caseydavin

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1. What specialty do you want and not want to work in?

   caseydavin replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

   I am in my third term of my program and we have been in OB, Peds, med-surg, OR and Post-partum. I still have no clue where I want to be at I thought OR because I am a guy and most men seem to migrate to that area for the blood and gore. But, just bei...

2. Is it just me?

   caseydavin replied to STLmomma27's topic in General Students

   Wow, they sure did get you guys stocked up! But, that feeling of anxiety will not pass for most people, and those are the people that become good nurses! That anxiety is what will keep you motivated to do your best and learn as much as you can. Judgi...

3. How many people are in your nursing class?

   caseydavin replied to Kskar91's topic in General Students

   In my diploma program they usually except around 60. But after the second term our class is down to forty. They really tried to ween people out this term, which I understand you can just give anyone a nursing degree. Especially the people that either...

4. First year diploma student looking towards the future of a BSN

   caseydavin replied to caseydavin's topic in General Students

   I have heard about the BSN "requirements" by 2020 also and the Nurse Administrator of our hospital has said that they put that out about every 10 years that soon they are going to require BSN's only, but mostly she says it will be more of a favorable...

5. First year diploma student looking towards the future of a BSN

   caseydavin replied to caseydavin's topic in General Students

   Well I guess what motivated me to choose a diploma program was the time it took. My program is 28 months long and that was what I was looking for. I applied to this program straight out of high school and while I was in high school I knew I did not w...

6. First year diploma student looking towards the future of a BSN

   caseydavin posted a topic in General Students

   Hello, I am a first year male nursing student enrolled in a hospital diploma program. I was curious as to who here has made the transition from RN to BSN and how they went about doing it. How many people have gone through an online university and is ...