NurseJacqpott replied to CHBlake's topic in Pre-Nursing
As a volunteer I worked in PACU and ICU. In PACU and ICU, the "assigned duties" were things like clean the beds after a patient was discharged, replenished out of stocked items, transport patients to their rooms or to their ride/car waiting outside.....
NurseJacqpott replied to CHBlake's topic in Pre-Nursing
I would recommend going for the ADN because honestly it is hard getting a job simply because you are a new grad. I know new grads with BSN having a tough time finding work. I also have a BS so I didn't want to double up on Bachelors degrees so I wen...
NurseJacqpott replied to seanynjboy's topic in New Nurse
YOU GO BOOOY!!! Am so happy for you!!! I am in an ADN program and I graduate in May. I just accepted a job as a Student Nurse at my local county hospital. So it looks like things are picking up for us new (and not yet new) grads. But as the need incr...
Sometimes "moving forward" is going back to school. After the recession, there are a lot of people going back to school (especially nursing school) who have Bachelor's. Coincidentally, graduating with a degree and taking additional classes for your p...
I had the same problem. Even though you have a Bachelor's degree you still qualify for loans but you don't qualify for grants. So you want to double check with your school which part of fin aid don't you qualify for. In this era of budget crunches a...
NurseJacqpott replied to Sabreen's topic in Pre-Nursing
STAY AT HOME! I live 45 min away from school I have to go 3 days a week and 1 hour away from my clinical site that I have to go to 2 days out the week. I moved out...and when I decided to go to nursing school...I moved back in. As other posts says t...
NurseJacqpott replied to live&love&heal's topic in General Students
CONGRATULATIONS! I start school Monday at Rio Hondo College. I am so excited! Did the time go by fast for you. What advice can you give me? I mean what do you wish someone would have told you that would have made school easier or at least given you...
NurseJacqpott replied to Davidz0rs's topic in California
Oh...to answer the question...i had a 3.66 in sciences, 3.30 overall, 64% on TEAS (which I took a year ago because I was gonna go to Concorde which had a very looooowww passing rate), BS in Health Admin, life experiences points...
NurseJacqpott replied to Davidz0rs's topic in California
I just called and my status was changed from alternate to...NURSING STUDENT!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!! IamsoexcitedthatIcanhardlythink! Congrats to all, I can't wait to meet Class of 2014 at orientation.