I recently applied for the BSN Program at UTA. I am 40 years old. I have a 3.3 GPA. I am hoping and patiently waiting on an invitation/writing sample for the program.
Can anyone tell me what my chances are and what to expect?

Ready to become a Nurse!:-)

De'Andra

What are the most common mistakes made by nursing students?

Darz

I'm considering becoming a nurse and wanted to know the steps I needed to take to explore if this is a good fit for me. I also wanted to know what knowledge you must have to become a nurse. And what do I look for in a nursing school?

Bridney

I am a new grad (kind of) and got my first job in the emergency dept. in August. Although the hospital I was working at had a long training program (6 months), I was never really able to get my feet under me. For the first 2 months that I was on the floor I was being bounced around from one preceptor to another. Everyday [...]

I am an LPN currently working in a clinic M-F 8-5. I like my job but I have never been away from my 1-year-old this much, and I miss her dearly. I dont like putting her in daycare 5 days a week for 8 hours.
I have an opportunity to take a position at the hospital in OB (which is my passion, and what [...]

The media rarely get the whole story, and when they do, they even more rarely get it right. It wouldn't worry me so much if the media didn't get it right, but they've made things a lot more unpleaseant for me at work.These headlines appeared in the local newspaper a couple of years ago in my home town "Child with meningitis waits four hours to [...]

Confused, well I'm referring to the days when RN's took care of hygiene, dressed wounds, fed stroke patients etc. Someone once said that these are unskilled jobs and that unskilled people can take care of such minor tasks.
Does anyone else feels this is wrong? It's these tasks which keep us in touch with the patient. For example, when we wash a patient we assess skin [...]

I'll be beginning my last semester of nursing school in a few weeks and I was wondering if it would be beneficial to try to get a job as a CNA in the hospital I would like to work at as a nurse in order to get "my foot in the door?" I've heard pros and cons:

-Pros:
*It would help me get noticed and give [...]

I'll be graduating in May from College of DuPage and the process of applying to hospitals is beginning. What do I look for when choosing which hospital to apply to and work for? There are SO many choices out there! I want to work for a hospital that will give me the best overall wide range of experience, yet is not so [...]

I am taking a pharmacology class  next semester. Any advice or good reference books?

Megi