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  1. Where is the best program?

    coast2coast replied to mnmilligan's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't know a ton about the other schools you mentioned. TCNJ is supposed to be pretty good, but I would bet that it's crowded (probably taking Rutgers pre-nursing overflow?). One of my other...

  2. Can you do nursing school with severe fatigue and without a car?

    coast2coast replied to raefactor's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yea I think I goofed. I've had too many tests this week ... I'm up and typing but there's nobody behind the wheel . She only mentioned one, which currently restricts

  3. Can you do nursing school with severe fatigue and without a car?

    coast2coast replied to raefactor's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A little bit of experience will prove you wrong there ... Anyways. Yes, you need a car for many nursing programs. Basically, you must be able to reliably get yourself to clinical sites at an...

  4. Hostile nursing staff at clinical

    coast2coast replied to cmw6v8's topic in General Students

    I will be play devil's advocate It might be that these staff are hostile, buuuuuut... They are also busy. And you need a pretty thick skin to survive in nursing. So what you perceive as hostility...

  5. Need help planning education to become NP

    coast2coast replied to momsgarden's topic in Post Graduate Students

    If your daughter is a college student, she needs to become an independent learner. Which includes researching careers and how to get into them. I know you mean well, but she's only halfway through...

  6. Should I pursue nursing?

    coast2coast replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Agreed. 2 more points: 1. What you want right now and what you want 10 years from now are not going to be the same thing. No matter how sure you are right now. So if you get an ASN and then...

  7. How can anyone really decide

    coast2coast replied to moneyline702's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to be harsh, but it's just to make sure that you've thought about this angle ... What about money? You would graduate with a BSN (and start working) OR start medical school at 39. That's...

  8. Why I love allnurses ... seriously

    coast2coast replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in General Nursing

    SDN is 90% pre-meds. They are stuck in a hypercompetitive environment and they let it alllll hang out on the web. Sometimes, when nursing school is hard, I go on SDN. I read their bitter bitter...

  9. Where is the best program?

    coast2coast replied to mnmilligan's topic in Nursing Career

    I did some courses at Rutgers a year ago. Would happily have stayed to do their nursing program BUT it is horribly overcrowded. They admitted too many students in the past two years, classes are...

  10. Do I qualify for ABSN @ NYU and UMDNJ

    coast2coast replied to ThinkNurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ABSN programs are extremely competitive. Not only is your cumulative GPA too low, but your prereq GPA is as well. I don't want to hurt your feelings here, I just want to give you a realistic...

  11. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    coast2coast replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Every once in awhile, you get one that sounds like they HAVE attended (and failed out of) every school in the country. Ah, perspective

  12. End stage COPD clinical patient

    coast2coast replied to semester1kid's topic in General Students

    Probably not worth antagonizing her over. If she was relatively functional (i.e. not end-stage COPD), I would probably suggest decreasing the amount she smokes in the hopes of improving peripheral...

  13. The worn out topic of staffing.

    coast2coast replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    Think of it this way. If she advertises open positions right now, you'll have at least 30,000 applications to pick through. Your unit can hire the cream of the crop! Joking aside, managerial...

  14. Online classes suck!! What's your experience!!

    coast2coast replied to RN_for_life's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I took a few nursing pre-reqs online through u maryland. I deliberately chose UMUC because they seemed like a legit school ... what a disappointment. Low quality of teaching, low quality of...

  15. What to put into resume for NP school?

    coast2coast replied to Floridanurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I had to submit CV's to all my schools, but frankly I'm skeptical that they were ever looked at. They have a LOT more information to evaluate you on (grades, recommendations, experience) and I doubt...

  16. Anyone have any words of wisdom re: ECT?

    coast2coast replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in General Nursing

    Good to know. It was just the first thing that came to mind when brainstorming

  17. Anyone have any words of wisdom re: ECT?

    coast2coast replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for

  18. Nursing Administration positions

    coast2coast replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    UOP is 100 miles off the mark (big surprise). However ... I bet if she combined her forensics degree with an RN she would become quite marketable (i'm thinking an ER setting ?). As a nurse of course...

  19. Anyone have any words of wisdom re: ECT?

    coast2coast replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in General Nursing

    From a research standpoint, I remember reading good things about ECT some years ago. Yes there are side effects (I believe mostly on short-term memory) but it did seem to be an effective therapy for...

  20. Non-nursing degree for Masters?

    coast2coast replied to smilealot's topic in General Nursing

    My MSN program is full of students who have MPH's. My impression is that most of them never used the degree. What are your career goals? If you want to do international nursing ... you don't need...

  21. Kaplan College, Student Loans??

    coast2coast replied to Pouneh's topic in General Nursing

    $90,000 for an associates degree in southern california, from a "school of questionable repute." i've underlined the bad parts of that plan. OP, you will be up to your eyeballs in debt and...

  22. Do you think a professor will write you 20plus letter of recommendation?

    coast2coast replied to nowIamRN's topic in General Nursing

    They can do it, but understand it will be 20 copies of the same letter. For this many letters, you need to ask them far in advance. Like 8 weeks, with reminder emails every 3

  23. It seems probie's can't take a joke or laugh

    coast2coast replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    you have had personality clashes with your coworkers before, if I remember correctly. perhaps it is time for some self-reflection about your professional behaviour? the alternative being...

  24. Help me settle a debate about making an occupied bed.

    coast2coast replied to Dorali's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    some things in life require multiple rolls to get the job done in general, i always aim for a stack that goes: mattress, clean linen, dirty linen(s), patient's

  25. Classmate making me feel uncomfortable.

    coast2coast replied to agua's topic in General Students

    Good job