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  1. FREE Colleges?! & How it affects Nursing

    Buyer beware replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, indeed. I glad to see that you upper cased the word "quality" as there are too many DNPs and Ph.Ds who are not bad as instructors who find themselves fronting for ill-fated experiments in failure...

  2. ATT Person Vue Timeline for California

    Buyer beware replied to tquared11's topic in General Nursing

    ATT is the worst. Get different phone

  3. FREE Colleges?! & How it affects Nursing

    Buyer beware replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    I'll give you that. Quite possibly some students would spend a year partying and flunk out. But that has always been the case and since we can't be certain which students will, is it wise to hold all...

  4. Good RN to BSN online programs

    Buyer beware replied to wenRN75's topic in School, College Programs

    OP: Why Grand Canyon at $28, 300 + per year. These days most students take 4-6 years to reach graduation. That's way too much money for a nursing degree. Take a deep breath and ask yourself if a...

  5. FREE Colleges?! & How it affects Nursing

    Buyer beware replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    @elkpark, I had no idea how raucous this subject matter had become. I know I am late to th party but elkpark you sound like someone I know, only with more imtrepid erudition and exacting articulation....

  6. Emory St. Joseph good hospital?

    Buyer beware replied to sungrl01's topic in Georgia Nursing

    OP: Emory bought St.Joes some time ago. I can tell you beyond a shadow that if you want to become a gun as they say, work for them. Both had great reps 16 years ago and I would expect that because...

  7. Will you answer all the dumb questions I should already know the answers to?

    Buyer beware replied to StudentNurseYr3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    OP :Your question is cleaver and artfully composed to exact as much vital information from the rank and file as possible. Considering you are as wily as I think you are, your questions will have to be...

  8. RN School Choices

    Buyer beware replied to DanielleRNstudent's topic in General Nursing

    OP: you sound like a bit of a perfectionist because your grades are not exactly skid row. Many who applied with lesser grades are now nurses. But they showed pluck and determination. Take a deep...

  9. Florida Nurses, I have questions

    Buyer beware replied to dominiquejade's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I agree...but being paid in sunshine isn't nothing" but a hat full of rain at times. That falls under the "too much of a good thing" category I

  10. Florida Nurses, I have questions

    Buyer beware replied to dominiquejade's topic in General Nursing

    Have fun in Crackerville!!! Greetings to LI by the

  11. Online NP Programs without a ton of on-campus requirements?

    Buyer beware replied to NursingStudent11101's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    @eliyazure, I am so glag to hear this about the substantive preceptor assistance you received from your school. Unfortunately in many NP schools that relentlessly troll cyberspace this is not the case...

  12. what steps next after non nursing degree?

    Buyer beware replied to misspy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would just add one thing that was already ditectly/indirectly alluded to. Stay away from all schools that advertise "for-profit." They have historically been just that, for-profit and not

  13. Florida Nurses, I have questions

    Buyer beware replied to dominiquejade's topic in General Nursing

    OnONn2RN : you should know a few more things about Florida. It's true that the palm trees sway gently at times in the breeze. The sun does shine very often under azure skys. But the inviting white...

  14. Online NP Programs without a ton of on-campus requirements?

    Buyer beware replied to NursingStudent11101's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    So the school will provide you with definite contractualized access to all the preceptors you will need to obtain for the school's required 745 hours of clinical time. You should have them put this in...

  15. Online NP Programs without a ton of on-campus requirements?

    Buyer beware replied to NursingStudent11101's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Finding your own clinicals? How much does the school pay you to do this for them so they can collect your tuition money. Doesn't it sound a bit overreaching to expect a M.D. or N P to teach you for...

  16. Online NP Programs without a ton of on-campus requirements?

    Buyer beware replied to NursingStudent11101's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    eliyazure Make sure you nail down the preceptors. What does the school offer to do to help with this extremely crucial part of becoming an NP? Have them put it in writing. This component of many...

  17. NY BSN programs with rolling admissions

    Buyer beware replied to DivaliciousMe85's topic in New York Nursing

    Adelphi is a great school. Well known for excellence thoughout the country. They have very good clinical affiliations and respectable graduation and retention rates.These stats are important. Look-up...

  18. Health Insurance

    Buyer beware replied to Philippines2015's topic in Florida Nursing

    I resist being the bearer of bad news if there is the slightest possibility that genuine, authenticated good news can be proffered instead. The truth is that health insurance today falls into two...

  19. Who needs a bigger pat on the back?

    Buyer beware replied to bossman's topic in General Nursing

    In my day a troll was an unctuous character one would usually find cowering under a rock. He/She would by nature be badgering and disagreeable and sometimes too often found in a hospital setting. The...

  20. Physician Bullying of Nurses Reaching Epidemic Levels

    Buyer beware replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    @elkpark You have your fingers on the pulse, my colleague. Happy to read your words They ring true in the most incontrovertable

  21. Noose tightening for for-profits

    Buyer beware replied to elkpark's topic in General Students

    Yes meanmaryjean you are so right about not knowing what you don't know. And the modus operandi business plan of the for-profits has been predicated upon exploiting this blind spot in many of the...

  22. Noose tightening for for-profits

    Buyer beware replied to elkpark's topic in General Students

    Many schools for RNs

  23. How do you deal with a toxic workplace?

    Buyer beware replied to LPN9200's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. You are the rightest! Please excuse my taking liberty with the

  24. Chamberlain College of Nursing Atlanta graduates

    Buyer beware replied to Jessica.biancia's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Why is it important for you to spend $100,000 plus dollars, at least, on nursing school and that's if you graduate in 4 years? Many people today take 6 years to graduate and will spend upwards of...

  25. RN(ADN) - MSN NP online 2016

    Buyer beware replied to RickestRick's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    OP: For you I have 3 words and a few more from the teachings of Tae Kwon Do. They are Focus, Focus, Focus. First: start your nursing education at a ground school. Most students that start online...