Get2theChoppa

Get2theChoppa

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner

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  1. "I would never want you as my nurse!"

    Nurses eat their young, even on
  2. MSN Nurse without clinical experience please help!!

    My larger point is that a PA and a NP with "no experience" largely end up performing the same job function. Furthermore, one of the largest complaints about NPs, even about NPs with "real nursing...
  3. MSN Nurse without clinical experience please help!!

    Is she responding to hawaiicarl or ®Nurse? Roser quoted the latter. I apologize if it's the former, but when I read her post, and that's what I get from it. Written communication is not always...
  4. MSN Nurse without clinical experience please help!!

    Really? If you can't be bothered to look that info up, why should the other poster? I also don't feel compelled to go though journal articles for that info. However, I'm in one of those programs right...
  5. MSN Nurse without clinical experience please help!!

    I don't know what to tell you about your particular position, OP, but I received my RN license last year and immediately enrolled in an MSN NP program. I'm currently working as a sexual assault nurse...
  6. MSN Nurse without clinical experience please help!!

    And yet PAs do the same, working as primary care providers without any prior experience required, but no one complains about
  7. You sound like a great candidate! Just make sure you write a stellar SOP--that's the most important part of the
  8. As a CNA, What Was Your Starting Pay? 2015

    When I worked as a CNA in 2014 in California, my starting pay was
  9. I've recently become an RN, but I worked as a CNA in 2014: CNA California $11/hr No 7a-7p Home health 1 year Part time Became an RN in Nov
  10. CSULA ABSN 2016

    I am working part time while doing full time school. Others work full time while doing school part time. Many variations. I did not woek during the ABSN part but others did. One worked full time and...
  11. CSULA ABSN 2016

    Most clinicals are weekdays. There were a few clinical rotation groups who had weekend clinicals, but weekdays are the most common. I attended when the program was still quarter system so I don't know...
  12. Health assesment- shadow health

    I hate Tina Jones. But so far I'm doing okay. I follow the health history interview process outlined for each system in Bates. Then when I find something I OLD
  13. CNA TO LVN

    Re: work My bf works in an acute care psych facility and they heavily utilize LVNs for meds on every floor. I'd guess places like where my bf works and snfs utilize LVNs a lot for med admin. I'm in...
  14. Passed the NCLEX with 150 questions

    That attitude's fairly typical. They're the same people who brag when they get A's but mum's the word when they don't. You passed. That's what
  15. I'd also add that some CSUs are less competitive than others... at least in my opinion. Additionally, some schools look at other qualities. But yes, there are many roads to
  16. West Coast University - BSN Program

    I'd say if you have other options than West Coast, you should take
  17. CNA or EMT

    Honestly, I think either would prepare you. For sure, don't let your EMT cert expire. Since you have experience as a medic in the military, I would think you could find an EMT job easily. People say...
  18. Some schools only look at the last 60 or 90 units depending on semester/quarter system. If you take some fluff courses, you can improve your
  19. CSU Nursing School Hopeful

    You sound like a very competitive applicant to me. Good
  20. I'm a sexless nurse

    I've read the responses, and nothing that's been said comes across as cold. It comes across as simply matter of fact. It just sounds like you're asking hospitals to make exceptions for you concerning...
  21. West Coast University - BSN Program

    This board is open for everyone who wants to provide information. Just because you don't like what the poster responded does not mean it is
  22. CSULA 2015 ABSN Program

    I applied to CSULA and UCLA. I got into both but accepted CSULA despite everybody from father to my effing dentist recommending otherwise. I chose CSULA bc of the NP option, the cost (the same as for...
  23. CSULA 2015 ABSN Program

    I did all that but by the time I looked at the properties, they were already taken. I'd recommend finding people to live with early and then just driving around the neighborhoods you're interested...
  24. CSULA ABSN & MSN - Pros & Cons

    I am biased but name brands schools mean very little in nursing. Whatever is cheaper is the one you should go with unless JH has a specialization CSULA
  25. CSULA ABSN & MSN - Pros & Cons

    Reputation of the school/program? -Very good Job outlook for new grads? -Depends where you are headed. As always acute care is competitive. Psych and outpatient are easier to acquire. How many months...