Jess RN

I am a pre-nursing student. I have done my pre-reqs and am awaiting to hear from direct entry NP programs I've applied to. I'm beginning to worry though, becaue I do have something on my record. In '99 I wrote a check for 100.00 at my grocery store t...

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 is anything like Boston- then maybe the hospitals ...

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 there still. We are considering moving our family...

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 have liked. My clincal instructor was incredible t...

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 Director of the hospital I volunteered at and fro...

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 choose to work at the bedside as an RN or in an of...

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 during their training doesn't mean we should emul...

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 bottom line is that graduates of DE programs will be ...

Hi everyone! I'm taking a research theory course this summer for my program and I will have to write a research paper in APA format for the course. What are some APA formatting software programs that people have used and like? Thanks! Jess

Thanks so much for the info! Not looking forward to the papers ahead, but this kind of software will make it much less tedious, hopefully! -Jess

My top three were aerospace med (!?!) psych and preventive med. OB/Gyn which is what I think I want to do was ranked #14. -Jess :roll

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 here- getting in is easier than actually getting thr...

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 called "Chemical Concepts" and it was basically C...

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, but I bet it will be fine. BYU is an accredited sc...

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! -Jess

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 lab.

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 likely you will get an award from BC as well. Could...

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 old and a 1 yr old and I lasted exactly one week in ...

Woo hoo! Congrats! -Jess

Jess here- I'm a first year at BC. I'm part time working on lecture classes this year- will start clinicals in the fall. I'm on a 4 year plan for a 2 year program! :chuckle -Jess

No- I didn't think you meant me- but the less "thread-time" this kind of stuff is given- the better. And we *definitely* don't need another "entry to practice minimum" debate! :roll -Jess

You are absolutely right elizabells. Sorry for going off on my little tirade guys. -Jess

The whole DE vs RN before MSN has been done so many times on these boards. I too plan to work at the bedside for a while (and maybe permanently if I like it!) to gain experience. I don't worry too much about the nurses who will think I'm a fraud be...

Congrats janony, angie, cfrimer and other direct entry acceptances!! As always, I am happy to answer any boston area school questions. Either ask in this thread, PM me or email me at jessicaceleste at yahoo. -Jess janony- did you get the PM I sent ...