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It depends on the program. Folks who did it through hospital generally tended to be more CNA/PCT, sometimes with shifts of RN shadowing or extra classes thrown in. The pay was better than I made as a PCT in a hospital. My school offered a paid stude...

Congrats! I started as a new grad in L&D myself, and love it so far. :) Here are some of the resources I love: AWHONN is the professional organization - it is expensive to join, but they offer a monthly payment plan and send 2 journals in the ma...

It depends on what interests you. I would recommend a new grad program if at all possible. What units available to new grads in a hospital can depend on need. For example, my hospital's last new grad class most new hires went into ICU, ED, L&D, N...

I was a PCT on a med-surg unit during nursing school and went straight into L&D as a new grad. I had a wonderful orientation that lasted 18 weeks, almost entirely with the same preceptor who was very experienced with orienting. In the area I liv...

You probably will not hear anything until you pay Pearson. We had a couple of classmates not realize they had to pay both, and did not hear anything or receive an ATT until they contacted them, were told they still needed to pay for Pearson, and did ...

I only did Uworld studying for NCLEX. The rationales are so great, aren't they? If there was a topic I seemed to be missing a lot, I would stop and get out my Saunder's book and really review that before I kept going. I was told when I took NCLEX th...

One of the great things about nursing is if an environment doesn't work for you, there are many other settings where people need nurses. I had a friend who started as a new grad in an inpatient setting and realized very, very quickly that it didn't w...

I took mine a little earlier than most folks I knew, so it might slow down when it gets busier. But it took 9 days to get my letter in the mail after passing, and then once I sent back my check (via certified mail - just something a nurse I worked wi...

I think they sent out something to check it out before they finalized the site. It was alright, it didn't seem worth paying for though. But maybe there's more to it than there was at the time. I'm not crazy about monthly subscriptions in general. It ...

As a note, largely because of everything I heard, I was convinced the year I transferred I would end up being a spring admission because I was still taking prereqs during the application and hadn't started A&P II which I'd be taking in the summer...

Congrats! :)

Obviously every place is different, but when I interviewed, most of the questions for L&D interview were things that either came up or you almost expected to come up during other interviews, such as talk about your greatest strengths, talk about ...

It worked fine for me and most of my other friends, but a few weeks ago, it didn't work for anyone for a week or so. I think one of those people said their results never did end up showing up there, even later. So they just had to wait and pay for th...

For NCLEX, I thought uworld was awesome. I heard good things in my last semester of nursing school. I subscribed for 1 month, even though I took my NCLEX 2 weeks after I signed up and only used half my subscription, I still don't regret it. I was pre...

NIU does not use any sort of entrance exam, admission is solely based on GPA. You have to demonstrate competency in reading, I think I just transferred my ACT though. Though because of that and public school tuition, they do seem to get a pretty comp...

I am a recent grad so some things may have changed since then, but personally we had a ton of transfers in our cohort. One of my friends had a bachelor's with a GPA that wasn't as competitive, so the advisor suggested she enroll in NIU first and take...

Awesome! Good luck!! Hope you are enjoying your first week. :)

First track is definitely intimidating and there's a lot of juggling! Lots of little assignments in other classes to keep track of around the 2 biggies. You seem really conscientious, and I'm sure you'll do great! For patho, I found having another b...

Good luck! Hmmm... so advice... Fundamentals is more challenging than I think some people expect. There is a lot of material, the test questions can get a little tricky. Don't get freaked out, just take it seriously from day 1. :) And really question...

It depends on the topic and instructor. I would say personally anyway, patho and med/surg were books I used and ended up referring to from time to time afterwards. The rest, kind of depend on how the instructor teaches the class. Contacting the instr...

How exciting! Are you starting in the fall?

Most textbooks would offer unlimited access. I did rent an ebook through Amazon for my CNA class though, which was far more affordable (at the time anyway - some ebook rental prices have really gone through the roof). Things are pretty clear if they ...

Congrats! If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

They were pretty hard on students in our first semester, but it loosened up after that. One strike = fail, and those reasons included being late, being there early but not being where you were supposed to be at start time, forgetting one requirement ...

Recently being worked on, but still a way's off: https://www.ncsbn.org/96.htm Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB1789