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  1. waiting list at community colleges

    ginaw623 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am getting freaked out because I keep hearing that community colleges have long waitlists for admitting nursing students! I have a previous Bachelor's Degree and applying to the 2 community...

  2. Monroe Community College - Rochester

    ginaw623 posted a topic in New York Nursing

    I was wondering if anyone attended, is currently attending, or applying to Monroe CC's nursing program in Rochester, NY? I have heard rumors that it is super competitive or that I have no chance of...

  3. FNP or PMHNP?

    ginaw623 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If I decide to get my Master's in NP...I am having difficulty deciding between Family NP and Psych/Mental Health NP. Are there more jobs available for FNPs...it seems like I never find postings...

  4. ICU yuck

    ginaw623 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    So I was interested in going back to school to pursue nursing...get my RN then maybe eventually my NP. I got a job as a Patient Care Tech at one of my local hospitals 2 months ago in the ICU. I am...

  5. ICU yuck

    ginaw623 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I was interested in going back to school to pursue nursing...get my RN then maybe eventually my NP. I got a job as a Patient Care Tech at one of my local hospitals 2 months ago in the ICU. I am...

  6. ICU yuck

    ginaw623 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So I was interested in going back to school to pursue nursing...get my RN then maybe eventually my NP. I got a job as a Patient Care Tech at one of my local hospitals 2 months ago in the ICU. I am...

  7. ICU yuck

    ginaw623 replied to ginaw623's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the advise! Just to clarify: I handle all the things that go on in the ICU very well, but my responsibilities as a PCT (stocking, post-mortem care and taking bodies to the morgue,...

  8. Working while in school

    ginaw623 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Anybody plan on working full OR part time during their

  9. ADN...is it worth the time?

    ginaw623 posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have been hearing a ton of negative things about going the ADN route at a community college vs going straight to the BSN. Financially this may be my only option and I would like to hear that there...

  10. Do you like your job?

    ginaw623 posted a topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    For all you PCTs out there...how do you like your job? What is easy and difficult about it? Also, has it better prepared you to go into

  11. I feel incompetent

    ginaw623 posted a topic in General Students

    I had phlebotomy class today all day where we learned how to take blood specimens (butterfly, vacutainer, and blood cultures). Using fake arms of course not real ones lol. I felt like an idiot the...

  12. Nurses who worked through school

    ginaw623 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone. I would like to hear from any nurses who went to school full-time and worked part-time, worked full-time and went to school part-time, or did both full-time! I am wanting to enter an...

  13. Nurses who worked through school

    ginaw623 replied to ginaw623's topic in General Nursing

    The support means a lot to me! Thanks everyone! I feel so much better

  14. University of Rochester ABPNN Fall 2012

    ginaw623 replied to VHFmia's topic in New York Nursing

    I know that I am probably going to get a lot of discouraging feedback on this BUT...how do you all feel about working part-time during this program? If I don't work about 20 hours a week (probably...

  15. Nurses who worked through school

    ginaw623 replied to ginaw623's topic in General Nursing

    NurseCard- good for you! I am thinking I will work Saturdays and Sundays (one 8 and one 12)...then I get my 20 hours in

  16. Nurses who worked through school

    ginaw623 replied to ginaw623's topic in General Nursing

    Positive experiences only please! I have heard a million times "you won't be able to handle that", or "that's too much work". I want to hear from those of you who did it and succeeded. I don't need...

  17. Nurses who worked through school

    ginaw623 replied to ginaw623's topic in General Nursing

    thanks

  18. Nurses who worked through school

    ginaw623 replied to ginaw623's topic in General Nursing

    thanks to both of you...you are both inspiring

  19. University of Rochester Accelerated Nursing Program - ABPNN

    ginaw623 replied to aalya123's topic in New York Nursing

    and also...did anyone/is anyone working part-time during this program?? is it

  20. Any Nurse Techs in RN nursing programs?

    ginaw623 replied to kv07's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Does anybody think it is possible to work 20 hours a week as a tech and attend a one-year accelerated

  21. University of Rochester ABPNN Fall 2012

    ginaw623 replied to VHFmia's topic in New York Nursing

    Hey guys...I'm hoping somebody can help me out with a few questions. I eventually want to go through NP school (probably Psych NP). Should I just apply for the AMPNN instead of the ABPNN? They are...

  22. difficulty of CRNA school

    ginaw623 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hello all. Just wondering how difficult CRNA school is/was for everyone? I am considering it as a goal way in the future, so I have lots of time to prepare, but I am also scared lol. I have heard...

  23. University of Rochester Accelerated Nursing Program - ABPNN

    ginaw623 replied to aalya123's topic in New York Nursing

    Hey guys...I'm hoping somebody can help me out with a few questions. I eventually want to go through NP school (probably Psych NP). Should I just apply for the AMPNN instead of the ABPNN? They are...

  24. University of Rochester ABPNN Fall 2012

    ginaw623 replied to VHFmia's topic in New York Nursing

    ear7: your stats are fantastic! I bet you got into U of R's program...I would call and check it wouldn't hurt to

  25. University of Rochester Accelerated Nursing Program - ABPNN

    ginaw623 replied to aalya123's topic in New York Nursing

    Does anyone know if they allow you to apply again if you don't get in the first time you