rubysunshine

Children's Memorial in Chicago has an internship program, there's lots of information on their website. Best of luck!

We have the St. Anthony College of Nursing (also part of the OSF family) which puts out great nurses, so if St. Francis is anything like it it'll be great there :)

thank you all :)

In our ER we page out traumas to either the Category 1 or Catergory 2 trauma group pagers...OR nurses always come down for Category 1 traumas.

What do you guys do when you get discouraged or stressed about getting into nursing school? My first year at school I slacked off a lot and either withdrew or bombed most of my classes since I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do with my life. This semester I decided to buckle down and focus on nursing. I have a 1.0 GPA, so I have a ways to go. I'm pretty much starting over and then some. The way I have it planned I'll be taking classes until Fall 2010, and I should be able to apply to schools after that assuming I do well enough. I work as a unit secretary in the ER now and I'm getting my CNA in the fall. Hopefully I'll be volunteering as a sexual assault victim advocate....I'm hoping that the job and volunteer experience will help to supplement my GPA. The fact that it's taking so long and the stress of knowing I'll have to maintain a 3.5 or better average per semester along with the lack of sleep coming from balancing full time school and lots and lots of work (I work overnights) is starting to take it's toll. How do you guys get your motivation back? Any good books or websites or quotes or anything? I appreciate all the help I can get!

I'll be with ya in the fall!

Hello! Next fall I'm going to be finished with my prereqs and am going to be applying to nursing school. I currently live just outside of Chicago. Ideally, I would like to go to UIC but I'm looking for some other options. How did you all find your schools? I'm also considering going out of state but I'm worried about finding a school that sounds good on paper then turns out to have a not-so-great program. Any advice?? I appreciate it!

It's just a question, I don't see why it's anyone's business why this person asked about the drug test. I was curious as to how I'd be tested when I started working at my current hospital, doesn't mean I'm doing meth everyday....or ever.