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Hey everyone! Here's the long story short, I am a new graduate (May 2010) Started work as an RN in the beginning of July. I work in the med center in Houston as a clinical nurse. I absolutely hate working weekends and holidays. I know I signed up for that but it really gets me down for the whole week leading up to it that I can't pep myself up or get out of the rut. Anyways I applied for some school nursing jobs, because I have always been interested ( i used to want to be a teacher). A school that's 15 minutes away (and where I don't have to pay 65 dollars per month to park!) called and I have an interview with the principal and the head of the school health dept on the same day. It's 32 hours a week, no weekends or holidays and I think the summer off as well. These are all great perks, I'm just curious about what exactly a school nurse does and how the pay is in Houston. On the post it said like 44,500-70,000 so that seems fine but i'm sure I'll find out when I go to interview. Also I talked to some girls a work and they really think I should stay and get more clinical experience which I know is good, but I know I don't want to stay there forever so why not take a good opportunity if it falls in my lap? Any advice out there? Thank you! :redbeathe

Hey everyone! Here's the long story short, I am a new graduate (May 2010) Started work as an RN in the beginning of July. I work in the med center in Houston as a clinical nurse. I absolutely hate working weekends and holidays. I know I signed up for that but it really gets me down for the whole week leading up to it that I can't pep myself up or get out of the rut. Anyways I applied for some school nursing jobs, because I have always been interested ( i used to want to be a teacher). A school that's 15 minutes away (and where I don't have to pay 65 dollars per month to park!) called and I have an interview with the principal and the head of the school health dept on the same day. It's 32 hours a week, no weekends or holidays and I think the summer off as well. These are all great perks, I'm just curious about what exactly a school nurse does and how the pay is in Houston. On the post it said like 44,500-70,000 so that seems fine but i'm sure I'll find out when I go to interview. Also I talked to some girls a work and they really think I should stay and get more clinical experience which I know is good, but I know I don't want to stay there forever so why not take a good opportunity if it falls in my lap? Any advice out there? Thank you! :redbeathe

PVT worked for me! Took the NCLEX Monday, 75 questions, checked as soon as I got home (about 20 minutes later) and a million times there after and got the good pop up every time! Checked the quick results today and it was a pass!!!!

Hello everyone! I start my accelerated nursing program on Tuesday, so I have been spending a lot of time on these boards and for some reason I am comparing nursing school to pledging a sorority. When i graduated with my BS i was in a sorority (probably one of the most fun times of my life!) and all i hear about is nurses eating their young and picking on the weak. I'm sure this doesn't happen all the time but I feel like it's going to be like the sorority all over again, just not fun! The older have the power over the younger, blah blah. Does anyone else feel like it was like that? I may be WAY off base, my imagination is running wild!

I'm having my boyfriend drop me off because I live close too! We're like young kids being dropped off :) It saves money and stress of parking, and will give us a little extra sleep!

Hello everyone! I am starting an Accelerated BSN program in just over 2 weeks and I was curious about studying tips. I've always been one that gets distracted easily, by thoughts, noises, etc. while studying. In my first BSN it was never much of an issue because I got my BS in advertising which was mostly creative, designing and ideas and never tests and stuff (no studying involved). While taking prereqs for NS I had to take harder classes, Micro, A&P I and II and others, all of which I got A's in but i used an overlearning method. I made note cards and said it over and over until I could recite the card with no mistakes. I would like to try other things, so do you have any tips for what kind of studying worked for you? Thanks in advance everyone and have a happy Mother's Day :)

Thank you so much! That is so sweet of you to take time out of your schedule to help the wondering out! Have a great night/weekend : )

Hey Ellie! I am working until the 21st and finishing up classes as well. Busy busy already! What's the link to the FB group? I want to join! Can you PM it to me? I haven't bought anything yet, I am trying SO HARD to wait until orientation is over and until i hear about FA and Scholarships. What have you bought already? I can't wait to register either, but sadly my class at HCC is still going and grades won't be posted for another week at least. Oh well! I need to be more positive, I will make it, I have no other choice! It's time to put my positive pants on : )

I didn't know there was a FB group, what's the name of it?

Finally home from work! I interviewed on the 2nd to last date I believe...Wed Feb 11th I think it was, you?

Haha i know! We had one guy there when we interviewed, did you have any in your group? I sometimes think I got in for the interview because my name is Alex and they probably thought I was a guy because it's spelled Alexandre! Oh well, however it happened it did : )

I know! 9-4 is a long time for an orientation. I hear that we meet all the professors, meet with our advisors, get book lists etc. It's also the same for the traditional program, so there will be about 200 people I think. I hope we get lunch! I won't make it all day I am curious about the ages too. At my interview session, everyone looked like they were in the same age range as me, mid 20's. But I am sure it will differ somewhat.

I think we all feel that way! I can't wait for orientation, I know it will give us a better understanding of everything. I wonder how often we will be in classes, when clinicals will start and how many hours a week we will be in a hospital. I know we only have a week, but it feels like forever away!

I think that's an awesome idea! We are definitely going to be together a lot and start study groups and stuff. I'm up for drinks (since it may be the last in a long time!) : )

Thanks for the info! I went to Central Michigan University (moved to Houston 2 years ago). I got my B.S. in Journalism and Advertising. I always wanted to be a nurse, but got swept away in creative things at school. I love advertising but I can't live my life sitting at a computer all day long. I love people and have always had the desire to make them feel better so I knew it was time for a change. I didn't think I would get into the accelerated program with all the people that apply. I'm still in shock and super excited and even more scared I won't make it. What about you?