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Actually, my friend was a new grad in June (Seattle U) and got hired into Harborview's Neuro ICU. So it is possible! We have 4 seasons and it rains more in NYC. We just have more cloudy days. Traffic and parking used to be okay. But in the past few ...

welcome to the club :) I've only been in school for 4 weeks, but my program has been really good about letting us express our anxiety and issues. Let's just say that our communication lab is basically group therapy! Hopefully your program has some ou...

I just started nursing school 4 weeks ago and love it! But I think your experiences will depend on your program and your attitude. From the very beginning the teachers in my program told us that its no longer about the 4.0 and competing against each ...

The thing that EVERYONE keeps telling us first quarter students is to "Forget the 4.0!" .. which is extremely hard for me, but I'm slowly letting things be. Do you think you need to adjust your study style? Does your program have a Successful Test Ta...

thanks everyone! we just had library orientation today and the librarian gave us a bunch of databases we could search. so i think i'm set! =)

Does anyone know any websites where I can get/search for free nursing articles? I have to do a few presentations on articles and I can't seem to find any free articles. Help?

We have a set of 'outcomes' to answer every week - so my study group splits them up and everyone is responsible for a certain outcome. Motivation for me not to procrastinate I found that if I keep a running list in my head of things to do/read, I ge...

You CAN do it. I felt the same way during CNA training clinicals. You will learn as you go, trust me. I start my clinicals for nursing school next Monday and I know that we have at least two days of orientation. If you have orientation also, I sugges...

Hello, I start an ADN program soon and just wanted to get an idea of what trauma centers there are in CA. It is still really early to be looking at hospitals to work at, but I'm curious. What are the Level I trauma centers in the state (mainly the SF...

That's so unfortunate! I'm sure if you call them first thing tomorrow and explain your situation, they'll give you a chance. I mean, it can't hurt trying right? Good luck!

I'm kind of in the same situation where money is tight. So I have to spend my money wisely. Aside from all the required stuff for the program (tuition, textbooks, uniform, stethescope, penlight, nametag), I only bought dividers. But then again I have...

What does everyone think of studying NCLEX review books while in nursing school?

okay, thanks everyone! Saunders seems to be the popular choice - I'll check it out.

Congratulations to all those who passed the Philippine boards! My cousin was one among the many. She is now looking to take the CGFNS exam, NCLEX, and TOEFL. Does anyone know of CGFNS review centers in Manila?

I haven't started my program yet, but we have a 2-hr skills lab each week - in which I assume they'll be teaching us skills. We also have a book, Kozier & Erb's Techniques in Clinical nursing, that goes through a bunch of skills. If your instruct...

For my state, WA, changing a brief wasn't on our list of tested skills - thankfully! I really didn't want to get catheter or peri care. I ended up getting: washing hands, feeding, partial bed bath, fingernail care, and recording pulse. My advice for ...

I would talk to my clinical instructor if I were you. Is it just that you're not getting the chance to perform the procedures that other students are performing? Maybe you should try finding a nurse tech position.

I have a couple of syllabi - one is about 55 pgs for 2 classes and the other is 99 pgs for 3 classes. I don't think either is too big, considering that each of them contain handouts and "outcomes" for each week.

So I enter an ADN program in two weeks and I've decided not to work for the first quarter. When I was earning my BS degree, I made the mistake of working too much and therefore sacrificing study time. I don't want to make the same mistake again. I ha...

As for memorizing parts of the body - especially bones and muscles - photocopy a picture (which you can easily get online) of whatever you're studying at the moment and draw lines coming off each part. Then use that as a study guide. That really help...

Thanks everyone! queenjean I don't see how you do it, but congratulations! locolorenzo, do you work as a CNA/HA? So I think I'm going to take my first quarter off, just to see how everything goes, and then find a job afterwards. Luckily I've saved en...

Go here: http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/apl/index.html You can look for positions for both the Univ of WA Med Center and Harborview Med Center at this site. When you reach the website just click External Applicant Login and in Category, choo...

Go on a ferry ride on a clear day (the Seattle-Bremerton ride has nice views of Mt. Rainier), go shopping around the college neighborhoods - Broadway, the Ave (University Way), and the U Village. Visit Gas Works park, go canoeing on Lake Washington, ...

I have a friend who got accepted to OHSU and another who got an interview at the U of WA. The one that got accepted to OHSU majored in Spanish and did a spring break thing where he went into rural WA and observed the clinics. My other friend who got ...

Have you applied to Shoreline?