December 12, 2010

Zoom To The Front Of Nursing School Waiting Lists With These Two Tips

So you want to go to nursing school, but you’re worried about how competitive it is to get in, with dozens of qualified students competing for each open space. Well, we’re going to offer you two tips that will make you a much more attractive candidate when you go to apply to the nursing programs that you’re interested in.

First of all, take a good honest look at your GPA. If your GPA is not that high, you should give very serious consideration to retaking any classes that you are allowed to retake, before you apply to nursing school.

Community colleges are good options for you to take a few classes in since they cost less – about a few hundred dollars a course. Further, these schools can offer plenty of information resources and study guides to increase your chances of getting in a nursing school

Science and math classes are especially hard for many people, we know. But you will be competing against people with 4.0 GPA’s; do everything in your power to become one of them.

Join a study group, hire a tutor, have the school recommend free tutors who often volunteer to assist current students, take the class with a different professor, do whatever it takes to get those grades up. If you spend a semester or two retaking classes where you did poorly, and your GPA improves a lot, you have just vastly improved your chances of getting into a good school.

If you’ve got that GPA all ready, then here’s that second tip. You’ve got to prove to the nursing school that you’re serious about getting into the health care field and that you can be a competent nurse.

You can do this if you: either get employment as a Certified Nurses Assistant, a day or two per week will do; or do volunteer work at the local hospital or with any health care organization. These actions will put you way ahead of nursing applicants who have no health care experience whatsoever. Doing some hospital work on the side can also help you determine whether you are really cut out for life as a nurse. A CNA training will only take about a week or two to finish, plus you will need to pass a CNA exam. This exam will test your knowledge on various skills – skills you will be using as a nurse too.

Many nursing schools have a point system for the students who are applying to their schools. They will give points to students for having previous health care experience.

After you’ve taken the previous two steps, you will have made yourself a much more attractive nursing school candidate. Now, all that’s left for you to do is to get info on all of the schools that you are interested in, find out what their entrance requirements are and when their admissions deadline is, and start applying.

Then find out what entrance exam they give, and study for it until you are comfortable with it. Take at least a few practice tests before you apply.

And finally, apply to multiple schools. Even if you have set your sights on one school, it never hurts to apply to others so you will always have a backup. Otherwise, you could be literally waiting for years to get into nursing school.

Drop by at http://nursingschoolprograms.com to get other tips and great strategies like this and to get access to resources for nursing student financial aid.

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April 11, 2011

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April 13, 2011

T J @ 7:32 pm:

In order to be a Nurse in any branch, active duty or Reserve, you absolutely must have your Nursing Degree, more specifically a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) Degree from an accredited university. You also MUST have a Nursing license in the state in which you went to Nursing school or where you would have worked as a Nurse had you not joined the military.

Nurses do not "enlist" so if you are talking to a Navy recruiter for an "enlistment" then please clarify whether the recruiter is referring to a Corpman. There is NO SUCH PROGRAM anywhere that trains a Nurse in only 4 months. Nurses receive a "Commission" to serve as an Officer, not enlisted.

And Navy Nurses can "go to war" as in they get deployed down range in Iraq and Afghanistan in hospitals and clinics. If you don't want to "go to war" as a Navy Nurse or Corpsman or whatever, then don't join.

If you have any further questions about being a Nurse in any branch, go to My Profile and message me anytime.

May 3, 2011

Aida @ 4:51 am:

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May 16, 2011

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May 17, 2011

jannsody @ 5:29 am:

The first ones you mention are essentially "office jobs." Anything connected with nursing or "hands on" medical technicians are clinical.

June 19, 2011

Laura @ 8:14 pm:

Nothing from HypnoBirthing was “flicked” or stolen or taken or used without permission or anything else to be used in HypnoBirthing. I know that is what HypnoBirthing Practitioners are taught to believe and it's what they tell their students, but it is NOT true. When I started investigating Hypnobabies (while I was still teaching HypnoBirthing), I saw just how completely, totally, not-the-same the two programs are. Why on earth would I take the trouble of switching programs if Hypnobabies is just HypnoBirthing repackaged? I wouldn't.

When Kerry still taught HypnoBirthing, she did ask Mongan if she could add some things to make the class more effective for her students. It's my understanding that Mongan said this was ok, but then changed her mind. Kerry stopped teaching HypnoBirthing after Mongan got upset. Kerry became a hypnotherapist and decided to develop a totally new program. Kerry did NOT use any of the HypnoBirthing scripts, text, etc. in Hypnobabies. HypnoBirthing uses progressive relaxation. Hypnobabies relies on medical hypno-anesthesia techniques.

Hypnobabies uses Gerald Kein's Painless Childbirth program, NOT anything by Marie Mongan. One of the reasons I stopped teaching HypnoBirthing is that Marie Mongan's approach simply does not work for most women. Gerald Kein's program, which uses medical hypno-anesthesia techniques, is far more effective for more women. That's why Kerry (founder of Hypnobabies) asked and received his permission to use his technique as the base of a complete childbirth education course using hypnosis techniques. To this effective tool, Kerry asked and received permission to include comprehensive childbirth education articles written by many experts in the natural childbirth community. Mongan specifically did NOT include the basic childbirth education that ALL women need in order to safely navigate their options. Because of this LACK of info in HypnoBirthing, none of the info in Hypnobabies could have possibly been “stolen” from HypnoBirthing–it was never in HypnoBirthing to begin with!

If you want to read Kerry's story, she has written it here:

“I simply chose HypnoBirthing over HypnoBabies because i did not want to rely on a program which was founded by duping others.”

Then you should have chosen Hypnobabies. Kerry doesn't lie about other other programs in order to make people feel sorry for her and use hers. Mongan and her HypnoBirthing friends are using personal attacks rather than letting her program stand on its own merits. I've met both of these women in person. I've used both programs for my births. I've taught both programs. I found the HypnoBirthing organization to be somewhat toxic with negativity (another reason I left). The Hypnobabies organization has been lovely and positive. I cannot say enough good things about Kerry and all the work she has done.

July 9, 2011

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July 20, 2011

Armah M @ 1:05 am:

Sounds like nursing is a perfect career choice for you and that you've done your research. I've been a nurse for 30+ years and like your mom have found it to be the perfect balance. I raised 3 daughters and worked where and when I wanted to work. We moved (due to husband's job) to a number of States and I was always employed – never had a problem. (my daughters often didn't even know I was working as I was always home when they were).

My daughter is an awful lot like you. She never considered nursing, but during her 2nd year of college she started thinking about everything that nursing had to offer. She was seeing alot of her older sister's friends graduating with different degrees from college and not being able to find employment. She switched majors in her junior year to go into a BSN program — had to go 3 more years to get her BSN. (so she was in college a total of 5 1/2 yrs) She graduated 1 1/2 hrs ago, is a RN and loving her career. She never regretted the extra time she spent to get her BSN after changing majors.
She left college with an immediate job making $50000 and went into a great mentorship, training program in the PICU. After her first year as a RN became a travel nurse. She is now 25 yrs old, making a huge wage and traveling the country — working as a Pediatric ICU nurse. She didn't have that warm and fuzzy feeling either, never saw nursing as a calling, but saw it as a really great career. So much like you and she is loving her profession.

July 23, 2011

bluepuddle @ 5:46 pm:

i wish you good luck. i'm going to a similar interview as well.

July 31, 2011

yargh2002 @ 6:47 pm:

LOL
its like dating anywhere else. people lie their ass off on these sites.
only time can tell if they are truthefull and worth it.

August 8, 2011

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September 29, 2011

colleges - Bing News @ 1:47 am:

Good post about online nursing programs, getting your degree online etc.

October 14, 2011

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October 23, 2011

jlf @ 5:22 am:

If you're content working in an office environment doing clerical tasks such as filing, faxing documents, reception (answering phones and/or making appointments) or such perhaps the medical records ('health information') clerk course would suit you the best (though no program can guarantee a job afterwards :) Being that you'd mentioned not necessarily feeling comfortable collecting blood and such, I would forgo the LPN program. The hospital unit clerk's job may be pretty stressful having to deal with all levels of medical personnel and having to be adept at multi-tasking as my friend's sister took a similar course.

As far as medical coding, one usually needs a couple of years experience doing coding tasks, certification(s) within the field and preferably completion of an accredited course to possibly get a job. Just fyi that with medical billing that it, unfortunately, seems as though a lot of companies are outsourcing to Asia/India making jobs much more scarce. With central sterile tech or even surgical tech, one will most likely be dealing with blood and other bodily fluids.

With medical transcription, please beware of those 'work at home' offers as just about all are scams especially if asking for money upfront or for personal info which may put one at risk for identity theft: and can click "identity theft" or such.

I would just go with what you're comfortable with.

Please forgo those private $$ tech schools and instead look into the county vo-tech school or community college as long as it's accredited within the industry.

Please also steer clear of those online, for-profit schools such as penn foster, stratford career, university of phoenix, everest, ITT tech, ashworth, sanford brown, capella, kaplan, US career, walden, strayer and others as they are merely out to 'make a profit' (and course credits may not transfer): and can type into search.

For US colleges:

Edit: Unfortunately, there aren't supposed to be too many jobs for the medical assistant due to the field being saturated with graduates from the numerous training programs.

October 29, 2011

Spindrift @ 9:58 pm:

They're jealous.

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