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  1. Nursing Student question HELP!

    justjohn replied to richardvelaEMT's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Accordding to an article published on this website on April 17, only women were accepted to nursing schools in the early 1900s and men were not allowed in the Army or Navy nurse corps until after the...

  2. So many nursing majors in my class!

    justjohn replied to mmcc26's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you need to take A&P in a semester by itself, you probably won't make it through nursing

  3. August 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    justjohn replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    I'm cutting back so I went with a small

  4. How many people are in your nursing class?

    justjohn replied to Kskar91's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure how many total students. It's a community college with three campuses. The campus I'm attending only accepts 8 nursing students every two years, only one nursing class at a time. The main...

  5. Slashing budget to pay for nursing school

    justjohn replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I was very lucky to get a scholarship that pays full tuition and fees for both years of my ADN program. My state also offers a grant for up to $2000 a year for people over 24 who are continuing their...

  6. How many people are in your nursing class?

    justjohn replied to Kskar91's topic in General Students

    I was accepted to a satellite campus. Most nursing lecture classes will be by distant learning. We have one instructor at my location that teaches lab and a couple other classes. She is also the...

  7. How many people are in your nursing class?

    justjohn replied to Kskar91's topic in General Students

    My class only has 8 but thats all they accept every two

  8. Grade in Anatomy and Physiology

    justjohn replied to danny_07's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Its going to depend on the school where you apply. I was accepted at a community college that used a point system based on grades in A&P I&II, college algebra and microbiology. You could get...

  9. What to expect in Microbiology?

    justjohn replied to Dezi919's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I liked micro more than A&P II. I took both classes the same semester and some of the material was covered in both classes. Make sure you really get down the gram positive and gram negative in the...

  10. Extremely Overweight Nurses

    justjohn replied to WonderousIvy's topic in Nursing Career

    This is something that was covered in my nutrition class. The discussion was really about the example an obese person sets as a health care provider and how some employers were starting to...

  11. Backgrouncheck question

    justjohn replied to keke1982's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm not sure how FL works but I know a little about Arkansas in nursing homes. In Arkansas if you have something on your record the Office of Long-term care decides if you can work in a nursing home....

  12. First Day of Nursing School

    justjohn replied to sealford's topic in General Students

    I was lucky enough to get a small outbreak from the varicella vaccine last month. I got my second shot today and I'm already itching in a few

  13. First Day of Nursing School

    justjohn replied to sealford's topic in General Students

    I have registration and orientation on August 12, 13 and 14. Classes start on August 19. I don't know what my schedule will be like until registration. All nursing students register on the same day....

  14. Which classes should i take at CC if I want to be a CRNA?

    justjohn replied to BOSS man's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Some science courses are good for only 5 years. Some schools will accept them older than 5 years if you have been working in a related field. Just something to keep in

  15. If you could "do over" one thing about nursing school, what would it be?

    justjohn posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone, I'm a 33 y/o male who is starting RN school in August '13. I tried to get into nursing school 13 years ago and my life took a different path when I was not accepted. I've wanted to do...

  16. Most Challenging Prereq?

    justjohn replied to rednotebook's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Make sure you really know everything in the first few chapter of A&P I. The rest of A&P I and A&P II builds off the first few chapters. You will notice that you will use that information...

  17. New hospital with agency...no orientation?

    justjohn replied to TemperStripe's topic in Agency Nurses

    Electronic medical records is a product of the Bush Administration. The purpose of them being put in place is so the patient would have more portability to seek cheaper medical

  18. Corizon and polygraph testing

    justjohn replied to waarsty1's topic in Correctional

    Any law can have an exception to it but federal law does not allow a polygraph as a condition of employment. There is a section on the federal labor law posters that all employers are required to...

  19. If you could "do over" one thing about nursing school, what would it be?

    justjohn replied to justjohn's topic in General Students

    The school is going to provide us with some review software and the dean stated that in years past since the school purchases so much software each year that the company even donates some software to...

  20. If you could "do over" one thing about nursing school, what would it be?

    justjohn replied to justjohn's topic in General Students

    I would love to do a BSN to start with but I can't even apply to one until fall '14 and if I don't make it, well then its another year of waiting. My plan is to try to complete it online after I...

  21. If you could "do over" one thing about nursing school, what would it be?

    justjohn replied to justjohn's topic in General Students

    Thanks everyone, it all sounds like a lot of good advice. I attended a information session with the dean a couple months ago and the school is really big on students learning NCLEX style questions...