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Wait, so I just read and re-read your post. When you said that you'll be eligible to take the NCLEX when you graduate high school, at first I thought you were mistaken and/or confusing it with some nursing program admissions test... but now I'm wond...

I didn't get into St. Mary's but have a similar pickle in that I did get into a different school, have accepted and paid my deposit but was just offered an interview at MSA. Off topic but just curious if anyone feels there's anything ethically wrong...

Sorry for the extremely long-winded post on an already tired topic, ie "what does it take?". I felt my particular question was perhaps different enough in nature to warrant a new thread. My question, in short, is how "good" an ICU nurse should one ...

Seeing as you already have your BS in Exercise Science, it seems to me that it would be the best use of your time (and possibly money) to complete a post-baccalaureate entry level nursing program, if one is available where you live. Some (maybe most...

Bedside nursing can be hard work, there's no two ways around that fact. I continue to be amazed by seeing nurses 25+ years my senior who can run circles around many of the younger staff, staying for doubles or coming in early, picking up extra shift...

While your pre-med friend should have some inkling as to what they might like to do should they indeed get into medical school and have the opportunity to apply to residencies, it's perhaps a bit presumptuous or naive for an undergrad chemistry major...

Oh, also, did you submit a resume along with your app? Just curious. They don't really ask for much, but yeah, website is very vague.

ie the UW-La Crosse program? I'm currently scrambling to get everything submitted. Their website is a bit unorganized, it's one of those weird programs (like MSA in Minneapolis) where the degree is granted by a university but the program is actually...

Hello, just curious if anyone applied for the University of Minnesota's DNP CRNA program this year? I haven't seen too many recent threads about this school. Anyone out there a current/former student at the U of M?

I believe so, only 12 students per year, I have an acquaintance from my BSN class in the program currently. For this reason I'm viewing my application as more or less a hopeful shot in the dark, but you can't know unless you try, right?

Anyone else see this on the "prospective students" tab of the SMUMN NA program's website? Just spotted it this morning. "We have finished processing applications for the class starting in 2017 and letters are going out." I was out of town over the ...

Agreed on the notion that the wages for MAs are not particularly great or likely to support a family of four. With the "not nursing-related" comment, however, I have to question how this little dig was meant to be genuinely helpful for a person in a...

Oh man, don't you just hate nurses like this? I didn't read the replies before me, so I'm sure this was already mentioned, but the cliche is true, nursing is a 24-hr job. Of course we all would like to have everything wrapped up in a nice little pa...

Strange, I could have sworn that mine said "requirements check" earlier on before it switched over to the month-long+ "admission review" purgatory. So I really have no idea what it means. Doesn't sound negative, though.

The professor for our O chem lecture was one of those instructors who is probably kept on because of his research because I must say, while a very nice guy, he probably doesn't have any business teaching the basics of such a notorious subject to unde...

I did a brick and mortar organic chemistry course last fall at a state university, huge lecture with 150+ students (funny being in class again with mostly 19 year olds), so I can't speak to the UNE online course at all. But in assuming that all intro...

Mine still says "admission review". I guess it's only been a little over a month and this is something everybody who's ever tried to apply to grad school has to go through, but it's quite the arduous wait. Anybody received any positive news yet? And...

The synergy model is more of a way of life to all CCRNs than simply just a model. In order to adequately understand the synergy model, one needs to invest ample time into synching up Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" album along with the first 30 ...

According to AACN, in order to sit for the exam, you have to have worked I think 1750 hrs in critical care in the last two years (ie about a year's worth of time). Not that it's really all that closely audited, I don't think, but you do have to list...

We give quite a bit of metroprolol on our unit. Patients usually don't like being on lasik drips, because they end up being up all night peeing.

I don't think it's a terribly advanced step from what one might learn from the step-down or tele environment. New information, yes, but it's not like you're learning to do heart surgery. Regarding IABPs, I think there are probably three(ish) likely q...

We had a CNS at my first job who tended to wear a long white coat around. The hospital logo and his name, originally blue in stitching, were above either breast pocket. It appeared that at one point he probably attempted to bleach the coat, and the ...

Oh, and regarding the test itself: I would be lying if I didn't say it was a very difficult test, in fact the first thing I said to the proctor as she handed me the "you passed!" printout was, "Whew… that test sucked!". Very professional of me. I f...

Hi, just took my test this afternoon and fortunately passed so I can fill you in on my thoughts, sorry if I ramble, I'm just relieved to be done with it. I got on loan from our unit educator a copy of Pass CCRN + the CD with the practice tests. As s...

Did they make the Pearson Vue trick more high stakes or something? As I remember it, when I took my NCLEX 6 years ago it wouldn't even bring you to the screen to enter your credit card info if you had passed, when you clicked the button to re-registe...