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I say include Nursing Assistant / Patient Care Tech positions at major hospitals in your job search. I realize that some hospitals systems will not do this for liability reasons, and some nurses don't support doing this for the same reasons..... but I know from experience that if you find a hospital that will hire RNs as NAs/PCTs, they DO prefer to hire internally because it saves them money and time and is less risky for them - and for you it can essentially act like a very long interview where you can shine, show initiative, and network. At the very least it is something to put on your resume that shows you are keeping up with direct patient care in some form. I know that the VA, in particular, will do this because it takes SO long to hire folks from the outside. It's much easier if the applicant is already in the system.

Ps. guessing by your username that I know you Makes me wonder if there are others in our program in the same boat..... Briana

I haven't spent much time searching yet (let me know if you find anything!). Waiting to hear back from my adviser to see what she thinks.... From the little bit of research I did, though, it seems like the fastest/cheapest way to meet this requirement would be to register at a community college that accepts a CLEP exam score for sociology credit....... problem is finding one in my area :/

Hey all, I am in my final semester in nursing school, graduating with a BSN in December...was getting all the documents ready so that I can register for the NCLEX when I see that a sociology or anthropology course is required to be eligible... I have never taken a sociology or an anthropology course. They were not required by my school, nor my nursing program. Does anyone know how strict the CA BON is about this requirement?? I have taken loads of "cultural" related courses that apparently satisfied the social studies/humanities requirements for my university (I go to a CSU in California) and the prereqs for my nursing program. Has anyone else found themselves in this situation and been allowed to take the NCLEX?? I don't know how I apparently slipped through the holes or why nobody at my school notified me that I need this.. I am going to be extrememly unhappy if I have to pay for another class after I've already graduated and wait until the summer to take the nclex....................