juliaann

To be honest, I didn't really like or think I was particularly good at being a CNA, but I don't at all doubt my ability to be a nurse. I'm loving nursing school and clinicals....sure it's great to have the CNA foundation, but it is not a total deter...

http://nursing.ouhsc.edu/Prospective_Students/ Go there, and then in the column on the right under counselor links there are admission stats for 2010 and 2009. 2011 should be posted soon. That way you can see average GPA of students who applied as ...

I totally know how you feel! I was a CNA at a hospital for two years. Then I got promoted to a sweet cardiology job (EKGs, Stress Lab, Code Team, paperwork for the cardiologists) at the same hosptial. I did that for a year and a half. I had to quit b...

I did my CNA at TCC also. I did a 4 or 5 week summer online blended class the summer of 2009. It was a breeze. Our clinical sites were owasso baptist village and ambassador manor. Half the class went to one site and the other half went to the other, ...

LOL. I've been in Oklahoma for 4 years now and have never seen a tornado. I HAVE seen them, though, when I lived in Nebraska when I was getting my first degree and Alabama when I was in high school...gotta take your chances, I guess! :) I think I'd...

I think this really is depending on your region. I'm going to a public school with an affordable accelerated BSN program and half of my class (our class is 32 students total, 400+ applicants) already have contracts (and scholarships!) with area hosp...

My ABSN is ~ $16,000 for tuition and fees. Books are about $2,000, and then living expenses are whatever you choose (I took $20,000 in loans for my entire program, although I do have my husband's income to help with bills...he's currently working mi...

My class is 32 students. I love the small size, we're almost done with our first semester and we're all already really good friends. :) I

I agree with the previous comment. The friends I've made in nursing school have been the best friends I've ever had. We spend so much time together working on projects and studying that we've really become friends, so we spend time outside of schoo...

College algebra and statistics were the two my program required.

I'm taking 20k for my ABSN. The program is 15k and I'm only taking a little extra to help with rent and utilities for the next year, even though we're losing my entire income (25k last year). My husband works temporary/ contract right now, so this is...

Hope your first day went well! If you have any questions or need to vent, that's what this place is for!

I agree with fuzzywuzzy. Of the 3 people you claim should share the responsibility for the fall, I think you should be bar far the least "responsible" of the 3. You didn't even know she was back - how could you have possibly prevented this?! Both...

You will find administration does not at all agree with your first sentence. It'll be better for you to change that mindset now. It is ALL about the patients. Healthcare is more and more a customer service industry. In my hospital you can petiti...

I'm a PRN nurse aide, but I guess our system is different than yours. At my hosptial PRN doesn't equal "on call," it means I work as my schedule allows. I put in my availablilty two weeks in advance, and my manager schedules me according to the hos...

I've never done rotating weekends, but since your hours are 30 per pay period that makes sense that one weekend in the pay period you work 2 8-hour shifts, and then the other week you work 2 weekdays. What weekdays you work might be set the same eve...

So, is anyone else in this awful waiting period hoping to hear about acceptance from OU? I applied to the Tulsa campus, but I know admission decisions for the Tulsa and OKC campus were made at the same time, so I figured between the ~400 of us maybe...

You can always keep applying and interviewing...while it's not great to "job hop" if you really need more hours and/or really want to work as an MA, keep applying until you get what you want! You can always tell the hospital "thanks for the opportun...

I love this guy's youtube videos - I found them helpful in my pre-reqs. I have a friend who was in a similar situation as you (taking Chemistry again this spring, struggling the second time around as well), and I linked her to these and she loved th...

Meh. I start my ABSN in 2 weeks, and I already have a contract with a hospital for after graduation. I may not get my top pick of units (it'll depend on what's available next year), but I'll have a job. I've been working there as a CNA and CVT for ...

Just so you know, I have never heard of a hospital using medication aides. There are enough nurses that the nurses can administer their own medications (as opposed to LTC, where there's usually only 1 or 2 nurses for a whole 40-60 resident facility/...

Okay, I'm kind of with the OP on this one - my first nurse aide job was at a hospital, I was NOT a CNA yet (not required for working in a hosptial in my state), had NO healthcare experience. I asked a lot of these same questions about what to expect ...

Edited because I was replying to the wrong thread. Moderators can delete if needed. :)

thanks for your posts, excitedtobehere and calijessxoxo ! this thread has been really helpful to me - i think i'm going to go get an ipad 2 before my program starts june 1st! i have a macbook and i love it, but i want something lighter and smaller ...

Yikes! A lot of you have really had some commutes! I'm SO thankful my campus is less than a mile from my apartment, and the hospital where my program does ALL of its clinicals is only 2 miles from campus. Which is perfect, since I take the bus or ...