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  1. Weekend Only ADN/RN Nursing Program?

    looking4wrd posted a topic in General Students

    Does anyone participate in a weekend only nursing program? If so, what is the schedule like? Is it every weekend? Every other weekend? When are clinicals, lectures etc? Does this leave you time to...

  2. Health Care pay decrease with new health care plan?

    looking4wrd replied to chrisciwi's topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone even seen copies of this supposed plan? Where are all the details? Seriously, I think they will pass it without anyone even knowing what is in it. If anyone knows where there is a copy of...

  3. Parents at Orientation

    looking4wrd replied to lak20019's topic in General Students

    I think you should give the school a call and see if its normal and customary that parents attend. If they say "usually not" or "its students only" then you have your answer and you'll have to let...

  4. Those of you who understand chemistry well

    looking4wrd replied to ccjus123's topic in General Students

    I went to a SUNY upstate school and took CHEM 151 (chemistry for the health sciences). That was ten years ago, so I don't know if they have that class anymore, but it was a great class and not that...

  5. Rude people in the public library

    looking4wrd replied to mom35's topic in General Students

    The library in my neighborhood gets loud, too. Whatever happened to whispering softly in a library??!! Even the librarians get loud! I guess that went out the door years ago with general good...

  6. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    looking4wrd replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    I would LOVE to hear Canadian's perspectives about their plans, as it is true that I hear a lot of nightmarish stories. It would be nice to hear the GOOD things about it. Anyhow, back to the OP's...

  7. Cheating on final

    looking4wrd replied to crazytonurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That is great that your professor caught this! Do you find it weird that "Ann" chose to sit next to you AGAIN, even after you told her no??? She sounds very bold, stupid AND insecure. God help her...

  8. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    looking4wrd replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Spidey's mom, thank you for all of the information you posted. I hope everyone reads it. We all need to do our own investigating of this issue and not take for granted everything coming out of the...

  9. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    looking4wrd replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Universal healthcare coverage scares me. Such a huge overhaul of our healthcare system cannot be done without sacrificing tons of jobs, spending tons of money and making too many drastic changes. We...

  10. Advice to a pre-nursing student?

    looking4wrd replied to RetroReactive's topic in General Students

    RetroReactive, do not give up! You are soooo young. You have your WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE to live. If nursing is what you want then go for it. You are only 17??!!!...when I was your age all I wanted to...

  11. RN "Desk Jobs" - Need Advice

    looking4wrd replied to candyrain78's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You could be a case manager for an insurance company...I know an RN who works from home doing this and makes GREAT money. She hadn't been out of school barely two years before she acquired that job....

  12. new nursing student/mother of 2/wife needs help with time management

    looking4wrd replied to jcbalat's topic in General Students

    Wow, everyone's tips were so amazing! It was fun reading them all. I am so fearful of going back to school and trying to balance single parenting, working full-time and school. If you can all do it...

  13. Scholarships for out-of-state school??

    looking4wrd replied to tinediddy's topic in General Students

    You may want to check out www.collegenet.com They have TONS of scholarships for many, many different criteria. Good

  14. Learning to be emotionally neutral

    looking4wrd replied to mom35's topic in General Students

    Next time, what if you smile very nicely and say " Thank you so much for wanting to help and give advice, but I would really like to figure this out on my own. If I need advice or help you'll be the...

  15. Syracuse, NY...any jobs for new nurses????

    looking4wrd posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Anyone graduates having trouble finding a nursing job in Syracuse? I'm trying to decide if I want to enter nursing school or not. I'm worried about the job market. How bad is it in Syracuse? I...

  16. What is taught in A & P I?

    looking4wrd replied to Kyla.ann's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took both A&P classes about 12 years ago. Although I don't remember exactly what was taught in each class I do remember you will learn everything you could ever want to know about each body...

  17. The weight of the world.

    looking4wrd replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sarahbeth, I will pray for you. I lost my mom last year to a LONG battle with breast cancer. It was sooooo hard to see it consume her after over a decade of fighting it with a vengeance. There...

  18. Syracuse, NY...any jobs for new nurses????

    looking4wrd replied to looking4wrd's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you so much mixyRN. That is exactly what I was hoping to hear! Would Crouse hire a grad from St. Joe's and vice versa? Or do they stick to hiring their own grads? I still haven't decided if I...

  19. Syracuse, NY...any jobs for new nurses????

    looking4wrd replied to looking4wrd's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you so much for your response, CrunchyMama, I really appreciate it. Some of the posts on this website are so negative, I was really getting worried. Best of luck to you with your schooling. I...

  20. Nursing student/parent needs time mgmt. advice

    looking4wrd replied to k5steve's topic in General Students

    What time do you have your daughter go to bed at night? I would definitely get her into an EARLY bedtime routine, if she's not already, and then you would have a few hours every evening to study....

  21. how financially prepare myself for nursing

    looking4wrd replied to lesnict25's topic in General Students

    try

  22. Unprofessional nurses/power tripper's/ trouble makers

    looking4wrd replied to chicsurfs's topic in General Students

    I am not in the nursing profession yet, however where I currently work is dominated by women and everything the OP said goes on where I work, too. The races stick together, the women are catty and...

  23. In the meantime

    looking4wrd replied to joeyww12000's topic in General Students

    I may be wrong about this, but I think you are supposed to wait until you've been accepted to school before you apply for the loans. Apply to school, get the FAFSA form completed and then if you get...

  24. Thats IT !!! Im Sick of it !!!!

    looking4wrd replied to LeesG's topic in General Students

    Just DO it. You named all the reasons why quitting smoking will be easy for you. The same stamina you will use to stay focused on your quest to become a nurse you can apply to quitting smoking. You...