elefantastic

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1. new nurse feeling defeated

   elefantastic replied to nursealanarae's topic in New Nurse

   i feel the exact same way. i have diarrhea before every shift. my bp is through the roof because i never know what i'm walking into. some nights are great, others are pure hell

2. Timeline when you graduated

   elefantastic replied to almostthereindc's topic in New Nurse

   graduated the end of june, took my boards the end of july, started working early august.. luckily i already had a job lined up before graduation.. lots of people i graduated with haven't been so lucky finding jobs lately

3. Nursing Student Needs Help With Ortho Assessment

   elefantastic replied to Krysten's topic in Orthopaedic

   maybe your instructor means doing an assessment of the patients extremity for color, pulses, sensation, movement, etc.. that isn't part of a "normal" assessment, but after surgery to a body part it's important to look at. like for a knee replacement,...

4. I love this Doctor!!!

   elefantastic replied to cooliegirl's topic in Humor

   lol good one :loveya:

5. 2yr nursing prg in nothern nj without waiting listithout waiting lists?

   elefantastic replied to myrrhvilla's topic in New Jersey

   holy name hospital in teaneck, nj. there are no wait-lists, but i think you may have missed the cut-off date for september.. give them a call though, i had a friend who applied really late (as in a few weeks before the start of the semester), and she...

6. New grad cant even get an interview

   elefantastic replied to Nurse K8's topic in New Nurse

   i live on the opposite coast from you, but i know around here, lots of people i graduated with couldn't even get an interview until they took and passed the nclex. so maybe once you have your license in hand, it will be easier to get a job. good luc...

7. Starting Salary.

   elefantastic replied to indiawhitaker's topic in New Nurse

   i will be starting out in a nj hospital making just under $70,000 for my first year. the hospital i'll be working in actually pays on the "low end" for nurses in my area. people i went to school with have taken jobs that start around the $80,000 rang...

8. New to Ortho

   elefantastic posted a topic in Orthopaedic

   hi all! i'm a newly graduated rn whose first position will be on an ortho floor in a few weeks. i guess i'm just looking for advice from seasoned ortho nurses on what to expect. ortho was not my first choice, but i was hired for the position and d...

9. How long did you prepare for the NCLEX?

   elefantastic replied to nycNurse2b's topic in NCLEX

   graduated the end of june, took the nclex last week. studied for 4 weeks, but took the last 2 weeks before the test most seriously.. probably did 5000+ review questions, between books and cdrom questions! btw: passed the nclex with 75q!

10. Is Kaplan overrated?

    elefantastic replied to lsvalliant's topic in NCLEX

    i did not take the kaplan course, though a couple of my classmates did. we had a review course at the end of our last semester, which i thought was enough. i passed the nclexrn this week with 75 questions having not taken kaplan. i think if you did w...

11. NCLEX result

    elefantastic replied to sup726's topic in NCLEX

    where do you live? if you live in nj, i've heard friends of mine complaining about nj bon's slowness in sending out licenses/numbers..