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About the recruiter: I noticed that you have "Colorado" in your name, so we probably have the same healthcare professional recruiter. I emailed the woman in charge of the recruiting center and thought she hadn't responded, but it turns out she and another recruiter there responded to me, but the emails went to my junk mail for some reason. Look in your junk mail if you haven't already.

ffemt - awesome! So it sounds like if I wanted to get into critical care for CRNA school (just something I'm considering in the far future) then I'll be able to do it at some point.

If i were to get an NTP slot, could I work towards working in critical care or would I be stuck with med/surg? (I don't think med/surg is bad by any means, just don't wanna do the same thing forever)

Should I also apply to the Air Force right as I graduate just for the hell of it? I know it's not likely that I'll get in if it shows on my application that I have no experience, but it couldn't hurt, right?

Thanks jfratian and ffemt for replying to me! I think I'm going to talk to a recruiter this week to learn more about the application process. It kinda sucks hearing that it takes a while to apply and get accepted, but I definitely understand why it takes long. Would it be smart to just get a civilian job right when I graduate? It seems like it takes at least a year after applying to get to all the training and what not.

I've actually been thinking about joining the Air Force after I graduate, but I have just a few questions that I'm hoping some of you can answer. I'm currently a junior in my BSN program and a single 20-year-old male with no intentions of getting married or having kids by the time I graduate. :) 1. How tough is it to actually get into the Air Force as a new grad RN? Should I work for a year after graduation and then try to apply, or should I apply right when I graduate just for the hell of it? 2. This is kind of related to the previous question, but when should I start the whole process of talking to a recruiter and getting all the information about applying? Will it benefit me if I started talking to a recruiter now? 3. This is for the RNs who are serving or have served in the Air Force: do you legitimately like working as an RN in the Air Force? I think it seems like something I'd enjoy, but I have no idea what it's like because I've only experienced "civilian" healthcare settings (obviously ). 4. Finally, given my personal situation (young, single male with no kids), would you recommend joining the Air Force? Thanks in advance to anyone who is willing to answer my questions!

I'm working at one of the local hospitals as a "Nursing Student Extern", but I'm basically a CNA (although, I get about 4 more dollars per hour than the starting CNA rates). All I had to do to apply for the position was have proof that I completed a semester of Fundamentals along with the lab/clinical, and prove that I was still a student in a nursing program. If I were you, I'd look around for a similar job. I wasn't required to have a CNA license and I'll most likely land a job as an RN after I graduate. If you're not a nursing student, then I'm sorry for making you waste your time to read this I was just assuming that you might be.

I'm surprised at how many people replied to this thread saying that "it's ok to get C's", or anything implying that getting a C is okay.. getting a C in my program is considered failing

I did the Axial Skeleton a couple weeks ago. To study, I would do one section at a time, like the face for example. I would study the face bones and then go online and find an image of the face skeletons with blank labels, and see if I could fill them in correctly. Once I could fill them in all correctly, I'd move on to another section. Then I'd move on to another bone, and another, etc. Once I did all of them I would go back and try to do them all again WITHOUT looking in my book before I started, and just keep doing them until I had them all completely memorized. On the actual test I got an 83/85 on the section where you have to identify the parts of the bones, so it worked pretty well for me.

It's very unlikely at this point that I'm going to get an A in my A&P1 lecture class (I'd have to get a 98% on the next 2 exams). So I'm wondering if this will significantly hurt my chances of getting accepted into my universities nursing program? I think it's competitive, but I don't really know. The minimum GPA you have to have just to apply is a 3.0. During my freshman orientation, there were about 60 kids in the pre-nursing seminar thing, and each year I think the program accepts 60 students. However, I'm sure other people apply to the nursing programs besides the students that have attended college here. There's also a Health Academy program in the local high schools, which can allow seniors in high school to go straight into the nursing program if they've completed all the pre-reqs with good grades. Anyways, I still have a couple more semesters of pre-reqs to do, which I'll hopefully get A's in (I don't plan on getting anything below a B in any of my classes, and I currently don't have anything under a B). If they see a B in A&P1, will they think badly of it? Just wondering what you guys think, thanks :)

Thanks for the input guys! I'll definitely take Patho after A&P 2.

I'm taking A&P1 (and lab), Chem (and lab), Stats, Spanish 1 & English 101. Got an 86 on the first A&P test, 89 on my first chem test, 94 on my first stats test, 98 & 99 on my first spanish tests, and I'm currently writing my first paper for English. I'm about to take an online quiz for A&P, and if I get the full points (5 ) I'll have an exact 90% in the class. I have a 92 in lab. For chem, we have online homework, so averaged with my test (89 >:|) I have about a 93%. I have a 98 in lab. I have a 99% in Spanish, and a 97% in stats. And for English, we haven't had any actual grades yet, so I need to do really well on my paper Glad to see that everyone else is doing well, but it also makes me nervous for actually getting into nursing school because everyone's doing well LOL.

For the BSN program at my school, the most challenging pre-requisites (in my opinion) are: A&P 1 and 2, Intro Chemistry, Microbiology and Pathophysiology This semester, I'm taking A&P 1 and Chemistry. What should I take together in my next 2 semesters (nursing program would start in my 2013 spring semester, so I'll only have 2 semesters after this one to finish pre-reqs)? I'll most likely take A&P 2 next semester, so should I take Patho or Micro with it? Or should I take Patho and Micro in the same semester, and ONLY do A&P 2 next semester? Which combination of those would be the easiest to manage? Thanks~

I took my first A&P test today, it was 50 questions over 4 chapters. I don't know my grade yet, but there were about 7 questions which I had narrowed down to 2 answers, but on all 7 I got them wrong (I looked in the book when I left class). I breezed through the rest, so I'm hoping that I didn't miss more than 10 total, because I really want a B. Also, I learned a valuable lesson: don't try to study 4 chapters in one night

Congrats on the good score! I have my first A&P test on Wednesday. I'm so nervous! It covers 4 chapters (basics, chemistry stuff, DNA, cells), so I have tons of studying to do (on top of what I've already done )