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OCCC has a 1 + 1 program with a vocational school. If you don't get into OCCC then you do a year for your LPN and transfer to OCCC to finish the RN. Is OSU's 1+1 similar? If you got accepted to OCU- go for it! congrats!

LOVE my sketcher shape-ups- they've saved my lower back!!

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congrats!!

very interesting. Which direction is the window facing? the sun cannot be glaring in all the time. What about timing the turning to allow for his back or side to face the window during the sunny part of the day?

Good Luck Everyone! I think keeping up with contacts is important, even just a quick email update or to say hello. If you can talk to a real person, it can get you in the door and past that HR screening program! I got a lot of rejection emails and postcards before landing this job! Honestly, Oklahoma isn't as bad off as other states. We have openings but things are a little tight for new grads- a lot of hospitals cut their residency programs this year. Hang in there!!

I'm enjoying 100+ temps in Oklahoma! You'd think after spending my entire life here, I'd be used to the heat haha As far as job stuff, networking is key. "Who you know" won't get you the job, but it might get you past HR! I stayed in touch with my instructors and also nurses I met through clinicals, & made quite a few really productive connections that way. I'll be working in spinal cord injury rehab. Should be challenging and rewarding. Really excited and nervous to start!

YEAH! Count me in the list of new grads now EMPLOYED! Graduated May 15th, 2010...passed NCLEX June 23rd....offered job July 8th. Now after all the pre-employment stuff (drug screen, vaccs, physical,background, etc) It is official!! Very blessed & thankful. I was discouraged earlier this year when I had bad experiences with job fairs! Now I work for one of the hospitals whose recruiter said "We aren't hiring new grads for any reason, under NO circumstances!" I showed him!! Good Luck to those still in search.

Not really questions for you to ask BUT- be prepared to answer "scenario" type questions : "tell me about a time that you didn't get along with a coworker, and how you handled that" "tell me about a time when you dealt with a complaint from a physician, patient, or supervisor" "How do you handle stress? Specifically, how will I, as your supervisor, know when you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed?" A friend of mine was given a detailed imaginary scene and asked what she would do in the situation. good luck!

couldn't think of the official term for it!!! my kids call it "front wedgie" haha

"What amazed me in pre-reqs. is those that quit studying all together as they had a strong enough grade to move on. WHAT? This one younger student (not passing judgement by any means) stated even if she fails the A/P II last lab exam, she will still have a high enough grade to move on and since it was so much work she decided not to learn the kidney, urinary, etc. Are you kidding, I still have to learn this stuff and hopefully be able to recognize something in nursing school. I asked that student so you don't think it will hurt you in nursing school when you are reading about the kidney for the first time...wow, as I am fearful all the time that I won't remember things, but at least I would have read and heard the terms before. She said she never thought of it that way . " Scary!! Yep- people don't realize that nursing school is a process and continues to build each semester, on previous knowledge. There's no memorize for the test and forget it later. So, if someone has that "just get by" attitude, it can really catch up with them later.

OHHH- I want stretch scrubs! Not knit material but like some regular pants that have lycra in them. Also, scrub pants are too long & if I get petite the "stride" is too short and gives me a total wedgie! (in the front too!)

Some people work really hard and get Bs & Cs....others know just how much they have to do to "get by" and pass. there's a difference.. Try your best- that's what I tell my kids. A poor GPA will follow you for the rest of your life- believe me. Got my 1st degree with a GPA under 3.0 and it has haunted me ever since. I kept a 4.0 in NS, but still have that old GPA hanging around!

Yes you will probably get caught, but on another level.....the only way to be successful in any future program is to be honest and take responsibility for yourself, not by trying to lay blame or cover-up your past.

Frontier doesn't let you do both at the same time....but you can go back and get a post-masters certification in another specialty after completion of the first.