Quota BSN, RN

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    Retirement at what age, and how much $$ will you will need to retire "comfortably"?

    Quota replied to Horseshoe's topic in General Nursing

    Is not having any say in the investments for your 401k a thing? I saw that mentioned a few rimes here. I have 401k accounts from old jobs through Fidelity and Voya. I've always had options as to...
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    Retirement at what age, and how much $$ will you will need to retire "comfortably"?

    Quota replied to Horseshoe's topic in General Nursing

    In general not bad advice but 1 million dollars isn't what it used to be and no one is getting 5% interest on a savings account these
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    Retirement at what age, and how much $$ will you will need to retire "comfortably"?

    Quota replied to Horseshoe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just finishing up my nursing program but this my second career. I saved appropriately from my first job in high school for retirement so I'm already in a comfortable position for my age. Time...
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    Teaching yourself dosage calculations

    Quota replied to NewNurs2020's topic in General Students

    Yes that is one of the methods in the calc with confidence book. I'm not a fan of dimensional analysis either. Dose/available x
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    Finished Nursing School and looking for a job!

    Quota replied to SarahJamms's topic in General Students

    Depends on the market in your area. I don't graduate until August, plan to take NCLEX in September. I started applying to new grad positions a few weeks ago. I've had a phone interview and waiting...
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    Help on getting into nursing school

    Quota replied to Celly09's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    From what I've read on this forum SoCal schools are all highly competitive so your local options may be very limited with your GPA. In general all aBSN programs are very competitive to get into and...
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    New grad struggling to find jobs

    Quota replied to Tanny22's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yeah I graduate in August but started applying already. Just waiting on HR to get back to me about scheduling interviews for two positions the HR recruiter liked me for. I absolutely plan to have a...
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    Bullying in nursing school

    Quota replied to Dee112's topic in General Students

    Yep, that's the most awkward part about skills check offs. We are expected to narrate what we are doing as we do it to a certain extent. If you don't the instructor checking you off will ask you...
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    10 hour clinical?

    Quota replied to OsceanSN2018's topic in General Students

    Most of my clinicals have been close to 12 hours so that's normal to me. This summer will be my preceptorship which will be three 12 shifts a week, possibly night
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    Help for Hesi entrance exam

    Quota replied to Jacqueline18's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I used and liked the pocket prep app for the HESI A2 when I was applying to nursing school. I didn't have to take the bio or chem sections myself so can't speak to the quality of questions in the app...
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    Med Surg Stress

    Quota replied to JW97's topic in General Students

    You're ignoring the logistics and resources needed to offer classes to accommodate the fact that you may not have passed a class. That is immature and selfish. Especially in the case of offering a...
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    NCLEX-RN Mastery Vs. UWorld for supplemental material

    Quota replied to Wiggly Litchi's topic in General Students

    I've heard nothing but good things about Uworld. My school got us discount codes for Uworld, free 90 day sub and discounted longer subs (I haven't looked at the details yet). I was alreadying...
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    Teaching yourself dosage calculations

    Quota replied to NewNurs2020's topic in General Students

    They really aren't. If you have a solid foundation in algebra they are pretty simple. I spent more time memorizing the proper nursing conversions of measurments than the actual math, neither took...
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    I have NO idea what speciality to choose. Please help!

    Quota replied to CassColl's topic in General Students

    I'll likely be similar. I graduate in August, just a preceptorship and community health clinicals this summer and two online classes left. Just started applying for new grad fellow positions at the...
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    Did they ask for your GPA, yes or no?

    Quota replied to Bunsbuns's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm just starting sending out applications. Everything I read says put your GPA if it's good, don't if it's
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    Crap! Am I a crusty old bat nurse?? Carrying pens...

    Quota replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Student here, always have a pen (4 colored pen at that) on me for
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    Best educational path for older student?

    Quota replied to oneday_nursepoundcake's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm currently about 2/3rds of the way through an aBSN at a public university, just turned 36. I went with this program because it was the fastest and cheaper method of reaching an RN. I was able to...
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    ThE WAIT For Acceptance IS TORTURE!!!!

    Quota replied to Tmacky2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I went through this last year. Application deadline was mid January and we didn't hear about getting in until April 7th. Long tortuous wait for sure. Good luck and I hope you hear something
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    How long should prereqs take?

    Quota replied to taurnxkd's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Depends on what you need to take and if you need prerequisites for your prerequisites. I finished all of mine in less than a year doing online classes while working full time. I'm a second degree...
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    New grad salaries - what is it in your area?

    Quota replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    From what I've heard the hospital I'd like to work at (not quite at the applying stage yet, finish school in August) starts new grads around $26/hr. Shift differentials of $4 for nights/weekend days...
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    Quick, what is the answer?

    Quota replied to bjwojcik's topic in General Students

    Ha, took me 5 seconds to figure out what question was cause there isn't anything to "solve" there. Answer is
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    Resume - Applying out of state but not relocating??

    Quota replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Nursing

    If you're willing to do the commute it should be
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    Resume - Applying out of state but not relocating??

    Quota replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Nursing

    If you live within reasonable commuting distance I don't think it matters. I lived out of state for my previous job (non-nursing) for 13 years, never an issue. Of course living in the DC Metro area...
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    Foundations Lab Questions

    Quota replied to mdewbutterfly's topic in General Students

    First semester skills application lab we only had one final check off. We did skills throughout the semester but weren't formally graded on them individually. For the end of the semester they...
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    Medical Insurance

    Quota replied to ashley_bird's topic in General Students

    With my health history I am not going without health insurance. My health insurance with my last job before I started my aBSN program wasn't that great so I wasn't going to pay COBRA prices for it....