j450n BSN, MSN, RN

I work in the Bay Area and there are definitely people that commute from out-of-state, but the two people that I knew who did it have family/friends that they stay with while working their three 12s to help offset the costs of commuting. One colleagu...

Hi everyone, I'm hoping to relocate from Seattle to SF to be with my significant other. I have 3 years acute care/float pool/ED experience. From my research, the wages in the Bay Area are pretty enticing, but I know housing/cost of living can be rid...

Life is too short to be anything but happy. I was in a similar predicament the past few weeks. I made the transition from med/surg to ICU and thought it was for me. I quickly realized the grass is not always greener and despite people telling me to s...

Hi everyone, I'm interested in nursing informatics and have always enjoyed bridging the gap between health care and technology, moreover I've always enjoyed working with computers, figuring out how to do things in Cerner or Epic, etc. My concern is h...

Actually, just did some searching on this forum (which I should have done first). If anyone has other input, that would be great. Thanks!

Thanks for posting this OP. I'm currently in the same position right now. I don't think I have social anxiety, but I know I have performance and public speaking anxiety. I enjoy interacting with others and while most people see me as an extrovert, I ...

I'm not a new grad, but just got hired into the ICU for their critical care training program. Stanford seems like a great place to work and I'm looking forward to starting there. Wishing you guys all the best!

Not working the holidays this year; put in my two weeks and last day is the 23rd. Then moving to the Bay Area and transitioning to critical care at Stanford. I'll be spending a lot of time with family and friends during this holiday season, as this w...

Thans zzbxdo. Does anyone know how to get into critical care down there? In Seattle, all the larger hospitals have a Critical Care Consortium, where nurses looking to get into ICU apply to it and once they are hired by the ICU, they attend this cons...

Thanks for the input guys. My significant other currently goes to school in Palo Alto, so Stanford would seem like the logical choice. I'm looking at Menlo Park, Redwood City area. Mountain View doesn't seem bad either. However, UCSF really peaks my ...

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Just wanted to update and say I'm officially licensed in Cali as of 1/16. For me, aside from the wait...it was actually a painless, hassle-free process. Here's my timeline: Live Scan while I was visiting California on 10/30/14 Application sent on 11...

Thanks for the great info everyone as I just applied for endorsement as well. I did my live scan on 10/30 while I was visiting California, so I'm hoping for a quicker turnaround than the hard copy fingerprints. I hope they fix the FBI background chec...

Hi everyone! Let me preface this post by saying that in general, I am somewhat of an insatiable person. I'm pretty ambitious and always have to have a goal or some sort of "big picture" to work towards. Luckily, the beauty of nursing is that it's so ...

If so, what schools? I'll be finishing micro this fall quarter and be applying to UW, Seattle U, and Shoreline. I'm also looking to apply at a few ABSN programs out-of-state. However, I'm a little hesitant to do the latter since I'm not in a rush to...

Hi Everyone! I took the NCLEX on Friday, 7/20. I just wanted to briefly recount my experience for you all because it was unlike any other test I've ever taken. First, let me preface this by saying that I come from a liberal arts background. My first...

Thanks and congrats to you! I guess it's normal to feel like you're going to be the one exception to the PVT. :)

I got the good pop up and I took the NCLEX today. I know a couple of classmates that took it today as well and they already have "Active" licenses on the State website, but mine still says "pending." I hope I'm not the exception to the PVT...

Just took it this morning and got the good pop up as well. It was harder than I anticipated it to be. I keep being paranoid that the pop up is going to change. I definitely said a lot of prayers too!

Does it work right away? I tried searching through previous threads, but couldn't get a clear answer. Perhaps I didn't look close enough. Took the NCLEX-RN this morning and tried the trick 20 minutes after the test and got the good pop up. I'm appre...

Many thanks for the kind words & support!

Hi everyone, I've been following this thread for a couple of weeks now and have found it to be very useful and motivating to keep on studying. I want to say thanks for everyone's input and willingness to share. I am testing this coming Friday, 7/20 a...

I would highly recommend taking it. My program had two intense quarters of pathophys and that's where we learned a lot about fluid/electrolyte balance, ABGs, lab values, etc. You'll probably get some of this elsewhere in your program, but I definitel...

Taking mine on 7/20. I'm using Hurst for content review and supplementing it with Saunders for more in-depth review. I got Kaplan for free, so I'm using that for question practice. After I finish with Kaplan's QTrainers and QBank qusetions, I plan to...

I think the quality of Kaplan depends on the instructor as well and the pace that the class is doing the questions; sometimes we would spend 20 minutes on just one question. I like the concept of the Decision Tree, but when you reach Step 5, it's pre...