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Anyone have any experience/knowledge of the LVN program at Gurnick Academy in San Mateo, CA? I understand they're a new program ("approved" vs. "accredited" on the BVNPT site) but was hoping someone attending there might let me know what they think. ...

Yes, but the VA is big on accreditation. I have a clinical psych PhD from a program accredited by the American Psychological Association but my internship was accredited by another entity. Now the VA has decided they will only credential psychologist...

Does anyone know how many applicants and number of available slots the TWU weekend program has? Is it a little easier to get into because it's for people with a BS or higher in something else? Thanks, Dave

When I suggested the UCSF temporary employment pool, I just meant it as a way to find a job, any job to keep food on the table till the new grad programs open up. And if you got a job in a clinical dept., it could help with networking and a more pe...

your nursing career: a look at the facts although nursing is the nation's largest health care field, with 2.7 million registered nurses nationwide, misinformation from news stories and other media at times has fueled public misperceptions about ...

Is that with condiments or without????? :rotfl:

Sorry, I don't know anything about new grad programs but if you want something to help out a little bit financially, you should look into the temporary employment pool at UCSF. You can get at least some kind of job for a couple of months till the new...

Check out http://www.discovernursing.com. Cheers, Dave

Here's a book I found useful in learning about the basics. It's written by a psych CNS in CA. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0826194400/qid=1125718308/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-5473150-4980650?v=glance&s=books

Remember that the feds have loan repayment options for NPs. Indian Health Service, National Health Service Corps, etc. Not a reason to go too crazy with the loans but might help ease your mind a bit. Doctoral students in nursing are also being offer...

YW - good luck with your studies. DL

The text below is from the clinic website - Note I am longer affiliated with the clinic. I volunteered there for 2 years and thought it was a great place to get experience. Your mileage may vary. Dave http://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org/home.html Alm...

They provide training to do whatever you're gonna do for them. For the men's STD clinic, I had training one night a week, plus working the Sunday afternoon /evening shift doing what I could do. I shadowed another medic, did the front desk patient che...

Let me also put in a plug for the Berkeley Free Clinic. It's a couple of blocks from UC. I got GREAT experience there as a Volunteer Medic in the men's STD clinic. You do physical exams, interview clients, obtain specimens/do blood draws, do UA to ch...

Depends on who you ask . . . Homes won't serve as ATMs forever http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/14/INGN3E5T5F1.DTL&type=printable While they may watch "Flip That House" (Discovery Home) or "Flip This House" (A&...

Still pretty pricey. I'd suggest Vallejo/Napa/Fairfield area in the North Bay. At least somewhat more affordable (boy is THAT a relative term) and there are ferries into SF if you work there. I used to do the ferry from Alameda to SF and it was GREAT...

opalm is right. safest thing to do is check with the school you intend to enroll in to make sure they'll accept online classes. that said, MANY people have posted to the effect that the transcripts from places where you take the online class make no ...

I understand your concern. As a Buddhist, I don't want to be slicing and dicing on another person/animal/being. That's one of the reasons I decided NOT to take A&P at my local CC and to take it online through EduKan. They use software called A.D....

I agree with psychrn03 and lucianne. Marsha Linehan's Dialectical Behavior Therapy is the only empirically validated psychotherapy shown to work with borderlines. Linehan has written a great book on her technique and a number of programs have adopte...

Some cc's in CA operate on the ladder model. One of them (Gavilan College) has students become a CNA, then an LVN, then get the ADN. I don't think there are challenge exams for the ADN students. They take 2 semesters of nursing plus the science and o...

This program does sound great, especially for those of us in CA where it's a race to see what you get first, your nursing school acceptance letter or your first retirement check. But the bad news is this program is not doable for CA residents. See th...

Oh, I think they're trying . . . There are a lot of fields where the entry-level degree used to be a master's that have begun to push the doctorate as the entry-level practice degree. Physical therapy for example. Schools are now offering the "DPT," ...

THe January issue of the journal "Nurse Practitioner" usually has the list of who can do what where. They have 2 color-coded maps: 1 for legal authority for scope of practice and 1 for prescriptive authority. The article also includes a blurb about e...

Perhaps. But in the SF Bay Area, LVN programs at CC's have waiting lists, just like the RN programs. Also, for a single person with a day job trying to do a career switch, there is only one LVN program with evening classes in the Bay Area. The price ...

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