Where are all you SC nurses?

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You never here much from nurses in SC. Are there not that many on this board or have I just missed you all?

It would be nice to hear about experiences here in SC.

Perhaps we should introduce ourselves.

I am a student in Charleston, just moved here with my family to attend nursing school. We plan on staying here after I graduate instead of moving back to Myrtle Beach.

RedVaz

Hello! Born and reared in South Carolina. Lander is a great school. My son goes there and they get a lot of my money. mdixon:)

You never here much from nurses in SC. Are there not that many on this board or have I just missed you all?

It would be nice to hear about experiences here in SC.

Perhaps we should introduce ourselves.

I am a student in Charleston, just moved here with my family to attend nursing school. We plan on staying here after I graduate instead of moving back to Myrtle Beach.

RedVaz

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Hi,

I am currently in Greenville. I graduated from a diploma program in Norfolk, Va. in '75 and later from MUSC with a BSN and later an MSN in Adult Psych MH Nursing. I've been out of work for a little over a year following a lay-off here. I anticipate a state position opening in Columbia a little later this month. I highly recommend MUSC. They have good faculty there and in my experience, go out of their way to help students. Good to hear from some of you. If you'd like some insights on several hospitals in SC email me. I'd be glad to share info. [email protected].

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Specializes in general surgical, women's surgery.

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since posting last spring, my life has been topsy turvy! i ended up having a hysterectomy in june; my daughter had her gallbladder removed in july; and just before i returned to my third clinical rotation at midland's tech (to do med-surg ii and ob-peds.. the killer semester...), my 75 yr old mother (up in greenville) was diagnosed with breast cancer (near the middle of august). i also took microbiology throughout summer school and managed to do well in it.... by god's grace! i withdrew from school just a few days before the fall semester began so i could help care for my mother through her mastectomy, chemo, radiation, etc... but at quite a price. in order to re-claim my position in the adn program at mtc, i'll need to be "validated"... by re-taking the final exam from last spring's med-surg i clinical course (scoring no less than an "80", have my nursing skills assessed, and pass a drug calculation quiz. after succeeding at that, i hope to make it into a clinical group on a space available basis. i'm still not sure my mother is going to be at a position where i can return to school full time in january. (we go for her 2nd chemo treatment this week and i've been living on i-26 and 385, it seems!!!)). if i can't return in jan., i'll permanently lose my position at mtc and go back to the bottom of the waiting list. (they are now accepting students for spring 2007).

so... i've been investigating other possibilities in the area... within a 60 mile drive. i've been accepted iat usc-cola. and usc-aiken to begin in their bsn programs at varying stages. columbia will require 2 semesters of "lower division" work whlie waiting to be accepted into the 4 upper division semesters of clnical work. they recognize none of my previous nursing courses. aiken has already accepted me into their 5 semester clinical program that begins in jan. and will accept my nutrition and pharmacology courses, at least. aiken will also allow me to do clinical work part time (if necessary), as long as i can complete the program in 10 semesters. neither mtc or usc-cola. will allow such flexibility at the clinical level.

i already have a bs in biology but had thought i'd eventually start working on a bsn after obtaining an adn. my original goal was to plow on through and get that adn so i could become an rn as soon as possible (i'll soon be 50!!!). now, i'm beginning to wonder if it would be wiser to go ahead and switch programs. usc-aiken certainly seems to be more flexible and easier to work with than mtc.... considering my circumstances. but... the earliest i could be out there working with a bsn would be may of '07. if i could manage to return to the same place i left of in the adn program, i could possibly have my rn a year earlier through the adn program. however... i'm wondering if the pressure would be worth it.

any of you adn to bsn nurses... or older nurses who consiidered one route over the other.. have any thoughts or advice?

aiken would be a 45 minute drive for me to classes.... plus... i'd have some extra driving to hospitals, at time. however, they actually do a few clinicals in the area where i live (lexington).

if any of you know of students who have driven such distances for school, i'd love to hear from them.

please feel free to email me at home... i'm really open to all advice!!!!!

: "jeanie" [email protected]

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Jeanie,

My advise (without knowing all your details) would be to get whichever degree you can get the quickest. If that happens to be BSN, great! If that happens to be ADN, great!

Do you plan to go back to school for advance degree? Do you want to work in a place or position that requires a BSN? If not, just go for whichever program is the most convenient. Even if you do plan to go back to school, some progams will accept any Bachelors degree + ADN. Also, MUSC has an RN to BSN program, with most or all of the courses offered online, so you can always get the ADN and get the BSN while you work. The nice thing about MUSC is that it is an State University, so fees are lower than other online degrees and Finaid is available.

Best of Luck! :balloons:

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Maybe the reason no nurses from SC post is related to the fact that SC does very little to support her nurses. Unlike lots of other states, there are NO incentives for nurses, NO state sponsered scholarships - basically, SC govt says that they "acknowledge that there is a nursing shortage crisis, but that many other issues in SC are more important and they can't put any $$ into supporting nursing students, etc". I ended up in this state purely by "accident". If I could aford to move, I would - Personally, my research shows that almost ANY other state would be a better choice than here! Unfortunatley, I'm stuck! If anyone knows something that I don't that is "positive" - please reply - I would LOVE to be wrong about SC since I will probably die here! :o

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I am in Batesburg SC

I have been a nurse for 20 years and want to finish my RN. hope to get some input about this. :balloons:

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Hi, I'm from Aiken, older nurse, but fairly new to AllNurses, didn't even know we had a SC forum!

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Hi, I'm from Aiken, older nurse, but fairly new to AllNurses, didn't even know we had a SC forum!

I just joined this week so I am still learning how things work! Hope to get to know all our co-nurses in SC, but esp in our area! :Melody:

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I am in Batesburg SC

I have been a nurse for 20 years and want to finish my RN. hope to get some input about this. :balloons:

Welcome!!!

Where do you plan to go to school?

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:) I am a student in Charleston,,,older student,,I will graduate in December-06 with my ADN. I will be 46 y/o when I graduate. I am hoping to work either at St. Francis Hospital or MUSC. My husband talks about moving up towards Charlotte or Nashville when I finish school, but most likely we will stay here.

I lived most of my life in Fl., Jacksonville area. I would like to move to the Destin- Fort Walton Beach area. That's where we vacation and his coorperate office is located....anyway, I know several people that work @ MUSC and St. Francis and they are happy with their jobs. Tina balloons:

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I am also in Charelston, just graduated from MUSC. I'm working at Roper, started right before my last semester as a nurse extern. I thought the NE experience was great. You only have to work 4 hours on a weekend per month to keep your job and they are really flexible working around school schedules. I will be working as an RN on the floor where I externed.

Good luck to you!!

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:) Congratulations on your graduation!! Roper will let you work as an NE for 4 hours on a weekend? Who do I need to speak to? I would like to do something, but I only want a few hours a week, especially with Med-Surg this Fall. What floor do you work on @ Roper? Thanks for the advice! Tina

I am also in Charelston, just graduated from MUSC. I'm working at Roper, started right before my last semester as a nurse extern. I thought the NE experience was great. You only have to work 4 hours on a weekend per month to keep your job and they are really flexible working around school schedules. I will be working as an RN on the floor where I externed.

Good luck to you!!

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