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Just wanted to give some more support to the PVT, took the test yesterday got the good pop up and today my license is active on the Ohio BON website!! Hooray!!

Sooo I took my NCLEX this morning and left with this horrible feeling, like I just spent all this time and money on nursing school and did not learn a thing. I seriously wondered why I spent all this time learning about disease processes and signs and symptoms of certain conditions only to be tested on how well I prioritize things. As soon as I returned home I tried the PVT and was stuck with the "Ready For Delivery". I finally received my delivery successful status after 3 hours of refreshing my web browser every 5 minutes and received the "good pop up". Just praying to God that this works.. I'm supposed to be starting my job on October 4th!

Hi all, I have been reading the posts on this for months, terrified that I would not find a job post graduation. Well that problem seems to have been solved as I was just offered a position on a Med/Surg Neuro floor at one of the local hospitals. Honestly, I really wanted to work ICU but as a new grad that went through an accelerated BSN program I really did not want to be overly picky. Besides I have a work contract with them as they paid for part of my schooling and I really don't think I had much of a choice unless I wanted to pay them back for the money they had already given me. I would say I was upset by this but strangely enough I'm not. I am a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and with the amount of TBI that is currently occurring in both OIF and OEF I am kind of excited to learn more about it. I also would like to work with veterans someday in the future so I think this would definitely be a good experience for that. That being said I have no idea what to expect. Anyone have any advice about reading I can do or things that I can focus on to help prepare me for this? I just graduated from my program on Friday so the majority of my time now is going to be spend preparing for NCLEX. Thanks in advance!!

I had to laugh at some of these and it reminded me of a personal story from my youth. I worked at an ice cream shop and at the end of the summer I quit in order to take a small break before college started up. Well the people at the ice cream shop kept putting me on the schedule so I had to take drastic measures. I went into the attic and took out a knee brace and crutches that I had from a previous injury and crutched in to work and told them I would be unable to work for the rest of the summer. This worked beautifully until the following day when my parents went in to get ice cream and my boss asked them how my knee was doing! They got home later that day and were like, hey Joe how's your knee? And I was like, Oh shoot... To this day I do not understand how I thought this was a better solution than just telling them that I had quit and I wasn't coming in anymore. Sorry, I know that was a bit off topic.

My accelerated BSN program takes people with 2.5 and above. I got in with a 2.9 which is not much higher than your GPA. I attend Ursuline College in Ohio, I'm not sure where you are from but you should really consider applying there if you live nearby. It is a wonderful program and in 15 months you will graduate with a BSN. I am graduating in August and am hopefully returning to the Army as a nurse!!

i bought one at the beginning of my nursing program and have never regretted it. i have to be honest with you though, i do question the legality of the whole thing. it has tons of programs that i have never even used and most likely do not even need. if you would have a guilty conscience about purchasing this product than do not do it. i agree with the above poster in that if you have a smartphone (or even an ipod touch) you can just pay for the apps on that particular device. for the most part all i ever used was the drug book and you should be able to download that for less than $250.

Hi all, I am posting this more for me than anyone else but I am sooo nervous right now. In 1.5 hours I will be starting my first night of practicum and I really do not know what to expect. I will be conducting my practicum in the MICU of a large teaching hospital and I am really starting to wonder if I am ready for this. I have maintained excellent grades throughout my program and my clinical instructs have given me wonderful evaluations but I begining to wonder if I am truly ready to be precepted. In clinicals it was so nice to have my fellow classmates around just to talk to and help go over situations that came up but now I feel like I am all alone. I was instructed to call my preceptor at the begining of his shift (he started at 7P) and when I talked to him he seemed a little surprised that he was assigned this role. He told me just to come in at 11P so I could get 8 hours in today. He did seem rather laid back, so I am hoping that he will be patient with me as I continue my learning but who knows. Anyway, thanks for listening...er reading!! Wish me luck!

During my clinicals I have met a number of male and female nurses with military backgrounds. I served in the Army myself, 13F (FO)... Fire For Effect!!! Always nice to see another military guy getting into the nursing field, good luck!

Man, I got into my accelerated program with a 2.9, lol. I am in my last class for my accelerated program and have a 4.0. I guess you could say I didn't really apply myself the first time around...

I sport a pair of Rockports, they are ugly as hell but they are the most comfortable shoes I have ever owned, like walking on pillows...

Just wanted to post a quick message to boost your confidence and perharps give you a little piece of mind. I am currently finishing up an accelerated BSN program in Ohio. I received my first degree in 2002 in Business Management and then went into the Army for 4 years (ROTC). When I got out I was considering PA school but lacked the 1 year of patient experience that was required by many of the area PA programs. So I looked into the accelerated BSN programs in my area. I volunteered at the local VA hospital for a couple months and that was the only thing close to health care experience I had on my resume. Many of my fellow classmates were also business major that had little to no health care experience. I also used my first trip through college to party rather than study and graduated with a 2.9 GPA. The school I am attending only requires a 2.75 GPA. I have since grown out of my younger ways and have done quite well in school up to this point and will be graduating in August. Depending on what school you are applying to I do not believe that your lack of health care experience will be a huge deterrent. I think the grades that you received in your prevous degree and the reasons that you would like to become a nurse are more important. I am sure my interview is what locked down my spot in the accelerated nursing program. Hope this helps a little bit, good luck!!

chichi, I am currently in the last course of my accelerated BSN program. My previous degree was in business which I completed in 2002. At the start of the program I was a little worried about med. calculations because it has been so long since I took an actual math course but once you work through a few problems they get pretty easy. In the accelerated program that I attend we began working on med calculations in our pharmacology course which was one of the first courses. Every course after that we had a med calculation quiz on either the first or second day of class. We had to obtain a 90% on the quiz in order to pass meds at clinicals. I believe that we are given three chances to pass the quiz in our sophmore and junior level classes and two chances to pass in our senior level courses. Our instructors were really good about posting practice quizzes online prior to us taking the one that counted. If you have any further questions regarding an accelerated program let me know, I am sure there are differences between programs so my experience is sure to be different then yours. One more thing, you are going to see the people in your program on a regular basis, form friendships, if you are having trouble with the math find someone in your program that excels at it and have them give you some help. My program has 11 people in it, we spend at least 8 hours a day together 5 days a week. They have become my second family. I wish you the best of luck!!