JSheldon

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1. Celebrate Your Fall 2010 Acceptances Here!!!

   JSheldon replied to starmickey03's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Congrats Everyone!!! I got my acceptance letter back in October. I start Fall of 2010. I'm excited. We are also moving so that I can attend this school. We're moving 3 hours away, back to my husbands home town. In another state. We have 4 kid...

2. Vaccinations

   JSheldon replied to BraveNewWorld's topic in Pre-Nursing

   My school requires titers for MMR, Varacella(or the vaccination), Hep B series (or titer), Hep A, TDap(or just T). They also require a two step PPD(Tb test). And a current physical. I am transferring and moving to go into a nursing program and a...

3. Fall Schedule!

   JSheldon replied to TaraRae123's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm taking Psych Statistics MWF 9-950am Basic Clinical Lab Skills M 10-1150am World Lit I MWF 12-1250 Phlebotomy Theory W 11-1150 Basic Clinical Lab Skills Lab M 1-250 Intro to Health Careers M 3-350 General Chemistry I W 6-950 I'm taking 16 hours. ...

4. how to pay for school

   JSheldon replied to Mommy Of Two 87's topic in Student Assist

   You'll be able to still apply for financial aid for the next year. You apply every year that you will be in school. You don't worry about paying it back until you are out of school. Repayment starts at 6 months out of school. Just do your best a...

5. I have a major dilemma CNA or EMT certification while waiting for RN to start?

   JSheldon replied to wifey08's topic in Student Assist

   I've had both. I got my CNA/home health aide cert first. Worked in private care. Cna's are the low man on the totem pole. They are very over worked and very very under paid. I let my cert lapse. I also have my EMT-B certification. Althoug...

6. HELP! What is the best path for me?

   JSheldon replied to wm1010's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm working on my BS in psych while I try to get into the nursing program at my school. I am very interested in Psych. I have already all of my prereq's for the nursing program, and almost all of the prereq's for the BSN. I just have to be accep...

7. What Did Your A&P Classes Cover? Please Read/Reply!

   JSheldon replied to DiamondShortay's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Looks like what I had. I took A/P I last fall. But my professor did functional anatomy. We used live human subjects. We also learned scientists that discovered various things. Schwann, Schliden, etc. It's a lot of information for one semes...

8. Taking prereqs and applying spring 2010 for fall 2010

   JSheldon replied to AccelCNL's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I've already applied once, didn't get in this fall. I already have all my nursing pre req's done. Now I'm working on my Psych Degree while I wait. I'm taking Intro to Speech, Fund. Concepts of Math, Intro to Soc. and Med Term, right now. This ...

9. To the girl who texted all during the math final...

   JSheldon replied to greeniebean's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Or how bout how hard it is to even get into to the nursing programs in some places, and then you here about half of the class dropping out because they can't cut it. Or they find out it's not "glamorous" enough. What about all of us that are still...

10. How can I get in?

    JSheldon replied to IdontWannaGrowup's topic in Pre-Nursing

    They sell a Teas study guide at att.com. They say it helps. I am still working on getting in. I'm retaking the teas, and retaking a few classes to up my score. I already have a 3.5 GPA. But I also have 4 kids, and it's hard to ace everything. ...

11. Discouraged and only taking A&P I

    JSheldon replied to nikkir386's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I took A/P I with a very difficult instructor. His fail rate was 75%. I withdrew from the class and retook it with a different professor. I got a high B. He made it super easy. But he also did functional human anatomy. He used living subjects. ...