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  1. Once, Twice a Loser!

    elisabeth replied to RNtugladimurnurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Here's the link for the Sutter Extended Program selection criteria: http://www.scc.losrios.edu/nursing/ec_criteria.html I think everyone applying to SCC, either extended or regular programs are listed...

  2. Once, Twice a Loser!

    elisabeth replied to RNtugladimurnurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You can call Yuba and ask them where you are on their waitlist. I finally got into ARC on my third attempt. I start in August. I did not get accepted into the Sutter program or SCC (second try...

  3. Hallelujah! In at third attempt!

    elisabeth replied to elisabeth's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thanks so much, everyone! I'm really excited, but scared too. I can't wait for

  4. Where do you buy your textbook?

    elisabeth replied to eve5483's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My school bookstore has a website where you can click on your class and it will list the required and recommended texts. The ISBN numbers as well as the title and author are listed. Often there is...

  5. Hallelujah! In at third attempt!

    elisabeth replied to elisabeth's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I got into ARC. I've applied twice at Sac City and once to their accelerated program. I never applied at Sierra because they wouldn't accept my AP English score as English 1A even though I've taken...

  6. Am I alone? Please tell me I am not!

    elisabeth replied to goingformydream's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is my third time applying to one of the local community colleges. They admit via lottery and if you don't get in, you need to reapply the following semester, which includes a trip to the...

  7. Who should your school be accredited by?

    elisabeth replied to badgerstudent's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would go to your state's Board of Registered Nursing page and see if the school in which you're interested is listed as an accredited

  8. What area of nursing would you like to go into???

    elisabeth replied to luvmy3kids's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm still waiting to get into school, but right now I'm thinking L&D or NICU. I couldn't do Oncology. I had leukemia as a teenager and have seen about enough chemo for a

  9. Roseville

    elisabeth replied to LadyNASDAQ's topic in California Nursing

    I live close to downtown Sacramento and there are 2 hospitals within really easy walking distance - Sutter Memorial and Mercy General. Kaiser, Sutter Cancer Center, UC Davis Med Center, Sutter...

  10. anyone else finished but can't apply?

    elisabeth replied to catzy5's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've been waiting to get in as well - the local schools admit via lottery and my number hasn't yet been chosen. While I've been waiting, prereqs completed, I've been taking medical terminology,...

  11. group tests in nursing school ***??

    elisabeth replied to br107's topic in General Students

    I think I would check your state's BRN website and see what the pass rate is for that school. The California BRN site has a list of all accredited programs and what the pass rates are for those...

  12. A&P, Mirco & Work?

    elisabeth replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I run a daycare in my home from 7-5 M-F, have a daughter who was 3 at the time, a mom with Lou Gehrig's disease and managed to earn a B in both A&P 1 and Micro the same semester. I keep beating...

  13. Hello everyone!!

    elisabeth replied to Pre-nursepookie2010's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    File a FAFSA and perhaps meet with the financial aid office at your college. Also, in regard to helping with childcare (if necessary) check to see if there may be a local agency that can help with...

  14. Stethoscope?

    elisabeth replied to Coco06's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    For Christmas last year one of my friends, who is a nurse, sent me a Prestige Clinical I stethoscope with purple tubing. It's the same one she uses at work and she said it's less likely to walk...

  15. Housing , Northern Cali

    elisabeth replied to EveMJRN's topic in California Nursing

    A friend of mine is an ultrasound tech and is working close to Napa. Her hospital has discounted housing available for their employees. I'm in Sacramento and don't know of any hospitals around here...

  16. I have to wait until the end of MAY!

    elisabeth replied to jessica<3RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I applied to 3 programs in February and won't hear anything until the middle of June. They admit via lottery and this is my third time applying to one of the programs and the second for another. The...

  17. Would you work during nursing school if you didn't have to?

    elisabeth replied to justme1972's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Things will be tight for us once I start nursing school (hopefully in September), but I've run my own daycare in our home full time while taking my prereqs. I'm looking forward to the time when...

  18. Need some advise about child care...

    elisabeth replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    One more thing - check to see if your school has a childcare on campus. The waiting lists for them can be lengthy, but I believe they're cheaper. It doesn't hurt to get on any waiting list. You...

  19. Need some advise about child care...

    elisabeth replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am a licensed home daycare provider and I charge $230 per week for kids under 2. It's been my experience that providers don't take kids under 2 because the licensing limitations (at least in...

  20. Nursing School ?'s

    elisabeth replied to cass1135's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just make sure you have catalog descriptions and official transcripts from the school(s) where you took your

  21. Accelerated Programs!

    elisabeth replied to Ling07's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The CA State Board of Registered Nursing has a link for accredited schools. It lists them separately by ASN or BSN, but if you click the BSN link, it does say Accelerated Fast Track in bold for each...

  22. Drop-out percnetage

    elisabeth replied to PreNurseKirk's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've been told by a number of people that there are people who truly want to be nurses and they do really well on the academic aspects of nursing, but they just can't hack it in a hospital setting....

  23. Anyone Squeamish?

    elisabeth replied to nursingasanart's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You all are getting queasy reading this and I'm eating lasagna. :) I'm not in school yet, but I've heard the Vicks trick works

  24. Came face to face with the NCLEX monster today...

    elisabeth replied to RNismycalling's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I haven't even started nursing school and I'm still waiting on pins and needles with all of you! :) Best of

  25. What do you think of Sacramento?

    elisabeth replied to m_chatelaine's topic in California Nursing

    Wendy is right, sorry about the confusion. UC Davis the university is in Davis. UC Davis Medical Center is in Sacramento in a not so great neighborhood. My mom was a patient there for a couple...