Jess RN

Jess RN has 1 years experience and specializes in Postpartum.

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1. Mother baby nurse on Oahu

   Jess RN replied to Jess RN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks xj3! My husband's cousin works at Kaiser- so I think I will send my resume along to him before the move and see if I can line up an interview for when we arrive on-island. I'm thinking if HI...

2. Mother baby nurse on Oahu

   Jess RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi- I am a new nurse I will have been in my current unit (postpartum and newborn nursery) for two years in Oct. My husband grew up in Honolulu and his family (parents, brother, uncle, cousins) live...

3. Boston College Master's Entry

   Jess RN replied to soxfan07's topic in Post Graduate Students

   Congrats on your acceptance! I am at BC in the Master's Entry program and I love it. I had med-surg clincals at NEMC last semester, and they were good- but I didn't get to do/see as much as I would...

4. Direct Entry Programs- How hard to get in?

   Jess RN replied to GoodyNurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I had graduated from undergrad in '96 and I applied to my DE programs in 04. I asked my prof who I took A&P 1 and 2 with for a ref and he did a great job. My other two refs were from the Medical...

5. NP education - a rant

   Jess RN replied to CatskillNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Thanks lilpeanut and NhavenRN for your input and for that great link to the aacn article. I guess my point in my earlier post was that I am in my DE NP program to become a nurse. When and whether I...

6. NP education - a rant

   Jess RN replied to CatskillNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Did they have a hard time just because they lacked nursing exp or was it because those helpful, experienced nurses were giving them a hard time as well? Just because MDs can be miserable to each other...

7. NP education - a rant

   Jess RN replied to CatskillNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   See, this is the attitude that just baffles me. Why not reserve judgement and give students what they are in clinicals for- a learning experience, not a whole lot of attitude on top of that. The...

8. Direct Entry Programs- How hard to get in?

   Jess RN replied to GoodyNurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   LOL I love it! Yeah, I agree that it is probably slightly easier to get into a DE program than to get into Harvard or Princeton as an undergrad... but it's still pretty darn hard! And back me up...

9. Direct-Entry Masters Program Pre-Requisites (Mass)

   Jess RN replied to pachouly's topic in Post Graduate Students

   Hi Becky, I took Organic Chem (a prereq for BC and darned hard to find without a qualifying prereq itself) at Curry College in Milton. My teacher Marie Turner was great. It was a summer sesson class...

10. Direct Entry Programs- How hard to get in?

    Jess RN replied to GoodyNurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I only ended up taking one prereq online- (micro w/lab through ccconline) but my school (BC) had no problem accepting it. I would check with your schools (where are you applying?) before enrolling,...

11. Rotavirus

    Jess RN replied to student4ever's topic in General Nursing

    Rotavirus is the worst! My whole family (me, hubby, and our two little ones) had it last spring. Ugh. Hope you are feeling better soon!

12. Microbiology online with Lab ??

    Jess RN replied to RNinJune2007's topic in Online Distance Learning

    ccconline has one- I took it last summer. It was really easy and it had a lab. Good luck! -Jess PS, you do have to buy your own microscope if you don't have access to one in a science

13. Direct Entry MSN program 2

    Jess RN replied to elizabells's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Woo hoo!!!:balloons: :balloons: Congrats on your scholarship- that's amazing! I got into both of those schools, and got a merit scholarship from BC, but nothing from MGH. So I think it's probably...

14. Let's talk about different approaches to school

    Jess RN replied to carachel2's topic in Post Graduate Students

    It sounds like you already know what you would be most comfortable with. :chuckle I started nursing school this past fall after taking one pre req at a time for the past two years. I have a 3 yr...

15. Direct Entry MSN program 2

    Jess RN replied to elizabells's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Woo hoo! Congrats!