LovinLife28

Being a bay area native myself, I would say apply everywhere.

I live in the bay area as well and I have never heard of "RN Certification process." Most of my RN friends that had previous associate degrees were just awarded a second degree when they completed nursing school. I would take the ADN seat because he...

Congrats and I totally agree with your message. Never give up! I have a dear friend who has wanted to be a nurse forever. It took her 7 years to get into an ADN program. She has worked jobs over the years but she really wanted to be a RN. Well she gr...

Unfortunately, California has one of the highest unemployment rates for new grads. I have friends that graduated last year and they still do not have jobs. A few of them are working in SNF. The others are "still looking." Two of them applied to out o...

I suggest applying to as many programs as you can, ADN, BSN and ELMSN. It is very competitive to get into nursing programs here in Ca and you may or may not get in on your first or second try. Many of my friends graduated in 2013. A few found jobs i...

I agree with the others. Dust yourself off and try again. You have to have a 75% in the ADN programs in my area. Anything less than that, you are out of the program. There is no starting again next year, you have to reapply with other people, basical...

About 8 of my former classmates who graduated last June work for well-known Bay Area hospitals in CA and they still hold their former positions. It doesn't matter that they have been excellent employees at these hospitals for years, they have no RN e...

I so agree with this!! Chemistry major is very difficult.

In my neck of the woods in California (Bay Area), it is brutal out here. I know so many out of work new grads who have been looking for work for over a year now. Some of them still work at Starbucks and retail jobs. But as the previous poster stated,...

Contra Costa had 28 seats (they did their lottery the first week of April). So I am assuming that LMC will be around the same. Hopefully, they take more than 19!!

Today some of the people who did not pass the TEAS V test last year are taking it over, so if they pass, those few spots will be taken thus reducing how many spots are available. They are guaranteed a spot.

I went to a pinning ceremony for one of my friends and 4 students failed out in fundamentals in fall 2010. They reapplied to the same program, got back in the program in fall 2011 and they just graduated. Do not give up on your dream because if you d...

A friend of mines applied to LMC, hopefully she gets in!!

They only have the computerized version at LMC.

Thanks all for your condolences :hug:

This post hits home for me. We had my 86 yr old grandmother removed from the ventilator this past tuesday:sniff:. There was no hope for her, it was her time to go. First of all she never really recovered from a CVA she previously had. She was in a SN...

I'm sorry you are going through this but like the others said, unfortunately there is nothing that can be done if you reached the maximum attempt. My friend was dismissed from her program because she didn't pass a class but she cannot retake it. If y...

I have a friend who could not get into a RN program so she enrolled into a RHIA bachelors program. She loves it and she's making a really good living. We both started pre-reqs at the same time. Meanwhile, I'm still chugging along in my RN program and...

^^^this. You have to want to go back on your own and yes nursing school is very stressful so that is not going to change when you go back. If you feel at peace right now, why change anything? I would finish out the HIM program if I were you and then ...

This describes the market in california ---->

Esme12, I totally agree with you. I'd rather be informed now than after I graduate from school and have missed all the networking possibilities. When we had our orientation the instructors were very clear with us and they informed us that there were ...

Go to the thread Los Medanos for Fall 2011, ask DReinerMBA she is currently in the program so she would be the one to get the best info about the program.

I am in a BSN program and there is a 27 yr old with 4 kids all under 10. She is doing extremely well in the program and the key to that she says is a great support system. A lot of her motherly duties has been delegated to others in her family and wh...

You might want to check into it because in the Nursing handbook on Pg 10 it says "do not take the test repeatedly, only the score from the first exam regardless of where it is taken is considered for eligibility." I was trying to copy and paste it bu...

My friend didn't get in either..her name was no where to be found on the alternate list neither. THey only choose 19 accepted with 20 alternates. That's a big difference from last year.