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Hi Yaliz, I am glad my posting has motivated you...I finally got to your post because I was busy orienting in my first new grad job this past week!!! For Saunders I skimmed the book and answered most of the questions at the end of the chapter. They are easier and its good review. I focused more on OB because it was my weakest area. Yeah, the letter did not really help me out at all. Just study everything again. Study as if it was your first time taking it. If you feel strong in some areas then just skim them and focus on your weak areas. For example, my weak area was also SATA's. So I would go to Barnes and Noble and use Lippencotts SATA's book and practice there without buying the book. Do about many as you can for a good hour. Doing 100-150 questions a day is really good. I feel I really benefited the most from doing the questions on that link I provided for NCLEX 3500. Even though I probably only did about 400 questions from there. I would have done more if I would have known how helpful they were (note: these questions are harder and don't feel bad if your not getting above 60%, just keep practicing). Exam Cram became easy after doing 3 tests because I felt the questions started to repeat themselves. So do about minimum 3 exams and don't feel bad if your not doing well at the beginning. As you do more tests you will do better on Exam Cram. Also, Lacharity really helped me out with prioritization. Good luck and never give up. Who cares if you bomb it again I am 100% sure you will do better the next time until you pass. Just keep trying and don't give up, you are not alone, trust me. :)

I have soft copies of all my letters of rec. (letters saved on my computer) and I just print them out. You should ask your professors for soft copies.

I have no idea about USC selection process. All I can do is hope for the best.

nursestudent2011, I got a call today as well and got my rejection, don't feel bad, we have to try USC now, UCLA's rival She told me she had 9 positions, but I did forget to ask how many applicants. Nevertheless, this was my first interview and I didn't feel it went well, I will take it as experience. Good luck to everyone else and hope you land a job in the CTICU. :)

It sure does look like it.

Thanks angel, Lacharity worked really well for me. Its highly recommended on this forum. As far as study schedule, I really did not have one. I just opened the Saunders Book first and went through the areas I was weakest and then went through most of that book. I then used exam cram, NCLEX 3500, and Lacharity for questions. I never went trough peds in my studying. I did go over L&D because it was my weakest. Book Editions: Saunders- 4th Exam Cram-3rd Lacharity- 2nd Hope that helps :)

Your welcome, I wish you the best! :)

Thanks to everyone for the kind words... I hope you knock it out, but keep fighting if you don't. Glad I could help. :) I am sorry but I pulled that study guide from another person and did not understand it either. Thank you, hopefully you did pass! The test became much easier my second time after I went through Lacharity. I felt that book really helped with the questions.

I dont have any ICU experience. Thanks, I completed it March 8 I think. :)

I applied for Neuro ICU, Cardiothoracic ICU, and Adult ICU (cant remember the last one. I have not checked my status. I will check right now. Ok just checked and it says "We have contacted you for an interview". So, I guess it did not change. Thanks for everything and good luck to you too!

I guess I passed my phone interview because UCLA called me this afternoon and left me a message to call them back for an scheduled April Interview. I wish everyone luck and hope I can make it!

Hey Goody, Good luck and hope you made it. Your right, there really was no way to prepare for the phone interview. I read somewhere they would notify us until May but I am not 100% sure. I was thinking of calling the HR department to ask them. Maybe someone can chime in and let us know.

PPHeeeewww! I just got done with my phone interview. I took a little less than an hour and a half. I will admit I started getting tired towards the end. I don't feel there is any way to prepare for it, they were all pretty easy straight forward questions. I hope I passed it so I can at least move on to an in person interview for experience. Good luck to everyone. :) I feel like celebrating for getting through this, haha.

I got called today from Talent Plus and scheduled my phone interview for next week. Wish me luck and good luck to everyone else. :)

This thread makes me laugh because people on here are so excited about just being able to apply. I am not trying to be a downer or anything but marvel at how hard we have all worked and how difficult it is to even be able to apply to a position. I applied as well and got a call from HR asking what I did to avoid the assessment. She explained there was a glitch and for some reason several candidates did not receive the assessment. I explained how I went through the process and said it never came up for me. I was then able to ask her how many applicants they had and she said about 1000 so far. So there had been 1000 applicants in a little over 24 hrs. I was amazed and she said if I did not hear anything by the end of the first week of April then my application had been overlooked, denied, or they had moved on to other applicants. So, if you don't hear from them by the end of April you did not get the job. I wish everyone luck and hope this gives everyone some anxiety relief.