NorCalKid

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  1. How to Pay for Nursing School

    I wouldn't agree with the loans and BSN. ADN was like $1050 a year for me. Get a job and my hospital pays for part of stepup program. After 2 years working your debt free, 2 years work experience with a BSN that was (partially) employer paid. Yo...
  2. Order of taking prerequisites question

    I'd take anatomy before the other sciences and math (algebra if you haven't done it and required) before Chem.
  3. How do you re-prime primary tubing?

    We can place a standing order for a NS bag to be used for piggyback. We regularly get pts from the ER with abx as primary. I just change it when hanging the next bag so I don't have to fight with it all day. Ya I'll have to unhook and prime everyt...
  4. When I precept new grads I actually prefer the second career folks with life and work experience. I don't really agree with the males climbing the ladder faster. I think often it just comes down to the males working more and building experience...
  5. Didn’t Pass My First Nursing Exam

    Don't sweat it. Meet with your professors and come up with a plan. Hours of studying doesn't really translate into hours of quality learning what is on that test. Meeting with your teacher every week if needed will give you that extra help focusin...
  6. Nursing School and Working?

    My theory, be prepared not to work. Most of us have several years waiting to get into school to save. Live below your means, save for school, pass on the new car loan and drive an old but reliable POS. And if you live in California STUDY SPANISH. ...
  7. BSN with minor

    I just really like it, Medellin is really cheap (cheaper than Thailand), lots of Spanish schools without heavy accents, friendly people, good food, good healthcare, etc. It's just both the place I like most in Latin America and the most affordable I ...
  8. BSN with minor

    I wouldn't do it but then again I worked through school which everybody said not to do... I'd take the Summer off and do an intensive Spanish program in Medellin Colombia and put 100% into nursing school all semester. Get United credit card, p...
  9. BSN with minor

    Could I have done it, hell no If you speak fluent Spanish you will be much more hirable and I could use it every single shift. But I view a minor in Spanish no more valuable than simply being fluent.
  10. Please Help: Student Loan Debt

    For anybody else reading this Looking back, the best way financially to go about school. Do a ADN and graduate debt free assisted by federal grant money, get a job and a little experience and your hospital will probably assist paying to upgrade...
  11. Please Help: Student Loan Debt

    I think your crazy even considering 140k in student loan debt! I'd do a more affordable bridge program or a associate degree. If you already have a degree you are perfectly capable of working and saving when your doing pre recs and applying. C...
  12. 13 week car rental?

    Have any of you rented a car for an assignment? What companies cater to a 14 week rental? What is pricing like for a 3.5 month rental? I guess I'm thinking along the lines of live on the mainland and take a contract in Hawaii, or live in Hawaii ta...
  13. Considering changing careers

    If worried about the job thing I'd start by taking the 4 nurses you already have in your family to lunch one at a time. Have your questions ready and ask them. If they live in your area ask them if places hire new grads and 2 year degrees. There ...
  14. Nights vs. Days

    I feel like day shift is faster paced with admits, discharges and procedures. But night shift can be just as hectic in it's own way. I am glad I started on nights, I'm also glad I no longer work nights.
  15. Ask the nurses to do cool stuff!!!!!

    Ya, happens. That's why you gota be proactive every day and be the student that's always looking for something to do (but not annoying everybody). A year from now you'll breath a sigh of relief when that pt actually pee's. haha