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Hey guys, I only have 2 books left if anyone is still interested in buying: 1. Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing by M. Hockenberry 8th edition ($40) - You'll use this for Pediatrics 2. Community-based Nursing an introduction by McEwen 3rd edition ($25) - You'll use this for Community I have really discounted the prices for u all. PM me if interested. Good luck with classes!

Mine FINALLY showed up today on the site. I agree - the wait (and fees!) for this state are so ridiculous.

Has anyone heard any updates about why it's taking so long? It's been 3 weeks since I sent in my check and form.

I just graduated from ResU. I would recommend it to people whose goal is to graduate in a short amount of time. The program is fast-paced (it is accelerated after all) and you need to keep up, but it's doable. Your life for the next 16 months will change...you will still have a life but you're going to be in absolute school-mode while you're there. A lot of the negative comments about ResU are from a couple of years ago when they had a few horrible instructors, and that has been dealt with. As far as organization, I would say the first semester is unorganized - I actually hated school during the first term - but after that it's all good. The problems in the first term were r/t too many people and too little space, as well as them not explaining how to do careplans, plus the stress of 2 ATI exams in one term. There are a lot of people out there that expect roses and sunshine and those people aren't happy with the school because they have such high expectations. Nursing school isn't easy. As far as graduating in 16 months, you will definitely graduate in that amount of time as long as you don't fail any class. If you fail a class, either by not making the 75% rule or by failing the course ATI exam twice, you will be behind by one semester (6 months longer). Out of our class of 56 people, around 13 people were held back because of failing (most of those people failed Patho). There have been recent changes at the school - different teachers have been teaching different subjects so the cohorts behind me have it easier than we did. Also, they are making big changes at the school because of its impending move to the Chicago location and I feel like the school is going to get better and better.

For the people who were PM'ing me about the titles of the books I have, I will just post here so everyone can see: 1. Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing 8th edition 2. Health Promotion Strategies Through the Life Span 8th edition 3. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th edition 4. Community-Based Nursing An introduction 3rd edition 5. Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, nursing, and health professions 6. Leadership Roles and management functions in Nursing Theory and Application 6th edition 7. Jarvis Physical Examination and Health Assessment LAB MANUAL

I don't agree with this mentality at all. How can you deliberately subject yourself to misery? That is just sad. Nursing can be one thing to one person and a completely different thing to another. It's different on every unit, every hospital, every specialty.

I was in a Pt's room (in a nursing home) and looked at some photographs of people framed on her wall. Me: "Aw, your kids look just like you!" Totally acceptable in any other situation; however, this facility was exclusively for former priests and nuns!

I think more people should consider living in places like Oak Park or Riverside (suburbs really close to the city). It's only a 10-12 min drive into downtown from Oak Park, you don't have to worry about parking or street congestion, the area is nice with a lot of restaurants and stores, you feel safe (even at night), and it's just easy living. You can jump on the L to get downtown or take a bus if you want. I live in a pretty nice one bedroom in Oak Park and its $850/month.

Hey all! I just graduated from Res and I am willing to sell my books for a discount if anyone is interested. I have the book for Peds, Community, Leadership, the Health Assessment lab manual workbook (not the textbook), the APA book, and Health Promotion throughout the life span. Private message me if you're interested!

please find some way to keep your dog without having to crate her for 12+ hours a day. no, it's not healthy for her. it made me sad to even read this.

I thought, if anything, nursing would be categorized as white collar. I just don't see a profession that has the education requirements, knowledge-level, responsibility, and licensure that we have to be blue collar. But I never looked up the actual dictionary definition. I guess the terms blue and white collar just aren't as relevant in modern times.

Are nurses considered blue collar or white collar workers? My co-workers and I were having this conversation and there was no consensus.

To me, it looks sneaky. Typically people list their nursing education next to their "RN," not their education in different fields. It looks like you're trying to purposefully embellish and that could hurt you in the long run.

Congrats! How many SATA questions did you get?

The MA's at the physician's office I go to all call themselves nurses. I even asked one of them once while she was taking my blood pressure "Are you a nurse?" and she said yes. I didn't say anything bc I was kind of shocked that she would just blatantly lie. Next time I'm going to start asking them medical questions and see what happens.