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1. Trying to stay positive

   ccstudent posted a topic in California

   I have been a member on this site since waiting to enter a nursing program, now I write you as a new grad RN in CA, and its been quite a journey of emotions, and so sad to be where I am now. I have applied to over 100 employers, that consists of hosp...

2. Some Honesty

   ccstudent posted a topic in General Students

   Please don't be offended, but really start to consider that the job market is non existent for new grads in most areas right now. If you have a Full time job and are thinking of quitting, think about that really hard. It is so hard to get a job as a ...

3. Complete Frustration

   ccstudent posted a topic in General Students

   I waited 1 year to get into physio, another year to get into micro, and then waited 2 years to enter the nursing program. I completed a very tough nursing program with many ups and a couple of downs and a constant stress level to graduate last Decemb...

4. Need help locating NCLEX questions relating to PSY

   ccstudent replied to pmisenis's topic in General Students

   I am not sure if this will be helpful, but I just took the NCLEX and Kaplan helped alot. It also helped to focus on the medications and the side affects in psyc and also prioritization, and most appropriate response to a psyc situation. I am sure thi...

5. Homework before nursing school starts??

   ccstudent replied to ccstudent's topic in General Students

   This was sent to me on feb 8th 2007. I must say that I looked back at my posts today, and could not believe how true this is. I just passed the NCLEX and finally feel free for the first time......well now I have to get a job....so I should say parti...

6. Kaplan Prep Takers... What was your % before taking NCLEX?

   ccstudent replied to PA_CoffeeFreak's topic in NCLEX

   Hi, I got 54% on my diagnostic, 66% on my readiness, and on question trainers 1-7 55 50 62 54 60 62 respectively. I also scored an average of 61% on all qbank. I took my NCLEX-RN on 2-25 and had 265 questions, I thought that I absolutely failed and l...

7. I passed after torture...(265)

   ccstudent posted a topic in NCLEX

   I can not believe I passed and I am now an RN !!!!!! I went out to dinner and celebrated and have rechecked the sight to just look at my name come up more then I will admit :) Thank you for all the posts and support. A special thank you to Silverdrag...

8. Now I've heard it all

   ccstudent replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in New Nurse

   I am sorry you are going through this. I am not sure if this helps but I when I was checking out schools, one of the schools had not received accreditation yet. I inquired about this and they told me that if the school became accreditated after I gra...

9. what does 4+, 3+, 2+, and 1+ mean?

   ccstudent replied to Amy2005's topic in General Students

   Hi, Daytonite is right call the lab, but here is my wild guess ( something you can never do as a nurse) gram positive or negative bacteria found in the blood and the degree in which it was present. Well I told you it was a wild guess, I should have ...

10. 4 days left and scared of screwing up

    ccstudent posted a topic in General Students

    I am just venting about being scared that I am going to do something to jepardize me finishing the last 4 days of preceptorship. I am getting more nervous, one of my preceptors is very difficult and makes me nervous, and it takes alot to make me nerv...

11. IVPB dosage calculations

    ccstudent replied to caprisgoddess's topic in General Students

    so you would put in 200ml an hour and that the bag has 100 ml which would run the bag over 30 min, does that answer your question?

12. Other Mom's... need advice!

    ccstudent replied to crok9014's topic in General Students

    I graduate from RN nursing school on Dec. 19th, I have a step daughter who is 16 and a 5 year old who was born an hour after my organic chemistry final, and I can't believe that I am almost at the finish line. My advice is that you 1) Let the house ...

13. no longer nursing student

    ccstudent replied to Lindalou76's topic in General Students

    I am so glad that you are making the best decision for yourself. I must say that I have a 5 yo son and I have been very stressed. I have gone through so much this last 2 years and I read one post who stated that you had decided not to abandon you chi...

14. Emotional Rollercoaster of Nursing School!!!

    ccstudent replied to Blove86's topic in General Students

    I have been tired of the "roller coaster" since semester 1 and it did not ease up but got tougher as the semesters came and went. I am know about to finish my classes in 3 weeks and then start a 5 week preceptorship and then.....I am done. wow. The ...

15. Student moms who homeschool

    ccstudent replied to studentmom2007's topic in General Students

    I am finishing up my last 12 weeks of nursing school and just started homeschooling my son and its been great. He is doing so much better now that he is not in public school. He is a kindergartner and we have been having a ball. There is a public sc...