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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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!
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...