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whooo hoo!! I passed!!! took my nclex on 2/18 in CA. I got my result this morning that I passed!!! 6 days waiting makes me really nervous :icon_roll (2/20 is a furlough friday too) and I almost lost hope, but I keep hearing Susanze and silverdragon...

dartgirl, that's because it's furlough Friday here in CA. So 1st and 3rd friday of the month, everyone in government offices are having their temporarily layoff day for that day b/c of the budget crisis in CA. Hope that helps. Yup! It will defini...

Hi, I'm new to the nursing forum and enjoy it very much. I wounder if any nurses here are formally or currently students or RN from Samuel Merritt College in Oakland, CA? I would like to ask for your opinion on the nursing program there, especially ...

4. Use NCLEX books. I love Saunders and Lippincott. Saunders offers chapter reviews (bullet points) and Lippincott is broken down by disease so it is easy to find what you are studying. The more you get in the habit of answering these type of que...

I got accepted in Ohlone College Nursing Program in CA. Classes start Jan. 29. I'm so excited. Congrats to everyone.

Hi Everyone, Has anybody attended any of these nursing program that can give me some advice? The Ohlone and CCSF program are in CA. I applied to both and got into the Ohlone nursing program still wating on CCSF. I'm so excited and can't wait to star...

Thanks so much for your advice. I know nursing school is going to be tough and I hope I have prepared enough to survive it By the way, congratulation in this upcoming december graduation. :balloons: I envy all the nurses who go before me. oh an...

Hi Chuck! Thanks for the 2 cents . I glad to know senior students in the program. I just recieved my nursing package yesterday in the mail and if you recalled you probably had to go through getting the cpr, background check, and health clearance be...

Good to know. So it seems like "good clinical experience" really counts! thanks.

Yes! I realized CCSF has early clinical and class--- most start at 7AM. From where I am, I would have to wake up about 4AM or 4:30Am in the morning in order to get there in time for class and clinical. I don't know how much of traveling becomes an i...

Hi TazziRN, I'm just curious, do you know what makes Chabot program better? I was planning on applying there as well, but since I got into Ohlone, I am no longer considering it. Also when you look at a program, do you look at the kind of courses t...

Hi everybody! Can I get some input/advice/suggestion from you? So here's the deal, I applied to a nursing program this year and the school that I applied to offers a scholarship. It's called a Loan Forgiveness program and the scholarship is funded b...

Congrats! GoldenGateNurse :balloons: What an accomplishment! :) Have a great time in school and please keep in touch.

Hello GoldenGateNurse I was wondering have you heard about any acceptance news from SMC yet? I know some friends who are applying there this year. While some of them got in, others don't. It's a comptetitive process no doubt. I wish you the best o...

Hi GoldenGateNurse, whooo--hoo! :yelclap: finally someone response! (okay that answer your first question) no, one has respond to me until now. I think because I requested for so specific things. I'm glad to meet you. What MSN program did you ap...

Yes! it is true that if you decide not to work for them after you graduate, then you'll pay back the loan w/ 10% interest, and if you work for them then the amount is being reduced for each year as well. Thanks lizz for giving me another perspective...

thank you very much! I really appreciated your comment and sorry it took me a while to reply take care

yup! I agree w/ Lunakat, you have to find out what your program requires. Some schools weight GPA heavier than others, while some schools require that you have some volunteer experience before entering the field. Either way, I think it's good if you ...

Hello everyone, Is it true that nurses have to be a certain height and weight? I heard people say that sometimes if employers see you are too small then they think that you're not capable of handling a nursing job because nursing do requires some phy...

Thanks everyone! :) I hope by the time I reach to my clinical practice, I will find a some technique to makes it easier. Now that I think about it, I'm a smallest girl in my Hankido class yet I can throw a guy who's 170 pounds+ :chuckle , so there ...

Hi everyone, I have a quick question and hope someone could give me some advice. I send in my application about half of a month ago and have not heard from the school if they have recieved my application yet. When I sent it in, there's a reply card...

Hi everybody! Thank you much for the great advices you gave me. I was about to call the school but I just got the mail today indicating that they've already recieved my apps. :wink2: Yay! what a relief. And all of you are really awsome in taking so...