Pitya, I think that nurses can make a positive impact in public health field. For example, what I noticed while learning in the BSN program is that the professors reiterate patient teaching. I think...
I want to make a correction to my former post. The fact right now is that if you do not pass your final comprehensive HESI the SECOND time you take the test, you have to enroll in a class to remediate...
Thank you to the OP who started this thread. I am weeks away from graduating from a nursing program and have been experiencing doubts about whether I want to start at the bedside at my first job. I...
Thanks for the information. I am more motivated to finish school knowing that I have options to work in community health post-grad. Squirt 2008, did you have to work in the hospital initially before...
Hey all Has the OP decided where to go? On the ACE PROGRAM.. Someone mentioned that we do 3 rotations each quarter--that is right. Sometimes, I get the institutional policies mixed up. For example: a...
The tests do not allow for investigation or questioning, two hallmarks of critical thinking. Our instructors do not even clarify questions during the test. We are always told, "do not ask 'what if'...
Hey there, like the OP, I would also like to work in community health. The thought of working in the hospital for 2-3 years to gain "experience" is common new nurse sense, but ...I want to try to...
Thanks Hidden Cat, did you end up paying less than $2000 for all your books? (I did not even spend this much for books in my undergraduate degree two years
Hi vundernurse, I am curious as to how much you ended up spending on books for your 11 month time in ACE. I got the book list for this Fall and it is nearly 1000 dollars for only first quarter books...
Hi L&D Nurse to be and Loner; Can I ask you guys what you ended up doing for your financial aid last yr ?( r guys are nearing the end of the program by now right?) My financial aid package for...
Hey Ar 474, thank you for sharing the information on the RWF scholarship. Just to clarify, you found out about it during the ACE orientation? I wonder why they don't send it out with the acceptance...
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I think in that way, its a little like some medical schools where first and second year grades are based solely on exams. It seems more objective but I can see the frustration of this as well when...
What is everyone doing about health insurance for the ACE year? I think ACE has a partnership with Aetna student health but I am unsure of signing onto this plan..