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I just started a new position one month ago as a new grad, it went great for the first few weeks despite my schedule being changed, but in the last week the attitude from the other NP's I work with has changed drastically. It is making my training ve...

I just finished the survey as well, but I don't have a lot of faith in change.

The job I was offered recently they just decided my shift will be weekend double shifts from 7 am to 11 pm. then one 3 pm to 11 pm a night during the week. Has anyone ever worked this, and how hard was it?

I am lining up my clinical experiences right now in my FNP program and I am trying to decide how best to use my maximum of 40 hours in a specialty. I am in the DFW area and have a few options on how to spend this finite amount of time, I have the opt...

I have discovered the B&M vs Online is a big deal obviously. Many complaints about lack of quality... so on and so forth. There are online programs out there that require every test to be proctored, skills check offs to be done in person or proct...

Some things have changed in this program that are very different from what is listed in this thread. The classes are no longer "open book" as all exams require a webcam and no papers/books/etc on the desk. The classes are 5 weeks and 11 weeks respect...

Any floor nurses out there that went right back to work after a cancer diagnosis? This is long and kind of raw for me, but here goes. I am 27 and was recently diagnosed with cervical cancer and need a hysterectomy and chemo/radiation. I currently wo...

I will be taking my Hesi A2 entrance exam in less than a month and I'm a little nervous about the AP section. I will have two chances to take this test (one in February and one in September) before I apply for the program in October. To be competitiv...

Thanks Briterz, I'm looking forward to it. Laffitte, straight A students were making 50's and 60's on the first two tests, and were happy to make a C in the class. There will be a different teacher doing the class next semester so it might be differe...

So we started Nursing Skills 2 a couple days after spring semester ended. We also started Med/Surg class then. We had that until the beginning of July. We had some overlapping of skills and clinicals, those were 3 days a week, so most I believe were ...

We got about 3 weeks off from the end of July to the end of August, my group started last spring.

Good luck to everyone coming in for the spring!! Be prepared for last minute schedule changes, and extra money requested at random. They will tell you to get a PCT job, then tell you that you shouldn't work in the program. To clarify on the pediatric...

Texas is a really large state, what area are you wanting to know about?

I think working is definitely possible during school. Try to work somewhere that you can change your schedule at a whim. Clinical days can get changed at last minute, extra classes added, and we have no power to change it. My clinical group was the o...

If you want to get into a nursing program in Dallas, it will take at least a year. The ADN programs like Brookhaven, Mountain View, and El Centro require the prerequisites and most of the support classes (like pharmacology and pathophysiology) before...

Do you guys think Sulphur Springs, and Commerce areas are far enough outside of Dallas for a fighting chance?

This thread makes me nervous. My husband has the mindset that if I make good grades, and apply and accept any position that comes at me after graduation I won't have to worry. From the tone of this thread and others I don't know how likely that is th...

Go to sweatmonkey.com to sign up for that and look at where you can do your volunteer hours. I did mine at a hospice listed on sweatmonkey. I was told that the hours needed to be done within the semester, and you have to do hours every semester, even...

In case any of you were interested here is just a few tips for those of you starting this fall... We are only allowed to wear our brookhaven scrubs to our nursing classes/labs/etc, I'm not sure how that will work when you are first starting because y...

No we didn't need the access code for that class or the cd. We could even use an older edition (8th) if we wanted to.

You will be emailed your schedule by AC and when you get that you have to enroll in the courses she tells you to.

Congratulations to everyone who got in!!! Just a few tips to save you guys money, time, and sanity... Don't go buy special scrubs, they just told us a couple weeks ago that our uniform scrubs will be required in lecture starting this summer. The fou...

I know I wasn't the original poster about the scheduling nightmares, but to name a few... Class days changing with little notice, having to do clinicals on a holiday that we were supposed to get off, clinical days being changed or added with little o...

Briterz, if it's the same as last semester you won't know until your sitting at the table what question you will receive. But some of the questions repeat, so someone asked something earlier, might be the same question you get later. So pay attention...

A few that I remember were "what do you think nursing is, and why do you want to become a nurse" or "How do you prioritize when you already have too much to do" and the hardest I think... "define skills, knowledge, and morals in reference to nursing,...