Clodhopper

Guys, 'just curious. As a minority, have you felt that maybe being a minority somehow enhanced you getting accepted into Nursing school or somehow maybe received a boost when in school? Gals: Have you ever observed any specific instance or generally...

Just curious. It was told to us yesterday during orientation that 112 RN student candidates were selected out of 1235 applications to nursing school. That is over a 90 percent rejection rate! Is it that comparable to get into other nursing schools?

Hi all, It is seen that there are several styles and colors of scrubs available. For you experienced students and nurses, are there any little features that you like to see in your scrubs? I dunno, say real belt loops instead of a drawstring... or s...

You also see that sort of thing in other professions where foreign men are employed in a professional capacity. To example, years ago my wife, who is an IT professional, was working on a project that had several Russian contract programmers as part o...

LMAO!

Sounds like a good use of public assistance! Actually help you get back onto your feet, instead of just supporting you.

What did ya get? My school calls for a Sprague 122, which costs around $15. I got a Littman Master Classic SE, with my name on it (theft protection) for $107 delivered from Steeles. It is way more scope than I can take advantage of at this point in t...

Yup. I distinctly recall a couple of problems that involved selecting the correctly balanced equation.

They will eventually discover a related ailment in the pubis area and name it "camel toe syndrome" or something....

Hii Chorkle, I actually giggled seeing this 'advice!" Whatever some exotic thing that some scientist has cooked up in a particle accelerator or nuclear reactor over the past 30 years is not going to make a world of difference to nursing. Such exotic...

Hudson Valley Community College, 1st Semester!

Thanks! I'll check them out.

Dude, I feel for you. My situation is similar. I just got the acceptance letter yesterday (was verbally informed a couple days before that). No info as to supplies needed given at all. 'have to learn that from my advisor & given a phone number to...

A 50 year old career changer here. I'm switching out of engineering after a successful 27 year stint in it to pursue healthcare, namely nursing. This is something that I have always intended to do, as you only live once & I want as diverse an exp...

I graduated with my bachelors in 1984 and it was the same way back then with the bookstore overpricing everything. Then there was no recourse, unless you in some big college town that could support an independent college bookstore. With today's inter...

Program Type: RN Adjusted Individual Total Score: 84.7% ATI Academic Preparedness Level: Proficient Mean - National: 64.3% Mean - Program: 64.9% Percentile Rank - National - 95 Percentile Rank - Program - 96 Reading Adjusted Individual Score 78.6% Ma...

Since you have no other debt, getting rid of that one would be very beneficial. If you have been on time paying it, you already have a credit history, so paying it off early will not prevent you from building one. It never, ever, counts against you, ...

Hi all, new nursing student here. I start at the end of the month. In two years I'll be in the job market and was wondering what I could do between now and then to make myself a more desirable hire - especially since I have no prior healthcare experi...

I start my first semester at the end of the month and have no clue what my schedule will be for the Nursing I class. The school doesn't even bother to list the times in their semester by semester course schedule. You take the lecture and the clinical...

Yup! Whining is whining, regardless of how it initially presented. Some teachers round, some don't. It is a fact of life and their sole prerogative as to how they want to proceed with grades. If you don't like a particular prof's grading policy, then...

My elderly widowed mother in law lives in a retirement community and it is pretty much the same way there. The elderly widows far outnumber the guys and compete head on for their attentions... upping the ante all along as to what constitutes 'proper ...

Your girlfriend needs to have more confidence in your relationship. While nursing is female dominated, just about most professions have significant numbers of females in them. Just walk into any office building and look around. Closely working and go...

Where I live there are four nursing colleges, the furthest one being about 40 miles away. When taking prereqs, we students would ask each other about which schools we were applying too. No one I queried was willing to drive to the school that was 40 ...

New member here catching up on threads. I start my RN classes this month and cannot comment what goes on in the clinic. However, I can see parallels from working in a mixed office environment for 30 years. As a group, the females in an office were mu...

I'm 50 and just got accepted for the fall RN. When taking prereqs, I was among the oldest ones in the class and if, anything, it is an advantage. As a group, I would say that older students don't stress out about classes the way the 20 something 'kid...