Leafhouse

You're correct with 17ml/hr. You're over thinking it which is so easy to do with med math. "Every 6 hours" is pretty much the same as "over 6 hours." Just like you, I dont like the wording "every" if it's an IV rate and not referring to a PO med or a...

Ahhhh the "R" word. Don't mention that haha.

Still waiting and crossing my fingers as well :)

I submitted an application but I still haven't heard aything yet. If anyone starts to hear anything, PLEASE POST!

I think they're doing this because nursing is the most expensive program/major for a school to fund. At least that's the case for the California State University system.

At the hospital I work at in Southern California, sitters are CNAs. You're either assigned to work the floor or you work as a sitter but you don't find out until you arrive for your shift.

I just applied for a new grad program in Sacramento, Ca that starts at $41/hr.

One of the first things my instructor told us our first semester of nursing school is that we are pretty much the bottom of the food chain. I would rarely even sit at a chair that was occupied by papers and never at change of ****. We were always tol...

I fainted once my first semester during clinical during a dressing change. I was more embarrassed than worried if this would effect my ability to be a nurse. I nearly fainted twice during my L&D rotation (once during a vaginal birth and once duri...

I'm a CNA at a hospital in California and under their policy they pay you for 4 hours but you do have to stay for those 4 hours even if that means doing nothing.

I've heard from other nurses as well as instructors that hospitals and other health care facilities don't really hire entry-level MSN graduates because they lack experience. At a master's level you are expected not only to have the knowledge of a mas...

This is a tough one. You'll have to work twice as much to make what you're currently making now. I did work throughout nursing school but I didn't become a CNA until my 5th semester. Personally, I liked that my job had nothing to do with school. For ...

I took microbiology, physiology, and statistics all in the same semester and worked about 12 hours a week. I managed to get all A's but it cost me my social life and a lot of mini break downs filled with many tears. Do I regret it? No becuase if I ha...

Also a big fan of lacharity. If you want to save money, I would buy the old edition of the Saunders comprehensive review. It's exactly the same as the new edition except that the words in bold are in black and not red. The practice questions are also...

Just like wsuRN09, I graduated from in state public university with a BSN that cost me about $20,000 (that's not including the 3 years of GE and pre-reques) with zero debt. How did I manage? I had about $10,000 in scholarships (beyond grateful for); ...

This information may get lost in the millions of post but for those of you that live in Ca who can't get quick results and may not entirely trust the Pearson-vue trick, my licensed number showed up on the California Board of nursing within 3 days of ...

I haven't read every post but to make a long story short, it seems that the pay and demand for LPNs varies state to state and like any career decision, you should do your research ahead of time to see what the job market is like and determine if it's...

Another thing you may want to consider is how your grades match up with the applicants that have previously been accpeted for each particular school. Also i would look at the point system that each nursing program uses when evaluating applicants. Eve...

Finding a job in California as a new grad is going to be just as difficult as it was being a pre-nursing student trying to get in to nursing school. You have hundreds of people applying for a very limited number of positions. But someone is going to ...

Just went on the site to do the trick. My heart was racing and my hands were shaking as if I was taking NCLEX all over again. Got the good pop up and my heart is still racing. Ahhhhhhhhh.

California State University, Long Beach has an accelerated BSN program. They look at your overall TEAS score, your math TEAS score, your science prereq GPA, and your core class GPA (2 english classes, communication class, and math class) and that's i...

It is normal to have first day of clinical jitters. If you didn't have them, I would say that you're not human. In fact, you will have them every semester...or at least I did. You will have nurses to guide you so you're not entirely on your own. You ...

It all depends on where you are located. I live in southern california and I got hired without any experience other than being a nursing student. I started at $16/hr with a $2 night differential.

If it's possible, I would finish all your general Ed classes before applying to nursing school. I couldn't imagine taking more classes than what's required for nursing school. Actually I can imagine because I did and I wish so bad that I didn't have ...

Yes nursing school at CSULB and just about anywhere is impacted but to say that your chances of getting in are slim to none is ridiculous. About 90 students get accepted each application period and those students that got in worked hard and got good ...