NorthernCaliRN

Thank you all Sooo much for all of the questions and comments posted. I will be applying this weekend and will see if I can start by June 1. I am a recent RN grad who is currently working as a charge nurse for a local blood bank. I am nervous abou...

Hello Kima84 I hope you don't mind me sending you a message, but I am a new RN who graduated in Dec, passed NCLEX in Jan and like many cannot find work! Over 50 apps and No calls. So I applied at our local blood bank and sure enough I recieved a call...

Thank You and Congrats!! I also read the whole thing, as Your situation seems to mirror mine! I graduated in Dec, took boards with all the craziness you said, test shut down at 75 and I said NOOOOOOOO...please give me more....I know I can pass!! h...

Check your emails Ladies/Gents! My Sister got In!!!

Hi everyone, I have been watching your post like a stalker waiting to see, if any if anyone got word from the nursing office. I'm finishing 4th semester with them and I am crossing my fingers for my sister who applied for spring too. I will tell yo...

Hi Everyone, Congrats on making it in! I am a third semester student and I did take the study skills class. I believe it was a little helpful, you do get some good tips and you also have guest speakers usually that are currently students in the pro...

THANK YOU SBNRN2B for the tid bit about the rationale/diagnosis book for OB...I have been struggling a bit with this! I guess I should have asked you! Duh! I definitely agree on the recommendation for St. Joes and Ms. Neville and will throw in Ms....

Awesome instructor!:redpinkhe

Hi Nursetobe013 They will go over all of that with you guys. You want to be careful with the phones because some of the facilities don't want camera phones on the floors. In our clinical group none of us used them so I am not too familiar with the ...

Hi Everyone...I think for spring entrance we paid $133 for Ati but I believe that was for just our first semester. I thought our books with came closer to 600, as there were two bundles of books to buy...but I could be inflating just a bit. What...

Congrats!!!!! To all of you who got in this upcoming Fall 2011 Semester YAY!!!! I am excited for you! It feels like yesterday that our group was there! We are just finishing up our 1st semester and It really does go by so fast! my advice is don't...

Hi Everyone...I too, same as RNbound83, am a 1st semester Delta ADN student, If you read our thread from last semester you will find a ton of answers as we were a pretty close group, biting nails and pulling our hair through this whole process! I l...

Hi Slrberry I am pretty sure it is left arm, two finger width down from the top of your shoulder. One of the speakers from our class this week said for her 1st semester she was at SJGH and absolutely loved it!!!!

Yes, mine was changed. I was scheduled Nurs1 at St Joes and Nurs2 at Tracy, but yesterday they switched Tracy to St. Joes for Nurs2. We found out that we all have to have the same clinical site for the 1 semester. Where are you going to be?

Can't wait for the rest of you to join us!

Hi Everyone..our nursing 1 instructor posted a calandar which breaks down our days AND....answers our Clinical/Skills Lab question! Check it out.

Yes! It was great to meet you guys face to face...There were so many handouts I felt like I was swimming in paper and now I really feel as if we should be scheduling time to schedule time. If that makes sense, I'm just not sure If there is time . LO...

Hi Kristi, I thought we could meet at the Lawarence / DeRicco Student Services building. If you are entering the campus from pacific ave turn right when you enter the campus (you can only go left or right) and it will be the new looking large buildi...

Hi All, check out the ATI Website. Once you log in there is a section labeled resources there is a Fundalmentals of Nursing 7.0 that seem to line up with the reading syllabus for ATI. I did email the instructor to confirm this however, have not he...

Haha...Yes! and Yes, I too wish I could be getting an extra pair out of half the pants I am cutting off! Can't wait to meet you guys on Monday!!

Hi Chaigirl!! I completely agree with SBNRN2B...just do the best you can and concentrate on the program! I wanted to pass along another website for shoes...I found them through Amazon a couple nights ago looking for my Pharm book. http://www.endl...

Hi All So I went to the Foot Solution, REI, and Fleet...(near Trader Joes). At the Foot Solution they showed me some pretty pricey shoes. The first I tried was the Spira they have spring encased within the heel, felt like a great shoe, just for 159...

Hi Trina...They should be going to the school. When I ordered my credit card had a different billing than my mailing address so I called and asked them specifically.

If your in the Stockton area there is a store called Foot Solutions. They used to be on Miracle Mile (Pacific Ave). This is where I went yesterday but they are now a clearance center, unfortunately with not much to pick from. However, the sales pe...

It looks like there are a pair of Brooks addiction walker that is all white http://www.zappos.com/brooks-addiction-walker-white~1 I normally wear a motion control New Balance. Yesterday I tried on a pair of all white New Balance 926. They felt great...