Leilani1983

I highly doubt the lowest score to get in was a 96%. I am in the last semester at Carrington, and when I was accepted I scored a 94.5% and got right in. I would think you'll be fine.

I live in Reno, NV ( I know NV isn't one of the states you wanted) but we have a big new grad program at one of our hospitals here. They hire new grads into the ICU program every 4 month. This time it was around 16 people. Sometimes it's more, som...

It all really depends on where you live. I'm in Nevada and the class that's graduating now (they walk tomorrow) all have jobs and they haven't even taken their nclex. Well, all but 2 people have jobs. During my clinicals I was asking RNs if they k...

I just finished that CNA course and on one of our last days we met with a rep you organizes all of the tests here in Reno. She said it totally depends on when your graduating. Even within your semester. If you are one of the first classes to gradu...

Thanks for the reply LIFE IS GOOD! The employee I was shadowing was a Critical Care Tech, that's just her official title. She is basically a CNA, she said she got hired right out of school and wasn't required any other training besides her CNA cert...

I recently took the hesi a2 but I only had to take the math, reading, and vocab sections. The math section of the study guide is exactly like the test. The vocab was a bit harder, quite a few words that weren't in the study guide. I would study a ...

I wouldn't say she was lazy. She was actually great at the part of her job that I saw her do, she just didn't do much patient care. I think they are a little short-staffed when it comes to CNAs right now and she really had ALOT of stocking to do. ...

Hi LotteryGirl! Everything is going great. I'm about to be in my 6th week of clinicals for my CNA course. I decided to do the full semester program in Reno @ TMCC instead of driving to Fallon @ WNC everyday for 6 weeks! I'm liking the class. We...

Hi again kjsquared...sorry it's been over a month! I didn't know you had replied to me! I'm actually in the middle of my CNA course. I've been doing my clinicals once a week for the last 5 weeks. Going into it, I also thought I wanted to end up i...

My husband keeps telling me that he really wants to name our next boy Scrappa! NO WAY! He doesn't find that weird at all!!! My son's name is Gage, which is becoming more common, but some people think it's really strange.

the good thing about you not working once you're in school is that you'll have to re-apply for financial aid each fiscal year. carrington blocks out the cost in 3 "years". 2 semesters for each year. the 2nd year is the really expensive one. so yo...

kari72- when i did the info session with carrington there were alot of people who had been planning on doing their nursing program with wnc or tmcc and are just sick of waiting. it's totally understandable, i don't want to wait either. in fact, i d...

Kari72. Sorry it's taken me a few days to get back to you...I used the Mosby Elsevier Admisson Assessment Exam Review 2nd edition. That's the study guide that Carrington suggested. I didn't use anything else but the information that's in the study gu...

I took the Hesi a2 yesterday and got a 94.3% overall. I only had to take Reading, Vocab, and Math. I scored 98% on Vocab and Math and only an 86% on the Reading! Oops. It told me I was bad with conclusions. Math was very easy. If you memorize w...

Just an update...I took my Hesi today and got a 94.32% overall. I only had to take Math, Vocab, Reading Comp. Everyone is right about the vocab....most of the vocab words from the exam are NOT in the book. Much more in depth medical terminology on...

I used quizlet.com and made flashcards for the conversions. It really helps. I haven't taken my test yet either but I'm pretty confident I will do well. You can actually search other peoples flashcards on quizlet and you may be able to find mine. Hop...

Don't feel dumb! When you don't do that kind of math for long periods it's easy to get confused! BTW...I meant to say, find the highest common denominator to reduce it...not the lowest. In your case, it would have been 40. I'm also freshening up ...

40/240 is 1/6 you just have to find the lowest common denominator and reduce it down. e.g 40/240= 20/120=10/60=1/6....Does that make sense? It's all the same.

Where is the link? I am not a fan of interviews. No matter how much I prepare, I'm always SOOOOO nervous!

Well I'm excited for you LotteryGirl. It's nice to hear positivity on here instead of the people saying "don't do it, they aren't any jobs, Nv sucks" blah blah blah. Like you, I am very excited about pursuing nursing. My goal is to work in ICU fo...

I'm not trying to have a huge debate with you orange juice. All I'm saying is there are jobs out there. I'm not sure what you expect. Every job, in every industry, is going to have lots of applicants. I own a tanning salon in Reno and when I have...

Oh No! Well keep your eyes and ears open and maybe a position will open up. I'm not starting school until Jan and I heard WNC in Fallon does a CNA program starting this Aug that is only 6 weeks long. I was thinking of doing it because I think it w...

I'm talking about postings that specifically say "new grads considered". I just saw that UCSD does a "new grad" program that they are taking applications for. It actually said they don't take applicants with experience. Good Samaritan in LA is h...

LotteryGirl- What made you choose UNR over TMCC or Apollo? How long will that end up taking you? I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with Apollo just for the fact that all the pre-reqs are included. I have owned my own business so I have zero college ...

I'm so confused by all the people who CANNOT find new grad positions. Go on indeed.com and search for "new grad RN" even in CA (where people are saying it's the worst) a TON of positions come up. These are all specifically for new grads! Maybe yo...