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  1. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    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 I passed the NCLEX and received three offers with...
  2. Doc calls nurse coworkers monkeys...

    Until you hear it first person stay out of it...
  3. 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 degree...
  4. Sounds to me like you need to just mind your business and just concern yourself with getting through school...
  5. Help Me Please!

    I never read... Not once... I did however go to every single lecture and take pages and pages of notes... Whatever works for you...
  6. Help! Saunders or kaplan Q and A?

    Kaplan Qbank... That's all I did to prepare... 50-100 questions, 5 days a week, 75 questions and passed... Just my two cents...
  7. An NCLEX question for you.

    Gotta go with 1...
  8. Yes, by all means, begin a job based on a lie... Why is this even a question??? Of course, tell the truth.
  9. NCLEX

    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 the same way... IMO all you need to do are question...
  10. Passing Statistics for NCLEX RN and PN-2014

    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 stats nice and high just educate their students well...
  11. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    Glad someone said it... Kudos...
  12. 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 graduate...The up side is not worrying about loans or...
  13. working part time in nursing school?

    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 graduate...
  14. working part time in nursing school?

    It is doable...But it certainly isn't easy...
  15. working part time in nursing school?

    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 key...
  16. Great read... Thanks for sharing...
  17. Can't figure out which one

    I just bought the newest edition and included is a year free of online access and updates... FYI...
  18. Nursing School Orientation!

    Orientation tomorrow here in AZ...Looking forward to it!
  19. Prereq GPA only for admission?

    I wouldn't think it would matter...
  20. Prereq GPA only for admission?

    They of course required our entire transcripts but during the "interview" they only focused on the GPA from our pre reqs...
  21. Prereq GPA only for admission?

    To be specific...NAU "looks" at your overall transcript but is really only interested in your pre req GPA...
  22. Prereq GPA only for admission?

    Northern Arizona University goes by pre req GPA...
  23. Great post...Thanks for sharing...I'm starting my BSN program in two weeks and this helped...Let the games begin!
  24. New Nursing Student Books- Help?!

    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 off...
  25. New Nursing Student Books- Help?!

    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 fine...My patho professor told me I'd have a tough...