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Oh good deal! So I can complete the entire thing online and get my certification? Thank you again for your help, you're great.

Well, just checked on getting my ACLS (I already have my BLS). There's really only one major hospital in my area that offers ACLS classes and the coordinator told me they won't allow nursing students to take the course. I'm a little aggravated about that but there's really not much I can do. I guess since this is the hospital I intend to apply for a nurse tech job at they can't really expect me to have my ACLS when they won't allow me to take the course. ?

Thank you thank you, people like you on this site are lifesavers...haha, literally!

Hey everyone, I know this is for new nursing jobs but I didn't know where else to post, please move if necessary. I'm going to find out if my local hospital has any nurse tech jobs available tomorrow. I'm entering in to my last semester the 19th of this month and I'd like to get a nurse tech job so that I may have a leg up in getting a job when I graduate. The only previous job experience I have is waitressing jobs at a couple of different restaurants. Please let me know if I need to compile a resume, what I need to take tomorrow, etc. Thank you in advance!

Your situation sounds much the same as mine, only our town has about 20,000 in it and there are 3 different nursing programs (LPN included) and 1 hospital. The hospital doesn't require the 3 years experience but the new CNO is not very fond of hiring graduate nurses. I will be moving in a couple of years but I'd really like to save up some money before we have to move, I have thousands invested in student loans. : (

Thank you all, I really appreciate it.

Thank you, there's a study group of about 6-7 people in my class (I'm not a part of it). I've tried studying with them before but all they do is NCLEX questions, they don't seem to focus on the material. Needless to say, they lost 3 from their group last semester and the others barely made it. I wish I could form a study group between those of us that know taking the material seriously is key but we all just seem to be loners when it comes to studying. I'm going to make a better effort at making this happen this semester. Thanks for your help.

Thank you, you're very kind for sharing your information.

Thank you, I appreciate your help.

Hey everyone, So I'm entering my fourth and final semester and I STILL do not have a solid study technique. I guess I've gotten this far (with pretty decent grades, somehow) on God's will and what little I've soaked up from lecture and my current haphazard study habits. I worry about this because this is only the first small step in my plan to become a nurse practitioner; I'm not so naive to think ill be able to make it any further without developing a concrete study method. Granted, I know that everyone studies differently as there are different types of learners but, I thought maybe if quite a few people bounce their habits off one another I could possibly put together a style of my own. So far, I've gathered that I need to first understand the anatomy/normal physiology of the system of the body being discussed THEN focus on what has gone wrong to cause this illness. After I understand these two things, I can then add in nursing dx, medications, interventions, procedures, etc. What can you all tell me from here? Is this along the same lines as what you are doing? Anything to add or even something you do totally different? All responses appreciated.