chelcgirl88

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1. A Day In the Life of a New Grad

   chelcgirl88 replied to E Non Imus, RN's topic in General Nursing

   Keep your heads up, new grads. As a new grad myself, I FINALLY got my first job offer yesterday and have been applying for 5 long months...I know there are people who have waited longer, but still 5 months was enough to make me lose my confidence unt...

2. Failure rate of nursing schools.

   chelcgirl88 replied to merrywhiterose's topic in General Students

   In May, I graduated from an ADN program. We had a 80% retention rate... we started out with 25 and graduated with 20. Also, we had a 100% pass rate on NCLEX this year. From reading some of these post, my school has their act together and I have nothi...

3. Bummed after interview...

   chelcgirl88 replied to LibraRNinNY's topic in New Nurse

   Congrats! I, too, got my first job offer yesterday as I graduated in May as well with my ADN and have been since looking and applying tirelessly with no call backs... That just goes to show that God does, indeed, have a plan for us even if it isn't e...

4. Interview on Thursday!! Need advice!!

   chelcgirl88 replied to chelcgirl88's topic in New Nurse

   Ben, Thanks a bunch. I assumed that they do that kind of interview for that reason as I know employee conflict is a killer in the workplace. I guess it is as I figured, and as long as I am honest, use common sense in my actions, attitude, etc, then I...

5. Interview on Thursday!! Need advice!!

   chelcgirl88 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hello all, First off, let me tell you my situation. I graduated in May with my ADN, got my license in June, and have since been looking for a job now for 4 months. Just when I thought something would come through, somehow, it fell through so basicall...

6. A Day In the Life of a New Grad

   chelcgirl88 replied to E Non Imus, RN's topic in General Nursing

   First off, very well written. I totally feel your pain 100%. I graduated from an ADN program in May. I went to school straight from high school so I lack a long list of previous employers but the 2 that I do have, one in high school for a year, the n...

7. Which study resource resembles the NCLEX type and difficulty of questions the most?

   chelcgirl88 replied to IcanHealYou's topic in NCLEX

   I graduated from an ADN program this past May and took NCLEX in June. I, along with the concensus it sounds like, used Kaplan. I did the Complete with access to Qbank and other online resources, the book, and attended the class. I chose this because ...