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  1. Student Loan Debt

    heb06004 replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Students

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  2. New clinical instructor ideas

    heb06004 replied to yvheflin's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I just graduated from an ABSN program where we did not go the day before clinical and yet were expected to pass 8/9am meds on time. We didn't pick our own patients - our instructors posted a list of...

  3. Waiting on an Authorization to test

    heb06004 replied to Chrissygraduatenurse's topic in General Students

    All my classmates got their ATT 3 weeks before I did. Turned out I needed the school to send more paperwork and I had to call and bug the licensing people a few times before anybody would actually put...

  4. Career choice after 1.5 yrs of MS

    heb06004 replied to bella14k's topic in Nursing Career

    I think there was no need to be rude to the PP. I don't understand your post either. Are you asking about career choices as your title states or are you asking not why people don't respond to posts as...

  5. Working Woman Who Wants To Be A Nurse

    heb06004 replied to kirsten8177's topic in School, College Programs

    Oh and I forgot to add - although my program was a "day" program, we only had class one day a week. Lab was also during the day, but only through first semester. For clinicals there was almost always...

  6. Working Woman Who Wants To Be A Nurse

    heb06004 replied to kirsten8177's topic in School, College Programs

    Having just been through an accelerated program, I can say that it is possible to work if all your ducks are in a row (even when schools tell you that you can't work). I worked part time (as did many...

  7. UCONN CEIN 2016

    heb06004 replied to RN2BCamm's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I think you forgot that you asked this question in this exact thread a few months ago haha. I know at least one of my classmates works full time, but that's not to say that they're thriving on this...

  8. If you wear Danskos.... How often do you replace shoes?

    heb06004 replied to dannygirl04's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Mine are like that. ? I was told they'd stretch out and to give it time. Here I am 9 months later and while they're better they're still not 100% comfortable on the top of my foot. The bottom provides...

  9. UCONN CEIN 2016

    heb06004 replied to RN2BCamm's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    RNlady - a lot of your questions about schedules and work have been asked/answered in this thread already, so I'd recommend taking a peek back. And intensity of the program is definitely subjective,...

  10. UCONN CEIN 2016

    heb06004 replied to RN2BCamm's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    The CEIN program IS an accelerated program. Start the first week of January and end the second week of December that same

  11. Southern and Quinnipiac Accelerated Nursing program's

    heb06004 replied to WCSU1987's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Due to already having a degree you won't be offered any financial aid other than government loans, and even then it's not enough to directly cover all the costs. The rest is either payed out of pocket...

  12. UCONN CEIN 2016

    heb06004 replied to RN2BCamm's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    A bunch of us work! I average between 8 and 14 hours a week and it's definitely manageable if you are realistic about your time during the week. I also manage to take off every Saturday as my "no...

  13. UCONN CEIN 2016

    heb06004 replied to RN2BCamm's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Yes! One of my classmates got accepted like a week before the program started because one of our former classmates moved to another campus once somebody dropped out. It definitely is possible. Also, I...

  14. BA in unrelated field first a bad idea?

    heb06004 replied to haileyp's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Correct, once you have a BA/BS degree all grants go out the window. You can still get government loans, but there's a cap for undergrad government loans (I want to say $60K?). So if you've already...

  15. BA in unrelated field first a bad idea?

    heb06004 replied to haileyp's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Either do a minor or just make your general education classes count and pick ones you're really interested in. I'm in an ABSN program currently and I think I would suggest doing it first time around...

  16. Is going straight from nursing school to nurse supervisor a good career choice?

    heb06004 replied to Theloving100's topic in General Nursing

    I had a clinical instructor this summer who suggested we all look for LTC nurse supervisor jobs once we graduate. I thought this was the strangest thing since why would a new grad with no experience...

  17. How do you do well in nursing school and keep your spouse happy?

    heb06004 replied to Godizmydad21's topic in General Students

    Definitely try to have set times where your family knows you will put down the books and spend time with them, same goes for hubby. I'm in an ABSN program currently (one more semester to go!) and...

  18. ATI Exams

    heb06004 replied to Rwhatev21's topic in General Students

    How is ATI factored into your program as far as grades go? Is it a requirement that you pass with x% to continue on? I'm just wondering because in my program ATI is worth 10% of our class grade but...

  19. UCONN CEIN 2016

    heb06004 replied to RN2BCamm's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Breaks are technically free from class and clinical. There's always reading assigned for the first day of class for any semester (including basically a whole textbook to read by day 1 of the program),...

  20. Do you think CT needs to add another BSN program to the state

    heb06004 replied to WCSU1987's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    From what I hear, jobs are already hard enough to come by in eastern CT (especially for new grads). I definitely don't think there needs to be another BSN program to flood the application pools more....

  21. UCONN CEIN 2016

    heb06004 replied to RN2BCamm's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    We definitely have a few that commute from up that way! As for clinicals, the options may be different next year, but (ones that would be close for you) for psych we had clinicals in Manchester and...

  22. UCONN CEIN 2016

    heb06004 replied to RN2BCamm's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    More details I believe are earlier in this thread, but one day of class (that depending on the campus may change in the summer), two days clinical, and one day lab depending on the semester. All the...

  23. UCONN CEIN 2016

    heb06004 replied to RN2BCamm's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    First of all, congrats! Second of all, do you currently live in CT? We have quite a few people (myself included) that commute over an hour to the AP campus instead of moving. Sometimes you'll find...

  24. accelerated schedule Quinnipiac/Fairfield/Uconn/St joseph

    heb06004 replied to julieberg's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I'm currently in the

  25. PRN- Should I feel bad?

    heb06004 replied to fifiandclea's topic in General Students

    Do NOT feel bad! If you wanted regular shifts you would be part/full time. That's the beauty of PRN, it's on your schedule, not theirs! I actually tried to go back to an old job that I saw was hiring...