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  1. My personal opinion would be to stick it out for another 6 months to get the job on the peds floor. If you can, hedge your bets and ALSO take that per diem job on the psych floor as it sounds like a...
  2. Working full time while in school

    The school I am at has generic days, generic nights, and accelerated day options. It really depends on your school. Mine also publishes the set schedule for classes and clinicals for all three...
  3. I have not started my program yet, but the more nurses I speak with, the more I definitely get the impression that this is spot on. I hear almost universally how hard nursing school was from these...
  4. Check out Drexel University. They actually have online options where you do the didactic portions online with regular clinical hours at participating hospitals in the metro area. I finished my BS in...
  5. How to organize school stuff??

    Oh good Lord I feel old
  6. I got accepted! =)

    Congrats! I got my acceptance letter on the 2nd myself. Going into an accelerated
  7. Muhlenberg Fall 2011 class - feedback on admission

    I had everything in for the March 1st deadline and just got my acceptance letter to the accelerated program today in the mail. A bit longer than the two-three weeks they told me but I'll take
  8. So I sent an email yesterday to see an email come back to me today that my email was delayed in its delivery and the server will attempt to resend it lol. Drove me nuts when I saw that. But then I...
  9. But back on my original topic..... it's now been about four weeks and I still havent heard back from the school. What the hell? This wait is killing me. Should I call them to check on my...
  10. Get the TEAS study guide off of the ATI site and purchase the online practice exams as well. Study from those and you will be fine. The math is super easy. It is basic...
  11. Nursing Theory Mystification Model

    This made me LOL first thing in the morning.... thank
  12. They're Their and There

    This made my head hurt but lol
  13. 2nd Career in Nursing

    I am also making a career change to go into nursing. I have a BS in Information Security and I work for a major pharmaceutical company. But I can honestly say that the job market stinks in NJ no...
  14. Thanks for your post! I got an email later on the same day as my original post stating that they had received everything and I should expect to hear from them via mail in 2-3 weeks. How do you like...
  15. Who's taken the teas v?

    Personally, I thought the TEAS V was pretty easy. By that I mean it was NOT an easy thing to study for an pass, but rather the test questions were pretty much fair and they did not try and trick you...
  16. And the wait begins

    I'm waiting to hear from them this month myself. Applied to Muhlenberg Nursing School (NJ) for the accelerated program and they confirmed receipt of everything including my TEAS scores (luckily I...
  17. My letter came! My letter came!

    CONGRATS!!!! I should be hearing on my application in the next 2-3
  18. How to get an A?

    Totally agree with this. I would add that you should read the full chapter before AND after the lecture. Then use the powerpoint slides to review a few days later. For the tests use the powerpoint...
  19. Keep or change jobs for NS...please help

    Report you current boss and quit as soon as you can. It is an unethical and illegal situation that you are being put in and you will be considered the same as her if you don't at least report her to...
  20. Can't be happy with my grades

    I say... suck it up. :) Really, I have quite a few friends who have already gone through nursing school all from various educational backgrounds who ALL are happy to get C's or B's. And while there...
  21. Remember Anatomy and Physiology?

    Many other posters already touched on topics that really help me in my A&P class: good quality powerpoints that are downloadable and actually pertain to what are on the tests, an interactive...
  22. How do you stay sexy in nursing school

    LOL I certainly do. And damn it! Now I got that stupid video playing through my
  23. question about per diem

    Per diem is more about not having benefits and working less than full time hours than whether or not you have a set schedule. I know a few people who have that per diem designation and have a set...
  24. I am in exactly the same boat as you now. Well paying job, good benefits, AND COMPLETELY MISERABLE. I too also have a four year degree (a BS in information security). I have looked at all my...
  25. Apply now or wait for RN license?

    I have NOT even started clinicals yet, HOWEVER from every post I have seen on the boards and in speaking to people they all seem to say the same thing: start applying a few months (perhaps even up to...