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  1. Just took the nclex, damn was it hard?

    I think you passed, congrats. I am definitely set on using Uworld next year. Going into my third
  2. Macbook Air or Macbook Pro for Nursing School?

    Wow I had that issue but didn't feel like spending a dime on a computer. I spoke to a few people at my school who spoke to a few other people and I was able to get in campus based program helping...
  3. Dismissal from nursing school without failing any course

    OP if nursing is your dream please don't let this stop you. With your level, you can still doing LPN and bridge to RN or apply to an ADN program and see where you will be placed. I think the term...
  4. Eating the patients' food?

    I used to work as a dietary aide on a skill nursing floor and we made evening sandwiches for those residents requiring frequent snacking due to diabetes or other conditions and I remember our...
  5. I studied but cannot remember a thing! Help

    This happens to me too. I believe the brain retains the info for you in your long term memory so when you face the exam it retrieves and convinces you that's the answer, which is why you are doing...
  6. Working at kaiser

    Thanks for the detail answer. I will need to weight the pros and cons if I do decide to go this
  7. Working at kaiser

    Thank you for answering. In my case, I would be coming out of state and probably work 4 shifts in a pay period and 0 shift in the next pay period due to maintaining a full time job where I live (East...
  8. Passed NCLEX in 75!!

    Awesome. Congrats on that as well, I know you will do
  9. Working at kaiser

    Hello, I keep hearing that PRN jobs in California pays really well. instead of doing travel nursing, you would go in for 4 days in a month and pretty much work and manage with airbnb, cheap flights...
  10. Passed NCLEX in 75!!

    Congrats Emmjayy. I am happy that you passed. Your stats are pretty impressive so you must have studied really hard. I graduate one year from now and am convince I will use Uworld for review but will...
  11. The overwhelming stress of nursing school

    I hear you. Felt just like that during my first semester. I wanted to do it all so felt guilty every time I would take a break to just relax or wasn't doing something perfect. During second semester,...
  12. Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    Wow I am very surprised by how many hours you are able to work per week. I am still a student but usually hear nurses say after 3 12's they are so dead tired it's impossible to work extra. You are...
  13. Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    Not that hard: I spend about $50 on essentials such as eggs, oil, brown rice, onions, meat or fish on sale, frozen veggies, oatmeals and I always make sure it's in large quantity. I also prefer...
  14. Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    That's great! I just googled dave ramsey and there's a show on YouTube. I will definitely buy the book. I am already a saver but need guidance so thank
  15. Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    Wow didn't know about this. I will check it out for some tips as well. Is there a direct website to read about
  16. Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    Lol I don't understand why people sometimes relate or limit eating cheap only to rice and beans or Ramen noodles. As a poor college student, I am able to make amazing healthy meals on less than 50...
  17. Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    I would plan my life on only two weeks take home pay and use the remaining two weeks pay to just pay the loans. If you work extra shifts, use that money toward the loans as well. Trying to limit...
  18. Taking A &P I and II and microbiology

    Wow wow wow this is a first. Don't retake a whole anatomy class you already passed. Listen you won't know everything in the body before you start nursing and that's ok. Know that in nursing school...
  19. Kaiser 2018 Sunset New Grad RN Program

    Hello is this program nationwide? I live in the DC metro area and will graduate next year. I am interested in working at Kaiser. We have many facilities here but getting in is very
  20. Got accepted but..

    I really don't know if they will accommodate your request to retake the classes in the summer unless you ask them directly. At my school, acceptance letters are sent out in may, schedules are...
  21. Professor: Judging from the way they are looking at the medications, I am relieved we are first starting them off with administering fake meds to the sim
  22. I know it's hard. But is it really that hard?

    It's the busy work that make it a lot
  23. Working third-shift while attending school for nursing?

    I wouldn't recommend this at all. If still taking prerequisites then ok but in the nursing program you Need focus and working this way will not be good. As someone mentioned, there are many ways to...
  24. Rant*I hope I'm never their patient

    I have to respectfully disagree with you op. People have different test taking habits that is all. Also in my program, I found that students who finish fast most often reported the highest grades and...
  25. running out of options to start nursing school

    Can you look into agencies that provide home sitters? I live in a big metro area (DC metro area) and during my prerequisites I worked with an agency doing babysitting jobs for families with various...