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When you applied for a position and it asks you if you have been convicted of a felony, what did you put? Especially for online applications? I don't know if it's because I don't have experience or it's the criminal charge that I'm not getting a call back or they are just not hiring? I have a long story in which I was falsely accused and felt I didn't have enough evidence to go against my old roommate so I ended up going through the Pretrial Intervention Program (didn't know I was saying I was "guilty"!). The incidence happened over nine years ago but I didn't finish the PTI until 2007. Anyone have any advice or comments?

I would like to add that it took me three tries as well. A good study tool I used for the last two times was Hurst Review online. Study it inside and out, memorize, learn, and know it! It pretty much is the basis of everything you've learned in Nursing school in a nutshell and I feel it does help with critical thinking skills in real life. Kaplan was ok but I feel there was too much information and overwhelming. I think it took me a third time b/c I didn't apply myself the second and plus I was pregnant and distracted a lot. But besides all that, Hurst is the way to go. Keep at it for those who struggle (as do I) at studying and stay the course. The hard part was nursing school. Spend a few hours a day until D-day and apply yourself. It's a great feeling once you get your license in the mail!

Sorry to hear about your first weeks experience. I have experienced a bit of cliques during my time too and I thought the same thing like shouldn't we past that, this isn't middle school anymore. Oh well, we have to look ahead and do the best we can. It was weird because they would say "hey" to me individually but when it came to studying I heard from none of them. There was one attempt to meet up but when I showed up they decided to split 5 minutes later. As students we should help one another out instead of trying to be the brown-noser or better than everyone else and they can struggle kind of mentality. I'm sure everyone at your campus is not like that and hopefully you can stick it out. It does suck that this campus is also not the best and it's feeling like that for you. Either way, do what you can, get with those that are not the mean ones, and or transfer. There's always options and if there isn't go to the dean. Hopefully he/she is understanding.

I didn't think there was more Pharmacology either? We took ours our first semester and all I can say is learn drugs by memorization (make cards for sure), go over lecture notes and power points (if your teacher has them available). The course objectives in the book also help to b/c they pretty much summarize the whole chapter or at least are the meat and potatoes of the unit. I hated Pharmacology but I am learning to appreciate it more as I deal w/ them during clinical. Good luck!