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Must be the same class, I am taking. That is the assignment I am just starting. One more class closer to graduating

I was 46 when I started the pre-reqs. I finished nursing school when I was 52 and have been a nurse for a little over a year. I personally would not do the LVN program. Study hard get decent grades on your pre-reqs and you will do just fine. The ...

I personally would go straight for the BSN. You will save alot of time. Not sure how it works in Georgia. Our LVN program is 1 1.2 years, Then you go into the RN program, another 1 1/2 years. That give you an RN with an ADN degree. You then hav...

My group did the Hurst Review. It was a 4 day seminar that went over the basics. Then I paid the $50 and listen to the recorded lectures over and over and over again. One hint we were given was to pick the safest answer to the question that was in...

I am 52, I graduated in May. I am doing a versant residency program and started in the ICU. I will work there a couple days a week and work up to the really critical patients. Then I will float to telemetry. Age isn't important in nursing.:heartb...

I am doing a new grad program at northridge hospital. They are taking applications for their Jan 2009 residency program now. The person you contact is Judy Sumner. Don't wait too long as they are starting interviews soon.

I did not have clinical at Los Robles, My clinicals were St. John's regional, st john's pleasant valley, County and Community memorial. Pleasant valley is a small hospital. I liked Regional and County hospital the best. Regional is a CHW hospital....

I live in California. I just went to the BRN website and went to permanent license verification. Entered my last and first name. If your name comes up with RN after you passed. If you have an IPN number you can check it there. IF you fail, they ...

I am not familiar with those other schools. I am going to go to work for Northridge. It was the first place that I applied. Los Robles is having a job fair this Friday from 1-4, they are doing interviews at the faire. Cost of living in SB is stee...

I live in Camarillo and will be commuting to Northridge Hospital. The local hospitals, St John's Regional, St. John's Pleasant Valley, Ventura County, Community welcome new grads with open arms. They all have new grad programs. I happened to get h...

Northridge hospital, Northidge, California Los Robles, Thousand Oaks St. John's, Oxnard, CA Community Memorial, Ventura, CA Santa Barbara Cottage, Santa Barbara, CA All of these hospitals have new grad programs;)

I found out this morning that I passed! WhooHoo!. I start a Versant training program in August in the ICU. Excited but scared.......:heartbeat

I also took the NCLEX today, I thought I was prepared. No kidding, I had 25 select all that apply. The computer shut off after 75. I came out of there thinking the worst. I don't know what to think about all those select all that apply?

I failed my first test the first semester. It taught me a valuable lesson, slow down and read the question, know what they are asking for. I finished with an 87. The first test with any instructor is stressful, you don't know the type of questions...

One of the things we do to learn the material is quiz each other. It is one thing to think you know the stuff and another to be able to recite it. I have a really good test taking book called Test for success, it explains how to figure out what is ...

The one thing, I recommend is a digital recorder. I loaded it on my computer and then downloaded to my ipod and listen to it in the car. If I needed to I could re-listen to any lecture on my computer and update my notes. My first half lecture inst...

I have friends that are starting the Collaborative program at Ventura College. It is associated with College of the Canyon. Everyone I know that has done the collaborative really has done well. There is a little bit of a transition when you join t...

Don't give up hope, my school's waiting list is 2-3 years. You need a 2.5 to apply, you get your number and wait. I didn't think I would start until January 2008. Our school received a grant from a hospital organization and the through the state o...

The cost of living in Salinas is alot more affordable than Monterey. Salinas is a farming community not alot going on there. Monterey is beautiful. Community hospital in Ventura is one of the hospitals that I will go to for clinical in the fourth s...

I am just finishing my first semester at Ventura College. Think of it as a new culture and a new language. We didn't think we would get through it and here we are, one semester down and 3 to go. My school is big on care plans, I spend alot of time...

Ventura is 6 hours from Monterey. Ventura, CA is located 45 minutes above Los angeles. Monterey is closer to San Francisco. The cost of living in Monterey is pretty high. Look at a map and check it out. Kay

I am 50 and in my first semester of nursing school. My class only has one other person that is 50, the rest are 30 and below. The class that is one semester before me has over half that are 45 and above. I don't think age has anything to do with i...

I have the same one, I like it too.

I am 50 and I am in my first semester of nursing school. It takes a while to get through the pre reqs. Then two years in the program. It actually goes pretty fast. I commute and hour to work each way, I can tell you from experience that commuting...

I hear each semester gets better. It does seem like this semester has gone on forever. Seems like whenever you get a handle on something they throw you a curve ball. This week they informed us that our care plan was do a day earlier. Some of us ha...