twois

twois has 2 years experience and specializes in Neuro ICU.

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1. Do most schools look at the last 60hrs?

   twois replied to kbl7td's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   All of the schools I applied to looked at both my cumulative (which was honestly terrible - like a 2.9 - due to a lot of issues that are all very old now) and my last 60 credits aka my ABSN GPA (which...

2. The right BSN school? The right 1st job?

   twois replied to MeiLana's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Agreed with all of the above. I started in the ICU straight out of school and was glad I did; I would have been insanely frustrated with the low acuity of the floor. The ICU has a large learning...

3. % of people failing your program?

   twois replied to woahmelly's topic in General Students

   Wow. We started with 62 and ended with 62. I'd be shocked if we lost anyone along the way to graduation, to be honest. I don't know that our program ever has asked someone to leave due to academics...

4. Giving Thank you gifts

   twois replied to Hopeful3's topic in General Students

   Our clinical group all chipped in for a GC to a restaurant for our CI... I don't think it was that weird, considering the semester was over, grades were in, and it's really something to take a group...

5. Nursing career and Crohn's Disease

   twois replied to twois's topic in General Nursing

   That's true. What I'm going through now is a full-on flare that I ignored for days assuming it was something viral that would pass; hopefully in the future I can recognize this sooner and take evasive...

6. Nursing career and Crohn's Disease

   twois replied to twois's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks, guys. :) This was really encouraging to

7. Nursing career and Crohn's Disease

   twois posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey, everyone. I'm wondering if any of you out there are working nurses with Crohn's disease. I am - get this - two weeks into my ABSN program, and just spent three days in the hospital culminating...

8. How do you take notes for class, anyway?

   twois replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Students

   With the laptop thing - you can pick up a netbook nowadays for $200-250, and they're so small and portable that you can basically close it and toss it in your purse while running around campus. I...

9. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

   twois replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   It's RAD. I'm coming from FL, so I'm used to $200-300 in the summer and when it gets cold (like it did this January) we hit $450 in a townhouse because all anyone has down there are the heat pumps...

10. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

    twois replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Just as an FYI for those wanting to live near campus... check out University Apartments (I live here, full disclosure!). It's just over one mile from my door to the nursing school, plus I'm on a bus...

11. The HRSA Nursing Scholarship

    twois replied to Rags2Riches RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yeah, I know, I just didn't feel like calculating it.

12. The HRSA Nursing Scholarship

    twois replied to Rags2Riches RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Uh... not sure... whatever a 3.4 across 60 credits (my first degree GPA) plus a 4.0 across 20 more (prereqs) works out to be. Probably a 3.4 or

13. The HRSA Nursing Scholarship

    twois replied to Rags2Riches RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm kind of confused as to how "never updated any information on the list" automatically means she may have screwed up. What if the person's an alternate? What if there's no processing and updating to...

14. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

    twois replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Chapel Hill is 7+ miles from campus and the main corridor between the two is a nightmare at anything remotely resembling peak traffic time. The rest of NC seems terrified of Durham but it's actually...

15. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

    twois replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Congrats, all! I'm so pleased for all of you! Let me know if you have any questions about moving to