Done! :)

General E. Speaking, RN, RN · May 14, 2008

Amen sister! We finished our last final on Monday. Pinning ceremony is Thursday night. Chose not to walk with cap and gown in the big college graduation on Friday night. Pampering day on Friday- manicure/pedicure. Big party with other grads on Saturday night! On to NCLEX! Feels weird to say I am a GN...

Good luck on NCLEX, Jules!!!! Congratulations on making it thru the transitional program. :yeah: :nurse: :yeah:

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · May 14, 2008

[color=deepskyblue]good luck!

BBFRN, BSN, PhD · May 14, 2008

Good luck to you- you can do it!!!!

akanini, MSN, RN · May 15, 2008

Congrats Jules!!! You have the Nclex down.

TiffanyJB · May 16, 2008

Wow I'm no longer a bridge student. I took my last two finals today so now its on to NCLEX. Weird to finally be done. Wish me luck. Jules

GOOD LUCK on the NCLEX....hopefully in two more years I'll be saying the same thing.

If i recall correctly Jules, your'e located in the DC-MD-VA area, which bridge program did you got to? The only ones I know about are at UDC and Montgomery college....I'm in LPN school right now but plan on going thru a bridge program too. Congratulations!

Jules A, MSN · May 17, 2008

GOOD LUCK on the NCLEX....hopefully in two more years I'll be saying the same thing.
If i recall correctly Jules, your'e located in the DC-MD-VA area, which bridge program did you got to? The only ones I know about are at UDC and Montgomery college....I'm in LPN school right now but plan on going thru a bridge program too. Congratulations!

Thank you for you well wishes and good luck with your LPN program. I will pm you the low down on the different bridge programs that I looked into, there are several but all with different requirements of course. I went nuts doing all the pre-reqs for the different programs I applied to but I didn't want to take a chance on not getting in somewhere. :)

Helper4Life_RN · May 17, 2008

Hello...I just completed pinning and graduation on Friday. It's really weird that the day I waited for has come and gone and now I have another stressor. My school will not allow the students to take NCLEX until they have passed a RN predictor course. My school is paying for us to take Kaplan and we have to pass it before moving on to take the big tests. I'm so frustrated I can't even get above 50 percent on the qb questions. My brain feels as if it's frozen. We start the Kaplan course next week. I feel all hope is gone. I don't feel I'll do well enough to pass Kaplan. I almost feel this is a punishment of some kind. Why don't schools just stay out of my future. I don't like the fact that my school is dictating whether or not I can take NCLEX since Im now graduated and trying to move on. Are there any other students out their whose school is doing the same thing to them and do you know if there is a way to get around it. I planned on taking Kaplan regardless but I don't want this to be the determinating factor for me taking NCLEX:madface:

Jules A, MSN · May 17, 2008

Hello...I just completed pinning and graduation on Friday. It's really weird that the day I waited for has come and gone and now I have another stressor. My school will not allow the students to take NCLEX until they have passed a RN predictor course. My school is paying for us to take Kaplan and we have to pass it before moving on to take the big tests. I'm so frustrated I can't even get above 50 percent on the qb questions. My brain feels as if it's frozen. We start the Kaplan course next week. I feel all hope is gone. I don't feel I'll do well enough to pass Kaplan. I almost feel this is a punishment of some kind. Why don't schools just stay out of my future. I don't like the fact that my school is dictating whether or not I can take NCLEX since Im now graduated and trying to move on. Are there any other students out their whose school is doing the same thing to them and do you know if there is a way to get around it. I planned on taking Kaplan regardless but I don't want this to be the determinating factor for me taking NCLEX:madface:

I answered in your other thread but wanted to add that it is a pain that they waited til the very end but in any event it will be a good review for NCLEX and I'm sure you will do just fine. Hang in there.

lvnandmomx3 · May 19, 2008

Hello...I just completed pinning and graduation on Friday. It's really weird that the day I waited for has come and gone and now I have another stressor. My school will not allow the students to take NCLEX until they have passed a RN predictor course. My school is paying for us to take Kaplan and we have to pass it before moving on to take the big tests. I'm so frustrated I can't even get above 50 percent on the qb questions. My brain feels as if it's frozen. We start the Kaplan course next week. I feel all hope is gone. I don't feel I'll do well enough to pass Kaplan. I almost feel this is a punishment of some kind. Why don't schools just stay out of my future. I don't like the fact that my school is dictating whether or not I can take NCLEX since Im now graduated and trying to move on. Are there any other students out their whose school is doing the same thing to them and do you know if there is a way to get around it. I planned on taking Kaplan regardless but I don't want this to be the determinating factor for me taking NCLEX:madface:

The schools do this because if you go to take nclex and fail it is ultimatley a reflection of the school. Statistics of nclex pass rates are on the BON for schools exp: 50/50 students graduated but 25/50 failed nclex while the school had 100% graduating class but 50% nclex rate....Not good for the school.

I graduated from a private LPN course we did not have to take a formal review course (we did have a exit exam not sure the name of it though), we did have to turn in 3 independant test of 80% or higher in order to get our papers sent to the board for ATT. There were students who cheated and by one mean or another to turn in these test and in the end it hurt them because a few of them faild nclex the 1st time.

lvnandmomx3 · May 19, 2008

Wow I'm no longer a bridge student. I took my last two finals today so now its on to NCLEX. Weird to finally be done. Wish me luck. Jules

Sending much luck you way.......... Congrats on graduating