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  1. Need Help

    soxgirl2008 replied to Tiera's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That should be fine. I did fine taking human development and A&P together. What messed me up was taking A&P, chemistry, psych, and cultural diversity together while working 32 hours a...

  2. difference between cna and sec/tech

    soxgirl2008 replied to bs98241's topic in General Nursing

    I know at the hospital I work at "techs" are just their term for CNA. Same thing, same certification. I know for some positions they want you cross trained as a unit secretary and a CNA, so that...

  3. ASN or BSN???

    soxgirl2008 replied to pmarieee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Id say go for the BSN if it's possible financially, especially since you know you want to get your masters. They do have straight ADN-MSN programs, but if you can get your BSN right away go for it....

  4. Private School VS Community College

    soxgirl2008 replied to Francine Reed's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'd definitely take a closer look at the colleges like people have said.. Where I'm at the private schools are often easier to get into, but the teaching isn't always very good and many of them have...

  5. Hiring outlook for ADN vs. BSN in your town?

    soxgirl2008 replied to sugarmagnoliaRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    Where I live hospitals don't care whether you have your ADN or BSN. Same pay rate and everything. The magnet hospitals claim to want BSN only but I know an ADN grad who got a job at a magnet hospital...

  6. Any Isabella G. Hart prospects or grads? Tell me about the interview!

    soxgirl2008 replied to upstatenygirl's topic in General Nursing

    This is the thread for Wisconsin schools...you might have better luck posting in the New York

  7. providing privacy?

    soxgirl2008 replied to deetrain's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Just to be safe do it. When I took my CNA class we'd get marked off if we didn't provide privacy at the right times, but if we provided privacy and it wasn't needed there weren't any

  8. Worried about not having a 4.0? DONT!

    soxgirl2008 replied to Student4_life's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is what I don't understand about the university I'm currently at. They put down the local community college time after time, but when it comes time to apply for clinicals a student who took all...

  9. nurses have any you ever repeated a nursing prereq more than once?

    soxgirl2008 replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Students

    ^^ I agree. It depends totally on the program. I know some BSN programs that are way easier to get into than ADN programs and vice

  10. Community College or University...that is the question

    soxgirl2008 replied to jessig24's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sounds like a good plan! Mine is similar, I'm currently at a university taking all my pre-reqs but I'll start clinicals at my local tech college (the university's nursing program is way too...

  11. nurses have any you ever repeated a nursing prereq more than once?

    soxgirl2008 replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Students

    It depends on the ADN program...Around here it's a lottery system as long as you meet a certain GPA, however, I've heard of others around the country that are just as competitive and strict on GPA as...

  12. nurses have any you ever repeated a nursing prereq more than once?

    soxgirl2008 replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Students

    Some schools will replace the F with an A instead of averaging it out to a C. However, when applying to nursing programs they'll see your retakes and in many cases will take the students that didn't...

  13. Grades don't matter! Are you sure??????

    soxgirl2008 replied to dinah77's topic in General Students

    This is true, many pre-med students do take more classes. However my university is a full 2 year of pre-reqs including two semesters of A&P, one semester of general chem, one semester of bio...

  14. Grades don't matter! Are you sure??????

    soxgirl2008 replied to dinah77's topic in General Students

    I agree. There are some classes I got a B in that I got more out of, and feel like I learned more in, than in some classes I got an A in. I've seen many people cram for tests, memorize everything,...

  15. May have failed an Anatomy exam (unreasonably hard Professor)

    soxgirl2008 replied to Nung's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I know how you feel! Our A&P tests are all fill in the blank with no word banks and he makes them very very difficult and tricky. There's a girl in my class who transferred from a more...

  16. Expectations

    soxgirl2008 replied to fuzzywuzzy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Exactly. I'm just sick of hearing new CNA's talk about working in the hospital like it'll be a walk in the park. I mean I like working in the hospital but it is definitely no walk in the

  17. May have failed an Anatomy exam (unreasonably hard Professor)

    soxgirl2008 replied to Nung's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree with this totally, however what sucks at least at my school is that we also have a REALLY hard A&P class. If you go to the community colleges in the area and take A&P over there...

  18. Grades don't matter! Are you sure??????

    soxgirl2008 replied to dinah77's topic in General Students

    I agree! I think everyone should strive for higher grades but to say you wouldn't want the "C" nurse taking care of you? That's ridiculous. Grades don't always equal how you will perform as a nurse...

  19. MATC (Milwaukee) 3rd Semester Opinions Needed

    soxgirl2008 replied to miswend78's topic in General Nursing

    I think it also depends on your responsibilities outside of school. Work, kids,

  20. Expectations

    soxgirl2008 replied to fuzzywuzzy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I knew what I was getting into since I have friends that are CNA's and our instructor gave us a realistic picture of the job. What I don't understand is all these new CNA's who think it would be so...

  21. How far do you travel for work??

    soxgirl2008 replied to futurenurseheather's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm about...1.5 miles and 5-7 minutes from my job. love

  22. Should a CNA make more than a PCA?

    soxgirl2008 replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Where I am PCA's and CNA's are the exact same thing. In your state do PCA's have any kind of certification? If you don't that is the only thing I can think of, that since CNA's go through the time to...

  23. Dear new CNA's

    soxgirl2008 replied to reussir1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The thing I find funny about CNA's wanting to work in a hospital so bad because they don't want to do "dirty" work is that even though a hospital has less "dirty" work than a nursing home there is...

  24. Gateway Technical College (Kenosha) Students

    soxgirl2008 replied to nsg-student's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not too sure...What I do know is Uw Parkside's nursing program is actually UW-Milwaukee's program, it's consortial and they offer classes at the UWP campus but your degree is from milwaukee....

  25. Gateway Technical College (Kenosha) Students

    soxgirl2008 replied to nsg-student's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I've heard that too. I definitely recommend trying to get an SNI position. Froedert up in milwaukee claims to hire only BSN nurses now, but I know of a new grad from GTC who was offered a...