JD1106

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1. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

   JD1106 replied to szccdw's topic in ADN/BSN

   I am not judging a program about whether or not they learn strips; however, I would expect that a nursing student at least has looked at a normal rhythm strip. This example was simply to illustrate that something that may be expected in all nursing p...

2. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

   JD1106 replied to szccdw's topic in ADN/BSN

   I hold a BA, MA and a JD, but my nursing degree - which is my most recent degree - is an ADN. I feel that I received a great nursing education and I was shocked to find out that the BSNs in my orientation class NEVER did rhythm strips in school. We...

3. Psychiatric PBDS exam

   JD1106 replied to fawnsternurse's topic in Psychiatric

   Hi, I work in CT and my hospital required me to take a PBDS exam. Though I work on a geri-psych floor my exam was not psych based, but more of a med-surg competency. I would assume your exam may be similar in style, though. Basically, we had to watc...

4. Pros vs. Cons: Starting Career in Psych?

   JD1106 replied to JerseyGuy2's topic in Psychiatric

   You're welcome, Caratzas66 - Good luck!

5. Pros vs. Cons: Starting Career in Psych?

   JD1106 replied to JerseyGuy2's topic in Psychiatric

   If you know that you would like to do psych and are worried about getting med-surg experience, then you may want to consider starting in geri-psych. I am a new RN as well and chose geri-psych b/c I knew that I would be dealing with medical issues in ...

6. Conn Nurses Meet N Greet

   JD1106 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Connecticut

   Hi, I work as an RN in Hartford and currently live in Windsor. I just moved here about two weeks ago from Massachusetts.

7. I took NCLEX and shut off at 75

   JD1106 replied to nurselyn95713's topic in NCLEX

   I had only 75 questions and I cried for the two days that I had to wait to get my results b/c I was certain that I failed. I had two questions that were so easy that as soon as I submitted my answer I just wanted to kick myself! But guess what...I pa...

8. 75?'s...SCARED

   JD1106 replied to Italia13 RN's topic in NCLEX

   I finished this morning with 75 questions and I am not feeling too good either, but I think it's rare for anyone to walk out of the test feeling good. There were a lot of medication teaching questions and I had at least 5 SATAs in a row, plus about f...

9. Law school

   JD1106 replied to LaxNP's topic in Legal

   I graduated from law school almost 2 years ago. My undergrad GPA was 3.67 and my graduate GPA was 3.85, my LSAT score was ok - certainly not stellar. I only took the LSAT once, but I know that many people do take it at least twice. My advice is if yo...