[lauramae18]

Hi Mary Jane! welcome.

[Franemtnurse]

Hello Mary Jane and Jamie. Welcome to Allnurses. It's a great place to be.

[sara1]

I am a recent grad and moving from CA to PA, can anyone help me answer some questions re PA nursing???

1) Is there a nursing ratio?
2) What is a good hospital in the philly area to work for as a new grad, which ones have new grad programs etc....also which ones are teaching hospitals?
3) what is the starting pay for a new grad???

Any answers would be much appreciated


sara

[LadyJRN1]

Hello!

Sorry I am late, I am always standing on the curb when the train rolls by. I am from central PA and am an RN. Nice to meet everyone!

[mwthread]

Just moved to Philly in Jan 08 and love it. Lots of opportunity for RN's. Currently I work in the cardiac cath lab at Presbyterian.

[Jodie, GN]

Hi there, Im a GN on the ortho unit at a hospital about 20 minutes west of Pittsburgh! Does anyone have any good advice on prep. for the NCLEX????????????????????????????????????????????? ??/

[michelle126]

Yikes...it has been years since I took the test. We had a Kaplan review course at Pitt. I got a few books and did them on my own. Good luck!

[LadyJRN1]

Originally Posted by Jodie, GN

Hi there, Im a GN on the ortho unit at a hospital about 20 minutes west of Pittsburgh! Does anyone have any good advice on prep. for the NCLEX????????????????????????????????????????????? ??/

My college in PA offered a week long review course for $300.00 and it was well worth it. I know that Kaplan offers one. I would advise anyone to take a course, it breaks down how to read the questions, not panic at the test site, and how to think about the answers and how they apply to the question. Well worth it!

[dhyser96]

Does anyone have any good advice on prep. for the NCLEX?

Hello and welcome. I used Saunders for the content and used Kaplans book for the study/answering techniques. They have a review book that sums up all of the ways to break down and answer questions ( looking for absolutes, eliminating similar answers, etc) I found it very helpful and you can look for it on Ebay to find it inexpensive. Good luck to you!

[Jodie, GN]

Thanks so much. i got the book a few weeks ago and i agree, its great. thanks again!