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  1. How many of you are LPNs vs. RN/BSNs???

    casualjim replied to Notanurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    43 retiring from the Navy just now starting an ADN program.

  2. Male nurses who cook

    casualjim replied to Crumbwannabe's topic in Men in Nursing

    Egg Foo Breakfast all of last nights leftover chinese food mixed with two scrambled eggs. Want to make it a fancy formal breakfast? Save a fortune cookie and serve it up too! aloha

  3. Washington D.C here we come.

    casualjim replied to caramel's topic in General Nursing

    Hi I lived there for 2 years and spent about half of it in Alexandria (just S. of Old Town) and the rest in Laurel MD. No matter where you live the traffic is the pits. I learned to drive in Los...

  4. Thoughts on Maric College?

    casualjim replied to casualjim's topic in California Nursing

    Just talked with a friends daughter that just graduated from Maric SD RN ASN program. 16 months $42,000.00 all inclusive, from testing fees gear you call it. Loved the training. ready for NCLEX-RN....

  5. Thoughts on Maric College?

    casualjim replied to casualjim's topic in California Nursing

    Hi I'm with you hopefully I'll be out of the Nav in Sept. I havent gone over there yet, but I have had a couple long phone calls with them. I just ran into another surfing buddy of mine who just...

  6. Thoughts on Maric College?

    casualjim replied to casualjim's topic in California Nursing

    Oh yes indeedy! The lady I was talking to was about salivating at the prospect of me coming in for free to do just that. From what people say, you can get some good training from them and you can...

  7. Thoughts on Maric College?

    casualjim replied to casualjim's topic in California Nursing

    Sorry for any misunderstanding. The cash for the shots part of the cost of the program I'm guessing. It has no bearing on how long it'll take you but how much it will cost you.

  8. Thoughts on Maric College?

    casualjim replied to casualjim's topic in California Nursing

    Ok I just got off the phone with them. They are not accredited by NLN or Western Schools but they are accredited by the BON. They will not give a quote over the phone on specific numbers but I got...

  9. joining military reserve

    casualjim replied to egul105's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hi About to retire from over 20 years in the Navy. All I have to say is when you do something like join a branch of the armed forces, make sure that you do it for the right reasons. It's kind of...

  10. How did you "get" the skill of starting IV's?

    casualjim replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes a little extra time with the alcohol prep will make the vein a little more visible. The "go deep and level off" is the rule. Also a lot of people get their flashback and dont advance...

  11. How many of you had a different career/education before becoming an RN?

    casualjim replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just retiring from 20 (almost 21) years in the Navy. Just starting school and looking forward to earning that same title that you

  12. Two newbie questions

    casualjim replied to zaggar's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think that the biggest reason that I'm leaving is that I've been doing this for a shade over 20 years. In my job combat med was the side line not the main focus. I was pretty much a trigger...

  13. Thoughts on Maric College?

    casualjim replied to casualjim's topic in California Nursing

    I actually ran into a friend at the beach this morning that's in SDSU's BSN program. She shopped Maric before she started and thinks it's around $40k from scratch. Still a little steep. I think...

  14. Two newbie questions

    casualjim replied to zaggar's topic in Men in Nursing

    Hi I'm actually in the same position as you except I'm retiring from the Navy. Dont get too wigged out about the whole shot thing. In the Navy while I was in my last operational job one of the...

  15. Thoughts on Maric College?

    casualjim replied to casualjim's topic in California Nursing

    gadzooks! Sure makes the $80. a class at city seem pretty cool. I'm just going to have to see what's what after I get closer to getting done with pre-reqs. Thanks to all for the inputs.

  16. Thoughts on Maric College?

    casualjim replied to casualjim's topic in California Nursing

    pre-reqs are fine, I just am frustrated that there is a really really good probability that I can have all of my pre-reqs finished and spend as long as 2 years taking classes like underwater basket...

  17. Thoughts on Maric College?

    casualjim replied to casualjim's topic in California Nursing

    Thanks I would have never thought of backchecking him at the board of nursing.

  18. Thoughts on Maric College?

    casualjim replied to casualjim's topic in California Nursing

    In San Diego they do offer an ADN RN program and the guy kept saying that they were accredited. He, however couldnt tell me if my credits would be accepted by anyone else. I asked about the NLN...