Veigar3

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1. Is this a good idea?

   Veigar3 replied to darwilson's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm in a similar situation as you - $40,000 in student loan debt from my BA, 3.09 GPA with a 4.0 in prerequisite classes. My hope is getting accepted into an ADN program, work and pay off my debt after several years, then apply to RN-MSN or RN-DNP pr...

2. No RN experence NP "non-nurse"

   Veigar3 replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in NP Students

   That is my career goal as well: ER NP or trauma NP. And I've been leaning towards a dual cert FNP/AG-ACNP program too. However, the PA program in my city is soon switching from a bachelor's to master's degree in the next few years...I may just suck i...

3. No RN experence NP "non-nurse"

   Veigar3 replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in NP Students

   Sure, and some PA programs don't even require HCE. But, to be fair, PA students go through about 2,000 hours of clinical hours during their program compared to only ~700 in NP programs. As someone with a non-nursing bachelor's, I'm cautious about dir...

4. Tacoma Community College Nursing

   Veigar3 replied to RaggedyAm's topic in Washington

   Nurse tech jobs are always on-call, meaning you basically work when you want.

5. Tacoma Community College Nursing

   Veigar3 replied to RaggedyAm's topic in Washington

   ADN-BSN-MN study option | UW Tacoma This is the link to that ADN-BSN-MSN option at UWT. Anyone else anxious to hear back from TCC?

6. "Due to health problems..."

   Veigar3 posted a topic in General Students

   I've seen several people post on here about receiving bad test grades or even GRE scores "due to health problems." I don't understand that. Anyone else think that's BS? I don't want to be misunderstood - I recognize that long-term health problems can...

7. Direct Entry MSN VS DNP

   Veigar3 replied to SeattleStudent123's topic in NP Students

   I would argue that you are more pigeon-holed as an NP than PA. You are required to choose a population area to specialize in as an NP - family, adult, pediatric, neonatal, etc. For instance, if you specialize as an Adult-Gerontology NP, you'd have to...

8. Pierce College, Puyallup 2016

   Veigar3 replied to Veigar3's topic in School Programs

   Haha someone make a TCC 2016 post.

9. Pierce College, Puyallup 2016

   Veigar3 replied to Veigar3's topic in School Programs

   I got denied as well. I have to say that I'm very surprised. Good luck to those who haven't heard!

10. Pierce College, Puyallup 2016

    Veigar3 replied to Veigar3's topic in School Programs

    For Pierce, I believe the only things that are worth points are the functional resume, essay, and Kaplan scores. And there are bonus points for a statistics class and two years if foreign language. GPA doesn't even matter, which I think is odd.

11. Pierce College, Puyallup 2016

    Veigar3 replied to Veigar3's topic in School Programs

    I'm sorry to hear that you guys. Well, TCC's nursing application opens up in a few days on the first, so apply there definitely. Good luck to you both. I still haven't received a call and I've been figuratively crapping my pants all week. Lol.

12. Pierce College, Puyallup 2016

    Veigar3 replied to Veigar3's topic in School Programs

    It really sucks being at work right now. Haha. Congratulations to those accepted, I am envious! I wonder if all the calls are going out today.

13. Pierce College, Puyallup 2016

    Veigar3 replied to Veigar3's topic in School Programs

    Anyone get a call yet? Also, what other schools have you guys applied to, or will apply to? I'll apply to TCC this June.

14. Pierce College, Puyallup 2016

    Veigar3 replied to Veigar3's topic in School Programs

    Only one cohort per year for fall start!

15. CNA Salaries

    Veigar3 replied to Sashakay's topic in CNA/MA

    I am paid $15.79/hour before shift differentials and on-call pay (15% extra). I'm a new CNA in a hospital in WA. Strong nursing unions in this state. Most of the CNAs in my department make over $20/hour with 5-15 years of experience.