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I used ccm secrets, prime essentials course online and bought 2 sets of extra questions for ccm exam on amazon (via kindle- 150 questions for 9.99 each)

I just took it today and got a preliminary pass. I have to say that studying for This exam was pure torture. I think it was worse to study for than the nclex because at least with the nclex you had two years of school drilling the stuff into your he...

Help!! Has anyone taken this class (4 hrs) and did you do the 8 wk or 16 wk? I work full time,have two kids (13, 16) and I'm taking a pretty easy looking math 142 at ccc(3 hrs) and want to take Bio 156 online as well but I would love some feedback a...

how soon after the test does this work?

Thanks hiddencatRN...that's a good point!

How much do nurses who work in Dr's offices make anyway? I wouldn't mind making less to have lower stress and more pt. contact.

I just got the white Keen professionals...they are awesome and i got them for like 45 bucks or something recently at Sierra Trading Post. I was wearing New Balance wide white shoes....but they were sooooo ugly and reminded me of grandma shoes...haha....

Haha...yeah....it makes me cringe already. I am probably the most interested in behavioral health nursing but even they require you to put in your time on med surg. I think I might try to work at a doctor's office for less money. I'm not sure the cra...

Yeah, I almost feel like this degree is kind of useless these days bc you can't even get your foot in the door. Without a new grad program I am not going to get very good training, which I feel I need to be successful...but there are hardly any new g...

I live in N. Arizona....bad around here. The hospital is planning to either cut the new grad program out or else cut it to 10 positions only with 200 applicants expected. I will probably have to drive 1 to 2 hours out to the boon docks to get a job ...

I ran antibiotics in below the pump once...and they were a type that was not supposed to run in fast.....I almost had a heart attack. My preceptor watched me and didn't catch it either. It was awful awful awful...I don't think I will ever ever repeat...

I have never heard of psychology on the Hesi. It wasn't on mine, and I have never even seen it on any Hesi list.

I would recommend the HESI study guide. I used that one, and just got a 97 on my HESI. The math is easy but you can easily screw it up if you are not a math person and you don't memorize how to do all that stuff (that you never have to use in everyd...

Hey- Has anyone taken nutrition online at Rio? I have to take it, and I'm not sure whether to do it at CCC or online. Haven't heard great things about the nutrition classes from anyone. Thanks

I took the 16 week. There is no way I would recommend the 8 wk. unless you are really familiar w/ the material already. It's a crazy amt of work! As I recall, we started with the ecosystem, organ systems , cells, atoms, etc then onto the organelles n...

The book is called "Biology for Dummies" and I recommend it even though it does not cover everything in the bio book, it does talk about a lot of it. To get an A in the class, I read every chapter, spent a lot of time on the SYL essays and made them ...

Sorry- Just wanted to say, you CAN do it!! It is a lot of work and you really have to be dedicated. If you can, I would highly recommend taking it in person with someone. The problem with the class is that you have to figure it all out yourself and ...

Hey Guys- Just wanted to say, I took Bio 156 at Rio a year ago.... I got an A, but it is a HARD class. I am an excellent student and think I'm pretty smart, but it took seriously 20 hours a week for me b/c I had not had Bio since high school, and did...

I know! It is awful. I took Bio 156 and I don't think I have ever had to do so much work for a class in my life- and I have a bachelors degree from Univ. of Illinois!

That Bio 156 at Rio was a nightmare!! I hated it- soooooo much work and I agree with you. I felt like I was barely keeping my head above water all the time between the book reading, essays, links, labs etc. Ridiculous. I learned quite a bit but it wa...

I'm 43 and I used to be able to function on little sleep but now I can't think at all if I am sleep deprived so I can't even study!!!

UGH! How is 156 going? I took it(the 16 week) this spring and it was SOOOO much frigging work! I could not believe it! All the essays and stuff took me about 20 hours a week. I did get an A but it was so hard teaching all that stuff to myself and not...

Man that class was HARD! I don't know... maybe it's just me but I hadn't taken bio since sophomore year in High School and that was in 1980. It was probably more work than I have ever had to do for a class and I have a degree in psychology and child ...

Thanks so much for the info! I think math 142 looks really easy too. I am planning to apply to Coconino Community College up here in Flagstaff in Fall of '09. At this rate, I need to take 2 classes a semester to reach my goal. I think it's do-able, b...

thanks so much for responding! Wow, sounds like you have a really hard course load this semester! So, overall, would you say bio 156 had difficult material, or was it mainly just a lot of writing that made it hard? I haven't had biology since, seriou...