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1. Tampa General ICU nurses - THANK YOU

   cdmccarthy posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been debating for a while on whether to post this, but I think if I was on the receiving end of this I would want to hear it. My mother had cardiothoracic surgery in July of this year and was...

2. Florida Southwestern curriculum

   cdmccarthy posted a topic in General Students

   This question is for any current or past student at Florida Southwestern State College (formerly Edison State College) in Fort Myers, Florida. I am planning to apply to the ASN program for either Fall...

3. BS in Biology... helpful or useless?

   cdmccarthy replied to cdmccarthy's topic in General Students

   The current plan is ASN then an RN-BSN program. My grades aren't good enough for accelerated BSN programs and there aren't any in my area anyway. I figure I'll get the ASN and maybe try getting into...

4. BS in Biology... helpful or useless?

   cdmccarthy posted a topic in General Students

   Hello all! I received my BS in Biology about 4 years ago and after watching my mom spend 30+ days in the ICU, I've decided I want to make a career change and go into nursing. I did okay in school......

5. What would you tell your pre-nursing self?

   cdmccarthy replied to cdmccarthy's topic in Nursing Career

   Maybe I should have included the fact that I'm 27, have a bachelor's in biology already, and I'm a career changer lol. In hindsight that was probably pretty

6. What would you tell your pre-nursing self?

   cdmccarthy posted a topic in Nursing Career

   For those of you who have successfully navigated into your nursing career, what advice would you give to yourself when you were about to start nursing school? What could you have done or did you do...

7. I call shenanigans

   cdmccarthy replied to cdmccarthy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Windsurfer, I never said that I thought the answer I was given was incorrect. I say "because bureaucracy" because the intention of requiring micro 2010 is presumably to ensure students in the nursing...

8. I call shenanigans

   cdmccarthy posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I have my bachelor's of science in Biology, so I have taken most of the pre-reqs that my target nursing program (ASN) requires. They are as follows: ENC 1101 - got AP credit in high school, took ENC...

9. Pre-nursing student who wants to be prepared

   cdmccarthy replied to cdmccarthy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Thanks for your responses. I have done my research on the admission requirements and competitiveness of the school/program to which I plan to apply. The ASN program is a less competitive program, or...

10. Pre-nursing student who wants to be prepared

    cdmccarthy posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hello all! First-time poster to this forum, so please forgive me if this has been addressed in other threads. I am a non-traditional pre-nursing student. I received my BS in Biology in 2011 at a...