ADeks

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  1. Tampa New Grads??

    ADeks replied to Missy89's topic in Florida Nursing

    Keep looking! I know new grads have just been hired at St. Joesph's in Tampa. So keep trying and if you can get anyone to put in a good word that will certainly help you as

  2. Anyone else applying for fall 2010 SPC nursing program?

    ADeks replied to haimyem's topic in Florida Nursing

    You're gonna have to cut them. It's for patient safety and to reduce spread of germs from one patient to another... Just because you can't see anything under your nails doesn't mean they're not...

  3. Anyone else applying for fall 2010 SPC nursing program?

    ADeks replied to haimyem's topic in Florida Nursing

    If you just go to the local health center they should pull you up. And if not you'll have to get titers done for Varicella (Chicken Pox) and your MMR. Plus you need 2 TB tests! But don't stress out...

  4. Anyone else applying for fall 2010 SPC nursing program?

    ADeks replied to haimyem's topic in Florida Nursing

    You use your skills kit every semester to practice. First semester it's pretty much bandage changes and enemas. Second semester it's IVs and

  5. SPC, Helen Ellis experience

    ADeks replied to ADeks's topic in Florida Nursing

    Thanks

  6. CNA certification while in ADN program

    ADeks replied to JackiRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You should check with your local hospitals if they hire nursing students as CNA/PCTs. They sometimes hire nursing students and allow you to be certified through them! I challenged the state test and...

  7. SPC, Helen Ellis experience

    ADeks replied to ADeks's topic in Florida Nursing

    Yea, the only reason the Baycare sites are off the table this semester is because I have to take psych in the semester and they seem to have it scheduled for the end. Which is not a good thing from...

  8. SPC, Helen Ellis experience

    ADeks replied to ADeks's topic in Florida Nursing

    Well, this is going to be for this coming Fall... Good luck in your summer

  9. SPC, Helen Ellis experience

    ADeks replied to ADeks's topic in Florida Nursing

    Well, I haven't heard awesome things about Largo Med either. But I won't be working there, just doing Med/Surg 2 days/week for the most part of the semester. Also, I have heard that Helen Ellis is a...

  10. Florida CNA exam

    ADeks replied to Futuremidwife0721's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yea, you only have to pass the exam. But taking a small weekend class is only like $300 and you do it in like 3 days, I think? I'm not sure if that's an option for you, but maybe? Also, do you know...

  11. Should I get another job as a CNA?

    ADeks posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    I have just finished my second semester of nursing school. We get the summer off and then we finish up the next school year. It's an ASN program btw. I have been looking for a hospital job since...

  12. Florida CNA exam

    ADeks replied to Futuremidwife0721's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I recently challenged the board, but I have been in nursing school for a year now. And I just went over the check list. I had to perform hand-washing, re-positioning a patient, pulse and...

  13. SPC - Competitive Admissions

    ADeks replied to lis4b's topic in Florida Nursing

    The nursing program IS a specialty

  14. Daughter looking to be a RN

    ADeks replied to boatnam1's topic in General Students

    If money is an issue. Have you looked into your nearby community colleges? She could go to college and go for her

  15. Do you think the job market for nurses will improve by the time you graduate?

    ADeks replied to AtACrossRoads's topic in General Students

    The hospital I work at as a Unit Secretary hires new grads. A lot also has to do with networking and having some hospital experience by the time you graduate. Most everyone in my nursing school have...

  16. Daughter looking to be a RN

    ADeks replied to boatnam1's topic in General Students

    OK, well there are RN programs which is an Associate Degree (2 years) and then most universities offer a Bachelors Program aka BSN (4 years). Most universities also offer an RN to BSN program. Check...

  17. SPC - Competitive Admissions

    ADeks replied to lis4b's topic in Florida Nursing

    I have known people who get jobs who aren't in EAYL. I would try both, and if you get in EAYL then you're set if not. I suggest getting a job at the hospital either as a tech or a unit secretary. Get...

  18. New Nursing School In Tampa FL

    ADeks replied to Sincere24's topic in Florida Nursing

    The only thing I would think about as well is that the RN credits may not be transferable to a public college if you wish to go for RN-to-BSN. You might get stuck having to go for another private...

  19. Help!!! should I go for a BS right off the bat or an AAS degree?!

    ADeks replied to TattooedMama's topic in Nursing Career

    Well the RN to BSN program at my CC is geared more towards the full-time RN. So I am def. doing it after I get my AS degree for RN. I'm pretty young, but I don't have kids. Though, most of the women I...

  20. SPC - Competitive Admissions

    ADeks replied to lis4b's topic in Florida Nursing

    Answer #1: Yes this is competitive. They look at how many classes you have finished as well as your GPA. I had a 3.2 and was chosen first pool. Answer #2: Residency can play a role. From what I...

  21. Anyone else applying for fall 2010 SPC nursing program?

    ADeks replied to haimyem's topic in Florida Nursing

    Uniforms: Classes at HEC is a white polo with the patch on it then any navy, khaki, or black pants (these can be scrub pants or slacks), and your shoes don't matter. The uniform at clinicals are white...

  22. All Children's PICU

    ADeks replied to MoBroo's topic in Florida Nursing

    Umm, I know of a few new grads who were hired right away to work in the Peds Er and PICU at All Children's. They both got like some 20 something week orientation. The girl in PICU said that most of...

  23. Previous/ Recent Nursing Students- I need some advice

    ADeks replied to Amabbrybo's topic in Florida Nursing

    Well, I go to SPC and one of my classmates is a single mom of a bunch of kids and she does it. Try and pull your resources. SPC has Women on the Way and talk to them about any scholarships you can...

  24. Tampa good and Tampa don't do it

    ADeks replied to daves's topic in Florida Nursing

    I have done my clinicals at the Morton Plant Hospitals near Palm Harbor and Clearwater. And I live in Clearwater. I just started working at St. Joseph's in Tampa, and I love it! They've really worked...

  25. Anyone else applying for fall 2010 SPC nursing program?

    ADeks replied to haimyem's topic in Florida Nursing

    I got into SPC last Fall. It was my second time applying but the first time I still had pre-reqs to do. I do NOT have a great GPA. I had like a 3.2 or something. But I had ALL my pre-reqs and co-reqs...