JacobK ADN, EMT-I

JacobK has 11 years experience as a ADN, EMT-I and specializes in IMC.

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1. New grad looking for a job

   JacobK replied to Ocean_B's topic in Nevada Nursing

   Please don't give out misinformation. St. Rose definitely DOES take new grads, and has one of the longer and more instructive new grad internships in the Las Vegas valley. ER, Oncology, Orthopedics,...

2. <Information about Touro Nevada>

   JacobK replied to femflores1's topic in Nevada Nursing

   Incorrect Touro received permission to accept 56 students for November, and are likely to accept students for March as well, as long as they maintain 80% NCLEX pass rate....

3. Pre employment urine drug screen for nursing home, will they test for alcohol?

   JacobK replied to RN_jobhunting's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   So much wrong with this post, grammatically and content wise. Can't tell you how many addicts say "You don't know me, I can handle

4. UNLV Spring 2011

   JacobK replied to JacobK's topic in Nevada Nursing

   Ideally its best to have all A's. That said when I was accepted I had(in the classes that count toward your GPA calculation): 1 C, 2 B's, 2B+'s, 1 A- and 1 class in progress(acts as an F on the points...

5. CSN RN Spr 2012 applicants When Are You Turning In Your Packets?

   JacobK replied to THELIVINGWORST's topic in Nevada Nursing

   Incorrect. The evaluation of transferred credit from NSC needs to happen before submitting the packet, otherwise the DARS will be incomplete and the credits won't count toward the...

6. CSN RN Spr 2012 applicants When Are You Turning In Your Packets?

   JacobK replied to THELIVINGWORST's topic in Nevada Nursing

   Cheyenne Campus is where the credit evaluation takes place, or it was when I applied. Tell the people at the registration desk that you are a nursing student and need it to be rushed, if possible try...

7. Nonscience nursing degree???

   JacobK replied to O.Nato's topic in General Nursing

   Lets make this simple. :) Registered Nurse NCLEX-RN Diploma in Nursing Program = NCLEX-RN Associate of Science Nursing(ASN) Program = NCLEX-RN Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (AAS) Program=...

8. UNLV Spring 2011

   JacobK replied to JacobK's topic in Nevada Nursing

   B+ in chem 111, I took it at NSC. I don't know what the cut off for this fall was, you might want to try the advising

9. GRX Medical CD-29 scope vs. Littman Classic II SE Scope

   JacobK replied to Anastasiak's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   The only difference between the Cardio III and Cardio II SE is that the Cardio III bell can be converted into a Pediatric

10. UNLV Spring 2011

    JacobK replied to JacobK's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Study what the professor says is important, don't try to memorize 300 pages for information for a test. Try to get acclimatized to NCLEX style questions, particularly figuring out what the question is...

11. Blood transfusions??? just say no...

    JacobK replied to macgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Like being set against giving blood because of personal

12. UNLV Spring 2011

    JacobK replied to JacobK's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I don't believe the advising office when they say that GPA and Hesi scores increase every semester, I'm fairly certain the minimum entrance points for Spring 2011(my class) was lower than fall 2010,...

13. UNLV Spring 2011

    JacobK replied to JacobK's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I believe the final count was 11 out of 48 did not proceed to the second semester. 1 or 2 were people who passed their classes and simply decided not to return. The rest did not pass at least one...

14. Immunizations & nursing school

    JacobK replied to determined09's topic in General Nursing

    And therein lies the problem with the anti-vaccination

15. Blood transfusions??? just say no...

    JacobK replied to macgirl's topic in General Nursing

    There is a real scientific/medical reason for a pregnant or transplant recipient nurse not to be around patients with infectious diseases. There isn't a scientific reason for a nurse to not be able to...