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  1. Truman or daley college..."represent your school" what school r u attending ?

    RossayRN replied to BABYGIRLCHAS's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Congrats!

  2. Taking HESI EXIT friday!

    RossayRN posted a topic in General Students

    Taking HESI Exit exam Friday. Anybody have any tips for studying out side of doing a ton of questions

  3. Taking HESI EXIT friday!

    RossayRN replied to RossayRN's topic in General Students

    Honestly, the area isn't good but it's not the worst I've seen either. It will be difficult being that you are coming here from another state and you will probably be staying on campus which I think...

  4. Taking HESI EXIT friday!

    RossayRN replied to RossayRN's topic in General Students

    wow this comment is old i didn't know i did it. maybe because no one

  5. Taking HESI EXIT friday!

    RossayRN replied to RossayRN's topic in General Students

    It wasn't easy, but it wasn't impossible. I don't think any nursing program is easy. Yes CSU uses HESI as their exit. The way I see it, if you prepare from day none of the nursing program, you will be...

  6. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    RossayRN replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Feel horrible, and frustrated. I don't go home crying (yet) but I am definitely feeling like I am never going to get the hang of this. I am starting week 4 tomorrow, and I should be up to 4 patients...

  7. acute care and ICU the same?

    RossayRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I want to get become an advanced practice nurse, and am looking at attending loyola when I get enough clinical experience. The program I am interested in is an ACNP. I need to have 2000 hours in the...

  8. acute care and ICU the same?

    RossayRN replied to RossayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your responses. I will check with that school as suggested because I work on an Med/surg unit and was planning on being there at least 2 years before trying to get into ICU or the...

  9. calling ALL newly licensed NURSES.......[3yrs<]

    RossayRN replied to NURSESrMEAN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well my fiance is a Roofer. He did a house for a guy who knows the director of patient care. Gave her a call, and she had HR pull my application and get me an interview. This took about a month from...

  10. How'd you get your job?

    RossayRN replied to dixiebelleRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As another poster said, it's who you know. I have put in a ton of Apps, got my ACLS cert. and I didn't land the job that I am starting on the 25th until my fiance (who is a roofer) put a roof on a...

  11. calling ALL newly licensed NURSES.......[3yrs<]

    RossayRN replied to NURSESrMEAN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Graduated BSN in may 2010, took passes nclex june 19th, and will start my first job October 25th. so it took me 4 months and some help from people working in the hospital to get a job. If I didn't...

  12. A question about college and RNs who got their GED.

    RossayRN replied to LeeyuhRae's topic in General Nursing

    You don't have to have an ACT or SAT at a community college, GED is all and their placement exam so they can help you set up your initial schedule and get you in refresher classes if needed before...

  13. Had Job interview today!!

    RossayRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had my second job interview (first one was July 7th) since I graduated nursing school in may. I felt really good leaving this one. I interviewed for a medsurg/oncology position. I was interviewed by...

  14. Had Job interview today!!

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

    I got the job! Start Oct 25. Thanks for your well wishes and

  15. Had Job interview today!!

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

    The nurse manager asked me first why did I want to work at that facility? Then she asked me yo recall a situation when I had to think fast under pressure, what was it, and what did I do in that...

  16. Had Job interview today!!

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

    Thanks Jadu, and the same to you! I know it's tuff but nothing we can do but keep

  17. I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

    RossayRN replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

    I totally disagree that MA should introduce themselves as nurses. why? BEcause they are NOT NURSES! Why is that so hard? if you are a licensed nurse then you are a nurse, if you didn't go to nursing...

  18. *calling all recent grads*

    RossayRN replied to vladak86's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Graduated in June and still no job yet and only 1

  19. IDPH Rural health scholarship?

    RossayRN replied to kvargas69's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I received it for 2009 and 2010. My gpa was 3.7 and my EFC was

  20. I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

    RossayRN replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

    Happens too often with MAs, CNAs, etc. My brother had me thinking his fiance's mom was a nurse and had given her some anxiety meds that were hers (I'm thinking why would she try to treat her daughter...

  21. 2nd Interview wednesday, need to vent

    RossayRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was interviewed by 2 nurses for OR clinical nurse I. The both had 3 pages of questions which they took turned going down the page asking my questions on. One emphasized several times that nursing...

  22. 2nd Interview wednesday, need to vent

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

    Lovelee, did you get the job? I am still waiting, I emailed HR lady last week and she told me that she hasn't heard anything as of yet and that she was going on vacation next week and hopefully she...

  23. Littmann Card. III for nursing school?

    RossayRN replied to bewitched's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I used my Littmann Cardiology 3 through out nursing school and will use it in my career. I had a cheap one for the first semester. It gets the job done, but then after I tried the Cardiology 3, for me...

  24. Chicago State University

    RossayRN replied to Mrfox90's topic in Illinois Nursing

    depends, there were 140 when I went there but that was in 2007, there probably more now. They only accept

  25. Schools over - stuck with 18 books

    RossayRN replied to Natingale's topic in General Nursing

    I kept my medsurg book and sold the