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Hi everyone, Thank you for the replies! I was worrying way too much. I passed the written with a 93% and passed the skills. As for jobs, I have applied to many so now I am in the hurry up and wait phase, meaning I want my license to hurry up and get here and I am waiting for a call back for interviews lol. Such as life.

Hi folks, So I just completed my CNA class Friday April 22, 2011 and took my state boards written and skills exam this morning on May 1, 2011. Anyway, the RN test observer told me that it could take a couple days to receive my score and find out whether or not I passed. This wait time is driving me a bit nuts and I am looking for some suggestions of what my friends and I could do over the next couple days to get my mind off of the test. Now I am not feeling this way because I think I did bad. BUT one of my skills was blood pressure and... I think I got it right... But the more I think about it the more I start to doubt my systolic/diastolic. What are some things my friends and I could do these next couple days to put my mind at ease? I am open to all suggestions.

Hi to everyone that replied, Thank you kindly for your informative responses. The reason I have not responded back is because I have been in an accelerated CNA program at Arizona Medical Training Institute (AMTI, previously known as RSAA). As of today, I have completed my state boards exam, both the written and skills and am awaiting my scores (The waiting game SUCKS by the way haha). Anyway, thank you for your responses and I have decided to deal with the loans and go straight for the BSN. After all my prerequisites are completed I plan to apply to ASU, Chamberlain, GCU, and NAU. Are there any schools that you folks would recommend that you or someone you know went to? BSN or ADN, doesn't matter.

I am not a nurse yet but feel I should try to help both of you out any way I can. What about applying and working for a LTC Facility, instead of a hospital, to gain your experience? Would that help, or are the hospitals looking for actual hospital experience? I am really pulling for you two, hopefully everything works out and you find that dang unicorn!

Hi Cursed Irishman, My situation is that I am able to afford the expense of the nursing program, but not both the nursing program as well as the pre-reqs. Meaning, I can afford ASU or Chamberlain's core nursing program (Upper-Division), but am unable to afford also taking the pre-reqs at ASU or Chamberlain. In response to both Irishman and fromthesea, Given that ASU is out of the question for me with the new multiplier system, do you both feel I should wait 2 years for the Community College program, or enter into Chamberlain for my BSN and graduate with ~30k loans? This question is in regards to the job market. Would more debt but a BSN end up being a better choice then a debt free ADN? Thank you, Tony

Hello everyone, My name is Tony and I am currently a Pre-Nursing student. I am less than a year away from completing all of my Nursing prerequisites for the BSN program at Arizona State University as well as at Chamberlain College of Nursing. I have had a question on my mind for quite some time and have tried researching the answer but have been unable to locate the information I am looking for. My question is simply put: With all community colleges on a two year wait and Arizona State University using its new multiplier system, should I not pursue these options and apply to Chamberlain College of Nursing? I spoke with a nice lady who works in the Human Resources Department for Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. She is in the Nursing department of the hospital. She was kind enough to answer some of my questions that I had as well as inform me that the college I go to does not matter as much as the GPA that I earn and how well I use what I have been taught. With that being said, should I not waste my time trying to apply to ASU's BSN program and apply to Chamberlain, instead? I have a high GPA and I am confident in my ability to maintain my high GPA even through my science courses that I have left to take, so I feel I could have a strong application. Where the anxiety comes in is with the new multiplier system and the amount of applicants that ASU receives each semester. Is it even worth trying for nowadays? Also, I am not a current ASU student as I am unable to afford to take my prerequisites at a university. I am finishing my prerequisites at the community college level. I hope I explained my question well enough. If anyone feels like I should explain it better please let me know and I will do that. Thank you for your time, Sincerely, Tony :)