Question by danglesmcnasty: Question about becoming a nurse?
I really want to become a nurse, but everyone i hear keeps saying there are so many people going to nursing school you’ll have such a hard time after you make it out of school finding work and stuff. how true is this? I’m so afraid that after all the money I will put into this I’ll be stuck with a useless degree in something I can’t even get a job in. You always hear of nursing shortages, but what they don’t tell you is that there’s such an overflow of grad nurses without jobs. Any advice will be appreciated!
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Answer by Rick B
There are not anywhere NEAR enough spaces in current nursing education to fill the slots. I still have one semester left to obtain my BSN and I just got hired as a Student Nurse. The people I have talked to often have multiple offers when they graduate. One hospital out in the subburbs of Houston is paying $ 10,000 signing bonuses for experienced nurses. We have SEVERAL new facilities opening up. As experienced nurses move, openings become available for new nurses.
I do not ever anticipate having a problem finding a job once I graduate.
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Question by M D: Nursing Path Question, College Choice. Years In School?
Hi there! just wondering how long it would take to become a nurse anesthesiologist? I’ve always been intrested in the field, but have been wondering about the schools, and time in school. I’m genuinly inteested in the career, but i wanna know how long it takes to become a nursing anesthesiologist?
And, i’ve been thinking Mcgill in montreal for college. (How hard is it to get in, and is it good?)
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Answer by north_peach
In typical situations, it takes 4 years to get the required Bachelor in Nursing degree, then they require you to have a year or two experience in Intensive care nursing, and then you have to get your Master’s degree (Nurse Anesthetist) which takes 2 years if full time student. The schooling itself alltogether is 6 years, and that’s not counting the experience you need as a Critical/Intensive care RN.
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Question by † Jesus Saves †: A question about jobs in the nursing field?
Do any of your work in a lab and have a degree in nursing. Rn or lpn? I would love to get my degree in nursing, but would love to work in a laboratory setting, and I’m curios about how to go forth. What kind of nursing and degree and what work do you do?
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Answer by lolit
YOU HAVE TO take units for laboratory subjects like antropology ,histopathology,advanced microbiology ,units that you did not take from nursing subject.
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Question by =): College Question (Nursing)….?
This fall I will be taking classes at a community college and majoring in Pre-Nursing. (I want to become a Neonatal Nurse…)
After my first two years, I want to transfer to either Regis University or University of Colorado at Denver…
Which university is best for nursing?
Thanks!
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Answer by bob
Regis is a good school, but UC Denver’s program (at the Anschutz Medical Campus) is among the best in the country.
From UC Denver’s wikipedia page: “UCD’s School of Nursing ranked 15th in the nation in 2007, while among Nurse Practitioner programs, the university is ranked 8th, 5th, and 3rd in the areas of Adult, Family, and Pediatric, respectively”. (see references below)
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Question by There can only be one – (ANSWER): college and nursing question…..?
I am currently going to college online. It is very convenient for me this way. I chose to go this route when I found one to two year waiting lists for nursing programs. What I am wondering is when I get my associates degree, which I am halfway through with, can I go to a college that offers nursing and take mainly the nursing classes? Or would I have to start over again and earn another associates degree? Thanks in advance for any help you provide.
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Answer by scrappysmom
99% if not all of your regular univ. will NOT accept any courses taken online even if the school is accredited which most (only 2 are) are not accredited..don’t do it..you will be sorry. most reg. univ. offer online classes for at least most of your gen. ed…go that route
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Question by Haley: question about college and nursing?
Ok so i want to be a surgical nurse ( the nurse that passes the surgical instruments during an operation) do i have to get a degree as being a registered nurse or do i just jump in college getting a degree in surgical nursing?
thanks in advance any advice is appreciated
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Answer by 7
u have to become a registered nurse, and then you will need to do a specialist course and then assuming there is an opening in the surgical ward, will u be able to assist. But thats the same for any specialist nursing like mid-wifery. Anyway the career ur looking at is called a theate nurse. Either way u still have to do the RN first
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Question by MA1234: Nursing, Phlebotomy, college question?
I go to a community college and I’m on the waiting list to get to the nursing program, I’ve done all my classes, all thats left are my clinicals, which I can’t do til im in the program. Im hoping all be in next fall and almost sure i will be. But i believe i still have to be an active student for this year, so im debating on whether to do the phebotomy program which i already got accepted to or get an associates in science since just a few more classes are left for me to fulfill that. Which will be better? Phlebotomy would be a job right now, but which one will look better on my resume and will be better on the long run?
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Answer by Doc
Both would look good, but I suspect that the associates in science would look better. You’ll STILL have to take the needle lab class and, quite frankly, you’ll find that a monkey can do it in his sleep.
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Question by Daisy: college application question for nursing?
i want to major in Nursing ( RN) but the only two coarses in this college for nursing are Nursing (Accelerated) and Nursing ( (Traditional BSN) are any of them for the RN? im confused
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Answer by Judy
The accelerated programs are usually for people with background in the field, maybe LPN’s. The traditional BSN would lead to being eligible to take the state test for your RN certification.
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Question by Kylie: College Nursing Question?
Which Florida College University has a better nursing program. Florida Atlantic University or Florida International University? And by better i mean like a more advanced? better professors? and more experience? 
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Answer by Cochise
Very slight edge for Florida International – but you can get a fine education at either one.
I suggest that you apply to both and if accepted, make a business decision and go to the one where you will end up with less debt. Neither will open any more doors than the other.
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Question by xoxo7: college & nursing question?
If classes are currently being taken at a community college for pre-nursing (pre reqs), and then I decide not to go through with the associates degree program.
Can I transfer to a University and earn my bachelors, or would I have to go to a school of nursing?
Thank you
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Answer by crazygurl18
I think you could transfer after you haven taken your general and major courses. But talk to a counselor.
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