sjbrian

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1. Can my psychiatrist tell the Board about...

   sjbrian posted a topic in General Nursing

   an addiction issue? I'm an LPN and will soon be taking boards for the RN. I'm ADD and have taken Ritalin for 3 years. It turned into an addiction where I had a couple of doctors prescribing it to me. I came clean to my psychiatrist and started going ...

2. I feel so incompetent....

   sjbrian posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a nursing student in my 3rd semester. It only a 13 month RN program and it feels like we haven't have a whole lot of clinical experience. So my question is....how do hospitals handle new grad situations when they hire? How much training does the ...

3. Need Nursing Journal Article help please

   sjbrian posted a topic in General Students

   My teacher is requiring that we write a paper on a nursing journal article that is from a PROFESSIONAL nursing journal. She emphasized that it can't just be from a nursing magazine....but that it has to be from a professional one. Can someone guide m...

4. nursing students with ADD...

   sjbrian replied to princessnik1976's topic in General Students

   I'm ADD as well. I just started my 3rd semester and find that I really struggle in clinicals. When there is so much going on around me and so much info to retain, I get really stressed and lose focus and can't remember things that I'm learning at the...

5. I still feel complately incompetent!

   sjbrian replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Students

   I'm in an accelerated program that lasts 13 months (4 semesters) and I'm in the beginning of my 3rd semester right now. I still feel totally confused on things. Our first semester, we were at an elderly care facility, and didn't experience much. 2nd ...

6. NCLEX-PN...got all 205 questions. ???

   sjbrian replied to sjbrian's topic in NCLEX

   Well, I mentioned already that I got all 205 questions and found out I passed today. Good luck to you all.

7. My Kaplan PN q-bank scores

   sjbrian replied to sjbrian's topic in NCLEX

   Nothing is quite exactly like the format of the actual NCLEX, but the questions did help. I only studied for 4 days though. But I found out today that I passed.:w00t:

8. NCLEX PN stopped at 85

   sjbrian replied to ninenineteen's topic in NCLEX

   Just got my results too.....I passed! I was asked the full 205 questions on mine.

9. NCLEX-PN exam shut down at quest 85?

   sjbrian replied to twanab's topic in NCLEX

   I also took the PN this morning, but the difference is, I only studied for 4 days. I'm i a program that requires you to get your LPN while continuing in an accelerated program to get your RN. So there was no break offered to study for the test. I go...

10. NCLEX-PN...got all 205 questions. ???

    sjbrian replied to sjbrian's topic in NCLEX

    Thanks. So I have to ask everyone this question.....have you, or someone you know, gotten asked all 205 questions on the NCLEX-PN before? If so, did they pass or fail? Your responses are much appreciated.

11. NCLEX-PN...got all 205 questions. ???

    sjbrian posted a topic in NCLEX

    So does this mean I likely failed it? The first 100 questions were a horrible experience. I was so sleep deprived that my eyes kept closing on me and I couldn't concentrate on a single question. Am I screwed?

12. My Kaplan PN q-bank scores

    sjbrian replied to sjbrian's topic in NCLEX

    okay, I've done about 700 practice questions in the last 3 days. I didn't really do a whole lot of studying because I'm in an accelerated RN program that has no breaks. We're required to take the NCLEX-PN, while going through the RN portion of our pr...

13. My Kaplan PN q-bank scores

    sjbrian replied to sjbrian's topic in NCLEX

    I've heard from many people that Kaplan's questions are most similar to the NCLEX.......can anyone tell me if there is any truth to this?

14. My Kaplan PN q-bank scores

    sjbrian replied to sjbrian's topic in NCLEX

    Thanks for the responses. Well that makes me feel a bit better that we all seem to be in the same boat with those questions. If anyone else is doing the PN question bank from kaplan, please post and tell us how its going.

15. My Kaplan PN q-bank scores

    sjbrian posted a topic in NCLEX

    Okay, I've done 350 questions from the question bank and my overall score for those questions is 60%. Can anyone tell me their scores from the Kaplan qbank? Are the actual NCLEX-PN questions going to be this difficult to answer? Please post and let m...