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Yes it's going very well. As a former educator myself, I am impressed with the organized style of communication and the exams as written. They are not trying to trick us but you definitely need to know the material. Some of the recorded lectures are hard to take, as is the nature of all classes I'm sure. Professors seem to have high integrity and value top quality education for their students. Very high volume, but it could be worse for sure. I'm super happy I've joined this program and we are over the halfway mark in this class! How are your classes going? I think that's where I will be next fall. Is it two classes and clinicals?

I am starting the online University of Southern Indiana (USI) Post Masters Certificate (PMC) PMHNP program, with Adv Pathophysiology in the Fall 2025 semester. I'd love to connect with some others who are doing the same!

iamKira - I am also starting the PMC PMHNP program in the Fall 2025, but I have to start with Adv Pathophys as mine is too old from my MSN program. How is it going so far for you? I'd love to connect. (And is there anybody else out there doing this program?!)

Hi! Have you considered looking on usajobs.gov? The Veterans Affairs, VA, offers RN positions of Care Manager within a primary care team. They call them PACT (patient aligned care teams). The government application can be a bear , but depending on the location and whoever else applies, they take anywhere from new graduates all the way up to someone with their Ph.D. Your salary is determined by what you have done previously. I haven't looked up the VA clinics in Delaware, but I hope there's one near you. A lot of your job satisfaction is determined by the team you're working with. The patients are awesome! Good luck!

I work in the OR. Essentially I am dealing with one patient at a time and I work to make the surgeon happy so he/she can do the required job. My charting is minimal and I consider myself spoiled, although of course this can vary with location. An idea that I haven't seen presented to you is...CRNA! Get yourself a job in ICU. Learn everything you can so that you can get accepted into a masters program so that you can be a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (most programs require ICU experience). It is a serious job and you can make lots of money! Read about it - it is a different type of nursing, very different from traditional bedside nursing. However, I believe in 2025 the requirements will change and you will need to have a DNP (Doctorate of Nursing Practice) to practice anesthesia. I don't know how they will phase this new rule in... Or do as others have suggested and work in the OR. You can do that now with your BSN.

That helps a lot. Thank you for your prompt reply!

samianquazi - rather than buying the newly updated versions of each of these texts, i was considering purchasing the edition just before the most current. what are your thoughts on this? are there any books that you have not used as much, or that you think having the "latest and greatest" will matter? especially for the fundamentals of nursing. since it is a brand new 8th edition in march 2012, i was thinking of getting the 7th edition instead. also, i have read reviews that the clinical nursing skills and techniques 6th edition is actually preferred over the newest 7th edition. any opinions on this?

Cummings is expensive. Unfortunately, unless I'm reading it wrong (may be!) as I look at the course descriptions, many of them do not list the book. I am a plan-ahead-person, but I'm afraid of buying things I don't need. This Cummings book is listed for the first summer session. Am I looking in the wrong place, because I don't see any other specific books? I know that you all mentioned Jarvis. I don't want to picture us...finding out at orientation what we need, then shuffling us over to the coop to purchase. I realize some items (scrubs) are not negotiable, but some things (books) we may find cheaper somewhere else -- given the time. Ugh.

What about Human Heredity by Cummings?

Which class is Jarvis' book for? Is this for summer or planning ahead to fall?

Eastsider, looks like you are on here right now. What group did you get placed in (A, B, C, or D)? I met you before our CPR class. I forget your real name though. Bad with names.

Hey Kat_Walk - I left you a private message back on March 27. Did ya get it?

Congratulations, laflaca! Sorry we won't get to meet you, but we're happy to hear that you got in to your chosen school. Good luck in your future classes and in everything else you choose!

Why don't you just change careers if you are unhappy? Do something about it.

I completely agree with you, Mr. Murse. I just got accepted to nursing school and I can't wait to get busy. I prefer to surround myself with positive people and to be one myself. I have not read all of the replies to your post, but I think that there are some people are going to complain no matter what (about anything, in any field). I tend to turn away from the negative posts. I just don't want to go there. Thank you!