your clinical

  18. Male vs. Female RNs... hiring and wages in CT.

    mattfd37 replied to yahoo1's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Anvantage? Where? You don't get paid more because you're a male!! I don't think the Unions would approve of that! Males RN's comprise about 1% of the Nursing community...thats your

  19. Dosage Calculation

    mattfd37 replied to brittanyyl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Whats ordered over Whats on hand times What the drug comes in. Remember, if you're going smaller (mcg) to Larger (mg) just move 3 decimal places to the Left.. 180 is now .18. Oppisite obviously if...

  20. bandage scissors?

    mattfd37 replied to kasia87's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I agree. carry them. You never know when you will need them. Just go to a EMS website and buy 1 or

  21. Littmann Cardiology III Stethoscope

    mattfd37 replied to nursing&Dressage's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'll take an UltraScope over a Littmanns any day. I can hear a BP over a sweatshirt in back of a moving ambulance which I can not hear with my Littmanns Classic

  22. Littmann Cardiology III Stethoscope

    mattfd37 replied to nursing&Dressage's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Its not the length that matters, it all depends on the quality of the

  23. Goodwin College questions...

    mattfd37 replied to Thorgs's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Either you know you want to be a Nurse or you don't. Why are you applying? What do you think of when you hear the word Nurse? Goodwin is very expensive. Did you apply to the CT colleges? If you read...

  24. Waterbury Hospital - nice place to work?

    mattfd37 replied to NocturneNrse's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    My SIL who works at St. Marys across the way says its a good hospital which has its good/bad pts. Its a city hospital. Any time we bring pts there they never have a bad thing to say about the...

  25. Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2010

    mattfd37 replied to orourkco's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    yea it sucks when sooo many people who don't want to be nurses for the right reasons, apply and get accepted over the people who apply for the right reasons! There needs to be a interview process for...