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Is pharm the class you'd say took up the most of your time and effort? Is there another class you'd recommend doing summer prep for? Also: The program pamphlet also said taking biochemistry before would be a good idea...Is this because you do biochemistry in Nursing school? Or is it just supposed to help you understand pharm stuff? Biochemistry wasn't required for a bio major at my school so I never took it...

Thank you so much for your advice and kind words! You sound like you're a great nurse and love what you do :)

Aww, don't be so hard on yourself! Take it from someone who had to leave their dream bio job behind and pursue nursing to do clinical research instead for job security. 99 times out of 100, people post the a job like the ones we dream about with someone they know--someone who has connections--in mind before they even put it up. I know this because it happened to me once; a job was created for, description written for, and application posted for ME way back when. They still held interviews and everything, and poor applicants showed up not knowing my rear was already in that lab seat. There are tons of baby spots out there, and nothing will come easy. You have a lot of passion, but what you unfortunately need in this unfair world is connections. Network as much as you can in another area, and maybe one day the baby job will fall into your lap when you least expect it. Many things require patience--especially the things we desire most. Keep your chin up--sending you good luck vibes :)

I just got accepted to an accelerated BSN program that will start in a few months and I'm trying to get as much covered this spring/summer as I can so it'll be at least the second time around once this crazy thing starts. I have a pharm book but there seems to be so much info for each group of drugs and there doesn't seem to be a list of exam topics for the NCLEX anywhere online to help me narrow it down. I'm a bio student who can memorize really well but this seems excessive. I'm sure not even doctors walk around knowing every single one of these details. Does anyone know what portion of all this info is worth reading up on in order to prime my brain for pharm and the NCLEX? Much appreciated--I'm a lab rat still an absolute noob at this nursing thing. Also, anything else you recommend? The program is only 1 year and there's going to be a lot to cram @__@