aggie313

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1. Business major at UC school transfer to nursing?

   aggie313 replied to 321GoForIt's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I'd finish up your bachelors while completing prereqs and gaining volunteer experience then apply to ELMSN programs to become a NP. It's the fastest route I think if being a NP is your end

2. ASN/BSN/or Accelerated MSN?

   aggie313 replied to mhartj's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I would knock out the prereqs at a community college and get some healthcare volunteer experience and obtain letters of recommendation and apply to an entry level masters nursing program. I just...

3. I know these are annoying.... but advice needed!

   aggie313 replied to lgripe's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I graduated from undergrad in 2010 and just graduated from my FNP program last week. I had a 3.28 undergrad GPA and some volunteer stints, never had any paid healthcare experience. GPA isn't...

4. NP unable to find job...looking for RN job but having interview difficulty!

   aggie313 replied to qwerty17's topic in Advanced Practice

   qwerty17 Can I ask which NP track you are

5. Transfer from UC to Nursing School ?

   aggie313 replied to orchids1129's topic in California Nursing

   Fellow Aggie here. I was in the same boat you were. I'd say to get any health care exp you can whether it be paid or not, especially with underserved populations. Nursing schools love that kind of...

6. Advice--Where to go from here. Med School?

   aggie313 replied to LizHope's topic in Advanced Practice

   Liz, My advice is to apply to as many direct entry NP programs as you can that guarantee you the NP track of your choice and see where you get in. Some are as little as 1.75 years to as long as 4...

7. Unpaid internship to gain NP experience

   aggie313 replied to kguill975's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   BC, Which prof resume service do you

8. FNP Cal State LA or CSULB?

   aggie313 replied to Enfermera_me's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   The FNP I shadowed in socal said she refuses to precept students from schools with no contracted affiliation with her practice (i.e. CSULB and CSULA) and urged me to go to a school that found...

9. ANP or GNP?

   aggie313 replied to FORTHELOVEOF!!!!'s topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   FNP

10. Seattle U - APNI 2012

    aggie313 replied to Calinca's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    No worries about being on the younger end of the spectrum. There's 2 students who graduated from college 1 month before the program started and a couple others who graduated 1 year before. And some...

11. Who Cares About Nurse Theorists?

    aggie313 replied to dlo's topic in Men in Nursing

    seriously...the times when i'm sitting through nursing theory are when I wish I was in PA

12. what made you choose NP over PA?

    aggie313 replied to pink_zebra's topic in Post Graduate Students

    PA schools required paid healthcare exp and I only had volunteer exp so that left me with the NP

13. I hate being a nurse

    aggie313 replied to SJE RN's topic in Nursing Career

    SJERN, Being a NP is the way to go to get out of this bedside nursing mess. I'm in a elmsn fnp program and I'm so thankful for that because I can go through the rn portion in a year and head straight...

14. Retail Clinic salaries

    aggie313 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was wondering what the avg salary is for FNPs in retail clinics such as minute clinic and take care health clinics. And what about per diem shifts? I'm seriously considering working in such a...

15. Spanish for nurses

    aggie313 replied to Robublind's topic in Emergency

    I'm hoping to become bilingual in Spanish as well. What did you guys think the best method of learning Spanish was? Books, online, Rosetta Stone, study