cally527

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  1. Quincy College Advanced Placement RN Program (Jan. 2013)

    cally527 replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I am not applying, I just wanted to say that they look at reading comprehension first. They only look at sentence skills if 2 applicants have the same reading comprehension score. if the sentence...

  2. High School student would appreciate advice

    cally527 replied to booredandrew's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    With the degrees/certificates... it is hard to give an answer because every state is different. Plus you made no mention of what you are thinking of considering. As for how you should get involved...

  3. Att: Illinois licensed nurses with forceable felony conviction license revocation law

    cally527 replied to dukes217's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    ummmm.... a "simple bar fight" does not result in a forcible felony (they usually do not even result in police showing up). in the state of illinois a forcible felony is considered to be the...

  4. GPA just not good enough

    cally527 replied to rokbe's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Every school and every state is different. When I was taking pre-req's, I kept reading all of these posts here on AN about schools with 2 year waiting lists. I found that none of the schools in my...

  5. Nursing School with a Disability

    cally527 replied to NightOwlGirl's topic in General Students

    I had to look up DSPS because I had no idea what it was. Honestly...... I have had the same problem since I was 14 or 15. I have been fired from jobs for being late because of it. However, since I...

  6. Frantic Question

    cally527 replied to CallieNM's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I really don't understand what you are "Frantic" about. Take a deep breath and calm down!!!! After getting a high school diploma (of GED) there are 2 options for college education. An associate...

  7. Nursing program starts Aug 27th and I'm not prepared!!!

    cally527 replied to its_meee's topic in General Students

    Since you are only going to have a week to purchase supplies, I suggest that you start researching and making lists of everything now. Books end up getting very expensive so you need to make sure that...

  8. What is the point of becoming a nurse?!

    cally527 replied to newRN121's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    REALLY????????? The government is MAKING millions of us become nurses?!?!? This isn't Panem! The government doesn't make us do anything here in the United States of America. I respectfully suggest...

  9. Visiting nurse slapped with a parking ticket :-/

    cally527 replied to PinkRNBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nurses should not get a special "illegal parking exempt" status. Everyone else deals with it too. Should UPS or FedEx drivers get special parking status because they sometimes are delivering...

  10. Full Time Quincy College Sept 2012

    cally527 replied to mollymarie3's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Wondering when we are going to hear about our labs. Does anyone know anything about this? Do we get to choose the time or do they just assign them to

  11. How long is your commute to nursing school?

    cally527 replied to BlueChocolateCat's topic in General Students

    15 - 20 minutes for school. The clinical site that they have used in the past could be anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour depending on

  12. Pay Off My Student Loans In Full or Make Monthly Payments?

    cally527 replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    How about doing a little bit of all 3 options? Use a chunk of your savings to pay off 1/2 of your current student loan debt. Then pay more than the monthly minimum every month until they are...

  13. What does "application forwarded to manager" mean?

    cally527 replied to odintelligent's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    It means that the HR dept. took your application and gave it to the manager that is responsible for hiring for that position. The fact that the job posting is no longer there means either A) They...

  14. Uniforms

    cally527 replied to Crazed's topic in General Students

    Hunter green scrubs from White Swan. School logo embroidered on the left chest. White scrub coat with the same logo embroidered on the left chest. White all leather shoes. Not bad. Not

  15. Jury Duty and Nursing School

    cally527 replied to bear14's topic in General Students

    grntea, you live in ma right? you can defer up to a year every time you get a 1st summons. i have always done that and always requested a change of venue (they always seem to assign me to brockton...

  16. Jury Duty and Nursing School

    cally527 replied to bear14's topic in General Students

    I am not sure if every state is the same, but I live in MA and when we get our original Jury Duty Summons, there is an option to change the date. You can push it off up to 1 year. So if that is an...

  17. Cheating in Pre-Reqs

    cally527 replied to xxyyzz's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My AP1 professor was like that. Our class learned that when she said something was not going to be on a quiz or test, that is what we needed to study!

  18. Am I worrying to much?

    cally527 replied to kayruhh's topic in General Students

    I would call them back and explain that you were accepted to Nursing School and wanted to know if quitting your job would make you ineligible to participate if you are assigned to one of their...

  19. Community college has a 7% graduation rate...

    cally527 replied to Kadambari's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My school (entire school, not the nursing dept.) has a graduation rate that ranges from 24-29% from 2005 to 2010. Most students transfer to 4 year schools. Some drop out, others take certificate...

  20. how to get out of nursing school fast?

    cally527 replied to nicolenico's topic in Georgia Nursing

    what is your

  21. Full Time Quincy College Sept 2012

    cally527 replied to mollymarie3's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Got mine today too!!! Kinda surprised by how long the pants are. I was swimming in them when I tried them

  22. Nursing Instructor Continuously Embarrassing Me

    cally527 replied to Jlseeze's topic in General Students

    Honestly??? Maybe I am the only one, but the best teachers I have had are the ones that know the subject they teach and relate it to the real world and/or my field of study. So an A&P prof. that...

  23. Nursing Instructor Continuously Embarrassing Me

    cally527 replied to Jlseeze's topic in General Students

    UMMMMM... NO! Reporting the teacher (for doing his job and trying to teach you) is not advisable. It will only prove his point that you are quiet and can't handle confrontations. If he has made...

  24. Full Time Quincy College Sept 2012

    cally527 replied to mollymarie3's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Lol, I called them today too because it has been over a month since I ordered. The woman told me that mine should get to me any day now as they were already shipped.

  25. When will people learn NOT to say the "Q" word...

    cally527 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why is it a problem for nurses/ medical professionals to be superstitious about something such as the "Q" word, scrubs or anything else that is not related specifically to patient care and nursing...