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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. Longer tops?

    twois posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm oh-so-lucky enough to be a somewhat tall gal (5'9") with short legs (usually a 30" inseam is more than sufficient for me) and a long torso. It's hard to find long tops - most don't even cover the...

  4. Impact of undergrad institution on CRNA admissions?

    twois posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Okay, so I know this may be somewhat controversial, because it may be one of those things that's not "official" but is in reality a factor... I'm currently getting ready to go back to school, for...

  5. % 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...

  6. 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...

  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. 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...

  9. Nursing career and Crohn's Disease

    twois replied to twois's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, guys. :) This was really encouraging to

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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.

  14. 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

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. 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

  18. The HRSA Nursing Scholarship

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

    I think you're right. But if you look back, there were people with CL who had credit pulled over a couple of days last week - and now it's the weekend. I know exactly how you're feeling right now, but...

  19. The HRSA Nursing Scholarship

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

    Nope - no credit pull here, either. C'est la vie.

  20. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

    twois replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Yeah, it sounds like things are on a much shorter schedule for you guys. Our scholarship deadline was a week or so after acceptances went out. Listen, financial aid is not really an issue - at least...

  21. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

    twois replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Let's see. Gotta dig through the email. Uhm... acceptance would have been mid-February for us... and my financial aid email came March 16th. So about a month. But I knew about the scholarship before...

  22. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

    twois replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    There are six $10k scholarships - two of each of the three broad categories (overcoming difficulties, diversity, and working in the community.) They also give out a lot of smaller scholarships - I...

  23. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

    twois replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Yep. Whatcha need to know? I actually got one of the $10k scholarships they offer - wahoo! They make financial aid pretty easy, overall. There's a lot I could say, but what are you most specifically...

  24. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

    twois replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    You're welcome! I'm enjoying my last couple weeks of freedom, it's been soooo nice to have time to spend reading stuff on allnurses, decorating the apartment, baking, cooking, sleeping in, going out...

  25. Duke ABSN Spring 2011

    twois replied to SandyH's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Ha! From Florida, actually. Not exactly southern, but... central FL by birth/childhood, north FL for the last 6 years or so... that's where I picked it up. :) North FL, at least, is pretty