Blessed2009

Thank you for the information. I.shall.be congratulations o your new job and good luck. Do you know how much they pay for shift differentials?

Has anyone worked at this hospital? How is the work environment? Do you know the starting pay for new grads? Thanks.

I am in nursing school and I work full-time. I work weekends and some nights during the week. I always spend all my spare time studying. When I work over night, I study for like 4 hours at work. It is not easy but it is doable. I am actually doing better than most of the people in my class that do not work. I have B's in my fundamentals and medsurg classes. Time management is the key. You should also plan to say good bye to your social life. I do not have time to talk to any of my friends or hang out with them. Good Luck!!!!

I just saw this post. I am very saddened by the news. She was very helpful. MHSRIP.

Did you take the state exam? How was it?

I had elastic stocking, making occupied bed, feeding and turning on the side for the class final. For the state, I had turning on the side, weight, rom excercise for the arm and washing feet.

I am sorry to hear that. The 100 question test is just like the tests that she gave in class. If you go through your notes you will be fine. With the skills, I went through them every single day. Always remember that if you are doing a skill that involves washing a client you have to wear your gloves. When you are done with the process, empty the basin first before putting the dirty linen away. Take off your gloves, say you are washing your hands and then call light and lowering the bed. If you remember these then work on remembering what you have to do for the skills. If you have family members to practice with, then use them. Also you could go over the skill and then try and re-write everything...that helped me. Repetition helps. You tube also has some great skills videos. Let me know if you need any more help.

Yes I completed the program. We had classes for four weeks and the fifth week we had clinicals at a nursing home. After that you had to pass a skills check off before sitting for the state exam. As soon as you pass the skills check off, then you pay for the exam. I passed my exam and got my card this weekend.

This is a thread for students who were accepted into the Fall 2009 program. I started this, so that we could count down till school starts and help each other with places where we can get cheaper school supplies etc.