MedSurgRNiowa

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1. Staff acting like mean girls what do you do

   MedSurgRNiowa replied to amiconfused's topic in General Nursing

   I am 42, new grad RN, one month into a new job on Med/Surg. I trained for weeks on days and walked into the nurse's station more than once when my preceptor was talking about me. It didn't feel very good and not at all professional. I started nigh...

2. Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

   MedSurgRNiowa replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   This is the most ridicules thread that I have ever read. First of all, how can a Registered Nurse be evaluated by their A, B OR C? It is obvious that all schools have a different scale to base their grades. Whoever was able to go to a school with a g...

3. Roll Call, LPN to RN Students!!!

   MedSurgRNiowa replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in LPN-RN

   Hi, my name is Theresa. I passed my NCLEX-PN in July. I am continuing my education and if I pass, I will take the NCLEX-RN next summer. I am married with two daughters. I feel so overwhelmed on some days, it is unbelievable. I give credit to mot...

4. Flood H2O may postpone my test tomorrow!

   MedSurgRNiowa replied to MedSurgRNiowa's topic in NCLEX

   Pearson just called to cancel my appt. Their site in Iowa City is being sandbagged right now. The earliest I could reschedule is July 9th and I checked from here to Chicago to Kansas City to St. Louis to Minnesota and the earliest anywhere is the w...

5. Flood H2O may postpone my test tomorrow!

   MedSurgRNiowa posted a topic in NCLEX

   I cannot believe this. I just called my test center because half of Iowa is flooding and sure enough they cannot give me an answer just yet but their parking lot is covered with water. The town had their levee's break today and they are evacuating pa...

6. Kaplan 180 Question Practice Exam

   MedSurgRNiowa replied to NathanDH's topic in NCLEX

   Thanks for the ATI clarification. Our school has always done some sort of pretest to the NCLEX but dropped it for some reason this year. Maybe because there were complaints on the $50 charge but I would have paid it to see where I stood. I guess I ...

7. How many SATA ?'s did you get?

   MedSurgRNiowa replied to Mandylou's topic in NCLEX

   The wait has to be killer! Since I am taking mine on friday, maybe I should indulge in some adult beverages over the weekend so I don't think about...what if I have to detassle corn for a living!

8. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

   MedSurgRNiowa replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX

   Thank you to all for catching that error! I looked in my notes and sure enough, that is how I have it written. I fixed it in my notes and the posts following my post should alert everyone. Sorry for the mix up. I know that I will not forget that if I...

9. Kaplan 180 Question Practice Exam

   MedSurgRNiowa replied to NathanDH's topic in NCLEX

   Congratulations! Can I ask what an aTI predictor is? Thanks

10. How many SATA ?'s did you get?

    MedSurgRNiowa replied to Mandylou's topic in NCLEX

    80%??? That is like a nightmare! Hope you did well!

11. June 2008 NCLEX support group

    MedSurgRNiowa replied to IamRN08's topic in NCLEX

    Congratulations!!! That is exciting. Good luck to everyone with upcoming exams. I have the PN exam on friday and I am an anxiety ridden mess. On top of trying to study for the nclex, I have papers due for class and drugs to learn for Pharm II. I ...

12. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    MedSurgRNiowa replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX

    These are just some random facts for my upcoming PN exam on Friday:no: Carbamazepine therapeutic serum level is 4 - 12 mcg/dL Cycloserine is an antituburculan and needs weekly drug levels foscarnet (Foscavir) can be toxic to kidneys so creatinine is...

13. Help

    MedSurgRNiowa replied to mskell's topic in NCLEX

    Mskell, I understand how you feel. I take the test on friday and I do not feel ready but wonder if I ever will feel ready.

14. i took NCLEX PN today.

    MedSurgRNiowa replied to skoop1617's topic in NCLEX

    Congratulations to all who passed. I am sick to my stomach. I take mine on early friday and I am scared. I have to be there at 8 AM and I must drive 1.5 hours to get there. I have used the Saunders book the whole year as a study tool for class bu...

15. Pinning Ceremony Speech..HELP!!!

    MedSurgRNiowa posted a topic in General Students

    Hello....as vice president of our class, I was informed today that I would be speaking at the pinning ceremony in May. I am terrified of public speaking. I am asking for specific speech material from anyone who can help. I was told it only had to ...