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Hello there, I'm wondering what kind of grading school you have (or had if you're graduated now) in your nursing school. At the University of Portland an A is 95-100, A- is 91-94.9, B+ is 88-90.9, B is 83-87.9, B- is 80-82.9, and a failing score is b...

Did anyone else receive an acceptance letter from OHSU today? My wife and I were both accepted to University of Portland in March, and she just received her OHSU acceptance letter today (I didn't apply there unfortunately).

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I wouldn't expect to start out immediately in a level I trauma center in Portland. Unfortunately, there is no nursing shortage in Portland so many of the specialties in nursing are not available to new graduat...

Starting in January 2008, the base pay for an RN with no experience working day shift will be just over $28 / hr at Providence Portland Medical Center. The other Providence hospitals in the Portland metro area are comparable. I believe evening differ...

My best clinical experiences were St. V's orthopedics floor (my first rotation in nursing school - 2006) and the cardiac ICU at Providence Portland Medical Center (2007). Worst clinical experience by a long shot was my pediatrics rotation at Doernbec...

I'm interested in possibly joining the Army Reserve Nurse Corps (IMA program) after I graduate from my BSN program in 2007. It seems like a few of you know quite a bit about the Army reserves, so I thought I'd post some of my questions here: 1. In th...

I would agree that OHSU has a strong track record; however, they have not been impressive in recent years in their undergrad BSN program. In fact, look at the latest startling NCLEX pass rates for schools in the Portland area for the past year. http:...

My wife and I both had 265 questions and passed. We took the exam 5/10/2007 and found out this afternoon (about 24 hours later) via our state's board of nursing website were our license numbers were listed.

See the link above to the University of Portland's website. Each year Providence Health & Services offers a number of scholarships to the University of Portland that covers tuition for your BSN in return of a 3-year work commitment. A couple of u...

There are definitely a lot of students in my class who finance their education at U of P. If your choice is to attend nursing school at U of P and finance your education or not attend nursing school at all, I'd definitely recommend the former. Howeve...

Hey KrisPDX, It seems Providence was advertising about 75 Providence scholarships for both the May and August classes when I applied (there are about 140 combined students in these cohorts); however, I don't think we have more than 40-50 Providence s...

Just a quick clarification on the "tax issue" related to the Providence Scholars program. Tuition at University of Portland for two years + a summer session (nursing school at University of Portland is 5 semesters) costs over $50,000. While you're in...

Good luck with everything. PM me if you have any more questions regarding the Prov Scholars program of U of P in general. - Evan

Tofutti, Fortunately, my wife and I (both Prov Scholars) were placed in specialties we hoped to work in. Several Prov Scholars were not able to be placed in their specialties, but have the option of transferring to a different job within Providence a...

Hello, I'm a Providence Scholar who will be graduating from U of P in four weeks! I only applied to U of P when I was interested in nursing school and have not for a second regretted my decision. The faculty is great, the education is top notch, we h...

snowshooz, i hear over and over again on this board that diploma nurses or adns may have more clinical experience than the run-of-the-mill bsn nurse. in response to your comment of feeling bad for some bsns i would like to propose a counter argument....

I see that several of you were accepted to Anesthesia school (or at least granted an interview) with sub-3.3 GPAs. What kind of science GPA did you all have, and which courses were factored into your science GPA? Also, what is generally considered a...

i'm curious to hear from those who have applied or been accepted to nurse anesthesia programs on what the average applicant's science grades look like. i know that there is no single answer for this, but i'm look for a range. i have a pretty good cum...

Hello all, I'm getting close to choosing a unit to complete my senior capstone experience (which usually turns into a job after graduation). I have a contact on a CRU (Cardiac Recovery Unit) who says the floor is great experience for nurses who hope ...

First off, welcome to the Oregon Nurse Forum! I assume by education classes you are referring to the prerequisites necessary to attend nursing school. You can take your prerequisite courses from any accredited community college or university in Orego...

Hey there, I think ASBC (aerospace basic course) is for line officers only. Since you are in the medical corps you will attend special training pertinent to your medical field in the Air Force. For example, I know new L&D nurses attend school som...

I can imagine that most successful students completing an accelerated BSN versus a traditional BSN might have a better handle on time management when they graduate. Will this make them more prepared for CRNA school? I don't know. I am not in an accel...

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I was wondering if any of the applicants to OHSU (Oregon Health and Sciences University) found out how many students applied / were interviewed / accepted to the school this year? Also, would you mind sharing your GPA / GRE / work experience if you i...

Hello all, I will be graduating in May 2007 with a BSN and am very interested in joining the Air Force as an IMA reservist. I was wondering if any of you (from any branch of the military) could share some personal experience or thoughts on the IMA pr...