monica969

You can apply as a float in a hospital or clinic. The other option is look for private care or home health care agency. These may not be where you want to work but it will get you experience you need. Another way you can go back to the places where you did your clinicals and see if they are hiring, talk to the nurses that you met there. At my clinicals the nurses I met gave me their name and contact number to apply. I hope this helps.

I just started with peds and I am still shadowing. I was wondering how much Xylo do you mix with Rocephin?

the pre-req test is not too difficult, not too detailed. i unfortunately did not pass that test but in a way i'm glad i didn't. i got a lot from the essential bio class, i got to know the teacher who taught A & P and met my friends there which formed into my study buddies. The three of us all passed the exit exam and graduated with honors. there was maybe 2-3 nuturition questions, i can't even remember them, mostly bio and general science. which campus are you planning on going to?

For Gurnik, I passed the entrance exam but not the challenge, even though I have a BS in Biology. But I was actually glad I didn't pass the challenge test because it made me a better student and I got to know the teacher who was going to teach the A & P course and met my nursing friends there as well. Over all I passed my Hesi test which is your exit test the first time and graduated with honors. The pre-req challenge test is not too much into detail and nutrition is probably like 2-3 questions and the rest very simply bio and other sciences. which campus are you going to?

the entrance test was easy, it is more like a test for what level of knowledge you have. if you don't pass it just means you have to take the prereq class they offer. as for disorganization it is very minor with administrative things for clinicals but other than that all is good. i have had a good education. I am one of the top graduates, for my class. it is cheaper than unitek. as for those who pass the nclex most do pass. there is a required exit exam by hessi and it is an indicator if you pass that 90% you would pass the NCLEX. as for numbers, i dont know the exact number but i know those who took the nclex prep course passed the hessi exam and nclex first time around. it is an accelerated program. i do have a background in health care, therefore many skills and science come easy to me. my good friend was out of school for many years no background in health care but has done as well or even better than i have. for skills taught during clinicals: insertion of foley, feeding tube, wound dressing changes, injections, blood sugar checks, bathing patients in bed and out of bed, giving medications, trache suction and cleaning, nursing care plans, assessments. this is what i have learned. if i were you i would visit each school and look at their lab, or ask permission to sit in for a few min in a class. i didn't do that, i chose this school because of night school, it worked with my work. i quit my job and got a part time job to go to school. so look at those as well. with my clinicals i have received invitations to apply for jobs and use them as reference at the clinical site. hope that helps

I am in the LVN program at Gurnik and I graduate this april and take my boards in June. I like the program because it has night classes. I work part time and go to night classes. it is 14th months long. there are a few student who did not make it as far as I am because they didnt commit to studying. I would say this is a good school, other students in may class may say it is not that great because it seems unorganized, but when I've talked to my friends in RN programs in universities their school is the same way. Clinicals are ok, not as acute because again we are LVN in training not RNs. My grades are at the top, and so are my friends but it is not an easy program, you really do have to study as with any program. it is 14th months straight no summer breaks just a week break for spring and 2 weeks for summer and 2-3 wks for winter. let me know if you have any questions.

If money is a lot for Unitek, I am graduating Gurnik Academy of Medical Arts, of course like with all schools some students have negative feed back because they want it to be easy. Some clinicals were ok, but hoped for more acute kinds but that's RN schools. My school cost less and will hopefully have an LVN-RN bridge program soon, just waiting for Sacramento. I am looking into Unitek's RN program too. I have heard good things about that school.

Hi, I was in a similar boat as you. I have a B.S in Biology, I was pre-med and decided to go into nursing. I will be graduating LVN school this April. I decided into LVN because I was tired of getting wait listed in the RN programs and I figured I could have been an LVN already. So I decided to earn my LVN degree and enter a bridge program and while waiting earn money. Now there are some programs that are based on space availability and there is a private one in CA that takes 8 mo for AS in RN. I live in California and face the problem of not being able to take online classes to earn an RN degree. My mom too thought LVN were nurse assistants, told her that was CNAs. I also worked as an EMT while in college and while waiting for RN schools until I decided hello, why wait around, if I can be a nurse a diff way. My suggestion is if you can get into RN program go for it, if money and time is an issue, then go for LVN and cross over. Yes I could get my masters but like you said the skill level is really diff, and the dream hospital I want to work at in Calif won't hire RN who earned it through the master's program. Of course hospitals wont advertise this but I know a person in HR that had mentioned this. But I caution you some RN schools have an expiration date on your prereq which is what I am facing. I either have to retake my expired pre req classes or go for the private school and community colleges.