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  1. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2013

    aluflow replied to kmleonard4's topic in California Nursing

    Hi Matthew, congratulations on getting in! I have a quick suggestion though. The Facebook group for the ABSN Oakland class before me was called "ABSN Oakland Class of 2012" and mine is called "Samuel...

  2. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2013

    aluflow replied to kmleonard4's topic in California Nursing

    Oh, and Saunders, yeah, that's a good one :-) I could name maybe four people in my class of 48 who have it already though. That's like three months from now! And after seven months of five-week terms,...

  3. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2013

    aluflow replied to kmleonard4's topic in California Nursing

    I think I meant to do that too, last summer, but I was taking prereqs into March! (long story). I'm not sure there's anything that could prepare you for the onslaught of work you get in the first few...

  4. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2013

    aluflow replied to kmleonard4's topic in California Nursing

    This is so great; I so remember what this was like this time last year! I'm in CaptainBW's class. Last year, I'm pretty sure they didn't look at applications until two or three weeks before they made...

  5. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    They're at six different places. Kaiser is sponsoring us in Oakland, Oakland/Richmond, and Walnut Creek. We've also got people at John Muir in Concord/Walnut Creek, and at ABSMC's Summit and Eden. Not...

  6. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    I got one asking for a random assortment of transcripts, but not for my TEAS score. Weird, because I'd sent all of those as well! But then it turned out that one of my schools literally had not sent...

  7. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    Alright, I think I figured out what the books are for Oakland (except for two): Wong's Nursing Care of Infants & Children (9ed) by Wong and Hockenberry Foundations of Nursing in the Community:...

  8. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    Ahh, noo pnlu007! But yay for Sika, if that's better for her...! I don't know. Sika, was that you who just joined the FB group? Did you find it okay? Katiebell, I am notoriously stingy when it comes...

  9. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    Ahhh that's so much money! I should probably go for the bundle, but I have a feeling I'm going to buy them individually on Amazon.com. Wannabnurse, I don't want you to have to post the names of the...

  10. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    Eastbay: I think volunteering is always a good idea. My application had something like a 3.6 GPA (3.5 for core science), TEAS 4 scores in the 99%, volunteering in a hospital for the past 5-odd months,...

  11. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    Is anyone else anxious to enroll in classes? I just tried...and when it said "hey dum dum it's not time yet" I still added courses to my shopping cart knowing that it wouldn't let me enroll. So....

  12. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    Blaah more moneyyys for blood-borne pathogens... Man oh man this loan stuff is annoying! I applied for the Sallie Mae one with my husband as co-signer and they just flat out said no. We're now using...

  13. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    I haven't heard anything about blood-borne pathogens? I did my CPR/BLS about a week ago - the Heart Start (I think it was) with this awesome guy...Ybarra? something? He was awesome! Wasn't strict, we...

  14. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    also, i forget how many people from here are going where. someone was on top of that... i found it! tamosaur was on it. thanks tamosaur :) also i tried to edit this list for accuracy and oh my gosh i...

  15. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    Funny Fungus, I 'went around' that by adding my husband and then kicking him out after a few

  16. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    Katie, I just started one Though please join so that you can make it look better!! It's called Samuel Merritt University - ABSN Oakland - Class of

  17. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    I was talking to some people about this too. Because it seems like SMU doesn't do what other schools do, that is, accept more people than they think will attend. So they really only accept 48...

  18. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    Ha ha! Yeah, I just got the call five minutes ago. I'm pretty sure she thought I was half-crazy I was laughing so much by way of being delirious and incapable of believing I was having that...

  19. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    Oh! And the BLS is the CPR training for health professionals whatnot we have to do. I looked online and found one that worked for me, and it's from 10-2 on Wednesday at (coincidentally) SMU. I'm just...

  20. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    Oh! There was a flyer at Merritt College (where I basically live) and I...took it. It was $5 to sign up for a "Mentoring in Medicine" conference that more or less happened to be at SMU. Most of the...

  21. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    Is anyone else at this Mentoring in Medicine conference? It's supposed to be about financing...school stuff! I'll let you know what I find out. Katie, I can't believe we'll probably be getting a call...

  22. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    I definitely think it's the

  23. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    Ahh, didn't get the "You're not number 6" email! Oh well, at least I know that I am because I come here I agree with what some other people told me about the April-SF cohort; I was talking with my...

  24. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    I woke up in the middle of Saturday night - heart racing - because I couldn't stop thinking about it. I think I'm officially a bit of a nervous wreck about all the uncertain waiting? Ugh. It was just...

  25. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California Nursing

    This is hilarious - I lurked this for awhile but started feeling so down about it that I didn't reply. But I was wondering who was number 10 on the waitlist (I'm #11!) and I had this crazy idea that...