JD1190

Thank you SO much. This makes me feel better about not having a car. I appreciate the information!!!

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Hello everyone, I'm hoping someone can clarify what I'm reading online about public transportation to/from WHC. I am starting a job in the ICU there in a week and a half. I just moved to DC and thought I would have a car but now it looks like I won't. The hospital's website is a bit confusing when it comes to public transportation. How easy is it to get to/from the hospital via the metro or bus system? I am living in NW DC in the mount Vernon triangle area. Does the shuttle bus at WHC go to/from both metro stations (Brookland and Columbia?)? Also what about on the weekends? Please let me know!! Thanks! JD1190

Hi there, I recently had a phone interview with Vanderbilt for their CVICU and have an in person interview in two weeks. The recruiter told me they do not disclose base pay over the phone. Does anyone here know the nurse salary at Vanderbilt for a nurse with 1 year of experience? Also any experiences working at Vanderbilt- good or bad? Thanks in advance! *I️ did post this in Tennessee nursing but have not gotten any responses yet so thought I️ would try this forum

Hi everyone, I recently accepted a position at the Cleveland Clinic as a new grad nurse. I absolutely loved the hospital/floor I interviewed on and had a great feeling leaving the interview. I was only in Cleveland for about 1 1/2 days during my interview, however, and don't know much about Ohio as I am from the Philadelphia area. I will likely be moving in February and was wondering if anyone had any info what it is like being a new grad nurse at the Cleveland Clinic or any recommendations for areas to live in? Any recommendations/advice would be very much appreciated!

I also thought the cost per semester was at that link but I may be wrong

Oh okay, thanks! I will fill out the form for a non-matriculating student.

Also I still didn't get anything about orientation... I'm going to have to ask about that at my advising meeting!

I may have to take biomedical ethics from Rutgers also - it's not going well with the community college. I'm not sure how I'm going to pay for it either. Do you know how we register for those courses? I went online just to see if the course was open but it said I did not have permission to register. For me, personally, I am probably going to choose all regular courses. This is an accelerated degree as it is and I don't want anything to screw up my GPA, since I know at some point I want to pursue graduate school for nursing. I also know that it is unlikely I will go to graduate school at Rutgers, and I have been in a situation before where a school did not want to take my transfer course because it wasn't their course. But that's just me. I'm sure, for some people, the advanced option is better.

So I met with the person graduating from the program this semester. Her first semester was at the Stratford campus since they were still with UMDNJ. For their second semester, everything was switched to Rutgers-Camden. For their class especially, because of the school change, it was very unorganized to begin with. She does think it will be better for us since the program is now established at Rutgers-Camden. Overall she enjoyed the program - especially since you finish in 15 months. She said the third semester is the hardest and the last semester is the easiest. There is a communication problem at Rutgers-Camden, there are some people in the nursing school that just don't e-mail back. That is what it is, but you still end up getting everything you need. It's definitely a lot of work, the days she wasn't in class were spent studying. There were growing pains, but it seems like they're working through them and it's at least better then when that particular class started. I actually feel better after speaking with her about it. She said to leave early for class and clinical since there was always traffic (her and I are from the somers point area) moreso for class since clinical started so early she usually left by 5:30ish . Also, she said it was really helpful for her class to have a facebook group so I made a group for our cohort. You can find it at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1587944851447477/. The name is "Rutgers-Camden Accelerated Nursing 2015-2016"

I agree with you about the communication on Rutger's end. I'll definitely let you know what she says. I think I'm meeting with her on Tuesday

Ok- I'll try that. Thank you! I'm actually having coffee next week with someone who is graduating from the program this semester. She works as a tech at the local hospital here. If you have any specific questions I'd be happy to ask her.

I did e-mail the professor. She told me she has a strict policy and does not allow anyone extra into her online classes. It is capped at 29. Do you think I should still e-mail the Dean? I don't know if that's disrespectful but I just really need to get into the class haha

I found an online biomedical ethics course at Camden County College. There were two spots open, but since I had to go through the registrar's office to register, of course those spots are now filled. They are being nice and working with me to keep checking for open spots, but there is no guarantee I'll be able to get into the course. There is a course at Atlantic Cape Community College but it's just titled "Bioethics/New Millennium" and I'm not sure that they would accept that course since it seems like it covers both animal and human welfare. Like you, I would rather not pay the tuition at Rutgers this summer. I just looked on both school's web advisor pages for a Genetics course. Neither has one. I had to take Genetics for my major in undergrad. It's rather frustrating - only because I wish I had known about this new policy for prerequisites before! I would have registered much earlier. oh well - if I have to take it at Rutgers I will.

So I just wanted to share information from an e-mail I got concerning prerequisites. I ended up e-mailing an individual rather then the generic nursing school address to try to figure out if all prerequisites actually did need to be complete by September. I e-mailed the Director of the Accelerated program and, according to her, unless you'll have room in your schedule first semester (meaning you already took Pathophysiology and it was accepted as a transfer course) you must take the prerequisite during the summer. So looks like I'll be taking biomedical ethics at the community college!