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Haha, that is a good story. Its not the chest hair I am worried about for me or anyone outside of the hospital, that is up to him, hes a guy afterall. But inside of the hospital, i feel that it disrupts the look of professionalism thats all. Just like too much makeup or crazy colored scrubs or tatoos.

Ive had my two jack russell's for about a year now and love love love them to death. One is a girl, with a lot of attitude, and the other is a boy who is the perfect lap dog (total opposite of the usual jack). He was adopted from a terrier rescue. I too have allergies to pretty much any animal with dander, so claritin seems to be working great for me. I always make sure to wash them every 3 days, depending on how long they are playing outside for. This decreases the amount of pollen and other allergens they bring back in the house when I get home. I also try to keep their fur super short too when they get groomed, almost down to a short shave. Hope this helps, I don't know what I would do if I had to give them up! :)

yay congrats!

My boyfriend is an RN as well as I and with or without chest hair, a tshirt underneath a scrub top looks better from a professional standpoint. Most hospitals require a health care provider to cover up a tatoo to make the staff member more professional. This in my mind is almost the same idea.

congrats!!

Good idea.. just use Saunders and try not to use any other resources as that can get really overwhelming.

Got mine on ebay, that was the best price I found around here. You can try Allheart scrubs on sepulveda and olympic, they have good discount prices and can even order what you want if they don't have it.

Just graduated in LA and I already had a job lined up since Feb. Most of my classmates who waited to apply after graduation in May now have jobs already and there was no wait for them either. Try UCLA or Cedars, most of my friends referred eachother and were hired almost immediately to start orientation. Good luck looking, but as far as I can tell, los angeles is the place to go!

Just took mine last sat and passed with 75. I had groups of about 4-5 SATAs in a row and then a medsurg or priority question. I had very few medication questions, but the ones I did get I was able to find out by knowing the ending of the med. I suggest you study the endings of all meds and memorize the groupings, that helped me out a lot! Prioritization was also there, but I made sure to study those types of questions on the Saunders cd over and over again. On the cd, you can choose what type of quiz questions you want, so if you are weak in certain areas you can take those more often than others.

Congrats! You must feel so relieved!

Check with your BON, but I had to pay $75 to the BON along with the paperwork that will come in the mail. Also, I had to pay the $200 again to pearson vue to retake the test. About Saunders, you should be using the 4th edition because it has all of the alternative type questions on the cd and is the latest version. Hope this helps!

You might also want to check if your school holds career fairs where all the hospitals in the area come, offer you an application and might take your resume... usually this is january or february. I graduated in May of this year, and most of my classmates and I were applying in late February. This way, you will be finished with all of the pre employment classes and paperwork by the time you take your boards and will be ready to start orientation right after without having to worry about it.

I took about a month from when I found out I failed to when I took the test again. Like you said, I read for 5 hours a day, which included doing 150 questions from the Saunder's cd. I read all the rationales and wrote down why I got the wrong ones wrong on a separate notebook (that i reviewed every night before i slept). As long as you stick to your plan and complete a goal every day, you will feel much more confident going in it for a second time.

Failed the first time at 265... Passed the second time at 75. I highly recommend Saunders and Suzanne's plan.

Exactly.. don't give up. I also failed the first time, took a week to feel bad for myself, then realized that I didn't go through all the hard years of school to just give up now. I bought the Saunder's book and read for about 5 hours a day for a month until my exam. Did about 150 questions a day and read ALL the rationales. I mean all of them. I reminded myself that I had to study like this was my first time taking the test. The day came and I took each question slowly and passed at 75. Good luck!