avi8tor69

avi8tor69 has 16 years experience and specializes in OR-ICU.

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1. NCLEX F.A.Q.S 2013 update for PiNOY nurses

   avi8tor69 replied to roperlogantierney's topic in Registration

   You can of course live in La La land and pretend that it doesn't exist. That is the harsh reality of today's nursing. New grads especially in California face a near 60 % unemployment. No hospital is hiring foreign educated nurses. That is a fact. Whe...

2. Moorpark College RN Program - Past, Current or Prospective Students

   avi8tor69 replied to jdc2013's topic in California

   It's pretty much the same thing at MC. You need to pass a medication test with a 90% (2 x tries) or you are out. Exams are 4 times per 8 weeks with a cumulative final. Care plans are one every 8 weeks but 35 pages long. The instructors are fantastic ...

3. NCLEX F.A.Q.S 2013 update for PiNOY nurses

   avi8tor69 replied to roperlogantierney's topic in Registration

   Are you a US citizen or legal immigrant? If not don't waste your time with applying to take the NCLEX. Even dual citizens would did nursing school in the Phil will find it very difficult to find a hospital job. In my hospital we have a new grad progr...

4. Any Nclex-RN tips? Need you're advice!

   avi8tor69 replied to Erjb's topic in Registration

   I would suggest you read the threads by a poster named steppybay. Very informative. It seems to me you do not have a clue to what the issues Filipino/foreign graduates are facing. They are daunting. It's not the length of time it will take you to fin...

5. NCLEX F.A.Q.S 2013 update for PiNOY nurses

   avi8tor69 replied to roperlogantierney's topic in Registration

   Do you have a SSN? (Social Security Number) or a you a US citizen or legal immigrant. If you are neither of the above, do not waste your time and money to sit to take the NCLEX. Even if the BON lets you take the NCLEX, as steppybay said, it will not...

6. June 2006 board passer from the Philippines with no proof of test 3 and 5...

   avi8tor69 replied to Stethoscope23's topic in Registration

   Don't be devastated. You have experience and you know in your heart you are a safe and competent nurse. Just take the damn test and be over with it. Act and deal with the cards you are dealt with. Don't sit around and fret. The whole thing sucks but ...

7. Finished nursing school in the Philippines now here and need help jumping the hoops !

   avi8tor69 replied to BethPetty's topic in Registration

   First make sure your clinical was taken concurrently with theory. Meaning If you had your theory OB in the lets say the 1st quarter of 2012, your clinical OB should be in the same time period not months or years after. If they weren't taken at the sa...

8. Cost of Nursing education in the US

   avi8tor69 replied to hopes1's topic in Pre-Nursing

   In California if you go private school it can go from 50k to 100K. But if you go public it can go from anywhere between $2K to 4$k. The $2k is ADN from a community college. I think there is a tendency to forget that the whole nursing thing is somewhe...

9. 13 states with same CA BON concurrency issues

   avi8tor69 replied to steppybay's topic in Registration

   Inna_vela I have to call you out on this. First do your homework. With BON posting their requirement online, there should be no excuse for not knowing what you applied for. Second, of course the BON will take your money and they have a right to do ...

10. CNA certiciation for a first year nursing school student without taking CNA classes??

    avi8tor69 replied to kelsiedana's topic in Pre-Nursing

    If you can get by without working I would highly recommend you try out not working in the first semester and get a feel for the workload. If you think it is doable and you can handle the pressure (pressure like you have never known) then by all means...

11. International nurse trying to get license in California

    avi8tor69 replied to swoods's topic in Registration

    You pretty much have the same problem as nurses from the Philippines have. Username Steppybay has a pretty good insight to this issue. Try searching her username and you will get a lot of threads pertaining to this matter.

12. Is nursing doable with a full-time job?

    avi8tor69 replied to Joacas's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Doable but highly not recommended. Nursing schools own you for the nest 2 or 3 years. Clinicals will start fairly early and they may only let you miss one clinical (with one make up day). That's how I remember it to be.

13. Requirments for nclex from Philippines..

    avi8tor69 replied to Dmrh's topic in Registration

    Dmrh, Heed what steppybay has posted. She is 100 % on top of this.

14. Help! LVN bridge to RN? Or prereqs straight to RN program?

    avi8tor69 replied to sharonanderson24's topic in Pre-Nursing

    My post was based in my area. LPNs come in as 2nd semester student. Since in my area, schools have dropped the lottery system and adopted points/merit system, they haven't had the level of drop out/failures that they had when they were a lottery sys...

15. Help! LVN bridge to RN? Or prereqs straight to RN program?

    avi8tor69 replied to sharonanderson24's topic in Pre-Nursing

    If you go the LVN route and if you go private the program cost range from $25k to $35K ( I could very well be wrong). If you go public like a community college LVN program the cost is $2-3k but there will be a long waiting list or the requirements to...