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  1. Diploma vs Associates degree school?

    TC3200 replied to gabriellegoss's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The only bad thing about a diploma program vs. an associate degree is that if you flunk out or have to relocate and resume your training at a different RN school for any reason, the diploma RN classes...

  2. Diploma vs Associates degree school?

    TC3200 replied to gabriellegoss's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You'd have to look at the specific programs to determine what college classes are required. Mostly, they are the same. The diploma schools beefed up their college course requirements so that it's...

  3. Shocked by facial piercings at work

    TC3200 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Nope, I am very serious about that. And I have quite excellent health, as well as two self sufficient parents who are in their 80s in excellent health, so it's not usually necessary for me or my...

  4. Shocked by facial piercings at work

    TC3200 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    ^ I concur with that. If you make yourself a billboard, Folks, then BE PREPARED for a good number of people to flat-out tell you that we don't like your message, and you will be discriminated...

  5. Tying Patient Satisfaction to Medicare Reimbursement is Problematic

    TC3200 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    An unsubmitted form can't be counted as anything else, I would presume. It is just logged as not received, but not counted as negative. I concur with that article. The survey should be for...

  6. Need help struggling in math will i ever get in?

    TC3200 replied to Destiny'skid's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ^ Something like that is what a lot of RN programs use, instead of college algebra. Rio Salado has med terminology, as two 4-week classes. This school is a bit pricy, but it's always available....

  7. Need help struggling in math will i ever get in?

    TC3200 replied to Destiny'skid's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The basic math that you need to know for dosage calcs is covered by a book such as a GED Math Review book. Quadratic equations and square and cube roots and all that stuff from algebra are not...

  8. Washington Hospital school of Nursing

    TC3200 replied to mjohns13's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    The class of 2012 started as perhaps 60 people, and there are 39 graduates pictured in the Class of 2012 class portrait on the Washington Health System School of Nursing Facebook page. Without making...

  9. Shocked by facial piercings at work

    TC3200 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Somehow unprofessional! How could it ever be considered professional! As one of "the older generation" who is still very cognizant, sensible, and practical, I find your comment offensive. Allow...

  10. Research on nursing students attrition (drop out) from University

    TC3200 replied to Stanislav's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The program that I was enrolled in was a diploma school that was run by a hospital. It was an old-fashioned program that started in the days when students lived at the hospital in dorms, worked in...

  11. Clinical Preps Rant

    TC3200 replied to rei-chan's topic in General Students

    Maybe you are going into too much detail on the labs? Try to look at the "10,000 foot view" first, the really big picture, not much detail, and then prioritize which lab tests are the MOST important...

  12. Waynesburg 2nd degree nursing program

    TC3200 replied to jboy1029's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Heads up for you people from out of state: Are you folks planning to live in the dorms or "other" university housing? If not, you need to be hunting a place to live, pronto. The Marcellus shale...

  13. Backing out of RN school

    TC3200 replied to rgodfrey's topic in General Students

    Every time I hear some ditzy repeat of that prattle, AI just have to get out the crowbar and give somebody a few good whacks. Nursing ed is a marvel of drivel and inefficiency. This is...

  14. Degree Options -- Pathways

    TC3200 replied to DrD21's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Job market depends on location. Rural areas and low-income locales are still hiring new grad associate degree and diploma school RNs. Some hospitals are kicking out all the LPNs and replacing them...

  15. Beginning a 4 year nursing program in the fall of 2012...any advice??

    TC3200 replied to Brooke13's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Learn A&P very well so that you know what the parts are called and how the body systems work. It will never go away. You need to know it very well to do well in the nursing classes, is my...

  16. Is a $13,000 LPN program worth it?

    TC3200 replied to lyndseyx3x's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm in NW PA and every county Vo-tech here plus two over across the line in OH offer LPN programs that are 12 months and a total cost of $11,000 was the norm in 2009-2010, so it's probably higher now....

  17. I need help deciding whether to be an RN or ultrasound tech?!

    TC3200 replied to Ashley Davis's topic in General Students

    The weak stomach stuff probably will go away very fast, or at least it did for me. Something changes your perspective when you are in the clinical setting, in the job role, I guess. You focus on the...

  18. Not feeling it, right now!!

    TC3200 replied to goodforme's topic in General Students

    If the rest of the students were not dismissed for plagiarism, then you should be able to legally fight that as grounds for dismissal, I'd presume. But what is the school's policy about failing /...

  19. Were you "SMART" before Nursing School?!

    TC3200 replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, and I am still smart after leaving it, haha. But I am science and technology smart, and tech and pure science come very easily and quickly to me, as does math, computers, mechanical skills, and...

  20. Getting hired with an associates degree?

    TC3200 replied to futurenurse1248's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your chances depend on your location, the local supply/demand situation for nurses, and just how many colleges there are pumping out BSRNs. The trends have been urban areas with a steady supply of...

  21. Compare / contrast LPN (LVN) education to R.N.

    TC3200 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Can anyone give me the essential differences between the content of LPN training vs. R.N. training? I am looking for an educator's input, or the real0life experience of someone who has attempted or...

  22. The GRE, this hard??

    TC3200 replied to sweetie_pie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My ex-husband did poorly on it the first time but bought a computer based GRE test prep program and he practiced and practiced with that thing and pulled his score up amazingly the second time he took...

  23. Nurse trying to scare me away from RN/Nursing in general

    TC3200 replied to camci's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Esme12 made a very good point. Since 2008, there has been downward pressure on wages. Hospitals have closed and consolidated facilities and laid off many people. I heard from two local R.N.s who'd...

  24. I have completed pre-med, BS in CS/Statistics, and MBA. What should I do now?

    TC3200 replied to lunareclipse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I believe that the man mentioned CAREER CHANGE. He did not say he's never had a job or that he doesn't already have a career. Many adults in the non-medical professions DO continue their education...

  25. Let me enligten you about the HESI A2.

    TC3200 replied to guest042302019's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    chelechele, I just *love* your avatar. You are just going to be so much trouble in RN school, Little Missy, what with that snarl and insolent attitude and cigarette, and all. >;-D For those...