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Congratulations to all those who passed the exam, the wait was definately brutal, and for those that weren't successful you need to remember that this exam wasn't easy for anyone; like most of us, i always said that for every question i was able to narrow the answers down to 2, and thereafter just had to guess, and if the rest of us used this approach throughout the exam it just shows that some of us were just better guessers than others. Review your scores and if you were just a few points off from passing don't change ur studying techniques, just maybe spend more time reviewing more difficult questions because that CRNE prep guide was not sufficient at all...Mosby's may be a better option. And for the passing score of 151, you have to remember that it is not out of 300 its out of 260 because there were 40 experimental questions that do not count towards our scores so the actual pass rate was around 60%. Which should make the public feel a bit safe...Good luck to everyone in all your future endeavors, i wish the best for all of you!!

Mac's nursing program is definately grueling. I just graduated from Mac this year and personally found the program to be very very different. If you're the type of person that loves working in small groups, writing endless papers, and learning things on your own and at your own pace, you might like it; but if you feel you need some structure and direction like lectures and such, when it comes to how you're taught , it doesn't necessarily cater to those students. Although it does take a different approach to the learning process its still a very good program. Try your luck, apply to both Mac and Mohawk, and see what happens, both sites are basically identical, the only differences are that if you get into Mohawk the majority of your electives will be taken there, and you'll have mostly Mohawk professors ( college professors are definately more lenient).......Just remember that once you're done all students from both sites are regarded as equal, you both graduate with the same degree....I hope that helps oooo and about the extra courses they are asking you to take, don't do it if you don't have to, see if any another school will let you get right into their program.

For me I think the perfect nursing watch should for sure have a 24 hour clock, but I think a vibrating alarm clock would be useful as well. With just being a student, I found the hardest thing to sometimes remember was when to give meds and times to complete tasks and such. So a vibrating watch that allows you to set more than 1 alarm would be ideal..has anyone seen anything of the sort?

That's all great iadvice guys...thanks a lot. I think i was just concerned about being able to make enough money, and by the looks of it, it sounds like i can still make full time hours if I really wanted to, and i've heard to that i'd probably make $2 or $3 more an hour in lieu of the benefits full timers recieve. One question i still kind of needed answered was how much notice are you usually given when it comes to picking up shifts above and beyond those given to you on a schedule. Are you always called 1-hour before a shift or are you sometimes given a few days notice?

Thanks for the reply. I think my biggest concern is that with this New graduate Guarantee that the government is funding, finding a full time job should be much easier (when the program ran last year, over 85% of new grads were merged into a full time position after their orientation), and i guess my concern is that if finding full time is that common, should i necessarily be settling? I'm just really interested to know how it feels never really knowing your work schedule as a partimer. I know there is some flexibility in working part time, but when you would really like the hours doesn't it start to feel like your life revolves around waiting for that phone call from work to tell you to come in?

I recently just got offered my first nursing job here in Ontario, and although i really could use the hours, there are no full time positions available on the unit at this time. I was interested in finding out how people felt about working part time. What would i lose? What would i have to gain?

I recently just got offered my first nursing job and although i really could use the hours, there are no full time positions available on the unit at this time. I was interested in finding out how people felt about working part time. What would i lose? What would i have to gain?