echocat ASN, RN

Hi Nursekto, I started the Walden BSN program in 3/13 and will be graduating next month. I plan to start my AGNP classes in September. I have found that minute clinic types of places are very supportive for clinical hours. I wanted to do the FNP but...

Thanks RNOB. I've been looking at them too and I have to make a decision soon! Despite this horrid winter, summer (and graduation from Walden) is coming. Congratulations and thanks again

Thank you Rose

Congratulations! Where did you go to school and what did you do differently to pass the test? You must be so relieved to have the test behind you.

I am finishing up my last three classes from Walden's RN-BSN program. I am considering Chamberlain for my ANP but also taking a look at continuing at Walden. If anyone who has completed the ANP program could provide feedback that would be very much a...

Crystal I understand how you feel. It's a blow to your ego, but if you can get your appeal to the dean and let her know your psychiatrist is writing a letter of support it might help. My daughter is 10 and has ADHD, a mood disorder and anxiety on top...

Congratulations! I'm sure you'll be very happy and successful.

I talked to the Simmons rep today and I agree she could not have been nicer. The cost at $57,000 for the two-year program kinda rocked me, though. I would like to do a Geriatric program but those programs are not exactly jumping out at me, so FNP is ...

Congratulations on passing and thanks tons for the study tips. I'm finishing up my BSN this summer and plan to start grad school immediately after finishing my BSN. Having that information is very valuable; I will probably make notes of what you have...

Perhaps one of the reasons someone from Boston Night School is a better bet and gets the job because that is a person who is motivated to get a degree and not an Ivy League "legacy" who gets admitted because their daddy and granddaddy went there. Man...

I have been in Walden's BSN completion program since March, 2013 and so far so good. I have to say that I agree with the other posters that the classes are a lot of work but manageable if you are organized. I have managed a full-time job, a family an...

I get that about hospice nursing too, which is the best nursing job I've ever had. I work with families and patients to provide comfort and dignity, and the absoute worst part of my job is the "office". Being aware from administration and management ...

I've been at Walden since 3/4/13 also. So far the classes are OK but I think a lot of the paper writing is more concerned with APA format than with actual content. Otherwise I like the courses and I am starting Pharmacology in a week. I'm really loo...

Good for you for listening to your instincts and giving him the time he needed. Sometimes as nurses we're so focused on getting through the day the entire reason why we became nurses -- to help those in need -- passes us by. That voice you listented ...

Walden just accepted me into their program and I have not had anything but positive experiences with them. Of course, this is just the beginning; who knows what my experience will be a month from now? I had a very bad experience at another university...

I just got accepted to Walden to start in March. I'm looking forward to this very much. I wasted a lot of time and money at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL. I did not have a good experience at USF so I'm very much looking forward to compl...

BSN + experience is what hiring managers/HR people/computer programs search for. I have been beyond qualified for many jobs I applied for but I lacked those three pesky letters after my name. Well, I'm getting them now, and then some more. I have be...

Sometimes in life we have to triage problems!! Sometimes we have to laugh about them. When I worked in the ER the break room was considered a "safe place" where you could vent about the "fluff-my-pillow" patients, the "get me a sammich" patients, an...

I left a job in Hospice because the company was/is floundering and failing financially. I took a job as a supervisor for private home care patients and it took me all of 2 days to realize I cannot work with sick kids. Some people love kids. I love th...

Have you considered hospice nursing -- you like old folks, and you have a proven record of dealing with off-the-wall families -- you could end up loving it. Another idea is insurance nursing, as others have said, UR or CM. But when my ex and I applie...

MBrickle: I feel your pain! I have been a nurse for ten years and almost every day I feel that even though I love what I do (hospice) I wonder why I do it some days. I could rant about the idiotic management and pay cuts and staff layoffs, working on...