SamanthaLu

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1. Please Tell Us About Your First Days As A Cna!

   SamanthaLu replied to Irene joy's topic in CNA/MA

   This is probably a bad day for me to be answering this question! So I've been training in a subacute rehab/LTC facility for about a week. I'm not certified but will be attending a training program in a couple months. Because I'm not certified my o...

2. nursing or teaching??

   SamanthaLu replied to SamanthaLu's topic in Career Support

   it's interesting reading everyone's replies. I would be very interested in hearing from a nurse who switched over from a teaching career and STILL feels it was a good move. for me, I have invested the same amount of time in pursuing a master's in s...

3. So, she does drugs... (advice please)

   SamanthaLu replied to christinaquilter's topic in General Nursing

   OK, I am not a nurse so I can only use my instincts and moral reasoning, but it seems to me that what people do on their own time is their business unless there is clear evidence that it is interfering with work, or has unequivocal potential to. I a...

4. nursing or teaching??

   SamanthaLu posted a topic in Career Support

   hey y'all I used to frequent this website back about a year ago when I was totally sure nursing was my path. then teaching became my path--b/c I started to think (thanks to allnurses!) that nursing was not all the recruitment efforts have been makin...

5. Oncology NP vs. RN

   SamanthaLu replied to SamanthaLu's topic in Oncology

   Thanks for the reply . I guess my next question would be, where do oncology NPs typically work? I used to volunteer on an oncology floor in a hospital and I was never aware of there being any NPs there.

6. Oncology NP vs. RN

   SamanthaLu posted a topic in Oncology

   Question: What are the roles and responsibilities of an NP specializing in oncology...how are they different from those of an RN?

7. UMDNJ Accelerated BSN students

   SamanthaLu replied to njmonsterboi80's topic in New Jersey

   I am interested in UMDNJ's program, but haven't applied or been accepted. Do you really have to have all the prereqs completed before you even apply? Is there only one yearly start date for the program? Do they offer free tuition if you sign a con...

8. Drexel Univ ACE Program

   SamanthaLu replied to Kristy01's topic in Pennsylvania

   Hi everybody--I am just wondering about financial aid/scholarships for the ACE program. Are all of you just taking out loans? I already have $15,000 worth of loans from my other degree and am a little freaked out about going further into debt, espe...

9. my college is scaring me

   SamanthaLu replied to Rhee's topic in General Nursing

   Rhee, I feel exactly the same way in some of my prereqs, which is as far as I have gotten in the program. My classmates scare me. And while I agree that one can be a good nurse without having to be a saint, all of the good/great nurses I have known...

10. Finding work as a student nurse

    SamanthaLu posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi--I was wondering if some of you folks here might have some employment advice. I am going to school at night to complete my ADN (no clinical experience yet), might transfer to an accelerated BSN program if I can get all my ducks in a row, but that...