dibenson

This was very disappointing. I spent 2.5 hours reading through all the material, just to find out at the end that credit cannot be given for this course as the time for it has expired. That should have been made clear up front.

Wow, you got a scholarship, fully paid? Oh, I wish. Life is hard, but take opportunity when its knocking. Everything will work out, you will find a way. The education is something that will stay with you, get it while you can. It's way harder to go back later (many never do). Congratulations. And, good luck.

Hi, I did a little travel nursing last year, two assignments. First I went to Maine, had a luxury condo right on the ocean at Old Orchard Beach right next to the pier. It was great. Then I went to Oregon, and things weren't so well. The company didn't get me housing right away, (when they did, it was good), but what soured me was they did not reimburse me for the motels I stayed in while waiting to start the job, as my license got delayed and hence the job. But Oregon has a lot of travel nurses from many agencies. The biggest thing I got from them to tell you is that all the agencies get the same money for you to work that contract. The different agencies cut the pie different. So you have decide how you want the pie cut. There is an agency that does not supply your housing, but they pay you $850 a wk tax free for your housing/food. Personally, I think you will make out best doing that. But if you don't want the hassle of the monthly bills, setting up the electric, getting furniture etc, then let them do it and you will still make out good. Good Luck. If I didn't have my house, I would still be traveling.:nuke:

Personally, in my opinion, the sooner you take the test the better. Less chance of losing the information you've learned. What I did, while in school, was make up some tests. I made the questions, and the answers and passed them out to my small study group, and took my test a couple days later and surprisingly, I struggled with some of those tests, even though I made them. It helped me though, and that was what I needed. I did pass the NCLEX without taking another class, or a course about the test. This was after being out of high school for 20 years with 3 little kids at home. My self made tests were very helpful to me, and a good review at the same time. Fresh out of nursing school you know a little of everything, and thats what you need. You will lose some of that information later, as you don't use it all in practice. Good Luck.