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  1. Recruiter called last nite-need advice

    Hahaha Linda!!!! Do I know Alison very well!!!!!!! I love that woman!!!! And yes I have been to her meetings and spoke there last fall to all the potentials. I completed all of my prereqs there!! We...
  2. Anyone from NVCC?

    Hey there latenurse, I am actually a postpartum doula with Birth partners!! What a small
  3. Hey everyone, I have year left in my ADN program but the planner in me is already thinking ahead. After attending the NSNA conference and learning more about the Army Nirse Corps Reserves, an...
  4. Recruiter called last nite-need advice

    Hi Linda! Just wanted to say hi. I am almost finished with my first year at NVCC and am considering the reserves. I am also a permanent resident . I would be very interested in following you through...
  5. Anyone from NVCC?

    Hey there guys! I am a freshman at NVCC in the nursing program!! Email meif you need any info
  6. getting started neeed help !!!!!

    Where in CT do you live?? There are several programs out there that offer both ASN and BSN programs. I am in my second semester at Naugatuck Valley community college for my RN. Then there is Capital...
  7. stupid question? med-surg

    In my 2year ADM program we will have med surg shared with OB in the
  8. Unfriendly RN's during clinicals

    UGhh that has to be soo tough. I am taking my EMT I class and went into the ED to do IV sticks and found that 50% of the nurses were almost annoyed that they had to watch me. I can understand that...
  9. Cost of Books? (And Financial Aid ?'s)

    Our books are about $650. If you dont have enough financial aid to cover the books, you have to find a way to pay for them
  10. Im curious about ER tech qualifications

    I am currently an EMT and also a part time registrar in the ED waiting for an ER tech opening,,,but it depends on different hospitals!!! The hospital I work in will take EMT-B's and train them or also...
  11. Collecting co-pays at the ED registration desk.

    I work as a registrar part time in the ED and collection of copays goes like this: 1) We ask upon registration whether or not they would like to pay their copay at that time. We have both a cash box...
  12. RN to BSN online

    Hey Cheri, Can you link the page that shows that you can begin after your first year? Thank
  13. Woweee how long are these sessions?????????????? If you are a new mom and think taking the classes online would be easier, it may actually be harder!!! I took A&P with Chem one semester and...
  14. UCONN - Any insight?

    Hello!!!! Fellow CT person here!!! I am starting the Nursing program at NAugatuck in August. I have heared mixed reviews about Uconns program. Some say that the 4 year program really gave them good...
  15. Is Drug Dosage(class) hard?

    I have to take that too this summer. I think I am going to get a dosage calculation for nurses work book to go over this summer to
  16. GRRRRRRR.... Books

    It dosent help that at my college books will not be available for purchase until 2 weeks before class. This means they wont even stock them until then, Good news is that I just founs out I was awarded...
  17. GRRRRRRR.... Books

    Yup yup. I have heard that I will be spending about $800 in the fall for nursing
  18. Microbiology test for unknowns

    We also just completed our unknown project. We had a list of possibles and then had to make flow charts before we could do any
  19. What Have You Had to Disect

    Honestly I enjoy dissections and wish that we did cadavers. The day we did the rats our teacher told us she had fetal pigs for anyone who wanted and I chose to do a fetal pig instead. I think it is...
  20. What Have You Had to Disect

    I go to a small CC so there is no budget for human cadavers nor any place to put them! So we dissected: A rat A fetal pig A sheep brain That is
  21. Hi I just wanted to let you know that St Mary's has just such a program!! It is in Waterbury but its an idea! http://www.stmaryshospital.com/ of course the sections you want are down right now, maybe...
  22. Charlotte Hungerford Hospital - NEED INFO!

    I work at Charlotte and actually live right up the hill from there. You are lucky that you are getting any type of sign on bonus!!! That is hard to find in CT. I work in the ER as a registrar. It is a...
  23. Bonjour!! Katrin here. I am 24 and mom to Hannah who will be 3 in November. I live in CT. I will be done with prereqs in the spring and in January will be apllying with our schools transfer program...
  24. Shouldn't all EMS systems be the same?

    Hi, Not a nurse yet but am currently in EMS. It is amazing how much EMS varies from state to state. Each hospital has thier own protocols even if they are 5 minutes from each other. It is odd to me...
  25. Mommies of pre-schoolers, need your advice

    Hey my DH works 3-11 too. My daughter is pretty independent and so she plays but I have a job where I can study there which is VERY