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Well I make well over 500k/year and there many other nurses that do the same…. I have a 1.3 mil home…

When I was in the program they were just changing the program because the pass rate sucked… but I have to say the program was pretty good now that I’m done… if you have any questions I have a Youtube channel you can follow and then I can answer any questions you might have… https://Youtube.com/channel/UCDm8qLjixddmC5QHdIAYHuA

Hey how's it going? I graduated from NU back 20 some cohorts ago lol... but I was in the cohort when they started to make changes in the program... we brought the pass rate from the 70 percentile to the 90 percentile... the program was great and gave me a chance to get a MSN from University of San Francisco and even got into their DNP FNP program... program is great but like anything you make out of it what it is... I currently work at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Level 1 trauma and ABMC ED Charge Nurse... I chose to work up in the Bay Area because the nurses get paid pretty good...nurses up here make anywhere from 130k to 300k... obviously with OT... well good luck to all of you...

I work a lot because I have nothing else to do plus I love working at a Level 1 trauma facility... I believe in work hard play hard... I work at San Francisco General Hospital my pay is 64/hr plus 20% night diff... OT is time and half plus night diff... I put in 36 plus 18 hours over time... I also put in hours at another ED at Sutter Healthcare in Berkeley also in the ED... The pay 73/hr with night and CN diff... I put in 32 hours there they dont offer OT... So I do about 86 hours a week between both jobs... I build up PTO and use it to take vacations or take a sick day just to get a day off sometimes... I've been working this schedule for 4 years and haven't got burned out... I figure when I do... I'll just cut back and go back to school and do my DNP CRNA...

I Have 90k with MSN and undergrad... But I work in SF at two different hospitals both in the ED. I make well over 300k with both of my jobs combined... So I say don't worry about it cuz I don't... Just get a job that pays well...

In my class I had a few people that kept their job through school and all the way to graduation... It all depends on how flexible your job is with time off... It's possible but not advisable... It all depends how you absorb the material... In my masters program I flew once a week back n forth to work in the Bay Area in CA to San Diego CA... Did all my school work attended all my practicums and finished with a 4.0... Everybody told me it was impossible but it's possible because I put my mind to it... Plus I knew there was an end to all the madness... Lol only you know your limitations and don't let anyone tell you anything different... Just be honest with yourself... Plus I believe if you get in to the program that's an opportunity to make more money when you finish... To be successful you have to make sacrifices

Practicing without formal education is both good and bad... Good for you to have learned a skill that many RN's have problems understanding... But on the other hand nursing itself is evidence based practice and had been for a long time... It's what brought nursing to what it is today... When you teach yourself a skill you really don't know if your skill is being taught the best way possible to provide the best patient outcomes... I encourage everyone to go to school and actually learn and study theory behind what you are practicing... I work ICU and ED and obtaining my Doctor of Nursing Practice from University of San Francisco... I have to say school has given me a better understanding of what nursing was and how nursing came to be where it's at now... Plus studies have showed that formal education plays a big part of creating better patient outcomes... When I graduate with my DNP I would have had over 9 years of being in school while learning and studying my profession as a nurse... Working for years can't replace education... That's why it's not practiced here... No one can work in the hospital for a long period of time and call themselves a nurse or a doctor just because of work experience... Education never stops because one can continue to learn in school... But there is only so much you can learn on the job... Because unfortunately jobs do require a person to have so much education first then they look at experience... Because 30 years of being a LPN will never equal to an RN... But I do agree with you... There are RN's that are really bad but they are outliers and do not represent the majority... Here is an interesting fact 10% of all nurses hold a graduate degree and less than 1% hold a doctorate... Education has given opportunities for nurses to practice independently and evolve a nurse to open their own clinics and become primary care providers... And that could never happen without education... Well good luck to you and thank you for your years of dedication in helping and caring for others...

Call 911...

It's really test taking strategies... If you are getting knowledge base ?'s that are easy means that you're not passing... I tutor people who don't pass... And they all lack test taking strategies... My 2 cents...

Don't be over confident because that will keep you from learning but it does help being a great test taker... School is great... and has given me lots of opportunities... I currently still go to school at the University of San Francisco Doctor of Nursing Practice FNP program this is where I obtained my Masters and I also work in the ED... So yes I believe NU has a great program... N no problem with clinical placements...

It's a great program... The only hard part is finding your own practicum site... I got accepted into their MSN to DNP FNP program... I'm excited to start the program and take my final steps into my formal nursing education... Good luck in your endeavors... Let me know if you have any specific questions...

Well... Before I went to nursing school I got into an accident where my fiancé and were hit by a car walking across the street... She was an ER nurse and died from her injuries. I went to a trauma hospital and was in critical condition... I got out of the trauma unit and found out I got accepted into nursing school... I struggled through nursing school because I had to teach myself to read again but at the same time keep up with the workload... I was always on academic probation but I worked hard and never gave up... After I graduated nursing school... I got a job in San Diego CA at a job where they let me go... I just bugged the new director to re-hire me... I went straight into a Masters program to prevent myself from paying my loans plus it will further my education in nursing for any future positions... I worked hard... and got another job in northern CA to attend my DNP FNP program... I fly back n forth from SD to SF... and I get paid well... So my advice to you is never give up... and at times you will have to make sacrifices... But thinking positive and continuing your education will only make you a stronger nurse... Hope that lifts your spirits up in not giving up.., I'm an ER and Public Health Nurse...

Sorry for the late reply. I would first apply to a regular state university. There are a lot of schools that charge close to hundred thousand dollars for nursing school and that's for bachelors. I believe National University yet not the cheapest but offered a decent price for Bachelors of science in nursing to finish in a reasonable amount of time. I am not saying that all of the national University nursing school programs are good but from experience the one I attended in San Diego was okay. I would go on the nursing board website and look at the pass rate for each school and try to attend the school that has a 90% or greater pass rate.

Congrats psych guy in your success... I'm attending my DNP FNP program next year...

What you will find out as a nurse is not everyone is cut out to be nurses... Nursing is a popular field now because of job security.... So many people are switching careers... NU gives people or any school in fact gives people who they think are qualified a chance to become nurses but it is up to the student to make it through the program. Working in the ED is very hard it is fast paced with at times critical patients I also work ICU it's more slow but with critical and at times unstable patients... NU gave me the skills and education to be successful in my job and also as a grad student, which I graduate this year and start my DNP program next year. You as a student will get what you put in school no more no less... As far as jobs we all placed ourselves in jobs... It was hard but we all interviewed well and we all helped each other as a cohort to find jobs... We all thought because we did not have a preceptorship we would have a hard time finding jobs... But we all weathered the storm and found very good jobs... I tutor new grads in passing the nclex and there are some students who passed nursing school but cannot pass the nclex after 3,4, or 5 times, which means that they should not have graduated nursing school... I tell them when they come to me after the 5th time for help that I'm not going to teach them nursing school that's something their school should have taught them. Like I said some people are not cut out to be nurses.... Good luck! NU is not all that difficult... Prior to going NU I got into a bad trauma and had to teach myself to read again... Because I had TBI... Traumatic brain injury... I did it while going through nursing school... Because I didn't recognize I had a problem until I attended the program... NU and the professors worked with me to get the necessary tools to become successful and graduate... I didn't graduate with a 4.0 but I did finish with a 3.2... I also was put on probation because of my grades... But I stayed for the help and worked hard at my disability at the time. In my grad program at University of San Francisco I am maintaining a 4.0...