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I work for a facility owned by Nexcare Health Systems. Since Southeast MI is huge you can go on to their site and see which is near you, they have 17 facilities. I went in and applied to my facility in person. Out of the 50 or so applications that I completed online, this was the only call back that I got. I'm newly licensed. I passed NCLEX-PN in January and started orientation March 4. I hope this helps.

Thank you, I will look into that one.

Thank you. Yesterday they advised that we can use one, but we have to ask the instructor prior to each lecture to ensure that they are not discussing any sensitive topics for that day.

I am thinking about getting a digital voice recorder for my lectures. Has anyone else decided to do the same? If you have already purchased one and like, can you recommend a good one under $50.

Oh my, I am living in the wrong state.........That is awesome!! I would be doing the happy dance if that was all that I had to pay.

I start Sept. 4, my program is 12 months and we start clinicals the second week of school, twice a week. My first round is from 7am-2:30pm. I was surprised that we went so soon after starting.

Hello there MikaTheNurse, I start Sept. 4 with dturnin. I took my pre-reqs at MCC, except the math and pharm (which has to be taken with them). As dturnin stated that class was very intense. I had little time for much of anything besides studying. I took it this summer, along with three other summer classes (I don't work) and I passed with above the minimum that was needed. It's hard, but able to be done. I like everything, thus far, and I am super excited. Our cohort will be at the school Monday-Wednesday and clinicals either Thu/Fri or Sat/Sun. You can start taking your pre-reqs prior to applying for the program. If you plan to bridge over later, I would suggest taking most of them at the community college level so you get credit for them, if you take it at OU Riverview its not transferable to any other school. I hope this info helps with your decision.

Hello there mattschonste15. Two weeks down already, cool. So have you been doing as most threads about the first couple of weeks state?...reading, reading and more reading. (I start 9-4 and they already have us reading). I'm glad that you decided to join this thread and best wishes in your nursing program.

Hi there SushiJoe, I'm glad that you are fine after your accident. Sometimes our life triumphs as well as tragedies help us to make decisions for our future. I know about the wait list stories or as some schools state "we have no wait list". Ok, so technically they have no wait list, but you have to apply three years in a row to get in because they only take 40 to 50 students per cohort. This is the reason I went for lpn. I wish you much success throughout your nursing career.

$100, wow! Did you get your books from Amazon? We were told the we should purchase two clinical uniforms as well. Fortunately they only want a certain color. I purchased my four sets of lab (clearance) and four sets of clinical scrubs, lab coat, socks and shoes for around $150on allheart.com. Coming out of pocket can get expensive.

Pharmacology, hands down. I did very well in both, but Pharmacology was much harder. It started us on the critical thinking path and my A & P was more memorization.

I have five books for my first semester, which are not covered in my tuition and I was advised to purchase care plan books and a medical dictionary. I purchased those from Amazon for a cheap price. They also advised that we will need our Pharmacology book for Med/Surg. I have no clue about the rest of the year.

Hello ladies and gentlemen, I wanted to make a thread only for our men. We know we women dominate the nursing field and I just want to show appreciation for our men. We kneed them in our field and I want to acknowledge that they are out there and are on allnurses. I have seen a few chime in every know and then on threads, but fellas this thread is for you. Fell free to give your state and anticipated graduation date, or prior graduation date and if you found any difficulty on deciding on going into your program. Remember "this thread is for you!" :cheers:

That is a great price to to for school. Your tuition, books and uniforms were less than my tuition alone. It's amazing to see all the vast range of tuition rates.

Wow, I can see why everything would be included. Ok, now I don't feel bad for paying for books and scrubs.

This is helpful nursefrances, I an a new lpn student and I have spent hours and hours trying on scrubs. I ordered some online which stated they ran large and the top fit fine, but I couldn't get the bottoms over my rump and hips. I didn't know they even made stretch scrubs. Thank you, I will be on the hunt for those.

Hell everyone, I'm in MI and just finished my Pharmacology and it is a pre-req at my school. I start my cohort Sept. 4.

Hello, I start my cohort Sept. 4, 2012 and I am very excited. I am not going to work during that time. I know some people say that they will work. I have a friend in an LPN program at a different school and she is still working full time and she says she doesn't know if she is going or coming sometimes. I know everyone has a different situation. I've been told that our program is a lot to add to a full time job. My program is 12 months. I hope that I don't put on a pound. Good luck!!

I passed my math and pharm with flying colors and since all of my other pre-reqs are done I have moved up, I start September 4.

Hello, I'm from Michigan and I start September 4 and I am very excited. Congratulations everyone!

Hi SushiJoe. We had to pay a seat deposit which includes 2 patches, scissors, pen light, stethoscope. Our clinical uniform is a minimum of 2 scrubs, white lab jacket, white tie up or slip on shoes, white socks/hose and a white watch. I paid for those and some extra scrubs to wear to class.

Hello everyone, I'm a little curious if you were required to pay separately for your uniform and books or if they were included in your tuition. Can you include your state and amount of tuition. I'm in MI, my tuition is $8000 and I pay for my own uniforms and books.

I'm in Michigan and my cohort starts September 4. We were already given chapters to read, so I'm reading now and taking notes.

Good luck tlanise, everyone has to do what is best for their situation. I think that is one of the schools that I looked into. Is that the school that is in Canton?

Hey Sirena922, I tried to respond to your pm, but I don't think it went through. I took my A & P at Macomb. When you check on Pace on OU's site it shows the name of the teacher.