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a&csmom has good stuff. I took after a classmate and did audio record lectures and played it back while driving in the car and shower. Of course, permission has to be taken from the instructors. Best to you! I have full faith in you!

Good luck!

I am really happy for everyone and especially you too NewGrad2015. I interviewed with CVICU last week.

Hi Tiffany, I am not a mother of three and did not work all the time while I was in nursing school, but I have some suggestions that may help you. -Get a nursing book either Foundations or Medical-Surgical Nursing book that may has good reviews, preferably one that is used or will be used at the nursing school you plan to go to. Study it or at least the most common nursing topics and problems like Diabetes Mellitus, Kidney Disease, Shock, MI, etc. Answer questions. Medical-Surgical Nursing and Foundations will most likely be the core of many things you will have to learn. -Know your A&P well. Get ready to take your nursing entrance test. -Study Pathophysiology, such as how do things link, how does the heart affect other systems, etc... -Watch YouTube videos to help you out. Michael Linares videos helped me out a lot, especially with EKG and basic heart. The more you study well the more knowledge you will have, and the easier it will be when you are in nursing school. As far as work schedule, I would definitely talk to the counselor and try to reach out to professors about clinical schedules and lecture times. I am a mother of one who was a toddler when I was in nursing school, had a husband that traveled all the time, and worked part time until my Pedi semester which was intense. I am hoping the best for you. I am so proud of you for going to school and trying to prepare for the future! Best to you!

Hello all, I would like to ask if anyone has applied and interviewed for the Summer 2015 GN Residency Program and see if you have heard anything back yet and/or how did your experience feel? Thanks!

Amen. I always feel prayers can help.

Thanks for sharing! Congratulations!!! And very proud of you for not giving up! That says something and is quite meaningful!

I don't know NCLEX-PN exams, as I did the only the NCLEX-RN. However, if you studied hard on many of the areas that most likely will be presented/on the NCSBN study plan, pretend you're actually in the clinical situation, and believe and breathe, I don't see why you couldn't pass! I will pray for you!

Thanks for sharing! Congratulations!

GinGab, If you are referring to my post: $400-$450 is a lot of money, but to take the NCLEX only once I think it's worth it, at least for me and some others. However, I did post if someone is low on money/resources, what one can do. Although it my seem vague, hopefully that helps. There are many resources to help someone with the NCLEX. You are right, always look up the information whether the question received was answered correctly or incorrectly.

ufnurse13, No problem! Hope it helps somehow someone! I hope you have much success!

TrevyRN, If that helped you and others cool! I'm not so into the evil counterpart though. Definitely know lab values, especially what's presented on the NCSBN NCLEX-RN detailed study plan, it's important in reality! As well as vital signs.

Nscorpiored, Hi, did you take your NCLEX yet? I apologize for my late response, I didn't see any postings until today and didn't receive any notification to my Yahoo mail that I signed up with. I heard of a lot of people doing poorly on their Kaplan scores like 60%-70% and still passed the NCLEX, but I'm not sure if all of them used other resources. On Saunders, I didn't do too well either, but I definitely went back and read the question again, broke it down, looked at the answer and different resources. I think the more someone knows how to understand and break down a question and relate the answer the better, even for questions that were right. Hope that helps.

MarWebbRobinson, I apologize for the late response. I am not used to AllNurses, and I didn't know I would not get email notifications to my Yahoo account. I never heard of resources from College Network for $2000. Personally, I don't know if it is worth it, because I never heard anyone doing that. I did hear people doing College Networks' test bank and that helped them pass the NCLEX, but it was free for 7 days for them if attended an orientation. However, I think that's too much money, unless there's a guarantee money-back and other special incentives. I hope you pass! There's so many free resources online, one just has to type in many different ways for RN NCLEX.

Wow! Congratulations! Thank you for sharing your information! Everyone is different and I'm glad what you did helped and passing it along now! I've heard Saunders and solving questions one's own way really helps. Yes! Prayer for me!