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  1. Is there a science portion on the NET?

    turbohound replied to SparklyGirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I checked my NET scoresheet, and the sections noted above were on it. Perhaps they don't use the non-scored test sections on every exam. Who knows. I'm sure you did wonderfully

  2. Is there a science portion on the NET?

    turbohound replied to SparklyGirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Orinda, the way it was explained to me is that they have two science sections on the NET exam. "Science Reading Comprehension", and "Basic Science" (comprised of A&P, Biology, Cellular Biology,...

  3. Is there a science portion on the NET?

    turbohound replied to SparklyGirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Orindamom, there is a science section on the NET, but it isn't used in the calculation of your composite. I took the NET last year at Samuel Merritt, with no sleep the two nights prior...

  4. Micro help please..

    turbohound replied to teampierce's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    •Energy released during certain metabolic reactions can be trapped to form ATP from ADP and VP (phosphate). Addition of a VP to a molecule is called phosphorylation. •During substrate-level...

  5. Waitlist jump for hospital employees??

    turbohound replied to Yayamaya's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Here in California, it's common. A hospital provides a grant to a nursing program and allows the program to use their hospital as a clinical site. The hospital recieves two benefits. First, they get...

  6. WASC what if a vocational school doesnt have this?

    turbohound replied to shalamar's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hi Shalamar, "WASC" refers Western Accociation of Schools and Colleges. It is one of the regional accreditation bodies for US higher education. I believe there are 5-7 in the US, broken out by...

  7. gpa to get into nursing school?

    turbohound replied to hushpupgrl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    hushpupgrl, I'm making the same transition you are (accountant to nurse) and having finished the prerequisites I can tell you that your accounting training will serve you well. if you apply the same...

  8. My inability to brown nose is holding me back in my nursing career

    turbohound replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, reading these stories leaves me a little concerned. I've just left corporate america afor the same reason, and I was hoping that nursing would be a bit more altruistic. Perhaps I'm a bit naive,...

  9. Do you know of any nurses going back for law degree?

    turbohound replied to labbio's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who was first a lawyer, and later went to nursing school. She runs her own CNA agency now, and never misses a chance to tell me that nursing school was harder then law

  10. Any one going to Oklahoma University in San Diego and get clinical at SHARP

    turbohound replied to kimvymai's topic in California Nursing

    They were only approved by the CA BON, in August

  11. What is a good book for doing Nursing Care Plans

    turbohound replied to SAL51's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who is a Critical Care nurse, and she recommended to me Delmars' Critical Care Nursing Care Plans, second edition. by Sheree Comer ISBN

  12. Should I give up the ghost now?

    turbohound replied to Jenpea71's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You won't encounter any math harder than algebra. Just basic

  13. Salary question

    turbohound replied to tiffdeandre's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work at a SNF, and the company has positions posted for new grad RNs starting at $38/hr in

  14. Sacramento ELMSN/ABSN...Anyone applying?

    turbohound replied to Nodean's topic in Post Graduate Students

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  15. Nursing School

    turbohound replied to kimvymai's topic in California Nursing

    Kimmai, Here's a link to the program. It's a 60 unit ABSN with a tuition of $32K. http://nursing.ouhsc.edu/Prospective_Students/Program_Information/AccBSNProgram.htm

  16. Prereqs for Samuel Merritt College

    turbohound replied to SparklyGirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi Orinda, I know someone who has applied to the Sacto ABSN. She said they are putting in some long hours in Admissions right

  17. Samuel Merritt College

    turbohound replied to amzyRN's topic in California Nursing

    I know someone in the program at SMC, and she said you really needed to be flexible. Because of the disorganized nature of the

  18. Contra Costa SNF

    turbohound replied to schumi's topic in California Nursing

    Hi, I used to work as a CNA in a Contra Costa county SNF (in Walnut Creek), and we used to staff about 1 RN/LVN to 25 residents. The lower accuity in SNF/LTC allows the higher patient/nurse ratio. The...

  19. Student Loans - Need lender feedbacks!

    turbohound replied to onyok's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Onyok, I'm waiting to hear from Sameul Merritt's Sacto program for January. And if I get in, it's loans, loans, and more loans. I'm surprised to hear that the people at Finacial Aid aren't steering...

  20. Calling All CNA's!

    turbohound replied to nightingale's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hi Simplylyn, I took a CNA course here in CA last year, and I'm in RN school now, so I don't need the book anymore. If you like, PM me your address and I'll send you the book. It's "Successful Nursing...

  21. Sacramento ELMSN/ABSN...Anyone applying?

    turbohound replied to Nodean's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Oh

  22. staff pay rates in the bay area?

    turbohound replied to krazenurse's topic in California Nursing

    arys1075, Here's a link to the CNA model contracts page which will give you info on current contract pay rates for Kaiser, Sutter, etc. http://www.calnurses.org/membership/model-contracts/ I recently...

  23. Repeating 1st semester of nursing school:(

    turbohound posted a topic in Male Nursing Students

    Hi, everyone has had poor experiences with instructors, good and bad. It takes all

  24. acceptance letter

    turbohound replied to angel97's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Don't worry about the calculations, it's basic algebra. And you'll learn something called Dimensional Analysis which will teach you to set-up the calculation the same way each time. Once the set-up is...

  25. Admissions Strictly By the Numbers

    turbohound replied to AtomicWoman's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In CA, nursing school admissions are about to get a lot easier for good students. Any ADN program which accepts funding from the CA Community College System will begin using a new admissions model...