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  1. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    ddmad replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Some cheese with that??? I graduated almost a year ago and in my graduating class of 52 there's not ONE single nurse not working that wants to work. Not one. I personally sent out four resumes when...

  2. Doc calls nurse coworkers monkeys...

    ddmad replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Until you hear it first person stay out of

  3. Don't like nursing at all, what can I do with my BSN?

    ddmad replied to lostrnugh's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm interested in MSN in Informatics... What exactly do you do and how's the pay??? I'm a RN/BSN working a med/surg floor currently but interested in a change and my employer will pay for my...

  4. Nursing School No Longer Going by Their Own Policies

    ddmad replied to dholly2015's topic in General Students

    Sounds to me like you need to just mind your business and just concern yourself with getting through

  5. Help Me Please!

    ddmad replied to J3w3lz88's topic in General Students

    I never read... Not once... I did however go to every single lecture and take pages and pages of notes... Whatever works for

  6. Help! Saunders or kaplan Q and A?

    ddmad replied to Lnzsay's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Kaplan Qbank... That's all I did to prepare... 50-100 questions, 5 days a week, 75 questions and passed... Just my two

  7. An NCLEX question for you.

    ddmad replied to Lev's topic in General Students

    Gotta go with

  8. Should I tell the truth about graduating to get a job?

    ddmad replied to NurseBaby88's topic in General Students

    Yes, by all means, begin a job based on a lie... Why is this even a question??? Of course, tell the

  9. NCLEX

    ddmad replied to Kellz1031's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Kaplan Qbank... I did about 50-100 questions five days a week for about six weeks... Passed with 75 questions and 49 minutes... The school wife passed in 150 minutes, 80 questions and we studied...

  10. Passing Statistics for NCLEX RN and PN-2014

    ddmad replied to RNsRWe's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Well they can't really "require" that you take an external prep class now can they??? They can recommend it or offer partial compensation but they can't require it... If they want to keep their...

  11. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    ddmad replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Glad someone said it...

  12. Does anyone have any experience/comments with/about the HRSA Nursing scholarship?

    ddmad posted a topic in General Students

    They just opened up their scholarship admission cycle and I'm considering it...They pay for your schooling and living expenses and in exchange you agree to work for them for two years after you...

  13. working part time in nursing school?

    ddmad replied to TamTam23's topic in General Students

    Caffine...5 hour energy and learing to live on 4-6 hours a night...Your body gets used to it...We can rest when we

  14. working part time in nursing school?

    ddmad replied to TamTam23's topic in General Students

    It is doable...But it certainly isn't

  15. working part time in nursing school?

    ddmad replied to TamTam23's topic in General Students

    1st block student here... 3 weeks in and I'm regretting 25 hrs a week... Maybe I'll get used to it, but it's a grind... Organization is

  16. The Recycled Student's Survival Guide To Nursing School

    ddmad replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Students

    Great read... Thanks for

  17. Can't figure out which one

    ddmad replied to LCinTraining's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I just bought the newest edition and included is a year free of online access and updates...

  18. Prereq GPA only for admission?

    ddmad replied to fruitypebbles's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't think it would

  19. Prereq GPA only for admission?

    ddmad replied to fruitypebbles's topic in General Students

    They of course required our entire transcripts but during the "interview" they only focused on the GPA from our pre

  20. Prereq GPA only for admission?

    ddmad replied to fruitypebbles's topic in General Students

    To be specific...NAU "looks" at your overall transcript but is really only interested in your pre req

  21. Prereq GPA only for admission?

    ddmad replied to fruitypebbles's topic in General Students

    Northern Arizona University goes by pre req

  22. To all the students about to start nursing school...

    ddmad replied to windmill182's topic in General Students

    Great post...Thanks for sharing...I'm starting my BSN program in two weeks and this helped...Let the games

  23. New Nursing Student Books- Help?!

    ddmad replied to Jennifergracex's topic in General Students

    The list price of the required texts at my bookstore was $1100 for first block...I got everything I needed for about $500...And only one book was an older edition (MedSurg)...Shopping around pays...

  24. New Nursing Student Books- Help?!

    ddmad replied to Jennifergracex's topic in General Students

    It's something school's are doing now to keep us from using cheaper textbook "services"...Half, Chegg, Amazon, etc... They require "their" textbook...Don't fall for it, buy the cheaper one, you'll be...

  25. Does anyone have any experience/comments with/about the HRSA Nursing scholarship?

    ddmad replied to ddmad's topic in General Students

    Same here...I guess we'll have to