luvs2readlotsRN

Flo Valley..one class a year...every fall...60 students. Forest Park & Meramec...a class each fall and spring.. Meramec takes 40 as another poster said. Forest Park takes 48. Hope this helps.

Country Rat: "Now get those kids off my lawn!"...TOO FUNNY!!! I have to agree with the majority of posters. Do the assessment. How else do you establish a baseline? I have worked for less than a year, on an ortho floor, and I have never caught any o...

46 student total, 12 guys.

I keep reading all over the site that new grads are having a tough time finding jobs. How is this being played out in Missouri? I'm a luckyone I suppose, because I graduated in December and started looking for a job in August, had one lined up for st...

Just curious...and as the original poster(expo4u)hasn't had another post since sometime in April: Expo4u, did you ever find a job as an RN? Thanks!

Just curious as well...are you an RN? LPN?(either way...that is way too many patients IMO). Check with your state board of nursing and see what they have to say. Agree that's an accident waiting to happen.

Hi! I'm confused. I took NCLEX-RN this morning, it took 1 hour and 20 minutes to do 75 questions. It was a mix of some of the hardest questions I've seen and some of the easiest questions I've seen. It alternated intermittently between the two!!!(...

I did all 7 of Kaplans question trainers and when I finished those did 100 of Kaplans Q Bank question per day. I studied everyday for 2 1/2 weeks before the exam. I took the day before the exam off. I have to report that out of 75 questions I got 18 ...

Yes, we had 10 students who transferred into Forest Park from Flo Valley as well. Funny...Flo didnt think they would be able to pass boards...almost all of them that have taken it have passed boards. I don't know what it is with FLo that they have a ...

Same here.

It's great that your name is on the list in both places! I say whoever comes through first, go there. I did Graduate from Forest Park and if you get letters from both places at the same time...I would say "FOREST PARK"...but of course I'm biased!!LOL...

I PASSED!! I PASSED!! Thanks everyone for your good wishes and suggestions on how to make the time pass(distraction!!). I'm now luvs2readlotsRN.!!!

I planned to do the same...write down every lab value I could think of the moment I got there...instead I wrote down:"Today I start living the life I imagined".

I took it in Missouri.

Distracting like crazy! My house has never been so clean!

I'll say it to ease your fears...I think you are being paranoid!(LOL!) I was a stay at home Mom for 15years with no nursing student work experience(no tech experience; my only hospital experience being my clinical time through school)when I graduated...

I was on it for 2 semesters as well. At the time they told me to expect to be on it for 2 years(4 semesters). I graduated in December of 2008 from Forest Park.(So I would have been on the list 2 years ago). Good luck! I cant say enough great things a...

Why don't you want to work as an RN at Barnes? Just curious...seems like a natural step. I know they have a push on now to hire "100 nurses in 100 days". Good luck!

Here's a link to the VA website...states starting salary is apox $46,000 per year/ which at 40 hours a week roughly works out to $21-22/hr. Hope this helps! http://www.jobsearch.vacareers.va.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=79070611&jbf574=VA%2A&brd=3876...

As far as I had heard while a student there(Recent Forest Park Grad)it is solely based on timing. I know of several students who where on all 3 lists - Meramec, FloValley & Forest Park and took the first one that came through. Do whatever will wo...

I agree with WDWpixie...I don't know when you graduate but if you're too early they will tell you(I started applying in August for December graduation). One hospital told me it was too soon, but another hired me for January start the first week of Se...

PM'd you both with info. Please note that I have been told that they will pay slightly higher for prior PCT or LPN experience if a Graduate Nurse has this.(Also great benefits!).

Nurse2b09 how did the final go? Hope you did well!! I had pinning on Wednesday night! WOO HOO!!! I'm now taking a week off and then I plan to start studying for boards! I'm so happy, I never thought I would get here!(All right...yes I did think I wou...

Congradulations! I'm graduating the very same day! Go to the NCLEX forum(under student nurse discussions). You'll find Suzanne's method under the sticky's. Good luck! Are you planning on taking Kaplan or another review? Just curious!

If your thinking of the VA I know of a fellow student who graduated in May...applied in February and it was a 6 month process(july) till he started working there. I say apply! He also recommended applying in person at their HR thought it would move t...