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I"m 3 weeks into my new job at LTC. already been written up on my second week for forgetting to inital treatment book for 2 days that i was on orientation. I have been unemployed for over 8 months before getting this job that I HATE!!!!!! i work 7-3...

I'm not a guy, but I graduated from PN school this year. i was in a class of 48 people only 2 guys. No different in that class..I was a bit older (38) than most of the people, but it was horrible, the drama, the fights, the clicks..it was worse than ...

I passed my boards in July 2010, have applied everywhere, and do not get any responses. The best thing u can do is keep in touch with some class mates and find out where they are working, have them get u in somewhere. I am beginning to think is who ...

After nursing school was over, I took time off to study for boards, I didnt work anywhere so i decided to volunteer at the city hospital. I volunteer in the ICU department. Its been great, instead of sitting around like some volunteers do, I made ev...

*My Update*6/28/10 I just received my NCLEX PN quick results......I PASSED!!!!!!! I took my test on a saturday 2pm, received my quick results Monday around 3:30....I did the PVT each day over the weekend and kept getting the notice about not being a...

Hi meesterjojo, the develpmental math courses will only build and help u understand math better. dont look at it as a bad thing. I had to take 2 developmental math courses before i could take regular math for the prerequiste for nursing, and still i...

:barf02:took my NCLEX PN yesturday:eek:, saturday a 2pm...shut off at 102, I have been sick to my stomach since i took the test. couldnt sleep last night at all!! I do believed I bombed it!! I am SOOO worried, I just felt during the test that i was ...

my pink steth was also ruined by ink, then the ink just kept spreading all down the tubing..only had it 2 weeks during clinicals ...such a disappointment...

OMG! I start on monday and I feel like I'm going to faint. I'm so nervous, all hear is how grueling the program is, and its made me SO Afraid and second guessing if I'm really ready for this and if I'm qualified to get through it!!!:barf01:

I am so happy I found this thread..I am in the SAME situation!! I have worked so hard for the last 3 years, I am 36 yrs old, single mom w/ a mortgage..and have been accepted into the nursing program March 30th. right now I have a good job, insurance...

I just got my CNA license, trying to get a job at wellstar, any one that would take me and its IMPOSSIBLE, you can only apply online and it rejects you immediately saying "you dont qualify" what is with that???

at my school, net reading and math minimums were score of 60 for both my scenario: 1. took net july 1, deadlline was july 30th. 2. scored 97 in math , 58 in reading 3. next step was to fill out application for the program, scheduled for july 21, i ...

when reading the NET study guide there is part that explains how to master the reading part..to read with a "purpose". meaning read the question first and then read the passage, that way you know what your looking for...for some depending on how the ...

I currently work as a home health aide (CNA) 15yrs ago I worked in a nursing home, having those 2 experiences I can tell u that if you are offered a position in the hospital..TAKE IT!! not for the money, but for the experience!! Nursing home is much ...

I'm a CNA, while in school. dont work in hosp or nursing home, I do home health, cant get my foot in the door at the hospital, they want experience.

made a 97% on math, 58% on reading=DID NOT MAKE IT.. needed a 60 or higher in the reading, this was my 2nd and last chance at it for this year at my school......cried all the way home, now have to wait until 2009 to try again.

livinlife1257, hi, you might want to check in student tab, pre-nursing, csantos has a step by step explanation of what the NET test is all about and how/what to study. I am currently studying that NET book that was referenced by L&D 2b, make thi...

I have scheduled my NET test for May 2nd, I am so nervous! all I do on my down time is go over the NET study guide, I still have some issues with the reading, chosing main idea and for math some percent problems, I'm gonna keep practicing!! anyone ha...

at my school, my Intro to Health teacher said so many people were failing the Reading Comp. section, that they re-vamped the pre reqs for Nursing and made English 191 mandatory starting Spring 2009 program..I havent taken the NET test, i have been pr...

I've learned its hard to get into the medical field period. they want good people but wont give any one with out experience a chance. from CNA all the way through to RN, its an up hill battle..it kinda makes you wanna throw in the towel..I have been...

I am now a CNA...now all I need to do is find a job!!! it seems so difficult to get your foot in the door at these hospitals!

I must agree with everyone here..I also am NOT 22yrs old, I am a single mom struggling to make ends meet, working 2 jobs and going to school, and trying to keep an eye on my 14yr old son, I feel like my only chance is getting in 2009, I cant wait, I ...

Hi Yellow Finch- I did go to the HR department, they told me they changed their system and you can only apply online. Wellstar has one website for all hospitals. I would work anywhere, Marietta, Austell, Paulding, any of those hospitals in those are...

for me, if I dont get in the 2009 program, I will continue to "make the donuts" at my BORING-DEAD END 9 to 5 job.... ..also keep taking other classes and see what else I can do, right now I'm up against the NET test or the TEAS test, this worries me ...

I'm just finishing all my pre-req's, I'll be 36 this year, I began this journey back in 1991, had to take a small break (14 years long) then picked up where I left off in 2006. Now I am not stopping until I get my RN degree. Good luck to all..