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Furix01 - Yes, I was accepted at NorthShore.

Anyone who has any questions for NorthShore can PM me. :)

This is a brand new program - you are interviewing for the first nurse anesthesia class! Last I heard, the accreditation process was being conducted and they should hear their results in the Spring sometime! Let us know how your interview goes! I have a few friends planning on applying next round! Congrats on your interview. :) Best of luck!

I was in the same boat as you. I took Elementary and Organix BioChem (for my Organic Chem requirement for my program) and it was definitely manageable. 100% online and I got a Good grade. Only ever took my chemistry in undergrad that was a catch all chemistry for nursing students. Message me if you want more information about the class! Happy to give you the name and numbers.. also, they waived the pre-req for the class since I was taking it just to transfer to another school.

I don't think you need to have rockstar credit for graduate loans but you don't want to have bad credit. Have you ever filed for bankruptcy or have any delinquencies or public records on your account? If you don't, I wouldn't think it would be a big hassle for you to get your graduate education funded. Obviously I'm not a financial expert, but that is what I have heard from others.

Where are you from? My friend is also starting the program in May! I would be happy to give her your contact information or vise versa if you are interested. She found out she was accepted first week of January! PM me :)

Weber State University has a Chem 1120, which is Organic/Bio Chem. I would definitely recommend if your program accepts it. Let me know if you have any questions!

Weber State - although the lab is not separate, it is entirely online and the lab portion actually helps boost your grade. I would recommend it! You do have to have 4 exams proctored, but you can bring a page of notes with you! Lmk if you have any questions!

Can you take courses at the school you were accepted to? I am able to at my program before matriculation. However, if you take them elsewhere, I would just make sure they will transfer before hand. Rush offers student at large classes including a research course and what not, but they are pretty expensive!! Def look into your accepting school!

I would ask your old manager for your LOR instead of the new manager. This is what I did, since I was in pretty much your exact same circumstance! All of my employment related LOR came from my previous job. I had a new job about 7 months before my first application was due. I was never asked anything about not having my current manager write me my LOR.. Let me know if you have any questions. Schools are pretty receptive to questions so you can always shoot them an email and ask if this is ok. The way I look at it.. They would rather have the reference that is going to be the best judge of you.. Not someone who doesn't know you very well and give you a generic letter... Just my opinion.

Congrats!!! When is your interview? Message me and we can chat if you would like.. I actually have a lot of friends in the program at rush so happy to try to answer any questions you may have!

Yup! Definitely different depending on where you go :)

Titration of vasopressin is allowed at my facility, per nursing judgement. I have had patients on vasopressin for much longer than 24 hours, definitely depends on the patient.

I agree that this would be wasteful when using vasopressin at the 0.01-0.04 units per minute typical dosing. However, when using the GI hemorrhage dosing of 0.2-0.4 units per minute, it would not be wasteful. 0.4 units/hr in a 40unit per 100ml bag gives you a rate of 60ml/hr. I would also like to point out that yes, the patient does receiving the dosing in units, as you have stated, but if you do the math, it is also the same exact thing in milliliters if you know the infusion concentration. Either way, the patient is receiving the correct dose and the correct milliliters, and I do believe it is important to know both and be prudent that these are correct. I was simply stating that I have had a RATE of 60ml/hr which made my infusion bags run out very quickly, at a DOSE of 0.4units/min. In these circumstances, a 500ml bag does seem appropriate.

Congrats!!

You already heard from Rush? When is your interview?

End of June! Sent you a PM!

Yeah! They have sent out some interview invites, for the first round anyway.. They are extending invites through the whole month of May and maybe even beginning of June, I believe.. They interview June and July. :)

Yes! I found out the other day.. When is your coworkers interview? Maybe we are the same day.. You def still have time for Rosalind and Rush.. Did you take the GRE get? Sorry you missed the Northshore deadline..

Just sent you an email!

Yes! I actually am taking a class right now.. If you want more details about that, send me a PM.. I have had concerns about that too(not having credits transfer) but I am taking my first class now, so I will know before my second class if I am in the program. I started with Biostats and Epidemiology, since I figured it'll transfer and if not, it isn't a bad class to start with.. I know a lot of people who have taken 4(it's the max you can take as a student at large) and as long as you do well (A preferably) they have gotten in..

Iculvr - have you heard anything from Northshore yet?

Icurn315 - let me know if you have any questions throughout the process!! The GRE is stressful but get it done sooner than later.. you won't regret it! :) It's nice to have it outta the way.

I know a couple people who have used old managers as their reference since they can better account for their work ethic, attendance, etc. and they have still gotten in. The programs I am applying to I have asked and have been told it was fine to use my old manager as I have also recently changed positions. Maybe just send the programs you are interested in an email or call them and ask if your old management would be ok since you recently had a job change and they will be able to provide a more accurate reference? Doesn't hurt to ask. I asked 2 programs and they were very receptive to this.

I also know several people who studied for a few days and passed. It all depends on the person, in my opinion.