flower75

flower75 specializes in Cardiology/Telemetry.

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1. LPN pay versus RN pay in AR?

   flower75 replied to cancergirl24's topic in Arkansas

   true. where I work, i have been offered tip to work when they were short staffed on CNAs or RNs even if not my 7th day. it is just automatically tip if it is the 7th day in two weeks. and they offer increases in base pay based on experience as a CNA ...

2. Trouble running potassium

   flower75 replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

   at my hospital we always run the small bags of KCl on a dedicated pump. The first pump is NS or whatever fluids the patient has ordered and is usually at a slow rate (20-25ml/hr). This line is attached directly to the HL. The 100ml bag of KCl is prim...

3. LPN pay versus RN pay in AR?

   flower75 replied to cancergirl24's topic in Arkansas

   yes that is it. some hospitals offer $2000-3000 sign on bonuses for 1-2 year agreements. one hospital was really short staffed in certain areas and was offering $8000 bonus for two years paid quarterly. weekend diff is $2/hr, nights $3/hr, evenings $...

4. CC in Fayetteville area RN?

   flower75 replied to BethT's topic in Arkansas

   I also graduated from NWACC and when I applied for jobs the local hospitals were always glad to see I had graduated from NWACC rather than the local university. NWACC has a great program. good luck!

5. LPN pay versus RN pay in AR?

   flower75 replied to cancergirl24's topic in Arkansas

   New grad RN pay starts around $17.75 plus diffs for evenings, nights and weekends in NWA and one hospital pays $35/hr for 'tip' days (usually the 7th day working in a 2 week period).

6. Timeline when you graduated

   flower75 replied to almostthereindc's topic in New Nurse

   I graduated May 10th, 2008. Took the NCLEX June 16th after studying for a month. I interviewed for jobs before graduation and was hired before graduation. They were fine with me waiting to start work until after I took the Nclex and a vacation in Jun...

7. What are the benefits of getting your BSN?

   flower75 replied to smilin4ever's topic in General Nursing

   As others have mentioned, the BSN does open more doors. But be careful of the reputation of the schools in your area. There is a community college near me where I went to get my ADN. I just passed the NCLEX and start to work in a week after a vacatio...

8. Officially an RN now!!!

   flower75 posted a topic in NCLEX

   I can officially put RN behind my name now. I passed with 75 questions. YEAH!!!!!! Good luck to those still waiting to test. My study plan: ATI questions online Saunders content review and questions Kaplan practice tests in the 08-09 NCLEX-RN strat...

9. June 2008 NCLEX support group

   flower75 replied to IamRN08's topic in NCLEX

   I just found out from the AR BON website I PASSED!!!!!! woohoo!!!! I took the drexel review but didn't like it at all. I read through most of the saunders review and bought a 08-09 Kaplan book that had two practice tests. I found those to be very hel...

10. Just took NCLEX with LOTS of calculations/select all that apply

    flower75 replied to adjya18's topic in NCLEX

    I just found from the AR BON website I passed!!!!!!!!! woohoo!!!!!!!!

11. Should a take or re-sched? 7 days to go b4 nclex and panic mode

    flower75 replied to awfullysweetgal's topic in NCLEX

    yes i would say it is true you can get 30 SATA's. I just took mine today and had probably 25-30 maybe more SATAs and finished in 75 questions. I didn't keep track but it seemed like every third question I would get a SATA. One time I got 4 SATA in a ...

12. Just took NCLEX with LOTS of calculations/select all that apply

    flower75 replied to adjya18's topic in NCLEX

    I just took mine today and I would say that it is hard to gauge. Two other girls from my school took it today too. One had 4 calculations and maybe 20 SATA. I had 25-30 SATA and one calcuation and I can't remember what the other girl had for sure.I t...

13. I stopped at 75.. I think I failed.

    flower75 replied to pweety20's topic in NCLEX

    Try not to worry too much. The instructors at my school have said that if it shuts off at 75, you have a 90-95% chance (or higher) of passing. With the 15 questions they use to just see if they are good questions, that leaves only 60 actual questions...

14. dimensional anaylsis & IV dosing

    flower75 replied to reidesert's topic in Student Assist

    I use DA for all my dosage calculations. It seems like the info she gave is wrong. When we are given a problem we usually have the order from the physician such as the 0.1 unit/kg/hr. the pt's weight in pounds or kg as a given. Also, we are given the...

15. Any Feedback on the Saunders Comprehensive Review 4th Ed?

    flower75 replied to ginsey's topic in NCLEX

    how do you know if it came out after Feb, 2006. I bought mine at a Barnes and Noble store in September of 2006. I just checked the copyright and it is 2005. It is the 3rd ed, full color reprint. Does that mean it came out after Feb 2006? I plan to ta...