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1. Passed the CEN! Yay! Some thoughts

   sully75 replied to sully75's topic in Emergency

   To answer the question: I studied off and on for several months but I really wasn't doing too much of anything for the first couple. I crammed it the last month or so (quite unpleasant but that's kind of how I work). Like any of these tests, I think...

2. Passed the CEN! Yay! Some thoughts

   sully75 posted a topic in Emergency

   Hello, I just passed the CEN, first try. I've been an ER nurse for about 1.75 years now. I don't feel like I ever got great training, so I had to teach myself a lot. Some thoughts -Mark Boswell Youtube lectures are awesome and free. I listened to ...

3. Some thoughts on the NCLEX

   sully75 replied to sully75's topic in NCLEX

   Thought I'd bump this, somebody just downloaded the stuff I put up, so maybe it's still useful. Good luck to you NCLERs. At a certain point you'll forget that you even took it.

4. Travel Nursing for New(ish) nurse

   sully75 replied to sully75's topic in Travel

   To sum up: I have about 5 months independent on the floor of a rural hospital and I'm doing ok on nights. I want to move back to my home city as soon as possible, with the eventual goal of working in the ED here somewhere (many hospitals in the area...

5. Travel Nursing for New(ish) nurse

   sully75 posted a topic in Travel

   Hi There, I graduated last Summer and started working in Nov of 2010. I moved from a major metropolitan area to a rural area that I previously lived because there were no jobs in the city. I thought I might be able to resettle in the area (beautifu...

6. ACLS and PALS classes in Boston?

   sully75 posted a topic in Massachusetts

   Hi there, Looking to switch jobs potentially and don't have time to wait to take ACLS at my current job. I'd like to pay somewhere to take it. Any suggestions for a place to take it in MA, preferably the Boston area? I can pay, of course.

7. Question about accelerated BSN program and licensing in Maine

   sully75 replied to sully75's topic in General Nursing

   Yup...I talked to the Board Of Nursing (was scared to bring it up but I finally did) and they said that they include prereqs in the 2 years. Funny though, that brings me to exactly 24 months. I really sped through the process. Didn't have a colleg...

8. Question about accelerated BSN program and licensing in Maine

   sully75 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello All, I got offered a job in Maine and I'm working on getting licensed there. I graduated from an accelerated BSN program recently, this will be my first job. On the Maine Board of Nursing website, it says something about graduating from a pr...

9. Worth it to invade HR offices with Resume?

   sully75 posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello All, I'm applying for jobs online in a really tight market (MA). I'm finding jobs to apply for (starting to look at some less well known hospitals). I'm a new-grad. It definitely feels like dropping your resume into an abyss though. I've hea...

10. anyone NOT roll an ankle in Danskos professionals?

    sully75 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Uniform/Gear

    I'm a guy, 35. For whatever that's worth. I find myself rolling my ankle occasionally. I wear them too often (they are basically my only pair of good shoes...job hunting and broke). I do find that when I roll my ankle, it scares me, but it doesn't...

11. Do I need to hold on to my Med-Surg Nursing Textbook?

    sully75 posted a topic in New Nurse

    I just passed the NCLEX (75 questions) and I'm job hunting right now. I have sold most of my books on Amazon, at least the theory and review books and things I definitely won't need. I'm definitely keeping my pharm textbook because there's a lot of ...

12. Some thoughts on the NCLEX

    sully75 replied to sully75's topic in NCLEX

    It's all fading into memory at this point, but I would say expect strange questions on all those topics. Most important thing to me is be emotionally prepared to guess between two answers.

13. Some thoughts on the NCLEX

    sully75 replied to sully75's topic in NCLEX

    I realized that the mnemosyne file I uploaded had some of the categories shut off (you can do that to study certain things). I re-uploaded it and I think it's working now, you should have more questions if you use it. Very interested if any of this ...

14. Some thoughts on the NCLEX

    sully75 replied to sully75's topic in NCLEX

    That's cool. I'm sure everyone's test is different. Most people from my program seemed to feel pretty much the same after talking about it though. I had one question out of 75 where I felt pretty confident I knew the answer, even that one was a lit...

15. Some thoughts on the NCLEX

    sully75 replied to sully75's topic in NCLEX

    Sorry, if it's not clear, you have to download the mnemosyne program, and then download the database and open it (from the file menu) into the program.