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Hi all. I'm Houston Texas and was accepted into the BSN-DNP ER track. Anyone in the area? I'd love to meet with some in the cohort.

Hi everyone. I'm planning a move to Houston in the Fall/Winter 2013 and needed help from nurses that work there especially in ICUs. I hear great things about the Medical Center hospitals and I'm applying to all of them but can't seem to find what I'l...

I wish I could work with kids but I can't. I can't deal with sick kids. It emotionally drains me within a couple of days and I'd burn out in a heart beat.

It looks like St. Luke's and "The" Methodist are the front runners. I already have an interview at St. Luke's. Methodist hasn't responded yet to my application. In terms of physician-centric, my hospital is notorious for "catering to the doctors" in ...

Call the admissions office at the Chalon campus to get these details. I graduated from there and worked in admissions for work study so I have a few tidbits for you but you need to call them to confirm what I say. The thing about the prenursing progr...

Sorry I forgot the most important thing.... housing. Los Angeles at least has sky high rent. Brace yourself. But opening yourself up to commutes opens up possibilities. Looking 30-60 minutes away from city center can be the difference between 1200 a ...

Hey! I'm actually doing the same but the opposite direction and hope you can exchange the same info. In terms of Houston culture,I would think central California might be closer. A mix of risk and urban that I kinda felt whenever I'm in Houston. Bak...

I'm a new grad on SICU but we're a stroke center so we're more like a neuro ICU honestly so I know from the last two months that it's insane and hellish but I'm enjoying it. haha. It's a ridiculous bout of masochism i think. Anyways, we don't have CN...

Hi all. I just got a post on SICU as a new grad. I have a preceptor for the next two months. I've only been with her two days but I'm already afraid I'll have problems with her. I graduated with a BSN from a nursing program that's locally known for ...

Sherman Oaks is definitely better priced than WeHo and if you can't afford Sherman Oaks, going a little farther north along the 405 freeway, it gets cheaper. Less cute but cheaper. I'm a local so I know my ways about.

I think I just didn't make my point quite well when I replied but I meant just about that. I think asking those kinds of questions are fine because like I said before you can ask about magnet status and be prepared to turn it around with your own res...

My friends and I just graduated from our BSN program in May. I have a job lined up in an ICU unit. I have two friends going into telemetry in Providence Holy Cross. I have several more friends with jobs lined up in CHLA. I have one in Kaiser West LA....

I realize most nurses hate Grey's Anatomy because how we're so underrepresented in "Seattle Grace Hospital" but there is the minor character, Nurse Tyler, played by Moe Irvin. He seems to be just trying to get through his shift like the rest of us.

I think it's perfectly fine to ask questions such as those. Some hospitals like the one I hope to work at employ CNAs but only on med-surg and tele floors. Critical care floors are total cares. I've done my research for this hospital and the only rea...

I think it really depends where you're at. i'm in Los Angeles and doing what you'rw proposing would require at least 1500 to get a room in the first place, about 5000 for nursing school eventually and living expenses with a car and insurance would be...

Thanks so much llg. That's going to help me greatly on my interview on Friday. ^_^

Hello all! I'm a new grad and have an interview for the new grad program in a hospital I currently work in as a CNA. I've been taking people's advice and sort of prepping for the interviewing (on Friday) by answering commonly asked interview question...

llg, So Umm... I, the original poster, was also post #3... I'm not sure which of my responses you actually approved of. Thank you for your input though. I've been feeling like it's better to be honest and to emphasize that I've been trying to improv...

Please do not misunderstand me when I say this but the advice about the weakness questions is driving me up a wall!!!!! lol Not to say that I don't appreciate your input but it drives me insane! I don't know whether or not to put a weakness or to neg...

The PV Trick is a GODSEND. Totally works. After 2 weeks of delayed results, I got mine this morning at about 5 in the morning. Checked the BRN site and was freacking out. My boyfriend had to remind me to breathe. So yes it works! I'm officially a reg...

Thanks for the heads up Mrs Ed. I really am slowly going insane here. I hope I hear back sometime soon.

I graduated May 2010 and I took the NCLEX-RN here in California on Thursday, June 17. It closed on 75 questions. I found out the Monday after that my transcripts weren't sent because the school thought that I had loans that I didn't fill out exit for...

I'm in the same boat as you, crystal. A girl who took the test the day after me already has her license in hand. I however am not even on the BRN website, with a complete file and get the PVT good popup. So hold on to your sanity just a little lon...

Does anyone know how long it takes from the date of completion of a file to when you receive word? There was a delay in my transcripts and it wasn't received until a week after I took the NCLEX. Is there any estimation as to how long it takes to proc...

did you try the PVT the last three times and got no popup?