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I just hit 10 months in the ER as a new grad and had a 12 week preceptorship. I'm far from a seasoned nurse, but I'm not the same RN I was last November. Those first few weeks/months should feel like a slow motion train wreck, at times. Don't jeo...

I was advised that if I took TNCC after I had my license I could use those hours for continuing education. This is probably what I'll do.

I rented all my textbooks besides my med/surg books, which I purchased. You can get Amazon Student service which is essentially Amazon prime which gives you free shipping both ways. Any school that doesn't provide you an ISBN before a course star...

Fyi... it's 106 degrees in Sacramento today, same tomorrow. But at least there isn't any humidity. The places in CA with the great weather, like San Diego, come with a cost (for the most part). Either cost of living is higher or pay is less or bo...

12/48, ABSN program in the Bay Area, CA. We graduate in two weeks!!!!

I'd snap that one up. Great place to live even if it is rather remote. Cal Poly is located there, fantastic climate, surfing, coast mountains, good food and wine, no traffic like LA or Bay Area. I'd pick that over Drain-o (Reno) any day.

Regarding the FAIR part above.... SMU and other private schools don't determine who gets a loan or not, that is up to the banks. Many private schools offer some scholarships to ease the cost burden as well once you are in and can prove a financial ...

Cheap ones, if your school is like ours, and you have to wear white shoes. Mine will be burnt the moment clinicals are done. Not because they are gross but because they are white. Who the hell buys white shoes?? Look at Discount & Clearance C...

I'm attending SMU right now and I'm under the impression that most people are taking out private loans. You do get some federal money (around $12,250 if this is your second bachelor's degree) which comes at a nice low interest rate, but the rest has ...

I'm an SMU ABSN student right now, in my 4th month. The answer is not full time. There are a few people who have continued to work some during school, like one shift on Friday night, or stay on per diem with their former job. I'm not working and...

I second the travel assignment suggestion. Don't call it Cali, it's California.

In Northern Nevada, several of the schools I am familiar with have been adding requirements to their application process. Things like having a CNA license, more math classes, having to take the TEAS on site at the college, residency requirements, et...

I'm thinking ABSN that is offered at the Stockton campus. Apologies for mixing them up and congrats to those who are in!

Are you sure this wasn't acceptance to Cal State Stanislaus itself and not the nursing program? The application period for the nursing program is open for over another month (app deadline is May 15th) and at the info session we were told they would b...

I think applying a one size fits all statement, like "there is a nursing shortage" to the entire country in just about any line of work is not going to work that well. Different regions have different needs and have different resources to fill thos...

I was wondering the same thing. I paid my $350 deposit at SMURF and haven't heard anything. I'm also working on the student health record and the other items outlined in the admissions email. Can anyone verify that the 2013-2014 FAFSA that I sub...

Got my email at 0800 this morning. I'm in at Oakland. I cannot explain the relief I'm feeling. I can scratch off all those other programs from the list, all the other pre-reqs and now just focus on an actual program. Best of luck to everyone. Edit...

I hope there are a bunch of these students in my ABSN program. They will make me look like a friggen' rock star because I love patient care.

I'm still in the wait and see phase of applications right now, so I can't help you there, but I have one suggestion.... You can do what a friend of mine did and pick his top ten or so locations in California for an associates degree and apply to them...

I can't help you with an individual NP but can comment on living in Alaska a bit, I lived there for 5 years. Sitka is stunningly beautiful, all of Southeast Alaska is. The primary reason it's so beautiful is the precipitation. It rains quite a bit ...

I got my acceptance email on Monday (Oct. 18th). However, I'm not accepting, so there is another slot that is going to be open for someone else!! Good luck to those who got in and are on the waiting list.

I took the course online through Santa Barbara City College. I was relatively pleased with the course. You need to be a self motivator though. There are some hoops to jump through too before you can register for the course, i.e a pre-req. If yo...

I live in Northern CA too and I gotta be honest, the competition for the slots that are available here is pretty fierce. There were two accelerated programs that would have been a good option for you that have been discontinued (not sure for how lo...

That seems like a really reasonable stud fee.

Those 5 hour energy things are a joke. They are all advertising and no "energy". I drink a sugar free rockstar on some overnight shifts around 0300. I personally prefer its wakefulness properties to coffee, which I drink daily. I'm usually busy en...