PacoUSA BSN, RN

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    Micro in the fall

    PacoUSA replied to SkyMeadow's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You bet! Just remember to never give up and don't let any possible discouragements bring you down for too long. Once you take a prof's first test it pretty much gives you a window into how the rest...
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    Applying to Queensborough Community College

    PacoUSA replied to DazedB's topic in New York Nursing

    Can someone tell me what the full list of prereqs and coreqs are for this program? I am pretty sure I have them all completed, but their website does not list this info. And curious to know what...
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    Help - How to approach science courses

    PacoUSA replied to Phil313's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you can take courses one at a time, this is the order I recommend (being that I have taken all of these already and am familiar with the content): Biology Chemistry A&P Micro Does not matter...
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    No teacher for ANATOMY!!!

    PacoUSA replied to fiveofpeep's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Dang, you dug this up from the grave! LOL! One thing I have done is attend a closed course's scheduled lecture anyway in the hopes that someone will drop the class AND you know someone most always...
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    Micro in the fall

    PacoUSA replied to SkyMeadow's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oh I forgot one other thing ... I never record my lectures, never! UGH, seriously ... it's like stabbing myself again with the same knife after I have stitched up the original wound LMAO ... ... when...
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    Micro in the fall

    PacoUSA replied to SkyMeadow's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    chem and micro are demanding courses in their own right, and both together are definitely so. but that does not mean you cannot ace them. be diligent about studying and your time management needs to...
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    Strengthening resume for nursing school... suggestions?

    PacoUSA replied to stephwjackson's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Volunteer @ a hospital in a capacity where you will interact with patients, and you should start doing that NOW, so by the time you apply to the ABSN you will have an impressive # of hours under your...
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    How hard is nursing school?

    PacoUSA replied to kltt86's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I highly recommend becoming a hospital volunteer and working with more or less the patient population that you're hoping to serve. If you like pediatrics, volunteer @ a children's hosp, etc. I am a...
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    29 too old to start nursing school?

    PacoUSA replied to SeeTheMoon's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    LMAO! Sorry, had to laugh at your belief that 29 is too old to start nursing school. Well, as you have seen there are many of us very much older than you that are starting the process (I am 41 right...
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    Above what score is it pointless to re-take the GRE?

    PacoUSA replied to farful's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I personally feel that a 1300-1350 GRE score is excellent and quite competitive. Most programs I have seen require a minimum 500 on each section and this range clearly surpasses that. Remember that...
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    Columbia Univ MSN/DNP Goal, Does BSN School Matter?

    PacoUSA posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hello, I am not usually in this forum, especially since I am still a pre-nursing student but I do a lot of advance planning. That said, I have many reasons for wanting to attend Columbia University...
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    Is NYU's nursing program even good?

    PacoUSA replied to kraam's topic in New York Nursing

    I've heard different stories about NYU, and I myself am on the fence about applying there for next year. Keep doing your research by reading old posts on here and if you can talk with students and...
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    Stony Brook BSN - Summer/Fall 2011 Applicants

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in New York Nursing

    Yay! Hi Ana Well, I was waitlisted for the 2010 class and since they all just started orientation and classes this week, it is safe to say I am no longer in the running so I am pursuing another...
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    Male Nurses in Neonatal

    PacoUSA replied to bigq2000's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    aviator411, your post was quite inspiring and direct and I appreciated the mix! I was pretty sure the NICU culture had evolved in such a direction since the time I was in one and it has not deterred...
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    Stony Brook U ABSN - Summer 2010 Applicants

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in New York Nursing

    xtine009, thanks so much for your reply. Not that I was holding out hope because I know for a fact that I was not going to be able to drop everything to start school off a wait list like that,...
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    Male Nurses in Neonatal

    PacoUSA replied to bigq2000's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Love this thread, had to resurrect it. NICU is what I want to do when I become an RN. I was a preemie and even though I don't recall (obviously) the care I received in my own NICU, I can only go by...
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    Has anyone applied to St. Lukes Roosevelt Beth Israel Externship?

    PacoUSA replied to StarDust16's topic in New York Nursing

    Curious to hear updates about this so I am
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    ADNs get hired in NYC?

    PacoUSA replied to AGal110's topic in New York Nursing

    Last reply to post was almost a year ago ... bumping this thread, as I am curious to know if anything has changed in the interim or rather if anything has changed for the better or worse or stayed the...
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    Stony Brook U ABSN - Summer 2010 Applicants

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in New York Nursing

    So .... it is now July 1, and I was waitlisted for the Summer 2010 ABSN class. I am assuming that classes have already started or are about to. Is it safe to say at this point that I was not admitted...
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    Phillips Beth Israel Applicants

    PacoUSA replied to starlette926's topic in New York Nursing

    I read on later posts that you've quit, so good for you! As you stated, you can always redirect your energies towards something like meditation or yoga that would definitely be just as relaxing. I'm...
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    Phillips Beth Israel Applicants

    PacoUSA replied to starlette926's topic in New York Nursing

    Question for those of you in ATOP (and I get the feeling some of you may refer me to ask admissions about this but thought someone here would know so I ask first here ...): I am interested in...
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    Stony Brook BSN - Summer/Fall 2011 Applicants

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in New York Nursing

    BUMP!! I can't be the only one out there,
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    Work Contracts with Hospitals for Tuition?

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Students

    Yes, it certainly does! In fact, there are two very large teaching hospitals at which I would prefer to work if I had my choice (I was born at one of them and that would be my first choice). I will...
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    Work Contracts with Hospitals for Tuition?

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Students

    Thank you both for your throrough and kind replies!
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    Pre-Nursing Nurse Camp!!!!!

    PacoUSA replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    LMAO!