PacoUSA BSN, RN

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    Help--HUGE A& P Dilemma

    PacoUSA replied to anewme1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your best bet to avoid any type of live dissection of animals and still fulfill A&P is to take a class that is totally online, including the labs. Here are two popular ones that I am aware of...
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    Confused with the competitiveness in Nursing... can someone explain

    PacoUSA replied to 45whenimdone's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've taken an unofficial poll over the years of fellow classmates and I seem to notice an interesting trend, but this is particularly more significant at the undergraduate level. When you're young...
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    Everest College for Nursing?

    PacoUSA replied to dcuevas821's topic in Florida Nursing

    If a school has to run continuous ads on TV to attract its students, shouldn't that raise a red flag? Notice also the time slots and programming during which these ads run ... never do you see them...
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    Confused with the competitiveness in Nursing... can someone explain

    PacoUSA replied to 45whenimdone's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I know exactly what you mean. I just have to talk about one particular girl who was in my A&P 2 lab this summer. She was taking the class as a prereq to the dental hygienist program at that...
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    How tough is it to get accepted into an accelerated nursing program?

    PacoUSA replied to Ted D's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No, not at all! My analogy with the credit report is that when your GPA is lower, it sometimes seems as if state schools are really out of the question. The high GPAs will get seats before you, and...
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    1st year nursing student with a slight fear of needles

    PacoUSA replied to rach_006's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think what does it for me is the splatter sound that comes after
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    Is this schedule impossible?

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

    I honestly think I would be suicidal if I had ever attempted this ... but if you can emerge from this with straight A's, you deserve an automatic invitation to nursing school,
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    Looking for fellow male pre nurses that are big guys feeling discouraged

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

    If nursing is your passion, don't let anything get in your way to your goal. Surround yourself with support and distance yourself from the negativity. Believe in yourself, dude ... you will
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    Smells

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

    I have heard dabs of Vicks Vaporub under the nostrils works great in a pinch to mask the foulest of odors, I'm thinking of stocking up now
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    Feel like crying...need encouragement

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

    :plsebeg: can't we all just get along? .... Although :igtsyt: I admit I sometimes enjoy reading a short-lived clawing ...
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    Is this schedule impossible?

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

    Regarding your schedule, anything is possible, seriously. I personally hate taking multiple science courses with labs in the same semester, but that is just me - I can tell you others have done it...
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    How tough is it to get accepted into an accelerated nursing program?

    PacoUSA replied to Ted D's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Depends HOW "not very good" your GPA really is .... I have heard of students with GPAs below 3.0 in their first bachelor's that have been accepted into accelerated programs, but mind you these are...
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    How to up my chances for nursing school?

    PacoUSA replied to ashlaine83's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    EVERY school seems to be different! That's what I have seen ... you definitely should sit down with the school(s) you are considering. Even though schools publish their minimum GPA cutoffs, the...
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    1st year nursing student with a slight fear of needles

    PacoUSA replied to rach_006's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not a good person to answer your question as I don't really have a problem with needles. But I know someone who did and is now a very happy and successful nurse. He passed out giving blood in...
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    Should i skip bio 156 and go straight to a&p?

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

    There is a component of A&P1 (albeit one chapter in most cases) that covers basic chemistry, at least that was the case when I took it. Diligent students will not have a problem with the schedule...
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    Feel like crying...need encouragement

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

    Um, an older nurse entering the profession would be just as good too, especially with all that life experience
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    Feel like crying...need encouragement

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

    I'm 40 and just started taking my prereq's this summer. I can only WISH I was your age right now, but I can't change that. If I am not too old, you're certainly
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    Anyone attend a nursing school that...

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

    I'm not in nursing school yet, but I understand that NYU accepts bachelor-degreed applicants without prereqs. You would complete them there in the 1st semester before starting the accelerated BSN....
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    Did you volunteer before NS to "spruce up" your resume?

    PacoUSA replied to Chris99mu's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm surprised, considering the high number of applicants to nursing school and the advantages of volunteering on a resume, that volunteer offices are still crying for volunteers (!!!!) - at least in...
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    C+ Grades in the Science Prereqs

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

    If you're thinking of retaking A&P2, you also want to keep in mind (and I read this on some other thread) that some nursing schools may not accept A&P2 at a different school from which you...
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    Georgetown U. Accelerated BSN - Spring 2010

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

    Thank you guys for allowing me to live vicariously through your experiences! I am getting excited for you, and I have not even applied yet! Fall 2010 or Spring 2011 here
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    Did any of you accelerated BSN folks have a not-so-great GPA in your first major?

    PacoUSA replied to Ted D's topic in General Students

    This thread is so inspirational and gives me hope. I earned my BA 18 years ago and thought that I would be forever cursed by my 3.2 GPA ... but my prereqs (depending on which ones are required for...
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    I'm not really a nurse until I sign "RN" after my name

    PacoUSA replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    Those of us who are shy by nature have the hardest times networking, I'm the first to admit my shyness but I make a daily effort to combat that. I think I have made some strides in that arena because...
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    Any NICUs hiring..anywhere??

    PacoUSA replied to NurseDevonL's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think I noticed that Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies in Orlando, FL might also have some opportunities. You might want to check with them also? They have a Level III
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    I'm not really a nurse until I sign "RN" after my name

    PacoUSA replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    We don't know you personally, all we know of you is characters on a screen that have been transcribed by you. The most that we can gather is that you're clearly an eloquent writer and we can only...