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  1. Can I get an RN job without healthcare experience??

    I graduated with an ADN in May, passed NCLEX July 31, and had no previous experience in the medical field. I began applying in April, applied at the two hospitals in my area. About 150 applications put in. At the beginning of September, I had two...
  2. **POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

    IL 20.10/hr with $1/hr differential for weekends. no previous healthcare experience med-tele with crosstraining to cardiac stepdown.
  3. Opinion on job opening/interview.

    So just as an update, the nurse recruiter with the first hospital called me back (the day after I left that voicemail) with 3 job offers! One for the first floor I interviewed with and two for the second floor I interviewed with (different shifts). ...
  4. Opinion on job opening/interview.

    Thanks for the advice! I called today and left a voicemail for the nurse recruiter, thanking her for the interview and letting them know if they needed anything else from me, paperwork or information to please give me a call. I don't want to seem p...
  5. Opinion on job opening/interview.

    Hi all, I've been applying for jobs at the two major hospital systems in my area since April. I graduated in May, passed NCLEX in July and received my license in August (yay!). I got a call a couple weeks ago from one of the hospital's Nurse Recru...
  6. Graduated with ADN in Illinois May 15, 2014. Passed NCLEX July 31. Began submitting job applications in April. Applied for over 100 openings. First interview is Thursday, fingers crossed!
  7. Is my school the only one?

    After pre-reqs, my school had this layout: Semester 1- Nursing 112 (10 credit hours) and Nurs 138 (1 credit hr) Semester 2 - Nurs 122A (5 hrs) and Nurs 122B (5 hrs) Semester 3 - Nurs 216 (10 hrs) Semester 4 - Nurs 226 (10 hrs) Clinicals every semest...
  8. Fall 2012 new nursing students roll call!!!

    Graduated in May, and take NCLEX next week! So....terrified! :)
  9. Denial of financial aid for previous associates degree

    Thanks! I'm terrified but hopeful..studying like a madwoman! When I was given the extension, it paid for my classes with some left over for books (I also had a scholarship that helped). At my school, once you're given the extension, you can get the...
  10. Denial of financial aid for previous associates degree

    I ran into that. Not sure if it's the same issue you had, but I basically "used up" the hours that financial aid would cover at my community college getting a previous associates degree (that was actually useless, but I was younger and not too brigh...
  11. Is the exit HESI a good predictor for NCLEX?

    Thanks for your opinions! :) The Hurst is pricey (hell, everything is pricey for me right now).......the whole "split it up into two checks" is pretty much the only reason I'm going to be able to do it. I'll definitely let you know what I think of ...
  12. Hi All, I'm looking for opinions from people who've taken both the HESI exit exam and NCLEX. I am graduating next week (YAY!) and took my exit exam this past Monday. I passed with 1,052 (my school requires an 875 before they'll put you on the roste...
  13. "How to look incredibly stupid without even trying?" Easy. Be a nursing student at clinicals. That's me. Every dang clinical day. I feel like I enter some sort of fugue state on the drive in and am rendered ridiculously stupid and incompetent fo...
  14. We're not here for that

    That's insane. A student acting like that in my clinical group would have been bounced out on her butt and given a fail for the day, at least. Our entire first semester was in a nursing home doing basic patient care. That's part of the job! What'...
  15. What is your schedule?

    I'm in my final semester of an ADN program. Here's my current schedule... Monday - off (with the exception of community teaching and certain observation days). Tuesday - Clinicals from 6:30am til 3:30pm. Wednesday - Clincals from 6:30am til 3:30pm. ...