Hello everyone! Just curious if anyone has taken the Neonatal CCRN and, if so, how is it? What did you do to prepare for it? A board review course, review books, etc. Also what are your thoughts on...
Thank you for the input! I would just go straight for RNC but since I dont have the required 2 years yet, I was thinking of just doing CCRN in the meantime. Just deciding if it's worth the money. Has...
Hello Everyone!!! If anyone could please give me some advice/insight it would be greatly appreciated!! I graduted with my ADN in December, passed the NCLEX in March and have been applying like crazy...
I would go straight for your RN, I wish I would have. I'm having a really hard time finding an LVN job that will allow me to get my foot in the door somewhere to get an RN job and I'm not sure where...
Hello everyone!! So I'm just wondering if any of you have worked as an LVN while getting your RN and if that has helped you get an RN job??? Since it was almost impossible to get a LVN job in a...
Thank you for the response Meriwhen. I'm definately hoping my LVN experience will give me an edge over people who don't have anything. Anyone else have any experience where this was helpful?? I'm...
Maybe it depends on the area but I just got a job as an LVN in CA in a drug & alcohol detox and rehab facility. I'm still getting used to all of my duties but mainly I give meds, talk to the...
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Kristen how do you apply for a nurse extern job? Do they post them or do you just need to contact the manager? I am in RN school now and am really hoping to get my foot in the door this summer with a...
Yes I got the Med Surg and it was just one book but I got it off amazon so I'm not sure if that makes a difference... They didn't have the clinical syllabus yet when I went.. I'm hoping when I go...
Yess they did reccommend a rolling backpack!! And to have a box in your trunk to put all of your books in so you aren't missing any when you need one. I'm trying to decide if I am going to break...
I went to get the Nutrition and back tips and the lifting and moving patients today and they said they didn't have them yet.... were they in a different section than the books? They had no idea what...
I live in orange county... but am hoping to move down closer to school. ummm as far as orientation just make sure you mail that paper to order the badges that will be sent to the school for the first...
Yes I was at the orientation. Did you guys buy all of your books yet? There were a couple I couldnt find on Amazon like the nutrition one so I'm guessing we can get them in the Palomar bookstore? Do...
Well my number went down pretty fast so maybe you'll get in for Fall 2012.... Its a long story but basically I'm in an LVN program right now and will be done in december... but I REALLY want to get my...
I didn't apply using the new points system and I couldn't see what number I was on the wait list because they had already taken it off when I went to look... what number are you? I know that a lot of...
Hello everyone!! Need some help/advice/input. Has anyone applied to and/or gotten into the RN program at Palomar college??? I have been on the wait list for almost a year and am in the 200's. If you...
I'll be done with my LVN in December and am enrolled to start the generic RN in Spring 2012.... after waiting 2 and a half years to get in I'm not about to give up my spot!!! It might sound crazy to...
Hello!!! I need some advice!! I am currently in a GREAT LVN program.. I really love it and am doing really well. Before I started this, I was set on going to ADN but of course the wait lists made me...
mariatere I go to North Orange County ROP in Anaheim...it's a really tough program and you have to stay on top of everything and cannot slack at all but I'm really learning a lot! You have to pass a...
Thank you for the offer but I just talked to ---- today and she said I'd have to be at the orientation myself if I wanted a chance to get in for the fall.... Now I just have to decide if I'm going to...
The letter said I would stay enrolled for Spring 2012 so I won't loose my spot... and I'm gunna call tomorrow to see if I could still get in for Fall even if I don't go to the orientation or if it's...
I got a letter saying I can come to the Fall 2012 orientation just in case enough people drop I can get it.......now I don't know what to do!!! I'd have to miss a day of clinicals just to go and I...