OliverElio87 BSN, RN

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1. Moving California. Insight on pay scale etc?

   OliverElio87 replied to Nurse4lifeNC's topic in General Nursing

   For what it’s worth, I make $50 (southern ca) an hour day shift. Night dif is $7 and weekend dif is $4. I am a fairly new nurse. I used to work in the Midwest and people here are forgetting about he nurse to patient ratio. I will never work med-surge...

2. Being Gay and a Male Nursing Student

   OliverElio87 replied to RShieldsSN14's topic in Male Students

   Being gay helped me so much during nursing school in my OB rotation and now as an RN when dealing with some female patients. I remember when my preceptor and I would go into some female patients room and she would introduce me I could see some of the...

3. Master's Entry vs. Accelerated Bachelor's

   OliverElio87 replied to b00p's topic in School Programs

   If the cost is not much more, I would do the masters. If it is significantly more then ABSN.

4. Pre nursing student has a question for current RNs

   OliverElio87 replied to HotSauce77's topic in General Nursing

   Seems like you’d be better off going to PA/Medical school or NP (but thatll take you longer than PA. My husband is an MD and went into the field because he loved science and putting pieces together from the micro level -up. He always tells me how us...

5. Need some guidance

   OliverElio87 replied to NatashaNichole's topic in General Students

   I don’t know about other states, but I think I’m Ca you can challenge for LPN licensure since you’re a medic in the military. I would look into it.

6. Cedars - Sinai New Grad Nurse Residency - February 2019

   OliverElio87 replied to cgrn2018's topic in School Programs

   For those who didn't get a call, don't lose hope! I didn't get a call the first day they started notifying people, but I did the next day. Since they started Friday and HR is off on weekends they'll most likely resume Monday. I heard Feb might be a b...

7. Is there something wrong with me? Too much studying?

   OliverElio87 replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Students

   Every person it different. If it is working for you AND your girlfriend, why change it?

8. Cedars - Sinai New Grad Nurse Residency - February 2019

   OliverElio87 replied to cgrn2018's topic in School Programs

   Which units were interviewing?

9. Failed for the fifth time

   OliverElio87 replied to Sekayia's topic in NCLEX

   Uworld. Only thing I used. Make sure you get the practice exams.

10. Any RN Residency Programs w/ Multiple Start Dates in a Year?

    OliverElio87 replied to SqrB3ar's topic in Job Hunt

    Cedars Sinai in SoCal: Oct 2019 Cohort Apply in early Aug. Interview event in Sept. License needed before Oct. 18, 2019 New Grads - Cedars-Sinai

11. WGU So Cal August Cohort

    OliverElio87 replied to JD2RN's topic in Western Governors

    Give up on WGU I understand. Please don't give up on being a nurse, there are plenty of schools out there!

12. WGU So Cal August Cohort

    OliverElio87 replied to JD2RN's topic in Western Governors

    Oh no, im so sorry. Seems like the CA cohorts for WGU are getting smaller. When is the next one after the Oct? Are there other schools that you are looking at?

13. Scheduled to take the NCLEX today but denied because of inappropriate identification???

    OliverElio87 replied to wonderbrah's topic in NCLEX

    Congrats! The lady should have just said "sign your passport and goodluck". This could have been a non-issue. Either way, I think it worked out for the best because I would have been to worked up to take that exam after going through all that with th...

14. WGU So Cal August Cohort

    OliverElio87 replied to JD2RN's topic in Western Governors

    Did you ever hear back?

15. April 2018 California Cohort

    OliverElio87 replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Western Governors

    Well if WGU's regional accreditation is the problem then that CRNA program should also not accept students from University of Washington, University of Utah, BYU, etc since they are also accredited by the same regional accrediting body's and not by W...