lough6

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1. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

   lough6 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

   Haha, that is a good story. Its not the chest hair I am worried about for me or anyone outside of the hospital, that is up to him, hes a guy afterall. But inside of the hospital, i feel that it disrupts the look of professionalism thats all. Just lik...

2. Why Dogs Make the Best Friends

   lough6 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

   Ive had my two jack russell's for about a year now and love love love them to death. One is a girl, with a lot of attitude, and the other is a boy who is the perfect lap dog (total opposite of the usual jack). He was adopted from a terrier rescue. I...

3. RN finally!!! i passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   lough6 replied to cuse28's topic in NCLEX

   yay congrats!

4. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

   lough6 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

   My boyfriend is an RN as well as I and with or without chest hair, a tshirt underneath a scrub top looks better from a professional standpoint. Most hospitals require a health care provider to cover up a tatoo to make the staff member more profession...

5. share your experience with SAUNDERS

   lough6 replied to sweetmya's topic in NCLEX

   congrats!!

6. share your experience with SAUNDERS

   lough6 replied to sweetmya's topic in NCLEX

   Good idea.. just use Saunders and try not to use any other resources as that can get really overwhelming.

7. Where to buy stethoscopes near Los Angeles/Orange County?

   lough6 replied to simplyVy's topic in California

   Got mine on ebay, that was the best price I found around here. You can try Allheart scrubs on sepulveda and olympic, they have good discount prices and can even order what you want if they don't have it.

8. Where is the "nursing shortage" still going strong?

   lough6 replied to Kingfish72's topic in New Nurse

   Just graduated in LA and I already had a job lined up since Feb. Most of my classmates who waited to apply after graduation in May now have jobs already and there was no wait for them either. Try UCLA or Cedars, most of my friends referred eachother ...

9. Recent NCLEX-RN test takers

   lough6 replied to PennyNickelDime_RN's topic in NCLEX

   Just took mine last sat and passed with 75. I had groups of about 4-5 SATAs in a row and then a medsurg or priority question. I had very few medication questions, but the ones I did get I was able to find out by knowing the ending of the med. I sugge...

10. I cannot believe it!

    lough6 replied to BrklynNYgal's topic in NCLEX

    Congrats! You must feel so relieved!

11. failed nclex

    lough6 replied to lflyew's topic in NCLEX

    Check with your BON, but I had to pay $75 to the BON along with the paperwork that will come in the mail. Also, I had to pay the $200 again to pearson vue to retake the test. About Saunders, you should be using the 4th edition because it has all of t...

12. When to start applying for jobs....?

    lough6 replied to Sherylbarl's topic in New Nurse

    You might also want to check if your school holds career fairs where all the hospitals in the area come, offer you an application and might take your resume... usually this is january or february. I graduated in May of this year, and most of my class...

13. Anyone passed the 2nd time?

    lough6 replied to lailai67's topic in NCLEX

    I took about a month from when I found out I failed to when I took the test again. Like you said, I read for 5 hours a day, which included doing 150 questions from the Saunder's cd. I read all the rationales and wrote down why I got the wrong ones wr...

14. Anyone passed the 2nd time?

    lough6 replied to lailai67's topic in NCLEX

    Failed the first time at 265... Passed the second time at 75. I highly recommend Saunders and Suzanne's plan.

15. failed nclex

    lough6 replied to lflyew's topic in NCLEX

    Exactly.. don't give up. I also failed the first time, took a week to feel bad for myself, then realized that I didn't go through all the hard years of school to just give up now. I bought the Saunder's book and read for about 5 hours a day for a mon...