yuca799

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1. Starting in NICU...any advice?

   yuca799 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Hello all, I will be starting out in NICU in about a week and was wondering what advice any of you have for a brand new nurse who passed boards a month ago? This will be my very first job in nursing...

2. New RN...no luck with job hunting...help me!

   yuca799 posted a topic in Florida Nursing

   Hello, new RN here and I'm having the worst time finding a job in Miami. It's where we live and we can't move anytime soon, so we're stuck here. Been applying to all area hospitals even up in...

3. Will RN's need to hold Master's Degree?

   yuca799 replied to yuca799's topic in Nursing Career

   Thank you TheCommuter, that's what I thought also, but this "person" keeps insisting that all RN's will "HAVE" to have a Masters. Thanks

4. Will RN's need to hold Master's Degree?

   yuca799 posted a topic in Nursing Career

   Hello, An "acquaintance" of mine mentioned that RN's will HAVE to hold Master's degrees in order to practice in a couple of years. Is this true? I live in Florida and I've been having trouble...

5. Got into MDC Accelerated Prog Jan '07

   yuca799 replied to yuca799's topic in Florida Nursing

   Hi there, Yeah, I'm surviving the AO program here at MDC. We started out with about 40 students are we are now at about 30. We're wrapping up Med-Surge now. Our final exam is on June 1st and then...

6. Got into MDC Accelerated Prog Jan '07

   yuca799 posted a topic in Florida Nursing

   Hello out there, I am so happy to announce that I just got my acceptance letter for Miami Dade College's Accelerated Program that starts this January of 2007. I've been applying for over a year and...

7. Got into Barry Univesity Accl program

   yuca799 replied to yuca799's topic in Florida Nursing

   Hello there, Yeah, I can definetly see your dilema. Why don't you seek out help from a financial planner or someone who can guide you through some planning and ideas on better handling your finances?...

8. Pre-Nursing Student

   yuca799 replied to Ltorres5351's topic in Florida Nursing

   Hello there, I also moved down to Miami from NYC (in 2001). I got accepted to Barry University's Accelerated Program that starts Jan of 2007. I'm super excited yet a little nervous. It is MUCH more...

9. Student Loans??

   yuca799 replied to Fionasmommy's topic in General Nursing

   Hello, Yep, I agree with the above post. I went to http://www.salliemae.com and I got the loan ($29,000...YIKES!) and this barely covers 2 semesters at my school (Barry University in Miami,FL). I...

10. Got into Barry Univesity Accl program

    yuca799 replied to yuca799's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hello Ludy, I'm so sorry to hear things did not go well. I'm hoping you can inform me as to what you did (if anything) and didn't like. Were the faculty helpful? The student handbook states that...

11. Got into Barry Univesity Accl program

    yuca799 posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    Hello! I got into Barry University's Accelerated Program for january of '07. Has anyone out there been accepted to? I feel so all alone! Please post or email me if you've gotten in and are super...

12. Barry University Students

    yuca799 replied to Nathalie's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hi Nathalie, I'm trying to get a feel for what the AO program is really like. In other words, what is your school schedule like? HOw is the clinical part of it setp? I live in the Kendall part of...

13. Barry University Students

    yuca799 replied to Nathalie's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hello, I was just recently accepted into Barry's Accelerated Nursing Program for Jan. of 2007. Is anyone else out there too? If anyone has taken this program, do you have any advice for a new...

14. Scrub Nurse and OR Nurse???

    yuca799 replied to yuca799's topic in Operating Room

    WOW!!! That was a great explanation. Thank you so much for clearing everything up. I will definetly take a look at the site you suggested. Thanks again!

15. Scrub Nurse and OR Nurse???

    yuca799 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello everyone, I'm a "pre-nursing student"...(I'm still taking my pre-req's at a community college and have already applied to two Nursing programs for January '06 admittance.) I would love to get...