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Part of my prereqs for the nursing program are Anatomy 1 and Physiology 1. These are two seperate 5 unit classes, 10 units total. They aren't mixed together like most. I start my physiology class this coming semester and I wanted to get a head start on it by buying some flash cards to study. Kaplan and Mosby's both have really good reviews, but I'm wondering what you guys think? Have you ever used either? Opinions/recommendations/tips/suggestions? - Since my first semester is purely "Physiology," I need the best thing to help me with that. Then next semester I'll do Anatomy. Kaplan Flash Cards: (I know these only say "Anatomy" on the cover, but the reviews talk about there being physiology stuff in there too) Anatomy Flashcards: 9781607149842: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com Mosby's Flash Cards: (This one advertizes both 'A' & 'P' on the cover) Mosby's Anatomy & Physiology Study and Review Cards, 2e: 9780323187251: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com What do you guys think?

In the situation of the OP, how should they list their experience on a resume and/or job interview from then on?

Do you think a self FBI background check is a good idea too? Or do you think just the regular DOJ Record Review would be fine? Strangely enjoy, the Record Review Live Scan paperwork doesn't give you the option for an FBI background check so that has to be done seperate, and from what I've seen, it's a bit more complicated than the basic DOJ one.

Are "charges" a problem, or just the final "conviction"? Because a lot of the time, including in my case, people are charged with a whole lot more than what they're finally convicted of.

I'm excited for you! I will start my pre-reqs on 1/15, so the LVN program will come later for me. But please, keep us updated on how things go. I am super interested to hear from someone actually living it. Good luck

This sounds like a wonderful idea. As I understand it, wacko California is the toughest state to get licensed in. What I'm wondering is, what if I were to take my pre-reqs in Cali and do the LVN program in Cali, but applied for and took the INCLEX in either Oregon, Washington, or Nevada? would I have a much more secure chance of getting approved in those states? I only have a single expunged misdemeanor conviction, so perhaps my greatest chance for success would be to try that?

I will disclose it for sure. I'm just wondering if the charges are a big deal, or just the conviction itself? And I wonder if I will still have to jump through all the hoops of providing paperwork and references and all that stuff? I guess with my timetable I have plenty of time to gather it all up. But it just seems like a lot of work for something that was so long ago (and will be even longer yet by the time I'm ready to enter the LVN program starts). As it is, I can't remember every single detail about everything that happened. I remember all the major points and the jist of it, but thefine detais are blury. I imagine they'll only blur more as time goes on. Is it out of the realm of possibility for them to see my background check, see that I've disclosed everything, and let me be on my way with no further leg work by me?

At this moment I am only thinking about the LVN program. I still have to finish my prerequisites before I can even be accepted, but before I start this journey I want to make sure I actually have a real chance at attaining it before I proceed. I can't imagine the nightmare it would be to get into the LVN program and even successfully complete it just to be told by the BON that they will not license me and/or wont let me sit for NCLEX. I have given myself a rather casual timetable for this whole thing. At the pace I have set for myself, I will be ready to apply for the LVN program sometime in 2016 (maybe even 2017 depending on how often my college offers the program). At this moment it has been roughly 6 years since my conviction, but by the time I'm ready to begin LVN school, it will have been 8+. Roughly 6 years ago I was charged with three felony counts (1 count of Embezzlement and 2 counts of Second Degree Burglary) but ultimately convicted of one count misdemeanor embezzlement. Long story short, I paid back all the resitiution and completed the informal probation with no problems. I actually even got released from it early, by half. (1.5 years rather than the full 3) and ultimately had the whole thing expunged. Since then I have stayed on the straight and narrow. My only other issues were one minor traffic violation (80mph in a 70mph) and a ticket/violation for swimming without a life jacket more than 50 feet from shore at my local lake. Both were taken care of shortly after they happened (it's been a couple of years+ since these two incidents occured). Otherwise, since then, I have volunteered at my local hospital, held a retail job, a City job, took an EMT course which I successfully completed (wasn't nationally certified because I took the course for the units rather than to become an EMT), worked as a home health aide, and ultimately became a licensed phlebotomist. So these past six years haven't been bad. But now I am ready to move up in the medical world and becoming an LVN is a fantasic step in that direction. I plan on calling the California BON and talking with them, but in the mean time I wanted to ask you guys if you had any opinions on the matter? Do you think realistically I could become an LVN? Should I expect any problems with licensure from the BON? Do my initial charges count against me versus what I was actually convicted of? I wont start this journey if I have no chance of making it. But if I do, I'm ready to go.

A year and a half before you could sit for NCLEX?! As in from the time you finished school? How do you stay up to date with that stuff and retain it all for when the test rolls around, and ultimately pass? I understand you can keep reading and stuff, but once class is over (at least for me) unless you continue actually doing what you've learned, the knowledge starts to slip away. That just seems harsh to make people wait that long. Even half that long is brutal.