chicago312

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1. Is it really that hard?

   chicago312 replied to EbonyBorn2Succeed's topic in General Students

   It's a lot of work but it's not "hard". I firmly believe each student needs to establish and become self aware of his/her own strengths and weaknesses and not rely to heavily on the experiences of others when determining your opinions and potential ...

2. fed up with nursing school

   chicago312 replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Students

   Yes, I am in a similar situation and completely agree about the busy work. For me it is also being at the point when we are taking the various specialties in medicine (OB, peds, mental health) which I have no desire to pursue as a licensed profession...

3. Do people really pass after 265 Questions-NCLEX

   chicago312 replied to CJStudent's topic in NCLEX

   This is an interesting way of looking at it and clearly a philosophy from a test prep company. You know this is the case for ANY computer adaptive test - the idea isn't your raw score but the difficulty level you achieved (or degressed to. ). The "...

4. New Graduates

   chicago312 replied to NEWRNDE's topic in Illinois

   The market is indeed tight but not impossible. Of our school's current graduating class all but about 2-3 in 35 have jobs - not their 1st or even 2nd pick but they will be working. Where you went to school, how well you did (GPA, recs) and the deg...