AmNorton84

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1. June 2008 NCLEX support group

   AmNorton84 replied to IamRN08's topic in NCLEX

   I passed!!! took it the 17th for california board of nursing and saw my name on the website today!!!!!!! What a great feeling!!! :hpygrp: ironically enough, it's the day of my graduation/going away party....and we made nursing jello shots with plasti...

2. UCSD new grad RN program

   AmNorton84 replied to Sstars013's topic in California

   you may want to try to start looking for the october openings/september openings because i think all of the summer ones are full....

3. Can I afford to live in CA as a new grad?

   AmNorton84 replied to soccer's topic in California

   well they do have new grad programs (as far as I know)...but the thing is..most of the jobs that start in july/june are already full because we applied back in march/april (i applied january/feb...)...so you are most likely not going to find a new gr...

4. June 2008 NCLEX support group

   AmNorton84 replied to IamRN08's topic in NCLEX

   well i was confident as i can be ya know?? are SATA and priority a good sign?? :)

5. June 2008 NCLEX support group

   AmNorton84 replied to IamRN08's topic in NCLEX

   just got done today! shut off at 75.. awaiting my results!!! congrats to everyone who is passing!! :anpom: :lvan:

6. June 2008 NCLEX support group

   AmNorton84 replied to IamRN08's topic in NCLEX

   ahh i take mine tomorrow morning...wish me luck!!!! i did all of Kaplan qbank, question trainers, went over the incorrect ones again...reviewed the book for the things my instructor told me to...i guess thats the best i can do!!!!!

7. June 2008 NCLEX support group

   AmNorton84 replied to IamRN08's topic in NCLEX

   thanks so much! keep your head up and if you start to panic stop and close your eyes and say "pass, pass, pass, pass, pass" to yourself!!! visualizing that you pass will make it all the better for you to stay positive-i will say a prayer for you on f...

8. June 2008 NCLEX support group

   AmNorton84 replied to IamRN08's topic in NCLEX

   say a prayer-i take my test on Tuesday.....I'm nervous already but hopefully i can overcome the nervousness! diaphoresis... tremors... anxiety... check! haha... best of luck to anyone else taking the boards this week!!!!

9. June 2008 NCLEX support group

   AmNorton84 replied to IamRN08's topic in NCLEX

   Hey there-For those of you who are anxious..upset and feel like your brains will turn to 'mush" when you go to take the NCLEX..my friend laura just took (and passed!) the NCLEX and she said the first thing she did was take the dry erase board that th...

10. June 2008 NCLEX support group

    AmNorton84 replied to IamRN08's topic in NCLEX

    good luck!!!!

11. June 2008 NCLEX support group

    AmNorton84 replied to IamRN08's topic in NCLEX

    Hi so I am taking the NCLEX on June 17th...I took the Kaplan review last month and have been going through the Question Trainers and the Qbanks...I hate the Select all that Apply and I'm horrible at picking the correct answer-i always get it down to ...

12. June 2008 NCLEX support group

    AmNorton84 replied to IamRN08's topic in NCLEX

    Hi, I am taking the NCLEX in June (the 17th) and I took the Kaplan review...it was highly recommended by my school and our school has a very high passing rate of the NCLEX so I chose to take the suggestion :) I feel like it's helped, but I'm still ne...

13. Can I afford to live in CA as a new grad?

    AmNorton84 replied to soccer's topic in California

    since i am from Illinois i decided to start applying back in january, and i got a call late january from the nurse recruiter but then didnt hear anything back for a little while, i had also applied to scripps and sharp. i finally made a few emails an...

14. Can I afford to live in CA as a new grad?

    AmNorton84 replied to soccer's topic in California

    hi i read your reply to a thread about living in san diego. i saw that you lived in imperial beach? im not as familiar with san diego but i am moving there mid july..i will be working at UCSD..any tips for locating apartments?? thanks so much!!

15. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    AmNorton84 replied to Metron's topic in Stress 101

    i am a month from graduating from nursing school and I was diagnosed with ADD yesterday...for a long time i thought it was depression and anxiety that was causing my grades to take a plunge ...but today i took a computerized test (and took my new med...