tigo

anyone else starting july/aug?

Best advice to get ahead would be to get your CPR/BLS and try to be a CNA, unit secretary, or tech at a hospital while you're in school.

9 out of 47

Try to be open to moving around the country! There IS a nursing shortage.. just not so much in places like California.

I've heard Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Florida are looking for nurses. Moving out of state is probably your best bet!

I am INFP as well. Working with patients actually has made me more extroverted.

I took them through online approved courses. Taking them at SM is super expensive

i applied for this summer and got in while taking patho and pharm. about to finish pharm this month

Samuel Merritt in the Bay Area has no repeat policy --- retake as many times as you want. Their ABSN does have a 60k + price tag. I retook some classes and got in this semester.

PM sent to you ! :) Anyone else in San Mateo June that I missed?

My advice is to go with the aBSN as the opportunity cost of doing the aDN + RN->BSN (3 years) vs aBSN (1 year) is a huge factor. Time is money!

Just sent some PM's to people that I saw were going to be in the June cohort. Let's start that Facebook group!

if i recall correctly bloodbourne pathogens can be found on AHA or Red Cross website. It's 25$ and just a web course. Think it has to do with gloves and body substance isolation but i forget.

get A's in those classes you're retaking. My undergrad GPA was 2.94. I did my prereqs at a JC and got straight A's. Just got into Samuel Merritt ABSN! so it is possible.. just work your butt off.

Ah yeah, I could do a Sunday thing too! I have a buddy who got in the program with me so I'm not really going in blind but I am down to get any advantage I can by forming study groups and the like early! I live in South Bay so holler if you're near!