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I haven't read the other comments my only suggestion would be go with what is in demand in your area. In my area they aren't really hiring LPN's and are actually phasing them out.

:w00t: Congrats! I'm a new grad also and I had my first interview yesterday and the second part to the interview is next Tuesday.

I agree with Saunders books. My school also made every test question NCLEX style. I would study all my materials from class and then look up the section we were studying in my NCLEX book and read the entire section. Sometimes it gave some better tips on how to remember and learn things. I also would do the questions for that section to help me as well.

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I went to a diploma RN program and we had over 1200 hours

I've been applying since January and haven't even gotten an interview so hope you have better luck than I am having!

I went to a diploma school in PA for nursing and then moved to SC after graduation. Let's just say that was 8 months ago and I still have yet to even get 1 phone call for an interview. My husband is a nurse also and has tried every connection possible but everyone says they don't want new grads unless they have a BSN.

It doesn't always take 2 hours. My results went through instantly.

During your 200 semesters you will have PBL which is Problem Based Learning. They give you a scenario of a patient and you and your classmates (you will be split into small groups) have to figure out top priorities and interventions that you would do. You pretty much have to figure out what's wrong and what you would do for it. Most of them last 2 days and then you will have a day of SIM correlating to the scenario you did in PBL. The instructor's reasoning behind this is to get you to think and to learn, they say that medical students and even I guess resident's do this all the time to better themselves. It does suck because you cant really use it to help study for your test you will actually have to read the book. (wow this is why people throw a fit but seriously your an adult and in college don't expect everything to be spoon fed to you). They used to offer a test remediation on the tests that had PBL material on it so you could improve your grade up to an 84% but they recently took it away saying that people were relying on it to pass and they weren't studying. I hope this helps you.

The lady who takes the photo's isn't part of Shadyside SON she is an employee of AAA. Because Shadyside is in the AAA building we have a badge that scans us into the building if it is before 830 and to get us into the school hallways as well.

Not weird at all I want to work in an ICU because I go crazy if I don't have much to challenge my mind like machines and drips. Idk I guess I just like the really sick ones over the patients I see on the Med-Surg floors

With the IV fluid bags at my hospital there is a white port and a blue one ... the blue one is the one you pull to spike the bag

No, I haven't mainly because I'm not really sure how to approach my instructor with the situation. I don't want him to think I'm like trying to cause trouble or that I think I know everything, because believe me I don't at all. No don't quit!!! That's not how I was meaning it at all, I suck at making the sheets look nice the way I was meaning it was not that they suck at the skill its that they literally don't know how to do the skill at all. But please don't think that u should quit! Haha it's like everyone always says duct tape is good for EVERYTHING!

So I have no one that I can vent to and I really just need to get this out so if you read this fine if not oh well haha. So a short background this is week 35 in clinicals ... 16 in fundamentals and week 19 in med surg (we have 3 med surg rotations). One would think by now someone SHOULD know how to do the fundamentals like putting a patient on a bed pan, emptying a foley bag, putting on a brief, giving a patient a bath, transferring a patient from bed to wheelchair (for discharge), and what to do with the bed pan after the pt. uses it. Ok I only wish I was making these things up and all of this happened within two days and by the same person. I mean serisouly how are they still here and haven't failed out yet? I just don't understand and I'm tired of pulling her weight. I could understand if it was things that no one really has experience in BUT these things should not even be questioned right now. UGH ok vent over I feel better.