LessValuableNinja

LessValuableNinja

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  1. "Professional" Social Media

    LessValuableNinja replied to UsernameNotFound's topic in Psychiatric

    I use LinkedIn and am comfortable with

  2. Questions / UAB

    LessValuableNinja replied to luvnrn73's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    With some schools, applying to two tracks hurts you, since the committee may find you unclear of your goals. Not sure if that applies to

  3. Hardest class in nursing school

    LessValuableNinja replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    That is true of many nursing

  4. How hard is stats compared to A&P?

    LessValuableNinja replied to weiny4089's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In more and more nursing schools, every B is unhelpful. In some schools, 3.9 or higher is the typical entry GPA. Some schools turn away applicants with 4.0s and healthcare experience. This is not true...

  5. Air National Guard nurse duties

    LessValuableNinja replied to emmyloo85's topic in Government, Military

    I mean this super kindly like, but the military may not be the best place for you if you don't want to

  6. Capitalization of Advanced Practice Nurse / Advanced Practice (speciality) Nurse, etc

    LessValuableNinja posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    Does anyone have thoughts on capitalization of APN specialties. For example: Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse, Advanced Practice Family Practice Nurse, and so on. I realize that if it were, for...

  7. How hard is stats compared to A&P?

    LessValuableNinja replied to weiny4089's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't think OP was asking about nursing classes, just statistics and English

  8. Hardest class in nursing school

    LessValuableNinja replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    A lot of it depends on your program and the instructor. I was in an ABSN program. Several people with 4.0s in previous degrees lost their 4.0 in nursing school from community health, which the...

  9. Hardest class in nursing school

    LessValuableNinja replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    Chronic was basically med surg. ED is emergency department. Pharm is pharmacology. Dosage calculations in pharm were minimal. That was expected to be known. It was more memorizing pathophysiology...

  10. Need help making a decision

    LessValuableNinja replied to mb55's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Very closely consider on-call responsibilities for companies under

  11. How hard is stats compared to A&P?

    LessValuableNinja replied to weiny4089's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Does that apply to the courses being

  12. Job security in public health

    LessValuableNinja replied to RN1485's topic in Public, Community Health

    I haven't worked in public health, but something to consider is that the federal government also has a lot of public health positions, not just

  13. Becoming a Navy Nurse

    LessValuableNinja replied to hanabethh's topic in Government, Military

    If you look at a previous thread on this subject, I recently posted the contact information for the Navy nursing recruiter in California. This is a different person than who you would deal with to...

  14. Will Modeling Mess Up My Nursing Career?

    LessValuableNinja replied to Plumrose15153's topic in General Nursing

    As long as it's "classy," it shouldn't impact your career

  15. Hardest class in nursing school

    LessValuableNinja replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    For most people in my program, it was one called "acute care." It was ICU and ED nursing. The other two were probably pharm and

  16. How hard is stats compared to A&P?

    LessValuableNinja replied to weiny4089's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Note, that didn't apply to my BSN. Just everything else, including

  17. How hard is stats compared to A&P?

    LessValuableNinja replied to weiny4089's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You can't pick your schedule / professor for prereqs at your school? Weird. I've been able to at 9 different

  18. Pre nursing

    LessValuableNinja replied to Nottingham's topic in Men in Nursing

    Each school has their own requirements and timeline. You'll have to buckle down and do a whole lot of reading. I made a spreadsheet with requirements and timelines for each school I was looking at....

  19. Veterans Affairs Hiring process

    LessValuableNinja replied to Tbmingo's topic in Government, Military

    Excellent. Good

  20. Yet another psychology graduate seeking advice!

    LessValuableNinja replied to LilaDavis's topic in Psychiatric

    While you're wasting money on living in NYC, you can go to one of my alma maters and waste more money at NYU. They have an ABSN/2nd degree program Probably cheaper somewhere else

  21. How hard is stats compared to A&P?

    LessValuableNinja replied to weiny4089's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Depends on the professor and school. Ratemyprofessor.com is a good resource for finding answers based on who you'll potentially register to take the class

  22. Yet another psychology graduate seeking advice!

    LessValuableNinja replied to LilaDavis's topic in Psychiatric

    Expensive places to live. The Texas board of nursing has a list of approved programs on their website. I'd imagine NY and NJ do as well. I found the list helpful in my

  23. please help - difficult family, feeling hopeless

    LessValuableNinja replied to Wobie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    DNR yourself. There are other

  24. Yet another psychology graduate seeking advice!

    LessValuableNinja replied to LilaDavis's topic in Psychiatric

    With a prior degree, you'll probably find an ABSN program is about the same length as an ADN. In my case, it was faster than an ADN. You'll need to take prereqs of you don't have them, generally...

  25. Ways to break into the medical field?

    LessValuableNinja replied to csteven's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    As stated, it may not be required. However, working as an aide or tech in a hospital or LTC will both give you perspective on what it's like to be one, and a little street cred with aides and techs...