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When I took my NCLEX-RN I had a math dosage question for question 72, shut off at 75, I had 21 SATA, did the PVT, didn't let me reschedule. So I would say you are good to go, I have heard of a few people having a dosage question late in the test and they passed. Good luck, hope you passed.

Abotz - The LPN program from what i've heard recently is fairly easy to get accepted to. The RN program is much more competitive. They take 60 students, a friend of mine was accepted last year around the bottom of the group with a gpa of 3.1. As for being accredited, now they are accredited by the Michigan board of nursing, so I am assuming that you are talking about NLN accreditation. Now I know that they are currently not accredited through the NLN, but they are currently going through the accreditation process, when they will be i'm not sure. As for finding a job, I was hired as an LPN a few weeks before i graduated after the first year at a nursing home. I worked there during the RN year and accepted a Med/surg job a few weeks before I graduated from the RN program. I have since worked in the ICU and am now in the ED at the same hospital I was hired out of school. I know there is alot of stigma against the program's without the accreditation, but in my experience and with fellow classmates it has not been an issue. I have fellow classmates that currently work at; University of Michigan, Duluth Children hospital, Marquette general hospital, and one that works in the ED at North Memorial in St paul, MN. In my experience, the only discrimination i have heard of from Gogebic graduates is from the US military, and the Mayo Clinic which both require the NLN. The thing that you should consider is that Gogebic is probably one the cheapest and fastest way to a RN license. The pre-req requirements are managable, and it's easy enough to get in. I have spoken with a alot of nursing supervisors from many different hospitals throughout the midwest when I was pursuing my BSN degree. The general feel i got was when hospitals are looking to hire staff nurses, they are looking from RN's, they don't judge ADN vs BSN. Now this is my experience in the last few years, it could be different in different areas. let me know if you have any more questions.

Hi there, Gogebic Community College is a small college on the western end of the U.P. of Michigan that offers a LPN-RN program. Their pre-req requirements are pretty basic, and you may have most of what they require. They require that you have an active LPN license, 8 credits hours of anatomy (BIO 250 or 160) which you may already have from your LPN program you attended. There is also a 4 credit requirement in social sciences which you can take when you are in the program. I was in the in the LPN-RN program and I graduate a few years ago. I feel the program is run pretty well. There is six hours of lecture per week, some lab time and alot of clinical experience. They accept 60 RN students per year, and it is competative. Acceptance into the program is based solely on GPA (2.8 gpa is the minimum requirement), so they would base it on your GPA from your previous school. Take a look, may be furthur they you want to relocate. 2-16week semesters Tuition is $100 per credit hour With lab fee's it comes to like $4000 for a year Website: www.gogebic.edu

I know how your feeling, one patient can seem like an impossible task to accomplish when you are a student. Just relax, it get alot easier. I can remember trying to pass meds in my clinicals and feeling like I would never learn how to do it. I have been out of school for 2 months and I now on day shift at a nursing home I pass roughly 350 meds in an 8 hour shift, plus prn pain drugs, along with 5 neb treatments, 10-14 insulin injections, 10-14 accucheks, 5 dressing changes, 1 resident with a feeding tube, chart for 28 residents, order meds, call doctors, and just hope and pray no one falls, codes or dies because then I really get busy. There are mandatory breaks required and lunch to fit in. Don't worry to much, it gets easier the more you do it. Just remember the "rights" to M.A. and keep working hard. One of my instructors told me on the last day of clinicals that she intentionally tries to fluster students to see how they react. You may not feel like it helps now, but when you get out there and start doing it for real you will understand why she pushed you the way she did.

My GPA was 3.40, Pre-entrance exam score was 97%, I took a test out option for chemistry, it required a grade of 80% or better to have your chemistry class waved as a prereq (they didn't tell me my grade, just that i acheived a passing grade). There was about 100 applicants for 30 spots. My pre test score was a big help for me getting in, i was accepted 22 out of 30. I just graduated and finished third in the program with Nursing gpa of 3.92. First and second had GPAs of 4.0. I had a job three weeks before graduation, I know good grade's don't always make a good nurse, but they do help you get a job quickly. I take the NCLEX in three weeks. Good luck in your journey ahead, work hard, it's all worth it when your done.

I accepted a LPN position three weeks before I graduated in May, I started orientation the following Monday after Graduation as a GN, I am not allow any time off for three months, you work when they tell you and you have no control over your schedule, you are required to take the NCLEX within the three month period or orientation. You do earn vacation and sick time, but vacation time can not be used within the orientation period, these were the conditions I was required to accept for me to be hired. I have a wedding I would like to attend during my time of orientation, and I am not scheduled for the day of the wedding but it could change. Once my orientation process if over then I will have a regular shift with more control over my schedule. I feel it's scarafice I have to make to get the job I want. I will continue on next year to get my RN, then I will be able to pick when I work.