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1. Graduates of Lawson State

   oshields07 replied to pixiegalsmom's topic in Alabama

   That's why it's optional. That includes the dress, cap, pin, lamp, and pics (which I'm not doing). I wasn't going to do it at first, but my family has been pushing me to do it and I feel that if I don't, I might look back later and wish I did. Plus, ...

2. Graduates of Lawson State

   oshields07 replied to pixiegalsmom's topic in Alabama

   We just had our 1st meeting about the pinning ceremony, and now they are telling us that we have to buy the nursing dress from LeJoy's. Sinks for us b/c we have the old uniform style, which won't work. So we all have to buy new dresses. A good bit of...

3. Helpful Tips for the Nurse Traveler

   oshields07 replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in Travel

   I'm kinda new to this whole bulletin thing, but I'll give it a shot. I'm in my last yr of nursing school and need to do a presentation. I decided to do it on Travel Nursing: Pros & Cons. The main reason I chose this subject is b/c I'm very intere...

4. Preceptorship in Express Unit. What is that?

   oshields07 replied to oshields07's topic in General Students

   I'm not sure if everyone else got what they requested. I know the 3 of us who chose the same hospital didn't get the units we signed up for. Last semester we were given a list of hospitals, told to pick 3, the unit we wanted, and the time slots we w...

5. Preceptorship in Express Unit. What is that?

   oshields07 replied to oshields07's topic in General Students

   I completely understand. Wow...ICU? I did ICU 1 clinical rotation, and will not do it again. It was probably b/c I had 1 patient and was so bored! I like to move around and do multiple things. I've done med-surg plenty of times! Guess we will both su...

6. Preceptorship in Express Unit. What is that?

   oshields07 replied to oshields07's topic in General Students

   Found out today that Express Unit is an area patients are kept until a bed becomes available in the area they are being admitted into. Still a broad spectrum of different diagnosis, and still unsure of my objectives, but hopefully I won't dread it. :...

7. Preceptorship in Express Unit. What is that?

   oshields07 posted a topic in General Students

   For my preceptorship, I requested maternity, since I haven't received a fair amount of time on that unit when I did my clinicals (I worked well baby nursery w/ no babies). I received my preceptorship area today...express unit. What in the world is an...

8. Graduates of Lawson State

   oshields07 replied to pixiegalsmom's topic in Alabama

   I know, I have gone broke just getting thru school! They don't ever stop asking for money! You won't need to buy the dress till ur last semester, unless u prefer to wear dresses at ur clinicals. Then u have to wear the one from LeJoys. Good luck on u...

9. Graduates of Lawson State

   oshields07 replied to pixiegalsmom's topic in Alabama

   If u r buying a dress 4 clinicals, u would have to buy the style LeJoy's has. They haven't given us any specifics on what type of white dress to wear 4 the pinning, they just said it had to be a white dress. I too attend the Bess campus nite classes....

10. Graduates of Lawson State

    oshields07 replied to pixiegalsmom's topic in Alabama

    Are u at the Bessemer or Bham campus? I'm in my last semester and they told me the same. There is a place on Bess Super Hwy called N&N. I might try there closer to the ceremony and see if they have something cheap.

11. Information on Lawson wallace and jeff state nursing programs

    oshields07 replied to HopefulRNAmy's topic in Alabama

    I'm a student at Lawson, finishing up my last semester. I don't remember having to have a score, they basically looked at the classes I had taken (did my prerecs at Jeff St), took my GPA into consideration, and had me take the reading compass test. Y...