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I'm going to be blunt - what program you do depends on your resources. It is difficult to work full-time during either of those programs. Do you have financial support? Are you going to be able to afford to live while you're in school? An MSN as a clinical nurse leader is nice, but the most effective management I ever had were ones that were willing to jump in and help their nurses when they got overwhelmed or too busy. As a direct-entry MSN, you'll be lacking a lot of experience as a nurse in your chosen specialty and it's unlikely you'll be respected by your staff as a clinical leader or nurse manager without that experiential foundation. You can always do a BSN-MSN bridge program once you have your feet wet.

You took the boards...did you pass?

Do you mean like street outreach in the unhoused/indigent population? I've done that sort of work before. Depending on the area in which you live, they may be requiring a vehicle depending on how vast your assigned area is. It's also hard to carry EVERYTHING you might need in a backpack. Again, a lot of this depends on your geographic area.

So your friend shouldn't be "financially ruined" for her negligence, but the spouse of the person they killed should not be made financially whole? The wife no longer has the income of the deceased on top of the pain of losing her spouse. This and your other thread where you missed an order and the patient got upset have weirdly victim-blamey mindsets.

If you failed the first two times, did they send you a score report? It should show you areas you need to target for studying.

What about the HESI are you struggling with, exactly? Is it the content or the structure of the questions?

I think you'd need to see your doctor and request medical accommodation. Check with your Support Services office at your school to see what you'd need to provide.

Your entire med-surg course was only a few weeks?

Any job describing themselves as "like family" should be a red flag.

THIS THIS THIS. I never wanted to work in a hospital. I work outpatient at a FQHC and I love it.

What course is this? Is it nursing Fundamentals? Med-Surg? Nursing isn't just about memorization of facts. It's about application as well.

Seconding Saunders! It wasn't required for my program but the chapters highlighted the important stuff and the question banks were invaluable to study from.

Probably. You'd want a more competitive score. Check with your program, though, and see how they weigh it. Some places only accept first attempt.

At the risk of sounding mean...you can't start studying for NCLEX if you haven't even started the program. What material would you study, if you haven't had a class? You don't even know how to answer NCLEX-style questions yet. Start with learning your class material first. As you learn, you can reinforce your learning with practice NCLEX-style questions. How can you study for something you haven't learned yet?

It depends on the class and what material you're studying. Sometimes I would write a question on the front and the answer on the back, or sometimes it would be a key vocabulary word and then the definition. I think in a previous post you mentioned you were restarting Microbiology? My pre-reqs were not my strongest suit but if you have any questions or need tips please feel free to message me on here.