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I recently was offered a job with my existing private for-profit company to work full time at a local county jail. Today I found out that CDCR Represa/Folsom is checking my references for potential employment. I have been a jail nurse for 3 years and...

Thanks guys, I accepted the position at the prison and will remain PRN at the jail. My new adventure begins March 13th at the prison. I am very excited and really appreciate your feedback.

Is anybody currently in the bridge program at ARC or finished the bridge program at ARC? I would love to know your thoughts about the program.

Hi Cortney, I wanted to know how the program is going for you? I was just accepted into the bridge program at ARC for the Fall 2014 and Im so excited I can hardly contain myself. I applied at ARC 4 times and the bridge program once. I want to thank ...

kingkill My letter of contigent acceptance was in the mail today. I also recieved an acceptance email from Sac City too. Now I need to decide which one to accept.

I am currently a LVN working at an elementary school and a jail. My acute care experience is pretty limited since in this area they do not hire LVN's for acute care. I have recently applied to 6 RN programs 3 of them are bridge programs. Yesterday, I...

I agree wit mmtorrez89 "Fake it till you make it" Even when you are not confident act as if you are because eventually you will be confident as practice makes perfect. I remember my first day of clinical I was SOOOOO nervous but after a week that ner...

Yes, I work at the Jail on weekends, holidays, and summers. The pay is double what I make at the school. I would leave the school job but I absolutely LOVE it and wouldn't trade it for anything :)

Program Type: BSN Adjusted Individual Total Score: 84.0% ATI Academic Preparedness Level: Advanced Mean - National: 64.3% Mean - Program: 70.6% Percentile Rank - National - 94 Percentile Rank - Program - 87 Reading Adjusted Individual Score: 88.1 Mat...

I lost weight in nursing school for a few reasons. I was much more active running around the hospital and when I did eat I usually just had a salad because lets face it hospital food stinks and there is no time to run and get fast food. The weight lo...

Funny how some schools won't let you use a hand held electronic device while others require it. I loved having mine at clinicals. It saved me from having to lug around all those books. Plus the apps for the books are much more searchable than the act...

Jazziepants I love this quote and you sound like an awesome nurse :)

I would check with the nursing programs you intend on applying at. I know the nursing programs here in the Sacramento area make a big deal over having W's in any of the science prerequisites. Good luck!!!

I have a 4.75 year old preschooler girl who has selective mutism and public bathroom phobia. She has been coming in to the health office for scheduled toilet training since the start of school with little success. At first when she started coming in ...

I agree with Kara there are many differences from the text book vs the ATI books. What worked best for me was to take the practice exam and then look up everything you missed in the ATI book. At the end of the test you can print off a list of the are...

Your compassion shows that you will one day be a great nurse. Sure today was emotionally difficult and there will be many more emotionally difficult days in the future but you do get used to it and realize that this is a way of life for many of our e...

I used to have a pair of nurse mates and honestly they are not much different than a pair of sketchers or nikes. The most comfortable nursing shoes I have ever owned are my Dansko clogs. They are not cheap but they last forever as I have had mine for...

I would recommend an iPod because of its smaller size is perfect for clinicals and will fit in your pocket. Clinicals is where you are going to need it the most so you can look up meds, definitions, treatments, diagnosis, etc.

Hi everybody, It seems as if the parents at my school don't understand when they should keep their kids home from school. So I have decided to make a flyer for the parents to remind them. I will include the most obvious stuff like when they have a fe...

Thanks for the great advice guys (especially having her clean up her own mess). for now we have her sitting on the toilet with her pull up on for 5 min until we can think of a better plan

I'm sorry you didn't make it does your school offer a remediation plan?

I graduated from twin rivers adult school in sac. However, I am speaking of carrington college for their LVN to RN program.

I graduated from my LVN program in July of 2011 and received my license in march of 2012. Since then I have been working as a "school nurse". I recently went to a LVN to RN bridge orientation at carrington college and the director was saying that alt...

No it looks like I need to take interpersonal communication before I can apply. I can't get into that class until this spring at my local community college so I won't be able to start till next June

I know many hospitals in the Sacramento area will hire a MA in the ER as a tech however those jobs are very few are far between. I was a MA for 10 years before becoming a nurse and the best way to land a job is by knowing the right person. It's a gre...