jennys77

Hello, I am trying to get info by next week from anyone who has finished their MSN with Aspen University or is currently enrolled. Have you been accepted or have you looked into what your options are for getting your FNP or other nurse practitioner post masters certificate post graduation? It looks like there are a lot of CCNE schools out there with post certificate programs. Wondering if anyone had trouble going for NP after an Aspen MSN. I do not want to do a known for profit school like Kaplan for my NP. Thank you!

I am doing a case study to make up a clinical day and have been stuck on one question for hours. We have not learned IV's yet. The question is is IVF of D5 1/2 NS at 125 ml/hr appropriate for a pneumonia pt? Why or why not? It's a normally healthy 71 year old male. Thank you. :/

I was going to recommend Walgreens like the other poster, but that would run you more than $500. http://takecarehealth.com/Cost_menu.aspx I didn't do titers, I just got completely revaccinated instead. My insurance paid that I know of.

What do you call a nurse that got C's in college? --- "nurse" I am still waiting for junior year to start, so actual nursing classes haven't started for me yet. I have 120+ Credits in freshman and sophomore classes and a 3.67 gpa. I do not expect to make any A's in my nursing courses. A's are for super over achievers who are near experts. I've taken English, science, math, etc classes my whole life, so those college courses were a breeze to get a's and b's in. C's are an average grade, and I expect to be average in my nursing courses. All I'm saying is, a's are the exception, not the norm, once you take away grade inflation.

Don't worry about all the critiquing going on here and focus on your meeting. When is it? Have you done any remediation with HIPAA review? Have you prepared your case, as in writing down what you will say when you admit fault etc? Good luck!

Congrats Haley!

I think most students are transfer students. Yes, you have to take religion.

I'll be riding my bike when it's nice out, and I don't have to do the daycare drop off.

IDL = independent distance learning? My husband took a course that way through UGA, but didn't finish it. he said it was a lot of work, and I've heard that from others as well. Good luck. =]

How's everyone who's been accepted coming along on the immunizations/BLS? I have my dr. appt tomorrow to get my immunization form completed. trying to figure out this BLS. There are lots of little CPR schools that offer it, but I don't know anything about them. And I'm in IL, so I'm sort of on my own. I'll figure out a place though. Just seems like a silly amount of research for a class that's only a couple hours long.

I got my letter yesterday!!!

My comment was in reference to the categories in the PDF, how AD refers to RN sans bachelors. Open the PDF if you dont believe me. Its Something I didn't know when first looking into nursing schools.

thanks for all your replies. I'm not sure what i will do, but i know what i want. And i don't want to invest time in a non health care job i am leaving if the alternative is a much lower paying job but a chance to get experience and meet nurses and hiring managers. it seems hard enough to get a job after graduation from what i've read, so the lower pay might make up for itself if i have an RN job sooner because of experience/networking.

Any update on the employment situation in Atlanta? It seems as though lots of new grads are having issues finding jobs, but I don't know if those grads are in Atlanta or not. I start my BSN program hopefully this fall and am already stressing about if I will even have a job within six months of graduating. At least I won't be looking until summer of 2014. Maybe the situation will be better by then.

If you are only looking for an RN i.e. an AD, a lot of people go to GPC. But I don't know where you live. Use this link to see a full list of schools, http://www.sos.ga.gov/plb/rn/RN School Directory.pdf (AD is just an RN, BSN is bachelors) and then you can ask questions about these schools or look through some of the threads already on this board. I wouldn't do an online degree, and I wouldn't do LPN either simply because employment in GA is competitive. But that's just me.