EC18

I'm licensed in Massachusetts and I was never asked anything about my mental health when applying for a license. Before you panic, I would say go to your state's board of nursing website and do some research. If you can't get any answers there, I w...

Hey everyone, I'm a brand new nurse (BSN) looking for a job in the Boston area. I have some upcoming interviews at long term care facilities, some which provide Alzheimer's care. I'm nervous because of the many horror stories I've heard about patient...

Thanks SO MUCH to all three of you for your responses. I really appreciate your insight and I will keep all this in mind!

Hey :) Just wanted to let you know I'm feeling similar to the way you are feeling right now. I just graduated with my BSN and I'm trying to find a job in the Boston area. I also have Social Anxiety Disorder. I can definitely relate to you when it com...

Thank you for posting the article! I'd have to agree that this is a huge problem that is hardly ever addressed. I see the lasting effects of an ICU stay nearly every day as my boyfriend was a patient there when he was about seventeen. He put his arm ...

1. I had to retake both A+P I and Organic chemistry. I thought it was the end of the world and I figured I'd never make it through the actual nursing courses. Turns out I was acutally pretty good at nursing exams. I even passed MedSurg II and Psych w...

1. WHEN IS YOUR START DATE? 2 WHAT STATE ARE YOU IN? 3 PROGRAM (lpn,adn,bsn)? 4 WHAT IS THE ONE PIECE OF ADVICE YOU ARE HOLDING ONTO RIGHT NOW? 5. WHO IS YOUR GREATEST MOTIVATION TO COMPLETE NURSING SCHOOL? 1) Start: September 8th 2) Boston, MA - Sim...

What I like to do is rewrite my notes on notecards (notes from lecture and anything from the textbook). I'll punch a hole in the top corner of each card and put it on a metal ring. That way I can study anywhere (on the train, at a sport event, during...

Hi! I just wanted to say that I had planned on becoming a PA, but decided on nursing once I learned more about the difference between nursing and medicine. I really learned a lot about how nursing really is its own field and nurses have a really diff...

Hey everyone! Are any of you in the nursing program at Simmons college in Boston? I was accepted for the fall of 2009 and I'm pretty sure I'll be going. I was just wondering how you like it. How are the pre-reqs? Are they really hard? I am really ner...

That's awesome, congratulations! I start my BSN program in 9 days! So excited!

I just want to say that I'm starting my 4 year BSN program this September and I'm just as scared as you are. I'm 18 years old, right out of high school, don't have children, but I'm afraid I won't make it through either. I really admire anyone that i...

Hey everyone! Everything is all set for me to start my 4 year BSN program this fall. I've always wanted to be in the medical field and now that I'm getting closer to fulfilling my dream I'm starting to worry. I watch this show on the Discovery Channe...

This was the only nursing school I applied to. I applied to bridgewater state and plymouth state university in new hampshire for social work. Simmons kept nagging me to apply and they gave me a free application so I applied and got accepted. I've alw...

I loved the school so far. I went to one of the president's brunch things and I loved everything that I saw. It's definitely the school for me. I didn't go on a tour so I didn't see the dorms yet. I'm doing an overnight in a few weeks so I can't wait...

yup same here. they only gave me 20,000 total in aid and thats like half of what it'll cost to attend and live on campus. i hate money. I love the school and program so much so, i really want to go. I'm just going to do whatever it takes to go there...

I'm positive I want to go there, but I haven't sent in my deposit in yet. I'm still trying to straighten out the whole money thing. I got a 12,000 dollar grant so that gets me going, but it is just SO expensive. I love the school so, it's so amazing.

hey everyone! I'll be starting my 4 year BSN program at Simmons college in Boston this fall and I'll tell you.. i'm really nervous about the pre-reqs. I love bio and A&P, but chem and me do not mix! First semester is General Bio and General Chem ...

you know, I think I could do that. I should probably look into it. Do you think there is more academic support at a community college? Simmons is pretty small school itself so they say our classes our small and I've heard that they do have really goo...

Hi everyone :) I'm a senior in high school and I was recently accepted to Nursing at Simmons College in Boston. I've wanted to be in the medical field for as long as I can remember, but that dream was pretty much crushed when I took General Chemistry...

I got accepted to the 4 year BSN program

Thank you all for your posts. You've all been really helpful :)

ktothek, I think you're right. I think my teacher's teaching style was not for me. He made us learn from these notes he typed up and I could never figure out what he was trying to say. When I had a friend of my brother's (who is a chem major) explain...

Wow that's awesome! My teacher was terrible also.. he was about to retire and everyone could tell he pretty much gave up on teaching. My parents have been the same way telling me that I can do it. When I doubted myself about passing my drivers test t...