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Las Vegas, Nevada. 3rd year as a school nurse. Large school district with about 200 School Nurses. Assigned to 2 public elementary schools (approx 1600 students combined). Work with First Aid Safety Assistants (FASAs) in each school's health offic...

I just graduated from the NSC Accelerated BSN program in August 2011 and wanted to share some of my thoughts about the experience. My classmates were awesome. I made some lifelong friendships. We bonded over the challenging course material and clini...

We do have union hospitals in Vegas. There are union payscale posters posted in various public locations. If you work med/ surg, ratios are usually 6:1 days and 9:1 nights. Sometimes an extra patient is pushed on to you. IMC can vary but I hear mostl...

Updated interview guide link: http://nursing.jhu.edu/life_at_hopkins/student_resources/center/documents/interview_guide.pdf

Hi beagle75, I'm assuming you've already asked the NSC SON staff about switching. If you haven't, you might ask them if it's even a possibility. Let me just tell you up front that what worked for me might not work for you. Some people have to study a...

Kind of a stretch - but you could possibly move out of state. In Vegas, we have CSN for an associate degree (FT and PT programs), NSC for BSN (ABSN, BSN Full Time & BSN Part-time), or UNLV for BSN. You'd pay out of state tuition until you get re...

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@alluring square I would look at the websites of any BSN schools you're interested in. They usually have lots of good information on pre-reqs. I transferred my transcripts, talked to a counselor, and figured out what pre-reqs to take in order to appl...

If you read the "Meeting Minutes" on the Nevada BON web site, you can get a lot of current information on the various nursing programs. Look for pass rates at the end of each pdf doc, under the EDUCATION heading. Board Meeting Schedule & Agendas...

Do a little cost-benefit analysis. Factor in opportunity cost. If you can afford the financial hit, go for it. I have a previous business degree, and worked in sales, project management, etc. I started taking science pre-reqs when I was 35. I recentl...

Hi Winningjob, I was in your spot a little over a year ago. CSN, Apollo, UNLV, and NSC. I even took the entrance exam at Apollo and got accepted there. I already have a business degree so I decided to go for the BSN. I've been at NSC for about a year...

Congratulations to all who just got accepted into the accelerated, regular, and part-time programs at Nevada State College! See ya at orientation!

@pompano I'm not sure what the avg gpa or score was for this cohort. My guess is if you had above 3.5 gpa and scored above 85% on teas you likely got into the accelerated program. I know 5 people I believe fit that criteria and got in. Regular and ...

Thanks cingham. I came across that information as well. In addition to NSC, I'm also applying to UNLV. I did find a letter dated 2/11/10 from the NSC President stating that until the March 4 Regents meeting, "no statements regarding the impact of t...

The accelerated program deadline is March 1st. I just applied to the accelerated and regular programs. Here's a link to more info! http://nsc.nevada.edu/223.asp

Hi Calicore, I got an A in the class. I actually enjoyed the summer term because I could intensely focus only on that class. 6 weeks/4 days a week is a good amount of time to learn the material and get to know the professor and do labs. The integrat...

This past fall, I took A&P 223 at NSC and we did use animal parts and human cadavers. We were able to have time with both a female and male cadaver. Last summer, I also had BIO 189 at NSC and we dissected a variety of animals during that sessio...

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You may look into Western Governors University. http://www.wgu.edu/ http://www.wgu.edu/about_WGU/overview The tuition looks reasonable and it's at your own pace. I'm thinking of getting my MBA or MSN there in a couple years.