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  1. Does anyone have any leads?

    lukeslichy replied to pepehugoboss's topic in General Nursing

    I work at the Minneapolis V.A. as an ADN. Anywhere will tell you BSN is preferred. It may be hard to get a job right out of school but get some experience at LTC or TCU and keep applying, you will...

  2. Any Minneapolis/St. Paul folks out there?

    lukeslichy replied to Skips's topic in General Nursing

    Hello! Welcome to MN. Eagan is a great area tons of hospitals and healthcare facilities around to apply at. I graduated two years ago, in general what I have seen from my classmates is it takes about...

  3. Moving to Minneapolis, need suggestions!

    lukeslichy replied to jj224's topic in General Nursing

    Suburbanite here... Personally I enjoy living outside the city in a southern suburb so I will give you my opinion. Houses are cheap. The downside to that is having to commute in to the city. I work at...

  4. Textbooks for first semester of MANE program

    lukeslichy replied to virgo7598's topic in General Nursing

    This might be too late for you, but when I was in nursing school I just bought one edition older of each book. It worked for me. The page numbers didn't line up (there is rarely new information in...

  5. Inver Hills Nursing Program

    lukeslichy replied to mangosoccer11's topic in General Nursing

    Literally work as hard as you can. If you struggle on the first exam then start going to the teachers for help. Don't wait till the end of the semester where you have to get a 95% on an exam to pass...

  6. Inver Hills Nursing Program

    lukeslichy replied to mangosoccer11's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, that's exactly the Saunders book I meant. It's tough because they expect a lot of you. And it's hard to know what to study and how to study. You need to know the content and then be able to...

  7. Advice needed for admission to the University of MN Entry level masters degree

    lukeslichy replied to momof 3&student's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any advice specifically about U of MN but I did have a similar experience. When I was looking into schools three years ago I called them and wanted to get some information. They were not...

  8. Inver Hills Nursing Program

    lukeslichy replied to mangosoccer11's topic in General Nursing

    I'm graduating this May from Inver's program. It's tough. My best advice is to try to focus just on school. If you have a job be willing to cut back on hours. If you have kids be prepared not to see...

  9. Tips for Overnight Preceptorship

    lukeslichy posted a topic in General Students

    Hi! I am just wondering what people who have been through a similar experience to mine's advice would be. I just learned that my preceptorship (which starts next Thursday) will be 12 hour overnight...

  10. Tips for Overnight Preceptorship

    lukeslichy replied to lukeslichy's topic in General Students

    Racer15- Thank you for the hints. You gave many similar hints to IamKosher so I am hoping the ice water/multiple days works for me! Thank you for your

  11. Tips for Overnight Preceptorship

    lukeslichy replied to lukeslichy's topic in General Students

    Thank you ImKosher! I am really excited about going to SICU. I cannot wait to start. Thanks for the info about the nap, I will definitely do that. Ice water is a good idea. I will try that too....

  12. Normandale Nursing Application Decision

    lukeslichy replied to easalden's topic in General Nursing

    Feb 1st. That was 2 years ago now! It was seriously the hardest wait ever. I think it's best to just keep telling yourself you won't hear until April so you aren't disappointed every day you don't get...

  13. Normandale Nursing Application Decision

    lukeslichy replied to easalden's topic in General Nursing

    Elizabeth- If it's anything like Inver's process I definitely wouldn't hold my breath about knowing before April 13th and be prepared for it to possibly take a little longer than that. They told us...

  14. Inver hill community college

    lukeslichy replied to kcarter181's topic in General Nursing

    I just started my 4th semester in the Inver Hills nursing program on Monday. I realize that I'm not exactly a "new" admit but no one else has replied so I'll answer ya. The pre-reqs are pretty...

  15. decision between Med surg or tele RN positions

    lukeslichy replied to hottchaca's topic in General Nursing

    If it were me with a new baby and still being in school I would take the Med/surg part time position. Unless there is some dire circumstances where you need the money you are going to burn yourself...

  16. Moving back to Minnesota

    lukeslichy replied to kristiesin's topic in General Nursing

    Kristiesin- It wouldn't hurt to throw your name in at Inver as well. It is so competitive here to get into schools the more you get your name out the better. Also I don't know if this is possible but...

  17. Textbooks? E-books?

    lukeslichy replied to LCinTraining's topic in General Students

    If you are looking for the cheapest way simply buy older editions of the books. I wish I had done this and spend less than $100 instead of over $500 (and I bought used books online, buying them from...

  18. What did you take to orientation?

    lukeslichy replied to Mrs.Priss's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't stress about it too much. I'd bring a water bottle, pen and paper, and a lunch. I would not recommend buying your books at the school's bookstore. I saved over $300 ($500 instead of over...

  19. Pregnancy: Before or After Nursing School

    lukeslichy replied to Justabitoff's topic in General Students

    I agree with everyone else, totally a personal decision but I love giving my opinion so here's mine! In your situation where you have decided you want kids and you have 4 years of schooling to go I...

  20. What to do in the mean time of not getting accepted into RN program?

    lukeslichy replied to thiscatscheesy's topic in General Nursing

    That's a hard question. Like I have said earlier in prior posts the St. Kates program is probably the "easiest" program to get into. If you are willing to spend the money you can most likely get in...

  21. Got my letter-century college- alternate list????????

    lukeslichy replied to Justakiss's topic in General Nursing

    Hey I just wanted to update you, I saw in the Inver Hills newletter that now they are doing two application dates. One for the Fall and one for the Spring. The spring deadline is August 29th. Not sure...

  22. Anyone know where to get free CNA training in Minnesota?

    lukeslichy replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard any facility that accepts money from medicaid is obligated to pay you for your CNA training. I worked at a nursing home in Farmington and got paid for my CNA course after 6 weeks of work....

  23. St. Kate's worth the cost?

    lukeslichy replied to sejones's topic in General Nursing

    Zebro- Ah yes I forgot to mention that. I heard that their pass rates were starting to climb again

  24. St. Kate's worth the cost?

    lukeslichy replied to sejones's topic in General Nursing

    The benefit in going to St. Kates is the fact you can get directly into the program. Is it better than Century or Inver? Actually Inver and Century's NCLEX pass rates are much higher than St. Kates. I...

  25. Got my letter-century college- alternate list????????

    lukeslichy replied to Justakiss's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly Feistn, I think that's what happened last year. Like I said a girl that was in the 20s on the wait list was accepted in last Fall, with everyone applying to multiple schools you never