Kasha143

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1. Insurance Question. Please Help!!!

   Kasha143 posted a topic in General Nursing

   hi. i'm a new nurse :0). my question is regarding malpractice coverage. 1. i'm planning on purchasing insurance from nso, but will they keep my information private? i've heard people say that if you have your own policy you're more likely to be name...

2. anxiety may be on red alert! help from kaplan users :)

   Kasha143 replied to oddfanatic's topic in NCLEX

   Dont worry! You're ready;)! I passed with 75 questions. This is what I did to prepare. I took Kaplan in class and did the online Q trianer and Qbank. My Qbank avg was 65% (I had a few that were well below the Kaplan "65% rule"...so take that Kaplan:l...

3. need help with priority questions

   Kasha143 replied to Ms.RN's topic in NCLEX

   Well I took Kaplan and the way they said to answer these questions is to look at it as if you could do only one thing and go home, what would it be. So ask yourself, "what would happen if I didn't do this?", or, "If I chose to hang Iv fluids and not ...

4. fresh out or hol off?

   Kasha143 replied to hopewell's topic in General Students

   Walk before you run. Build your confidence as a nurse before you take on more. However, alot of nursing schools will allow you to take classes for credit, meaning that you can take your core classes (research, stat, etc) while waiting to enter into y...

5. anyone have any insight on MED-SURG I (its kicking my butt)

   Kasha143 replied to bonn2424's topic in General Students

   The best thing that helped me when I took med/surg was an nclex review book. I bought an illistruated nclex review by mosby's. It was awesome! There were pictures of cartoons to help you remember certain diseases and such. You can buy them at Barnes ...

6. Do you think it is too late to go into nursing?

   Kasha143 replied to karen230's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Apply to nursing school! I just graduated from the University of Maryland, and a good amount of my classmates where in their 30's-40's. I even had a classmate who was 63! Several other classmates had 3-4 children. Now just ask yourself if you have en...

7. Kaplan scores on readiness test and online exams

   Kasha143 posted a topic in NCLEX

   Hi. I'm taking the NCLEX on July 2nd. I received a passing score on the Kaplan readiness exam (one bar above borderline). On the question trainers I scored from 58-66%. I scored a 61% on question trainer 5 (last question trainer I took). For those...