PacoUSA BSN, RN

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    When will they change the name???

    PacoUSA replied to hand2cut's topic in Men in Nursing

    I hope the OP posts to update us on this 5-year-old thread that he has still not entered the profession. We are all better off not working with people that have these kind of
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    UCF Accelerated BSN 2011-2012

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in Florida Nursing

    I met someone yesterday at the UNF interviews who also got into the UCF ABSN. She said she would accept UNF if she got in there because she would then not have to move from Jacksonville. So, there...
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    Stony Brook BSN - Summer/Fall 2011 Applicants

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in New York Nursing

    LMAO! I think all of us at some point have dreamt that we got in somewhere, but in my case it did happen. Hopefully it will be a reality for you! As far as waitlists go, I am pretty sure the waitlist...
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    UNF Summer 2011 Accelerated BSN Hopeful

    PacoUSA replied to kheldenb's topic in Florida Nursing

    Oh that was you? Mr. Shiny Shoes!! LMAO! I remember noticing how good they looked. There weren't that many of us in there. If you saw a goatee, you saw me ... shame we did not know we were in the...
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    UNF Summer 2011 Accelerated BSN Hopeful

    PacoUSA replied to kheldenb's topic in Florida Nursing

    Did you not see me walk into your room with the big "Paco69 in the House" emblazoned on my shirt? ... I was in the room with Groups 1-4, were you in there
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    UNF summer 2011 hopefull

    PacoUSA replied to FLhusker's topic in Florida Nursing

    Oh thank God that's over, LOL! The interview experience was not as bad as I thought it would be. We were pretty relaxed as a group and we had really nice interviewers. Everyone in my group was really...
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    UNF Summer 2011 Accelerated BSN Hopeful

    PacoUSA replied to kheldenb's topic in Florida Nursing

    Good luck everyone with interviews tomorrow! Let's rock!!
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    UNF summer 2011 hopefull

    PacoUSA replied to FLhusker's topic in Florida Nursing

    Good luck everyone with interviews tomorrow! Let's rock!!
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    Took my first step and signed up for CNA

    PacoUSA replied to can'tdecide's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Usually BLS certification is required to get a job once you're licensed as a CNA. Never heard of it required for a training
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    Took my first step and signed up for CNA

    PacoUSA replied to can'tdecide's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Every nursing school differs in their admission requirements, so just because a school requires its students to be CNAs prior to admission does not make them
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    UNF Summer 2011 Accelerated BSN Hopeful

    PacoUSA replied to kheldenb's topic in Florida Nursing

    TWO DAYS!
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    Stony Brook BSN - Summer/Fall 2011 Applicants

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in New York Nursing

    RNDIVA, thank you! Only 2 of them are in NY: Stony Brook and Cochran. One is in PA (Drexel) and the other 3 are in FL where I currently live (UCF, UNF, and Miami). I am originally from NY and want...
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    Took my first step and signed up for CNA

    PacoUSA replied to can'tdecide's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good luck to you! :) You are making an excellent move towards your plans to be an RN. You will know through your CNA work whether nursing will be for
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    Is being a Male nurse weird?

    PacoUSA replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in Men in Nursing

    I let that mentality stop me from entering nursing 20 years ago. That's a big regret. I could be sitting here with 20 years of nursing experience behind me. Instead, I am here now on the verge of...
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    Do I need to study really hard for the TEAS?

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

    No, it's like $42 at the ATI website. I got mine through Amazon for like $22 a year ago. I have since resold it to someone else for like $32 on eBay. I made a profit, how about
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    Volunteer Experience

    PacoUSA replied to Loving This's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This was my thought exactly when I read the OP's post. And this happens a lot. Admissions committes are hip to this too. I started volunteering as an attempt to validate my desire to enter nursing,...
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    Do I need to study really hard for the TEAS?

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

    Wow ... seriously? Considering how competitive nursing school is these days, you better bust your to get a top score. You don't know how many of your fellow applicants are doing the same. Used ATI...
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    Should smokers be admitted into the nursing program?

    PacoUSA replied to Elly Aker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    OK so I went through all the pages on this thread so far and notice that the OP has not once reposted and clarified their original post. Meanwhile, lots of you have been quick to assume and developed...
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    UCF Accelerated BSN 2011-2012

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in Florida Nursing

    I personally walked in to CON this afternoon and handed in my signed email ... I did ask the lady at the desk about the outstanding requirements noted. She said the emails are computer generated and...
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    Univ of Miami Accelerated BSN 2011 Applicants

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in Florida Nursing

    OP on this thread! Decided to pop in to congratulate everyone who got into the summer class! If you did not know already, I did get accepted to Miami but I declined their offer. The tuition is way...
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    UNF summer 2011 hopefull

    PacoUSA replied to FLhusker's topic in Florida Nursing

    You're sweet! I aim to be calming. It just makes sense. Last year I was a mess, applied to one school, was waitlisted, never got in and had no plan B. I convinced myself NOT to do that again. Having...
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    UNF summer 2011 hopefull

    PacoUSA replied to FLhusker's topic in Florida Nursing

    Thanks FLhusker! Well, I know of 2 other UNF interviewees who were accepted @ UCF so I surely won't be the only one. I remember it mentioned that about 150 are interviewed total. 24 for the...
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    The Wait is Killing Me!

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

    Cool as a cucumber Applying to multiple schools with different deadlines, now THAT was
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    UNF summer 2011 hopefull

    PacoUSA replied to FLhusker's topic in Florida Nursing

    LOL, I guess you can say that I am! I think I am more calm than ever now because within the last 2 weeks I have been accepted to ABSN's at UCF and Stony Brook, so the interview @ UNF does not seem so...
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    Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

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

    LMAO! I wrote this back in May 2009 and could not help to notice it now. This is the same school that just last Friday accepted me into their ABSN for this summer. ... At the time, I believe I was...