danielg_84

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1. Lone Star College 2019 LVN to RN transition

   danielg_84 replied to HowdyHowdy's topic in LPN to RN

   And congrats to everyone who got accepted! Btw, I rented some of my books from Amazon, but I'll post on here at some point with the ones I actually bought so someone who needs them can snag them on...

2. Lone Star College 2019 LVN to RN transition

   danielg_84 replied to HowdyHowdy's topic in LPN to RN

   That's basically what we did to get ready for the testing, but then you had to test one-on-one with an instructor. It was a little nerve wracking just bc you had to pass to move on, but it was

3. Christus Santa Rosa Nurse Residency July 2019 cohort

   danielg_84 replied to danielg_84's topic in First Year After Licensure

   That's kind of a tricky thing to answer. I've got a ton of prior experience and went to a hiring event as a 4th semester nursing student, and my interview went EXTREMELY well. So, it felt pretty easy...

4. Lone Star College 2019 LVN to RN transition

   danielg_84 replied to HowdyHowdy's topic in LPN to RN

   The summer session is pretty tight. It looks like those days include a Wednesday and a Thursday. You'd at least be missing a LOT of lecture, and may miss a test or lab practical exam. You basically...

5. Christus Santa Rosa Nurse Residency July 2019 cohort

   danielg_84 replied to danielg_84's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Unfortunately I have no clue. Sorry. Good

6. Lone Star College 2019 LVN to RN transition

   danielg_84 replied to HowdyHowdy's topic in LPN to RN

   The summer session is pretty tight. It looks like those days include a Wednesday and a Thursday. You'd at least be missing a LOT of lecture, and may miss a test or lab practical exam. You basically...

7. Christus Santa Rosa Nurse Residency July 2019 cohort

   danielg_84 replied to danielg_84's topic in First Year After Licensure

   My date of hire is stated as July

8. Transitioning over to Nursing

   danielg_84 replied to LoadingMedic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Any kind of schedule like that will cause the days you work each week to rotate, so you will need to find people who can swap shifts with you to get coverage for school. Working full time during the...

9. Christus Santa Rosa Nurse Residency July 2019 cohort

   danielg_84 replied to danielg_84's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Got it mid day on Friday. Pay WAS altered to reflect my experience (phew!) but I'm not sure if there's any additional differential factored in for ER already. It was quoted to my as my base rate, so...

10. Transitioning over to Nursing

    danielg_84 replied to LoadingMedic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    MCHD is a great organization. Good luck on landing your first job! I've attended both Lone Star and San Jac, and I definitely prefer Lone Star. For being such a large community college system, they...

11. Christus Santa Rosa Nurse Residency July 2019 cohort

    danielg_84 replied to danielg_84's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sweet. Upper 20s is what I would've guessed as

12. Transitioning over to Nursing

    danielg_84 replied to LoadingMedic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hey there! I'm a Paramedic about to graduate from Lone Star at their North Harris campus. Their bridge program condenses the basic track students' first 2 semesters into one 11 week summer session,...

13. Christus Santa Rosa Nurse Residency July 2019 cohort

    danielg_84 replied to danielg_84's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Very good to hear! Mary Anne Holland is the current ER director at New Braunfels. Hope that's the same one you're speaking of. Have you gotten your written offer yet? I was told either today or...

14. Lone Star College 2019 LVN to RN transition

    danielg_84 replied to HowdyHowdy's topic in LPN to RN

    We do graduate in may (thank GOD), and if your cousin is in the basic track, they've been in class with me since the Fall '18 semester started. At least at NH, the transition students get thrown in...

15. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa RN Residency- July 2019

    danielg_84 replied to ashleyp453's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely stay on them with polite emails, voice messages, etc. I started off by going to their career fair back in February and getting some face-time. I let them know I had already applied to the...