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    Top things about applying

    PacoUSA replied to Goingthere's topic in New York Nursing

    15. Fearing that some loony nursing school secretary is getting married soon and in her Cloud-9 elation mixes your name up on the letter with someone who really was accepted, or even denied (If anyone...
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    Walk the Stairs at Work Challenge Thread

    PacoUSA replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    ^^ Athena, that sounded grueling just reading about it! LMAO! :rotfl: But good advice
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    Walk the Stairs at Work Challenge Thread

    PacoUSA replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    In addition to incorporating stairs, might I also suggest parking your cars at the farthest end of the parking lot? Not only will you get even more exercise but you will also avoid the insanity of...
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    Advice on do not rehire status

    PacoUSA replied to jess41378's topic in New York Nursing

    I'm not a nurse (yet) but I think your situation is basically an HR issue that can occur in most any industry. My feel is that you should be honest about what happened at your prior job. Better to...
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    Name the hospital and its Starting Salary!!!

    PacoUSA replied to amadime1's topic in New York Nursing

    Anyone work @ St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center in Manhattan (NYC)? Curious to know where they stand,
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    College of New Rochelle Accelerated Program

    PacoUSA replied to Equest2789's topic in New York Nursing

    Did not take such a class. The BSN program I am looking to pursue does not have that computer prereq., and no other programs I have looked into have it either. CNR is the first I've seen with it....
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    So Many Students! Will Shortage Now End?

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Students

    I was hoping to be tagged more as a realist per se, but that's just my legal training starting to take over and analyze. Don't think the situation is going to stop me from pursuing this amazing...
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    microbiology or physiology harder?

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

    I'm used to seeing A&P 1 and 2 as opposed to a separate anatomy and a separate physiology course. Thank goodness! Have not taken Micro yet. I'm retaking A&P 1 and 2 this summer because the...
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    College of New Rochelle Accelerated Program

    PacoUSA replied to Equest2789's topic in New York Nursing

    If you ask me, Intro to Computers sounds like a very weird prereq for a nursing program. You would think there would be a test to exempt experienced students from this requirement in this day and...
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    College of New Rochelle Accelerated Program

    PacoUSA replied to Equest2789's topic in New York Nursing

    I read on their website that the only prereqs are Micro and Statistics. That's it? No A&P?
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    Beth Israel School of Nursing - NOT ACCREDITED???

    PacoUSA replied to ccjus123's topic in New York Nursing

    discover nursing is a really bad website to verify this information, or any nursing information for that matter, that's been my experience. went to the horse's mouth, the nlnac, and it shows beth...
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    JD getting RN -- where to volunteer for Experience?

    PacoUSA replied to ThisZfun's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm a JD, currently volunteering in a hospital, it's a great experience for me considering that I have no health care background either. I'm hoping to start nursing school in 2010 after I complete my...
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    UF Nursing Students / Alumni: Q&A

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in Florida Nursing

    Bump!
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    265 questions on nclex bad or good?

    PacoUSA replied to surgeryrn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Wow, just reading all these NCLEX stories makes me anxious a bit, and I have not even started a nursing program yet! I've sat through the 2-day New York bar exam and passed, so one would think the...
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    RN Accepted into (JD-LAW) Program & NEED ADVICE.

    PacoUSA replied to JimK's topic in Nursing Career

    I like your plan very much, good luck with that! Pharma sales has a good potential not only to earn good money in commissions (to pay for nursing school in full maybe) but also networking in the...
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    Need advice on changing careers please help me.

    PacoUSA replied to brturner's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow, by the standards of most people this is definitely great
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    RN Accepted into (JD-LAW) Program & NEED ADVICE.

    PacoUSA replied to JimK's topic in Nursing Career

    Unless you stay in the NYC or DC metro areas, temp attorney jobs will be few and far between, and in this economy it has even affected these big markets. Also, I don't recall these assignments being...
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    RN Accepted into (JD-LAW) Program & NEED ADVICE.

    PacoUSA replied to JimK's topic in Nursing Career

    Agrippa, I have to agree with a lot of what you said in your last post. Law school is definitely not for everyone. During my first semester I pretty much KNEW I was not going to enjoy practicing law...
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    RN Accepted into (JD-LAW) Program & NEED ADVICE.

    PacoUSA replied to JimK's topic in Nursing Career

    oh these are waaaaay too familiar, especially the "temporary attorney" link above, i used to be a regular reader. ironically, this is the main reason i stopped practicing law (and by the way, i once...
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    RN Accepted into (JD-LAW) Program & NEED ADVICE.

    PacoUSA replied to JimK's topic in Nursing Career

    Your quote = the story of my life. I have literally wondered sometimes when this would all end where I would end up in a career where I would not wake up mornings still wondering what I wanted to be...
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    Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

    PacoUSA replied to Raymond CA's topic in Men in Nursing

    Great poster. I actually have one (attached) hanging on my refrigerator as inspiration. The one attached however must have been made specifically for Florida, different guys at hospitals
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    I GOT IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

    :ancong!: I hope to have similar news to share a year from now after I apply to the accelerated BSN here (still have prereqs to finish). In the meantime, here's a smiley I love, and you will too!...
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    RN Accepted into (JD-LAW) Program & NEED ADVICE.

    PacoUSA replied to JimK's topic in Nursing Career

    Have not found much on application/acceptance data either, it's very strange considering how widely available it is for law schools. I seem to see mostly blanket statements from the schools...
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    Men: Lawyer > LPN or RN?

    PacoUSA posted a topic in Male Nursing Students

    Hello! This is my first post (of hopefully many), I'm a male turning 40 this year who has finally decided to come full circle with his desire to enter the nursing profession. Since childhood I've...
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    RN Accepted into (JD-LAW) Program & NEED ADVICE.

    PacoUSA replied to JimK's topic in Nursing Career

    The thing with UF's ABSN is that they require your 4 prereqs (A&P I & II, Microbio, and Stats) to have been completed within the last 7 years. I completed 3 out of these 4 courses well over 7...