Is there anyone currently in one of VCU's MSN programs who would be willing to share their thoughts on the program? I have applied to the Pysch NP MSN but have general questions that probably anyone could shed light on :) I currently live in Norfolk...
I am looking at distance-accessible MSN Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Programs. I came across Husson University's program via NursingCAS, and the curriculum looks really good, and it looks affordable. Has anyone been through this progr...
Sunnyrah replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing
It depends on the person's condition. I was in the ED with a terrible UTI this summer, and apparently my urethra was so swollen and inflamed they couldn't cath me. Three failed attempts, and the last one was a peds kit. The pain from them trying was ...
I absolutely agree! The hospital I work for is part of a large healthcare that pretty much dominates this region of my state, and they have a policy that current employees must be considered for openings before outside applications can be hired.
Definitely agree with #1 -- it's not that I don't think it should be done, but that they required us to get CNA license before starting our RN program and I am in the program to learn new things, how to be an RN.
I'm a senior in a BSN program (you get your gen. ed and pre-reqs at a college and then "transfer" into the 2-yr nursing program) and they required us to get our CNA license before we could transfer into the nursing program and start clinicals. I also...
In our program, I would say first semester was the hardest. We had a total of 7 classes, the most in one semester (they were a variety of credit hours) so that was a lot to juggle, plus yeah I would agree that it really is learning a NEW WAY to think...
In our program, I would say first semester was the hardest. We had a total of 7 classes, the most in one semester (they were a variety of credit hours) so that was a lot to juggle, plus yeah I would agree that it really is learning a NEW WAY to think...
Oh my word, that is terrible! My dad is a doctor and he says he has a lot of respect for nurses but that he and a lot of doctors think that nurses have "sticks up their you-know-whats" when it comes to rules and that's one reason some docs don't resp...
Sunnyrah replied to lyssadimes's topic in Virginia
I can confirm that they do place a high emphasis on the TEAS test, I am in the current senior class and there were a few people who I met in my health assessment class at Sentara (they used to have you start taking some of the classes online before y...
Sunnyrah replied to cnastriving2brn's topic in Virginia
I am currently a senior in the BSN program, which will be the college’s second BSN class (the diploma program was over 100 years old before they switched to BSN). Personally I think it’s a really good program, not that I have a lot to compare it to, ...