futurepractitioner1

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  1. Oh my fellow nurses and nurses-to-be, this has been an agonizing five months of awaiting a decision from Rutgers Nursing to let me know if they will accept me into their undergrad nursing program. By...
  2. to all of my allnurses nurses...thank you for keeping me sane over the past two years! i awoke to my usual routine of checking my admissions status of the rutgers college of nursing to read the usual...
  3. Hey all, I am a 2nd year nursing student, and I was recently hired by a hospital to work a mix of night, day and evening shifts at a hospital right near my home.... a little stressed because I am...
  4. Which classes are you taking? Are you going to be in NB or NWK? I'm a NB student, but I'm taking my Spring semester in NWK because it's closer to my home. I'll be in clinicals as of next Fall, so if...
  5. I had been accepted as a sophomore. I don't know the situation with bringing in students as juniors. All of the students who I know that have been accepted are in the class of 2014, as it's rare...
  6. When I studied Acting years ago, one of the exercises that we had to do was to pick an animal that we identified mostly with and to emulate it. What I would like to know is what medical instrument or...
  7. Help! Severe Anxiety

    What a horrible feeling... and then on top of it, there is anxiety about having the anxiety! I had this issue in my first college Chem class...it's a frightening and debilitating feeling. You might...
  8. Lincoln Tech in Paramus is it a good LPN school?

    I visited the school a couple of years ago and wasn't impressed. I took an "entrance exam" so that they could assess my basic skills...the test was ridiculous! They charge a lot for tuition, and the...
  9. Funny things patients say !

    A friend of mine with a sick sense of humor went in for a physical, during which the doctor examined his prostate. After the exam, my buddy says to the doctor, (to my disgust, disbelief, but...
  10. I was in this exact position last year--it's awful!--so sorry to hear your predicament. Are there no evening nursing programs in your area?-- That would be an amazing option to start with. I can...
  11. Hospitals do "credit" checks, when applying 4 a job???

    Hmmm....I wonder if they're worried that us nurses will try to skip out on paying our hospital cafeteria bill
  12. Nursing major w/ a minor

    I'm a Psych minor...great compliment to Nursing, especially if you take some of the physiologically-related courses like Neuropsychology and Physiopsychology. So many of our patients will have the...
  13. Groping a male volunteer

    It's his fault for dishing out the rolls before serving the weiners... She probably wanted the Sweet Italian Sausage over the Knockwurst that was on the buffet
  14. Hardest Prerequisite

    Organic Biochemistry was awful for me... not really that hard to wrap my head around if I organized my time and memorized things within an inch of my life, but it took me a good month of the semester...
  15. I don't think it's a bad idea to tell her the exact truth... I'm in a traditional track program, but my best friend is in an ADN and I barely get to see her anymore, which I understood would be the...
  16. NJ Schools

    Hi MC, Helena really explained that well, and not much more to add than you should visit the different websites for each school and see what each one requires as prerequisites. I was in exactly the...
  17. Weirdest, funniest, grossest male teenager pt. Stories

    I like this site because it allows me to communicate and exchange stories with peers.
  18. Weirdest, funniest, grossest male teenager pt. Stories

    This thread is a little creepy I must agree. But...whatever.....just
  19. Rutgers Newark prerequisite courses

    Hi, I'm a a student at Rutgers College of Nursing in New Brunswick and just took last semester the "Organic Biochem" course. If you take this course at Passaic County College, I know that they call...
  20. again...let me know how it all goes. Sure u'll they'll accept
  21. wow! Awsome that you had a good interview. Ii bet since they are moving forward with having you to an orientation that they are very interested. My fingers are crossed for
  22. Funny ways little kids describe how babies are born

    I can only speak from personal experience: When I was 9 ys old, my mother pulled me aside to have "the talk" with me. I'll never forget everything about that moment. Unfortunately I processed what...
  23. sounds like a great plan. Let me know if you have any questions about Rutgers ... It's a good program from what I hear. I believe I'm on the New Brunswick campus, although I have to call the school...
  24. I'm transferring into the traditional track. I was backing up with graduating next may and moving to accelerated. Cool that ur applying! Are you at Rutgers now?...and if so, which school? I was at...
  25. Thinking great thoughts for you and sending you positive nursing vibes!!!!!! So stressful this time is!!--but ya know what...you were right..all you can do is know that you did what you needed to do...