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  1. Passed HESI exit exam first try!

    The only thing I did was use the hesi resources in the evolve website. I did the practice quizzes for each topic (OB, community/mental health, peds, fundamentals, and med surg) and the cumulative...
  2. Passed HESI exit exam first try!

    I'm so excited I passed the first try. This semester was almost the death of me! I was failing by literally 1 exam question. Our instructors allowed us to retake exam 2 because we missed 4 out of the...
  3. I'm a ADN nursing student going into my 3rd semester. I've applied for and got my CNA right before I started my second semester and I still cannot find a job. Most of the job requirements say nursing...
  4. Getting frustrated job searching

    Yep, so it's getting close to the day that I start my job. I'm getting so nervous! I haven't had a "job" in years..I worked for my father from 2006-2012 when his company went out of business, but from...
  5. Getting frustrated job searching

    Thank you! I'm so excited and so nervous at the same
  6. Getting frustrated job searching

    Got a job! Pending background check and drug test of course, but that won't be an issue! Start nextonth. Can't
  7. RN to BSN programs

    Let me just say I'm really regretting going into an associates degree program. I graduate in May and I'm looking into BSN programs and it's just insane. I will have to take so many more prerequisites...
  8. RN to BSN programs

    I can do my prerequisites at a community college but I'm not aware of any community college where I can get a
  9. Getting frustrated job searching

    Finally got another hospital to call me back. Had the phone interview and I'm assuming it didn't go awful because they asked me to come in for a face to face (but I'm sure this is protocol unless you...
  10. RN to BSN programs

    That's probably why you don't have as many to do...I have all kinds of general Ed classes I will have to do but oh well I guess I will somehow get through it just like everyone else
  11. RN to BSN programs

    Well you my friend are lucky! I'm going to continue to shop around but I will have to take more English, statistics, history, more humanities, nutrition and a few others I cannot think of at the...
  12. RN to BSN programs

    Yes I know! The cost is so depressing. I can never afford that and if I can't get scholarships idk what I'll do. I don't work now and have had to take out loans just to keep my head above water while...
  13. RN to BSN programs

    I'm in maryland and it looks like the average RN to BSN program is about $28,000 and that's not including additional general education classes. I'll will keep shopping around until it's time to
  14. RN to BSN programs

    When doing a program online does the university have to be in the state you live in? I've been wondering that too. If not it will open up my options a little
  15. RN to BSN programs

    That's awesome. I've been in some requests for info on the programs and I'm just waiting for call backs. I want to maybe take my transcripts to them and ask what I would need that way I will know...
  16. Should I get an ADN with my current situation

    Thats good! I'm seriously regretting not doing all of my "homework" before starting. Now I'm going to pay the price by being in school longer. Bridging from ADN to BSN is cheaper in the long run and...
  17. Should I get an ADN with my current situation

    https://allnurses.com/showthread.php?t=953261
  18. Should I get an ADN with my current situation

    I'm actually looking into BSN programs right now bc I will graduate with my ADN in May. Word of advice, look at different BSN programs required prerequisites and get them done while doing the ones for...
  19. RN to BSN programs

    Wow that sounds like a lot. Are you in a BSN or ADN program right now? The universities I'm looking at right now for a part time schedule show 8-9 credits per semester. To add additional classes to...
  20. RN to BSN programs

    I guess the best thing I can do is just start requesting info and finding out exactly what will be expected from me at each school. I finish my ADN program in May, so I may be jumping the gun a...
  21. Made my first "Nursing" connection

    So from day one everyone says in your second year of nursing school things start to click. I've been having an awful time connecting the dots on things so I never believed any of them and today IT...
  22. Made my first "Nursing" connection

    It's nice right? I feel like I'm "growing
  23. Dizzy during circumcision

    So today in my WBN clinical rotation I was lucky enough to be able to witness a circumcision....well I got dizzy and had to walk out. I had breakfast but it was at 6am before clinical and the...
  24. Dizzy during circumcision

    I'm glad I'm not the only one! Well of course I'm not but you know what I mean. They didn't have to wheel me out but when I walked out of the room the nurse could see it in my face and immediately she...
  25. Getting frustrated job searching

    I have put in about 12-13 of them so far. Only PRN ones though bc I'm still in school and just don't have the time for school, full time work, and kids. There's are only so many prn jobs even listed...