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  1. 2nd semester of nursing school - Is it appropriate to ask for a letter of recommendation?

    cgambino70 replied to studentnurse711's topic in General Students

    Heck yeah. I asked after first semester all three professors for letters and they were more than happy to write one. You want to build that portfolio up. It will look good in your interview if you...

  2. To extern or not to extern?

    cgambino70 replied to Danilu14's topic in General Students

    I am in the middle of a nursing program and my hospital let's me works more during the summer as we have summers off but during school they allow per diem employees to work one day per week. I am in...

  3. Student nurse interview next week....any tips?

    cgambino70 replied to jennyxyz's topic in General Students

    My interview was a panel interview and very involved. I brought my school portfolio and came prepared. They asked me a lot of clinical questions. What would you do in this situation questions? I had...

  4. Mens nursing shoes?

    cgambino70 replied to BumbleBuddy's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am in nursing school and working as a clinical assistant on a med surg floor. I have from 9 to 14 patients in a 12 hour shift. I can do 20,000 steps in a normal shift cause I like to keep count...

  5. PBSC Fall 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to sjc1984's topic in Florida Nursing

    @2sandz to answer your questions. No you cant do your clinicals the same day. Semester 2 is monday and tuesday either evening or morning. If you are going to work full time I will tell it will be...

  6. CNA during school

    cgambino70 replied to Racer1986's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I can tell you what I did recently. I just finished my first semester of an ADN program. I got reference letters from three professors and touched up my resume. This is a second career for me as...

  7. PBSC Spring 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to cgambino70's topic in Florida Nursing

    I was in the same boat. There is no microbiology on the test. It is basic biology. Took the Hesi my first time when I was still taking AP &

  8. Nurse Extern

    cgambino70 replied to Karou's topic in Nursing Career

    It is really amazing to see people like you willing to take someone under their wing and show them what you have learned. I am in nursing school now and am looking for an extern position. My goal is...

  9. PBSC Fall 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to sjc1984's topic in Florida Nursing

    We have our lecture online but skills is in person and clinicals is at the hospital. I am at school two days a week. The only downfall with online is you have more assignments. If you are an...

  10. PBSC Fall 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to sjc1984's topic in Florida Nursing

    SJC What everyone says is true. This is the hardest thing you will ever do. Most who have bachelors already say that this rivals getting their degrees. I have done very well due to organization and...

  11. Pharmacology Woes!

    cgambino70 replied to Lady_B2006's topic in General Students

    One of our first semester supplemental textbooks is Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy and I bought Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy on EBAY for $20 last semester in Pharm. I used it for the tougher...

  12. I received this email from a professor. I was a little shocked. Opinon?

    cgambino70 replied to kdflet's topic in General Students

    You are guests in a facility that is allowing you to learn on their patients. I think you should all follow the dress code. In our program if you are sent home from a facility, it says you could be...

  13. Reapply to BSN program? Or take the ADN seat?

    cgambino70 replied to KathyVandy's topic in General Students

    I asked my Pharmacology professor about the difference between BSN and ADN and she said it was about a dollar more an hour and 75% of the people in the hospitals are ADNs. Most hospitals want to know...

  14. PBSC Spring 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to cgambino70's topic in Florida Nursing

    They are all filled up. Keep watching in case someone

  15. PBSC Spring 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to cgambino70's topic in Florida Nursing

    Thursday I will check with people in my pharm class to see what they

  16. PBSC Spring 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to cgambino70's topic in Florida Nursing

    I didn't know if I should just go to my regular physician for everything because some said they did everything at a walk in clinic. Still haven't gotten an email just notification Iin limited access...

  17. PBSC Fall 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to sjc1984's topic in Florida Nursing

    From my experience, I took the Hesi 3 times and got an 85, 89 and 88. The questions actually got harder on mine. The AP was impossible and I got As in 1 & 2. The grammar was tougher too. I think...

  18. PBSC Fall 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to sjc1984's topic in Florida Nursing

    We still haven't heard where our cutoff Iis for spring so you can gauge it on that. You can always walk in and take it, they use your highest

  19. PBSC Fall 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to sjc1984's topic in Florida Nursing

    All that matters is your overall

  20. Nursing Student needing advice... What am I doing wrong?

    cgambino70 replied to TheNoviceNurse16's topic in General Students

    My Nursing professor sat me down last semester and told me that I don't need to get an A on every test to graduate nursing school, and she was right. No matter how much we would like to, it is tough...

  21. PBSC Spring 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to cgambino70's topic in Florida Nursing

    @mercedes in your opinion, what was the hardest class of the nursing

  22. PBSC Spring 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to cgambino70's topic in Florida Nursing

    She said she thought the average would be 23-24 but obviously she doesn'tknow for sure, only

  23. PBSC Fall 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to sjc1984's topic in Florida Nursing

    No. I registered the day it was available. If they don't have enough spots they can ask you to drop but a bunch of us on here got in. They won't open it until the nursing students get their approval...

  24. PBSC Fall 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to sjc1984's topic in Florida Nursing

    Sarah my advice to you is get pharmacology out of the way before you start. I see the people in the program that have pharm too and it is tough. Glad I am taking it

  25. PBSC Spring 2015 Nursing

    cgambino70 replied to cgambino70's topic in Florida Nursing

    Scared me for a moment. I thought it was just the basic statistics. If I don't get accepted this cycle I will be taking in January as