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I would think patient care may suffer if their nurse is fatigued from working 7 days in a row. Everyone needs some time to rest and spend with their families.

Okay this made me laugh out loud :) I wonder if the housekeepers are worried for their jobs now that the nurses have the mops? LOL!

Congrats to you guys! I am in third semester at COC and I love love love it! First semester is very stressful because everything is so new but the 1st semester instructors are super nice people so its just the work that makes in stressful not the ins...

I can't believe how fast that semester went by. It felt like we were constantly taking midterms or finals. Just an FYI to the next incoming class the classes run one after the other so the first semester is broken into two 8 week sections with two c...

The group I am in starts skills lab tomorrow morning :) I can't believe its time already!!! Of course my kid came home sick today so I have been freaking out all day.... but she seems better now.... hope she holds out until Friday for any more illn...

I am so freaken excited that school starts on the 23rd!!!! I still haven't finished my reading... I think I am just so freaked about once the rollercoster of information starts we will be riding it for 2 years that I am just trying to delay the star...

@Rishybugg - So funny you should ask... I am also starting skills lab on the 23rd and was wondering the same thing. I drove by there today and its really easy to find its right accross from the parking structure. So when you drive into the main hos...

Mine will be at 6:30 am at kaiser PC.

@ nursefrances - LMAO! Now the pirates song is stuck in my head. LOL!

Congrats!!!

I started reading this thread because I too will be on a tight budget and thought it might contain some tips..... then I just giggled my way through it and no longer cared about poverty. You guys/gals are a crack up :) Thanks for the laugh!

Mrs. Priss - I have had very similar conversations. Oddly all of the doctors and nurses I have talked to about my desire to become a nurse have been really encouraging and have not made weight an issue - my family on the other hand does not have the...

Idon't know about electronic copies, but I did ask the instructors about older versions of books. I was advised via email that the last version of calculate with confidence and the 1st version of the videos would be fine (and they are both much cheap...

So I was looking at the booklist today and OMG!! My friend gave me a number of books but many of them are 1 edition off. Anyone know if there is a big change in the fundamentals of nursing books between edition 6 and 7?

I will be at Kaiser PC.

@mbragasin - I would love to know what we are going to learn 1st semester and what books we will be using if you have an idea. My email is [email protected].

I know people who have graduated from both and both are good schools. I am attending COC this fall and they are actually making us buy the Kaplan review course to improve the NCLEX pass rate. Some schools hold back or drop students in their final s...

Wow they start early :) I am looking forward to haning out with my kid and going on vacation while I still have the time and brain power this summer. Good luck to you @nurseoftheworld.

@Dox06 they are in the mail and they are using our envelopes so I am sure people will get one either way. @nurseoftheworld, I am glad you got into the school and program of your choice. Its important that we all pick the best program that suits ou...

I just got an acceptance letter from Glendale for the standard program (days). I will be declining my seat as I will be attending College of the canyons but it was nice to be accepted. Good luck to you all!

So a friend of mine who works for another nursing program in the los angeles area said that their is a rumor going around that COC has received a grant to help pay for the cost of Kaplan. Has anyone else heard anything about that?

I picked up a littman classic II stethoscope :)

Oh and I am a little annoyed that we have to buy the Kaplan review. If we work hard and study a review book as we go along why would we need to take a review at the end. I am just less than thrilled its mandatoryand the fees are due in May. At this...

I wish someone would have asked (I didn't think of it at the time) for an ETA on when the instructors would be emailing us with the booklists etc. I want to get my shop on :) All of this hurry up and wait stinks. Although it is nice to already kno...

@ Desirosee - this is what the spring 2012 handbook states, "All white, leather shoes must be worn when in clinical. Shoes and laces must be kept clean. Open toed/ open backed shoes are not allowed in clinical facilities." My friend (Chrissy) an...