FralliesMom_RN replied to EarthhAngel2013's topic in NICU, Neonatal
Just a Dose, I have one year of nursing experience on a busy adult med/surg unit. I would really like to try to get into our NICU this fall. I've heard the jobs can be hard to come by as there...
Hi jlpsu, Your journey sounds very similar to mine. I'm 36 and back in the 90s wanted to go to college to become a nurse. For reasons different from yours I chose a different path and got the ever...
FralliesMom_RN replied to Tankweti's topic in General Nursing
The lawsuit won't hold up. I think I remember seeing a similar case years ago in the paper. It wasn't a nursing student, but same situation. I wouldn't expend any energy on this. Obviously you...
Hi NICU nurses, I'm finishing the 1st semester of my accelerated second degree program (25% done, yay!). Anyway, today I was sitting down with my clinical instructor to evaluate my performance in the...
FralliesMom_RN replied to nonnativespeaker's topic in General Nursing
I would find a local community college or university, that offers a nursing program and meet with the admissions people. They would be able to tell you what sorts of classes you need to take. Don't...
I saw a group of you who toured WHC last Friday. I hope you enjoyed the tour. It was my favorite part of the interview. Not sure how they're doing it this time around. We found out in the week...
The first few weeks were crazy. I'm guessing that is similar to any accelerated program though. I kept thinking, what the heck did I get myself into. I'm settling into a pattern now, so I think it...
I understand it's a hard decision, especially committing to living so far from home for awhile. If it helps, DC is a fun town and hardly anyone is from here, so everyone was in the same boat at some...
I just wanted to give another viewpoint. I'm in the program that just began in January. I am a Washington scholar so my experience may be different from Tammy's. I think our cohort is almost 60...
Sure. I have class 4 days and spend one day at the hospital. First semester, you have only one clinical. Some in my cohort managed to get a day off, but I couldn't get that to work based on my...
Hi Joenurse, I had a BA in English (graduated 10 yrs ago). My GPA was about a 3.4. My prereqs were 4.0. I had all of my sciences except chemistry done when I submitted my application. I didn't...