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Poor staffing/unsafe patient-nurse ratios (and I feel like I am lucky based on some of the ratios I see posted on this website), out of touch upper management

Eight patients in an acute care setting....that's insane. Is 1:8 the standard assignment for your floor? Hang in there

It would be nice if this got as much attention from nurses as the whole The View fiasco. spread the word!

I have a hard time being hopeful as well. I think the only way to make headway (if any) is to raise awareness of the general public. There is so much emphasis on patient satisfaction now and one would think that a big part of the discourse would be p...

Got one recently. In order to get a temporary license, you need to first apply for regular license. Here's the catch-in order to apply for the temporary license, your application for regular license needs to be in the DOH system and the federal backg...

I would love to hear back from others who have gone through the program and hear their thoughts. There are lots of threads on getting into the program but none on the program and working at WHC in general.

How do you like WHC so far?

I also have a question about infection control. For droplet and airborne, is it mask/N95 respirator plus gown and gloves? That's how I saw it done in the clinical settings, but I was not sure if this is the case in the NCLEX

Anyone?

For those accepted, did you have clinical experience prior to nursing school (i.e., as a CNA, patient tech, etc)? What are the things that are weighed most heavily (GPA, experience, recommendations)? Thanks!

How are students placed in preceptorship? Do you pick areas you want/do not want? Do they try to honor requests or do they place students based on experience, GPA, etc?

so for those of you who have just graduated. what did you think of the program overall? how as preceptorship? NCLEX? and most importantly, how is the job search going for you and your classmates? thanks for giving your feedback throughout this thre...

I still haven't decided what to do for parking yet. $600 is hefty but the general parking lots seem far away..especially at 7:30am!

According to website it's $600.00 Yikes :Parking Services - George Mason University

Are you guys just getting the standard parking pass? Can you use it in most parking garages? I'm hoping since our classes are early parking will not be too much of a hassle.

Is it the clinical site assignments that are not organized? Do you get to pick preceptorship area (both location and area of interest)? Does the school address the current job market? This forum and other articles I've read have definitely left me...

Book list is posted! I don't even want to know the total price tag of all the books :-O

Do we need white lab coats as part of the uniform? I thought I had read that somewhere before and now per website, it seems we only need the scrubs (green top, khaki pants) or am I missing something?

sKris-If I may ask yet few questions regarding the academic calendar since you have been so helpful. I'm thinking about logistics because I have kids. I was trying to find an academic calendar but I only see one for general GMU not nursing. You m...

Did you guys receive the email from the nursing dept today? So we do have a week long orientation prior to classes starting. The email/letter says to go to myMason/Blackboard to get more info, but I don't see anything posted yet.

I registered for the email account, etc. I think I saw that you can register for classes at orientation but remember reading on letter sent by Nursing Dept to drop classes until after July. So can we register during orientation? I can't wait to reg...

Thanks for the link. I signed up for one of the orientations in June. I hope to get some of the requirements like immunizations and physical out of the way by the orientation.

No, maybe it's something you do at the orientation? I did receive an email from the Dept on my regular email account yesterday just saying they received my intent letter to enroll in program and that to expect further communication mid-summer regardi...

Congrats! Does the nursing school require additional immunizations than the general school? I would think I would have to do some of the immunizations and physical at the same time. Does GMU have a physical form?

sKris-do you know how soon the Nursing Dept communicates with students? I sent my signed acceptance letter certified mail so I am pretty sure they got it...I am just anxious to hear that they indeed did receive it . Do we get to enroll in classes a...