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  1. Georgetown Accelerated BSN Fall 2010

    Pokytrokyt replied to JoeNurseRN's topic in School, College Programs

    Hi All, I haven't posted on Allnurses for awhile, so I thought I'd do some catch up. FYI, this week I started my 2nd semester in the ABSN program at GU, and I'm not a WHC scholar. I'm paying for...

  2. tuition benefits at diff hospitals....

    Pokytrokyt replied to adio412's topic in General Nursing

    Do any of these hospitals offer help paying off existing student loans? When I finish my BSN at GU, I'll have over $50K in student loans to pay back.

  3. BSN programs - HELP

    Pokytrokyt replied to al_e135's topic in General Nursing

    You might also consider starting out at NVCC - Northern Virginia Community College for your general ed and/or nursing prereqs, then transfer to a 4 year school like GMU or UVA to complete your BSN....

  4. Safe Apartments

    Pokytrokyt replied to ERiley1's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on your new job! Plan A: Is this hospital Metro accessible? If so, you might decide to live within commuting distance of a convenient Metro station in MD and take the train to work. For...

  5. Marymount Accelerated BSN Program Fall 09

    Pokytrokyt replied to eileen9953's topic in Virginia Nursing

    That's not to say Marymount isn't a great program. I'm a volunteer at WHC, and several nurses on my ward, including the head Nurse on the ward went to

  6. Georgetown Accelerated BSN Program Fall 09 Interviews?

    Pokytrokyt replied to stacy1234's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting into Georgetown, either. But you'll never know unless you apply. Applying costs $65, I think plus you need references from teachers and...

  7. Washington Hospital Center - Good for grads?

    Pokytrokyt replied to chachi69's topic in General Nursing

    Correction: Oriolesmagic is right. They're not a magnet hospital - yet. So far the only magnet hospital in DC that I see on the ANNC website is

  8. Georgetown Accelerated BSN Program Fall 09 Interviews?

    Pokytrokyt replied to stacy1234's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Metrogirl, The good news is, if you're applying for admission in Fall 2010 you'll have a number of schools to choose from in the DC metro area. Marymount in VA is good, GU and GW in DC are good,...

  9. Washington Hospital Center - Good for grads?

    Pokytrokyt replied to chachi69's topic in General Nursing

    jlharris1 Re: Washington Hospital Center - Good for grads? Hi Pokytrokyt, I was just wondering why you say WHC is only hiring BSN's. Thanks As noted earlier in this thread, WHC is a magnet hospital....

  10. Georgetown Accelerated BSN

    Pokytrokyt replied to firstyearRN's topic in School, College Programs

    Q1: No, I didn't get the WHC scholarship. Seems a bunch of us didn't. Maybe they just gave out fewer scholarships this year. Anyway, I could blow my 401K savings on this program, or take student...

  11. Best Place to Live/Work in Virginia

    Pokytrokyt replied to NURSESTAR's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I've lived in Virginia and Maryland off and on as a kid, and for the past 20 years solid in VA. Here's my take on a couple issues when living in the Metro DC area: Cost of living: Yeah, it's high....

  12. A&P Transfer Credits

    Pokytrokyt replied to caitlink's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Also, it probably makes sense to think through the education path you'll be taking for nursing. Since nursing is a hands-on profession, nursing school will require lectures and labs in traditional...

  13. Marymount Accelerated BSN - Spring 2010

    Pokytrokyt replied to Pokytrokyt's topic in Virginia Nursing

    You might want to start a new thread in the "Maryland" section of this web site, and see if you can get some feedback from people who have already graduated from the MS CNL program (if it's not brand...

  14. So what is a must have for NURSING SCHOOL?

    Pokytrokyt replied to mcirishdreams's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I'm also starting school in Spring 2010 (BSN program). My list of stuff includes scrubs, stethoscope, bandage scissors, small pocket notebook, bandage tape. A friend who is graduating from the same...

  15. Washington Hospital Center - Good for grads?

    Pokytrokyt replied to chachi69's topic in General Nursing

    The GU/WHC scholarship students graduate in December and start at WHC in February (after taking the NCLEX), or graduate in May and start in July. WHC gives out up to 40+ scholarships twice a

  16. Washington Hospital Center - Good for grads?

    Pokytrokyt replied to chachi69's topic in General Nursing

    As best I can tell, they only hire new RN grads with a BSN degree - not ADN. And I think they only interview new grads during "Dream Days." FYI, WHC has a joint scholarship program with Georgetown...

  17. accelerated courses in DC metro area

    Pokytrokyt replied to panamama's topic in General Nursing

    First thing: TEAS (Test of Essential Academic Skills) test. Required by Marymount unless you have a higher GPA - I think above 3.0. I took it anyway. The TEAS basically tests you on HS science and...

  18. accelerated courses in DC metro area

    Pokytrokyt replied to panamama's topic in General Nursing

    From what I saw on their website, UMD does have an accelerated nursing program. However, the accelerated program at UMD is for people wanting to go from a non-nursing BS degree to a MSN Clinical...

  19. Hiring freeze in NOVA and DC?

    Pokytrokyt replied to mingez's topic in Virginia Nursing

    LunahRN, I think you're right about a BSN becoming a baseline at some hospitals. I don't know anyone in my BSN program who's taking that route because they want to go into management. Most seem to...

  20. Hiring freeze in NOVA and DC?

    Pokytrokyt replied to mingez's topic in Virginia Nursing

    That's cool. For those who don't know the area, you could live in the outer VA suburbs (e.g. Ashburn or Leesburg) and commute to work in WVA. Once you worked there a year or two, you'd have the...

  21. TEAS test

    Pokytrokyt replied to hopeful10's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I took the TEAS test back in June, at Marymount U in Virginia. We weren't allowed to use a calculator - they just gave us a pencil and some scratch paper. But there really isn't a lot of calculating...

  22. Marymount Accelerated BSN Program Fall 09

    Pokytrokyt replied to eileen9953's topic in Virginia Nursing

    First, you need to get your application submitted right away: the deadline for your application to be considered in the second round of admissions for Spring 2010 is October 23, 2009. You also need...

  23. Georgetown Accelerated BSN

    Pokytrokyt replied to firstyearRN's topic in School, College Programs

    I have a couple new questions for the group: I've been accepted at both Georgetown and Marymount to start in Spring 2010. My problem is, I wasn't offered a scholarship by WHC. So I need to get a...

  24. Best Place to Live/Work in Virginia

    Pokytrokyt replied to NURSESTAR's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I live in Northern Virginia and can echo some of what you've already heard. The advantage of living in the Metro area (VA, DC, MD) is you have a lot of choices of hospitals to work in, plus the...

  25. NVCC or GMU

    Pokytrokyt replied to d0ves's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I've been told that hospitals more and more want to hire BSNs, not ADNs when they're fresh out of school - at least here in the DC area. Though I don't dispute that ADN's and BSN's start out at the...