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Is anyone here currently attending (or have you already attended or are you thinking about attending) the Penn State University online RN-BSN program? If so, I'd love to hear from you and your reviews and perspective and any advice or recommendations...

I have a question about the license compact system. The state that I'm currently licensed in, GA, is not a compact state. If I get a license by endorsement in a state that is a compact state (for example, North Carolina), can I then use the fact that...

If any of you prospective OU students are thinking about using CLEP exams to take care of some of your general education requirements, there is a hugely important policy you should know about: You must take the exam and get the necessary score on it ...

Hello, Are there any subsets of corrections nursing that actually afford you the ability to use your ACLS skills and run codes and work other critical care cases like managing vasoactive drips or taking care of patients with chest tubes, etc? I guess...

I wouldn't say anything to prospective employers about this job. Just apply as a new graduate. Don't even mention it on your resume/application.

If a new graduate is unable to secure a hospital job right out of nursing school, which one of the following jobs would be easiest to transition from into an entry-level med-surg position after say, a year of experience in that field: Corrections (ja...

So, I have an interview at a prison on Monday. The prison is run by a private company, but has a contract with the US Marshals. As such, they have very strict standards about credit history. Apparently, they won't hire you if you have any debt more t...

Oh I know. I'm just saying that's probably the reason they're not willing to overlook small debts that go unpaid. Owing like 50 bucks and not paying it for 5 years makes it look like you're giving someone the middle finger salute.

I can understand why this position requires it. It is common to not be able to get a job with anything having to do with federal law enforcement if you are in any kind of debt. The way they see it you are either: a.) irresponsible and can't be truste...

What do you consider best? Cheapest? Most prestegious? One that will prepare you the best for what you want to do? At the masters level, there are a bunch of big name schools that offer degrees at a distance: Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt, Yale a...

I am a recent grad looking into an acute dialysis position because of the extensive training provided. For acute dialyis, will they want you to live in the same city your job is in so that you can respond quickly to pages when you are on call? I live...

That's the official word out of the unemployment office. However, in practice, the vast majority of employees end up winning their appeal, even if the employer disputes it. If there is any subjectivity at all involved in the reason the employer gives...

If I were you, I wouldn't even mention the fact that you even had this job and just apply to new graduate residencies as a new grad with no nursing experience. Many new grad nurse residency programs will hire people who got their degree within the pa...

Hello, I graduate from a community college associates program in May, but do not want to start working until August at the earliest because I will be taking summer classes to complete a second associates degree that I'm working on. I will also be sta...

Even though we already have a thread about Ohio University's online RN-BSN program, this question is so important that it merits its own thread. As you may or may not know, Ohio University is currently on the quarter system. However, they are switchi...

Thanks for the information. It appears then that new graduates from compact states who are willing to work anywhere have a significant advantage over non-compact state graduates, as they are immediately employable in any other compact state. A month ...

Just thought I'd point this out for fun. Of course, it really doesn't matter all that much where you get your BSN, as most employeers just want to see that you've got one, so I'm not knocking any other programs I just thought this little factoid was ...

Have any of you transferred credits from a semester-based school to Ohio University when those credits were part of a sequence? Like two semesters of chemistry or physics? My chemistry sequence on the semester system was fall semester chemistry I w/ ...

I have some questions for you all about the Ohio DARS: Who has the ultimate responsibility for preparing it? Who goes through your transcripts and decides which courses are the equivalent of Ohio University courses? Does your advisor do this? Is it t...

If you test out of health appraisal, do you have the option of taking the class if you are not pleased with your grade on the challenge exam? I would rather take the class and get an A than test out and get a C.

For those of you who filled out the FAFSA and sent it to OU, did your financial aid get processed in time for your start date? I'm hoping to use a Stafford loan to pay for the initial quarter and then pay it off over the course of several months. But...

Here is general info about the switch: http://www.ohio.edu/students/q2s/ As for the nursing program specifically, they do indeed follow the university-wide quarter calendar. Each 5-week session is considered to be half of one OU quarter, and the star...

It means 2 courses at once during each 5 week term. So, yeah 2 courses every 5 weeks and 4 every 10 weeks. One at a time would be one course every 5 week session, so 2 every 10 weeks. If you only have the 12 nursing courses to take, and you double up...

http://bsn.online.ohio.edu/documents/NursingCourseSchedule.pdf According to this, you're supposed to start with NRSE 300 and then if you are doing one course at a time, you take the "a" course and if you are are doing two courses at a time, you take ...

I passed the CLEP Introductory Sociology exam today with a 68 (50 is minimum needed for any credit anywhere, but the program I'm considering has 55 as a cutoff) using only Instacert as preparation. Just thought I'd vouch for them.