SnowballDVM

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1. No Sweat clinical bootcamp

   SnowballDVM replied to kiddniki13's topic in Excelsior

   I did and it was really helpful. You should check out her website, she is offering workshops in PA now on a more regular basis I think and she herself is moving to Tennessee this fall, so her workshop will be there from now on.

2. UWORLD... IS OUT OF THIS WORLD. 5th attempt, 75qs!

   SnowballDVM replied to ashleytt's topic in NCLEX

   Oh, wow, what a ripoff! What would have happened if you'd refused to buy the ATI? My college offered it free and I never used it. I just never got around to it and then when I found out from another student that there was an actual coach who was s...

3. UWORLD... IS OUT OF THIS WORLD. 5th attempt, 75qs!

   SnowballDVM replied to ashleytt's topic in NCLEX

   I had a few review books I'd picked up at a used bookstore, and I initially started by doing some of their questions. But once I started UWorld I stopped using the books. The UWorld screen setup is very similar to NCLEX and there are lots of SATA q...

4. UWORLD... IS OUT OF THIS WORLD. 5th attempt, 75qs!

   SnowballDVM replied to ashleytt's topic in NCLEX

   UWorld! I passed first try with 75 questions in 40 minutes. I did the entire QBank once and then reviewed the ones I missed. Their rationales are good and some of their charts are excellent. I never really bothered with what percent I got right,...

5. Excelsior College FCCA, What exactly is it?

   SnowballDVM replied to TanishaS75's topic in Excelsior

   I took them both separately. That wasn't very smart of me. Take them both together.

6. Took NCLEX RN 4/8/16....waiting....

   SnowballDVM replied to jennypearl00's topic in NCLEX

   LOL @ "SATAN questions". Such an apt description! I'd be careful discussing ANYTHING about the content of the exam, that release we had to sign was pretty thorough and strict.

7. Can a nurse cut patient's hair without consent?

   SnowballDVM replied to runslikeanose's topic in General Students

   Legally this could potentially be considered a battery since the patient or a POA or a family member did not consent, IF it was not medically necessary to cut the patient's hair. This wasn't an occasion where the patient's head needed to be shaved f...

8. CPNE Advise

   SnowballDVM replied to bgriffin32's topic in Excelsior

   I think you are being overly optimistic about your timeline, unless you get insanely lucky with a cancellation date. It's certainly possible to learn all of the CPNE material well enough to pass in three months, but even if you get a July test date,...

9. CPNE Advise

   SnowballDVM replied to bgriffin32's topic in Excelsior

   No, I tested in Wisconsin before they closed both test sites.

10. CPNE Advise

    SnowballDVM replied to bgriffin32's topic in Excelsior

    I was at the same workshop as MedicFireRN and tested and passed about six weeks after she did, so about four months after the workshop. I agree with her that you shouldn't take a workshop the weekend before you test. I'd say a month or two ahead of...

11. Embarrassed and depressed

    SnowballDVM replied to beezwax404's topic in General Students

    Oh, wow, you are about as far from a loser as there is! Think of what you have gone through and accomplished already. There is absolutely NOTHING shameful about living with your parents like you are. You are saving money, and helping them out, and...

12. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    SnowballDVM replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    A close friend related this to me about a close friend of hers. His widowed mother was in the hospital, at the end stage of some chronic illness I can't recall right now. His brother was at her bedside when he noticed her looking past the foot of t...

13. Recent experiences

    SnowballDVM replied to bgriffin32's topic in Excelsior

    You won't be done with the entire program by December. If you finish all of the exams by the end of August, you still have to take the FCCAs, which will take at least eight weeks, assuming you take both courses at the same time and pass both of them...

14. Why I Am Grateful To Be Working On Thanksgiving Day

    SnowballDVM replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the great article. I am very grateful to those who work on holidays, no matter what their jobs are, but especially those in the medical field. Yesterday I took my little therapy dog to the hospice where we volunteer; Thursday is our n...

15. Caring for the Greatest Generation: Making Time for Your Patient's Unique History

    SnowballDVM replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Nice article, Lynda! I am a big WWII geek, especially DDay, Midway, and Pearl Harbor. One of my parents' friends is a DDay vet and I finally got to hear his story last summer when my mom and I bumped into him and his wife at the hairdresser. I was...