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Arabianeyez, How has it been without having L&D experience? I am originally from MI (U of M alum), living in Chicago and start at UIC in August for CNM. I have no L&D experience, my background is all adult ICU and it makes me a little nervous Any advice??

Geriatricnursing, I interviewed Feb 23 with somebody from the CMN program. I unfortunately don't know how many individuals were they selected out of each subgroup. Midwifery stuff seemed very separate from the NP program. We didn't discuss anything but the Midwifery program. Sorry I can't be of more help! I hope you hear soon!! Good luck!!

Hi ehealy3, I graduated from the University of Michigan in 2009. I moved to Chicago after graduating and have worked here (MICU/CCU) for the last 2 years. My experience is pretty unrelated to Midwifery but I have a gut feeling about this so I am going with it! So far, I am planning on attending part time as I don't know if I can afford to go full time. I'm planning on the 3 year plan but I really just need to sit down with the advisor and see how I can work it out! How about you? Are you planning on going part time or full time? Do you like UIC?

Hi everyone! I just found out friday that I was accepted to the Midwifery program at UIC for Fall 2011! Anybody else out there? I'm so excited!

This is a very, very bad idea. No manager will agree to make a random appointment with you, let alone offer you a position if you barge into their office demanding an interview. You will find that it is hard enough to get a manager on the phone! Being overly aggressive, forceful, and dishonest will not do anything in your favor. You will just hurt your chances of employment if you use the tactics you talk about. I graduated in May 2009 when the job market was just as bad, if not worse for new grads. Many of my classmates went to work in retail or food service until they could find a nursing job. A few months before graduating I called HR of hospitals I was interested in and asked what kind of positions they would have available for new graduates and what time of year they hire new graduates. When you get closer to graduation, apply for as many jobs as you can and follow up on the applications you submit by calling HR. Do not call the manager directly, they often have no idea who is applying until HR presents them with applications that fit the type of employee they are looking for. Call HR a few days later and say you just wanted to follow up on an application you submitted. You can ask if there is any other information you could supply them and tell them you look forward to hearing from them. You need to be humble and respectful, people will respond much more positively. There is nothing wrong with being persistent, but do so appropriately.

Hi everyone! My name is Karyn and I am currently a CCU nurse in Chicago. Although I currently work ICU, I am an aspiring Midwife! I have applied to UIC for fall 2011. I was wondering if anybody here has attended UIC that did not have L&D experience prior to starting school. I could not find anywhere that they have a L&D requirement for the CNM program but I believe that have had that requirement in the past. Anybody know my chances? Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!

I am a new grad and have been working in an MICU since July. I just took ACLS and had to do a megacode. Basically, I just looked over my cards and would think to myself through each scenario. I would actually picture myself walking into a room and finding a patient in each situation. I know this probably doesn't help you that much but it really is about memorization and critical thinking. Knowing the drugs, what they do and what they are used for will help you remember the algorithms. Also remember what needs to be immediately defibrillated or cardioverted will knock out a couple of algorithms. Hope that helps a little!

The trick worked for me as well! I took my exam Friday, came home and it wouldn't let me pay. Gave me the "You have recently taken the exam, contact your BON, etc" message and I found out just now that I passed!!!!

ME TOO!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!

I haven't slept in days and have to worst heartburn ever... I finished about this time on Friday with 75 questions so hopefully mine will be up soon. I did try the PV trick and it wouldn't let me go to the payment screen and came up with the "You have recently taken this exam... Contact your BON... Cannot reschedule" message so hopefully that is a good sign???

Hello everyone! I took my NCLEX-RN on Friday at 8 a.m. Does anybody know if you can get the quick results on a Sunday? Or am I wasting my time sitting at my computer checking to see if my results are up? Thanks!!

Does anybody know if the Saunders 4th ed. c.d. is good for studying pharm? That is mostly what I have been using so I hope it's a decent tool for studying pharm that may be on the NCLEX.

Hey everybody, I take my NCLEX-RN Friday morning at 8. I have been doing the Saunders c.d. and getting high 70's on the tests. I have also been doing Kaplan Qbank. My overall percentage so far is 63%. I just purchased the Qbank so I have had no Kaplan instruction or other information. Is 63% overall decent? I have only used 84% of the materials so I may be able to raise that 63% up a bit. Any info or any personal experiences would be awesome!! I am soo nervous! Thank you!!

Hi everyone, I took the ATI predictor exam and didn't do so well on a lot of the pharm questions. I am taking the NCLEX on June 13 and am ramping up my studying. What should I do for pharm stuff? Are any of the pre-made pharm flash cards good? Any other good resources? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!

Very good point. I am definitely not afraid to ask for help and am very comfortable admitting what I don't know. I was going to talk about it in the interview (hopefully) but I hadn't thought about the possibility of doing it this way.