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Is your childrens hospital really named "Sick Kids Hospital"??? That's, well, kind of weird!

I believe I already mentioned in my above posts multiple times that I found success in obtaining an RN position by actually going to hospitals, dressed professionally and with multiple copies of my resume, and introducing myself to nurse managers on ...

In school, you didnt rotate to different areas in the hospital like med/surg, labor and delivery, psych, etc? If you didnt have at least a pediatric rotation, it may be difficult to reason to a nurse manager why you want to work in pediatrics and why...

During your pediatric clinical rotation, did you establish a relationship with the nurse managers on your floor? I am a recent graduate in the US and was able to obtain a position in the field I wanted within 2 months. I think the key to my success w...

I am a recent graduate, just got my license a month ago today. I have an interview with my top choice hospital in the Pediatric Oncology and Hematology unit. I am very nervous! I adore kids, I'm very confident interacting with them and oncology is my...

I am currently in nursing school and have not faced the struggle of finding a new grad position yet. I say YET, because I'm sure I will be there with you guys soon. However, I do have experience recruiting and placing nurses, NPs, allied HC workers a...

Have you spent any practice time in the lab? All the instructors do is walk around and assist in demonstrating and practicing skills. And that's in addition to the live demos we get the second time when we break into small groups with our clinical in...

The older gentleman that works the Central campus bookstore showed me what's in the lab kit. It's just a TON of gauze, bandages, etc. Basically, it looks like an assortment of all the disposable stuff we'll need to treat patients. It's $120 and it mi...

I got the 4th edition.

Quest will send the drug test results to BC, all we need to turn in is the original of the white copy that Quest gave back to us. Also, just an FYI, I was able to get all the required textbooks, as well as one or two that are not required for about ...

I have already started reading the Test Success book. It seems like it will be very helpful. It's full of practice tests and analysis of all the questions and answers...why some answers are wrong, why other choices are the best choice, and I imagine ...

I've heard that Professor K is one of the best teachers at Broward, he's supposed to be awesome. I wanted to have Thursdays off from class but took his Thursday class anyway because I heard so many good things about him.

Professor K teaches pharmacology at Central.

On the first page of this thread, it says we do not need the book for Pharm if taking Prof. K, he just uses his Powerpoint slides. I heard the same goes for math. I have all my textbooks in hand already. Kind of an intimidating pile, but the texts ar...

I was told by someone in the program currently, who has the same teacher for Proc 1 and 2 lecture that we will have, that we need to have all white, leather shoes with no colored markings at all. And, if they have laces, they must be washed and kept ...

I paid $285 for a complete physical, PPD, the MMRs as well as the tetanus and hepatitis shot (the first one of the series). I went to a walk-in emergency clinic called Doctors 365. (I don't have health insurance.)They're very good.

Anyone who registered for Central....have you checked out the professors yet on ratemyprofessors.com? Now that our schedules are set, it feels more official!!

Congratulations. I got a book called The Student Nurse Planner. It's for 1st year nursing students and seems like it will be helpful. Got it on Amazon.

How were you able to choose your classes already?

Still no schedules yet! I just visited Health Sciences at Central campus, and they assured me that we would be getting the schedules from all of the campuses today. Hope they send them out soon!

Amazon.com has pretty reasonable prices on used texts. They also buy back books. They have a free Student Membership you can sign up for and you get free 2-day shipping on everything for a year. Every penny counts, right? Just thought some of you mig...

It was super easy to register for the CEUs at Broward (they are online) and it was less than $75 through the school. I was surprised no one asked about ceufast.com in the orientation. Taking it through BC seems to make sense since it's convenient (on...

It might be best to go ahead and schedule an appointment with an advisor prior to registration just to make sure that you're good to go. I have taken everything at BC and I still plan to meet with a counselor to be 100% sure I'll be able to register ...

Went to orientation this morning and registered to take the CEUs online (through BCC) right after. It wasn't that expensive, less than $75 for all 4. I also went to the bookstore at Central to look at some texts because I am ready to get started read...

I went on Amazon and found every single book on the list except for the Code of Ethics for Nurses, and I was surprised at the low cost of most of the texts. The total for purchasing them used is way less than $500. Now, if the equipment kit and stuff...