tiffyleong

tiffyleong has 3 years experience and specializes in med-surg.

Latest Activity

1. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   tiffyleong replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I work on an acute med-surg floor that mostly gets surgical patients. Currently the policy is no report from ED but we get report from other units, PACU, etc. Honestly, usually by the time these units have called, I've already looked up the patient's...

2. Nursing loans really that bad? 120K

   tiffyleong replied to nursequery1's topic in General Students

   First of all, congrats on getting admitted! I just graduated from NYU's accelerated BSN program in January. I graduated with a total of $87k in debt (this included EVERYTHING: tuition, daily needs...). I was awarded around $35k from NYU by basical...

3. Am I crazy to do LPN to RN instead of ADN

   tiffyleong replied to HTCC's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Would the LPN to RN grant you a BSN or ADN? Just keep in mind that hospitals are increasingly requiring/strong preferring BSNs and excellent new grad internships/rotations/fellowships are extremely competitive and would definitely favor BSNs.

4. Nyu Accelerated BSN spring 2014

   tiffyleong replied to dove01's topic in New York

   Hey guys! I'm in the Fall '13 accelerated cohort (just taking finals for my first nursing semester at NYU). Are you planning on living in the dorms or in an apartment? If you're thinking dorms, I'd go with anything around Union Square (most of our c...

5. NYU Accelerated Nursing Program

   tiffyleong replied to Jayblade0's topic in New York

   Hi guys, I actually will be an accelerated BSN student at NYU in about 3 weeks so I figure I'd come back onto the forum that gave me a lot of help while I was applying last year! I think that compared to a lot of other nursing schools out there, NYU ...