calcgirl314 ADN, BSN, RN

calcgirl314 has 10 years experience as a ADN, BSN, RN and specializes in Geriatric/Med-Surg/Trauma.

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1. BSHP Summer 2019 San Antonio ADN

   calcgirl314 replied to Psychnursehopeful's topic in Texas

   Personally, I never did. I did hear of one clinical group doing 1 clinical day the last week of fall term on a Sunday one year in lieu of meeting the week of Christmas.

2. BSHP Summer 2019 San Antonio ADN

   calcgirl314 replied to Psychnursehopeful's topic in Texas

   Generally they are true to what they advertise on the course catalogue. The major issue we had was that Mental Health clinical had very few clinical sites, my cohort wasn’t affected but I have heard that they have to do Friday clinicals for that par...

3. Uworld? NCLEX

   calcgirl314 replied to Kimzie's topic in NCLEX

   Yes, but I really didn’t need the assessments. I only had time to go through the questions one time, but that was enough for me. Everyone is different. For me, I only needed practice on questions. I wasn’t weak in any on area, I just needed pract...

4. Uworld??

   calcgirl314 replied to Christina_'s topic in NCLEX

   The 30 day version. I literally only used uworld for a week before I took NCLEX.

5. Uworld? NCLEX

   calcgirl314 replied to Kimzie's topic in NCLEX

   I only used uworld for a week. I would go with the 30 day package if you feel like you only need a few weeks to practice. My school used ATI and I got a 99% probability of passing NCLEX the first time on my comprehensive predictor, so I literally t...

6. BSHP Summer 2019 San Antonio ADN

   calcgirl314 replied to Psychnursehopeful's topic in Texas

   I wouldn’t be able to tell you starting salary because I have LVN experience, so my hourly wages are higher than most new grads. BSHP does accept CLEP for general ed classes, but not the sciences (micro, A&P 1&2) and they also accept any tra...

7. BSHP Summer 2019 San Antonio ADN

   calcgirl314 replied to Psychnursehopeful's topic in Texas

   ICU, PACU, L&D, Psych, and OR require experience. Sometimes NICU and Postpartum have graduate residency programs, but there is a lot of competition for these specialty areas. Med-Surg, PCU, and Telemetry floors usually are less competitive and ...

8. BSHP Summer 2019 San Antonio ADN

   calcgirl314 replied to Psychnursehopeful's topic in Texas

   The Baptist Hospitals hire a lot of BSHP students. I had an offer about a month before graduation. It just depends on what area you want to go. Some areas require experience, some areas are really popular and only have a few slots open. Med Surg ...

9. BSHP Summer 2019 San Antonio ADN

   calcgirl314 replied to Psychnursehopeful's topic in Texas

   I’m a recent grad from the BSHP RN program. I was in the evening cohort. I just passed NCLEX and I’m an RN now. I can answer any questions you might have. It’s a really good program. As far as stats are concerned, the cohort before me had 100% N...

10. Uworld??

    calcgirl314 replied to Christina_'s topic in NCLEX

    I just found out today I passed my NCLEX-RN exam using uworld only. I highly recommend it and will sing it’s praises as long as I am a nurse!! I passed the exam in 75 questions! Uworld prepares you like no other q-bank out there. Make a commitmen...

11. NCLEX perplexed

    calcgirl314 replied to totryornottotry's topic in NCLEX

    I don’t think anyone could fault you for the difficulty you were going through. Nursing school is tough and the demands of the nursing profession are even more challenging. I think you should retake your boards, by all means. Don’t give up your dr...

12. Uworld? NCLEX

    calcgirl314 replied to Kimzie's topic in NCLEX

    Good Luck to both of you!! Just keep doing the questions and reading the rationales. Taking the NCLEX isn’t a race at all. I was actually trying to slow down a bit, but throughout nursing school I was usually one of the first people to be done with...

13. Uworld? NCLEX

    calcgirl314 replied to Kimzie's topic in NCLEX

    Yes, by a long shot! Uworld was the only prep I used. Our school used ATI and it was nothing like NCLEX. My exam was about 50% SATA. I had 4-5 place in correct order sequence, one math question, no hot spots or exhibits, no audio and no diagrams,...

14. Uworld? NCLEX

    calcgirl314 replied to Kimzie's topic in NCLEX

    Unofficially passed NCLEX with 75 questions in 54 minutes. Waiting for my BON to issue a license.

15. Uworld? NCLEX

    calcgirl314 replied to Kimzie's topic in NCLEX

    Thank you!! Good luck to you too!! ?