SailorVee93 ASN, RN

Hi @Caroline Sheppard! I will say that I do believe you will be able to find a job as an RN here in Massachusetts. I live on the eastern side (Boston) and have worked with ADN/new grads at my hospital. Some hospitals will require that you plan or be ...

Salem State has a part time LPN to BSN program

Hi kjs! I actually made the same exact assumption as you. Being new to Massasoit, I had to go register for class in person. I also did the orientation online. I didn't know about course registration until I got that phone call a few weeks ago. Also m...

Hi my fellow future classmates! Please make sure to get all of the necessary materials in by their respective deadlines. The administration is basically waiting to hear back from all of the currently accepted students so as to make room for any waitl...

Hi kjs91, Have you considered looking into being a Unit Secretary/Coordinator? Although you will not receive any experience with direct patient care, you are able to see how things work from an administrative persepctive. In this sense, you will have...

In my personal experience, I would suggest that you try to work in psych. I know it is not a popular field, but I was not certified when I got my first job at a psychiatric hospital. I ended up on the dementia unit and loved it. You can get a lot of ...

Hi everyone! This is for future reference and for anyone who may need to get this done: If you need to be certified or recertified for CPR/AED, Carney Hospital in Dorchester offers the cheapest courses in the Boston area. It costs $40 and you can rec...

My rubric was roughly at a 60.5 before the personal letter/statement. With the letter, my final rubric score was between 63.5 and 66.5 (very rough estimate). I just checked my mailbox. I got my large envelope and acceptance letter. Now it's officiall...

@Jamie try to look at your unofficial transcript or your transfer credit. It will list your major on it.

I feel the same way! I need physical proof, lol

@kjs91 Thank you! I checked it; now it feels official! I'm so excited to be on this journey. I am throwing out good and hopeful vibes for everyone else on this board!!

kjs91, I woke up to the same email. I guess we're officially classmates now :) How were you able to check your status? I couldn't check DegreeWorks. I had to look at my unofficial transcript in order to see my major, lol.

Hi LPNfutureRN, Welcome to the thread! I applied to day RN program as a new/transfer student. You are lucky enough to have access to Degreeworks; I'm going to have to wait for an answer via snail mail, lol. Good luck with your application! :)

Hi eye2change, There are many schools in Massachusetts that offer programs to help you advance your degree. Here are just a few that friends have told me about: UMass Boston and UMass Dartmouth both offer accredited RN-BSN online programs. They will ...

Hi kjs91, The woman at my info session said they accept 56 students for the day program. When its time to have a new evening cohort, they accept 32 students to that program every 3 years. I didn't know about the number of students who make it onto th...

Hello all! I also applied to MCC. My very rough estimate for the rubric puts me between 63.5 - 66.5 points. My individual adjusted score on the TEAS is 76.7, although I wish I retook it before the Feb. 26th deadline. A woman in admissions and at the ...

I think you need to request for this discussion to be moved to the Massachusetts nursing section. You'll probably get a lot more posters and comments in that area ☺

I live in the eastern part of Mass and I can say that you can get jobs in nursing homes over here. You just need to make sure it contains a rehab floor/unit since that's the experience you'll need above all else. My suggestion: don't call them or app...

The best advice I can give to you is for you to either find classes that will boost your GPA or suggest that you retake some of the courses you've already taken. Majority of the time, retaking some courses can change your GPA drastically, plus, you w...

It applies to any Mass State college/university. I believe it will only work if you are transferring from your ADN program to an RN-BSN program (the same goes for if you are transferring from a biology ASN to a school with a bio BS and so on). The ma...

UMass Boston is 2.5 years and 100% online. I have heard that Framingham State has a full time (1.5-2 years) and part time (2-2.5 years) program that is hybrid (both online and on-campus courses). From what I've heard, they are much cheaper than UMass...

First off, I would like to say that I hope my posts have not offended anyone, be they reader or responder. It was never my intention to write my posts in that manner and I hope they have not been read in that way either. Second of all, I can understa...

BostonFNP and KelRN215: I have had several job offers in many Boston area hospitals, of which I chose to decline due to schooling and scheduling conflicts (they were willing to hire me with my eventual ADN regardless). Also, I have many high school a...

SKay226, don't worry so much about which degree you get. Like you, I also have a prior BA in a non-nursing field. I spent a lot of time (and wasted money) applying to BSN programs and never got accepted. Now I'm in an ADN/ASN program and I love it! I...

Congrats marabou1! I'm in my first semester of the day program so your evening class will only be one semester behind my day cohort. It is a lot of work, but it is totally worth it