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  1. Info or Experience with University of Wyoming Online Degree?

    princess_j replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    For the RN to BSN component there is only one clinical course. It is a 3 credit/120 hour project/preceptorship that you can do in your community (like at a home health agency/county agency type...

  2. is RUE a mistake?

    princess_j replied to deegale's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I used Rue's materials 5 years ago for the nursing exams (i had to take 5 or 6). I found them very useful and even found some of the study guide questions to be on the test. The study guides really...

  3. Info or Experience with University of Wyoming Online Degree?

    princess_j replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have had great luck with UW so far. The instructors are great and I have learned a lot. The work is hard, but the instructors are very fair & NICE!! Even paying out of state tuition, it is...

  4. Info or Experience with University of Wyoming Online Degree?

    princess_j replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am half through UW's BSN program. All you need to worry about is if the college is NLN accredited. Hope this

  5. Tests for online classes???

    princess_j replied to USA987's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am half through UW's online program. There have been test in all the courses I have taken, but one. Most are online, open book with a specified amt of time that you can take the exam. Some of the...

  6. What are some of the nicer hospitals in twin cities?

    princess_j replied to ivn75's topic in General Nursing

    Abbott has a nice campus and is pretty nurse friendly as far as i know. One of my best friends works there in the human resources and training dept and conducts the new nurse orientation and...

  7. Excelsior Degree and CRNA Grad Schools...

    princess_j replied to MrRacer98's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I agree - it was good for the ADN program, but for the BSN, it seems like a lot more work than a university program. SDSU is a great school and they have a great nursing program - I had several...

  8. Excelsior Degree and CRNA Grad Schools...

    princess_j replied to MrRacer98's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    OK then . . . I have not received any negative feedback about my Excelsior ADN degree form the schools I have contacted. I do also have another BS from a state university.

  9. Excelsior Degree and CRNA Grad Schools...

    princess_j replied to MrRacer98's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I did the excelsior program and had absolutely no problems - in fact I have recommend it to many of my colleagues. You are right . . . you have to have the mindset to get it done. I only had to take...

  10. Wound Vac

    princess_j replied to Choircat's topic in General Nursing

    Although at the home care agency I worked at had the LPN's & RN's changing the vacs - PT's are trained to do wound care. I have worked at a facility where the PT's did hydro therapy and a type of...

  11. Online Bachelor's degree

    princess_j replied to ktsrn's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am through with one semester in their RN/BSN program, about to begin my second semester. The tuition is SO reasonable (cheaper than my in-state tuition was at the university I attended) & the...

  12. TWU acceptance

    princess_j replied to DSAC's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I hope to be where you are in a year. If you don't mind . . . can you tell me about your experience at TWU, interview, etc. Also, if you don't mind, how long have you worked ICU?? Thanks a bunch -...

  13. I want to work at Baylor? Need to know...

    princess_j replied to moliuchick's topic in Texas Nursing

    I moved to Plano from Minneapolis, MN - the cost of living is way less here. Plano is like the Beverly Hills of Texas. It is nice & clean with lots of great shopping & restaurants. The...

  14. Any Parkland nurses??

    princess_j replied to princess_j's topic in Texas Nursing

    I went to the open house at Methodist Hospital last night. I was really impressed with their internship program and I think I may have secured a position in the Jan 05 internship group in either the...

  15. Any Parkland nurses??

    princess_j posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    I have been a nurse for nearly 10 years and have yet to work in a hospital besides the clinicals I did in school. I am considering one of the nursing internships that the hospitals in Dallas offer...

  16. ICU internships

    princess_j posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    With no hospital/clinical experience and the goal of obtaining a CRNA degree, I have been looking into area hospitals nursing internships. Has anyone done one of these internships?? How was it? Did...

  17. University of Phoenix

    princess_j posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Is anyone in their RN-BSN program?? What kinds of clinicals do they

  18. Nursing Salary Facts - You need to know!

    princess_j replied to km rn's topic in General Nursing

    Whoever wrote this article was full of it. I am a nurse and my husband is an elementary teacher. He makes nearly $17k less than I do a year. I do not work overtime either. I am a 8-5 home care...

  19. Distance learn BSN program

    princess_j replied to cschuess's topic in Online Distance Learning

    UW offers a great online BSN program that I am going to start in the fall - tuition is only $120 some dollars a credit! That is less expensive than went I went to a state university where I was a...

  20. CNA for BSN

    princess_j replied to FutureNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am an RN who has worked her way up through the ranks . . . (CNA - that WAS required by my LPN program, then LVN, the BS in Community Health, then ADN, now BSN and maybe CRNA). I think that all...

  21. Debt Load after CRNA School

    princess_j replied to msummar_smc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Do the schools you are attending let you take out that much in student loans?? I thought the may for grad studies was 18,500 . . . I too am starting to plan for down the road and save/pay off all...

  22. University of Wyoming Online

    princess_j posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Does anyone have experience with their RN to BSN

  23. What can I do . . .

    princess_j posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have thought about becoming a CRNA since I began nursing school 8 years ago. Now that I am getting to the point where I can branch out and get the experience I need, I am wondering what I can do to...