umichjenks

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1. CCRN Certification

   umichjenks replied to KBICU's topic in CCU

   The test wasn't that bad, but just remember when taking the test that 25 questions do not count. I've heard a rumor that the first 25 are the experimental questions, but I can't say for certain. Buy Laura's book of questions and also I did the PA...

2. CCRN exam

   umichjenks replied to PActuRN's topic in Critical

   I used Laura Gasparis's review book of questions... Critical Care Examination Review Revised: 9780962724695: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com My advice is to just study over a month or two and do as many practice questions as possible...

3. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

   umichjenks replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU

   Just passed CCRN with a score of 103/125. I probably studied on and off for a few months. I used Laura Gasparis's DVDs, her CCRN questions book and the Pass CCRN cd. I was usually getting high 60s-low 70s on the practice tests on the cd and book. ...

4. ICU Stepdown workload

   umichjenks replied to rotteufel's topic in General Nursing

   I have a question for everyone on this thread. I currently work on a telemetry step-down. Our ratio is usually 1:5-6. We always start off with at least 4 and then get one or two admits a night. To give you an idea of the types of patients we get:...

5. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

   umichjenks replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

   Hi everyone! I just graduated from Wayne State's accelerated nursing program in December 2010. I took the NCLEX on Thursday, Feb. 3rd and got 130 questions and it shut off. I tried the PVT and the good pop up came up. I just paid the early fee a...

6. Accelerated nursing program to CRNA?

   umichjenks posted a topic in CRNA

   Hi everyone, I am currently in a 16 month accelerated program at Wayne State in Detroit. My GPA right now is 3.5 and hopefully will move to 3.6 after the summer semester. My question is this: do CRNA or NP school take into account the fact that I ...

7. Low GPA and interested the accelerated BSN program..Need advice plz

   umichjenks replied to SashaSat's topic in Virginia

   I have a quick question regarding the accelerated nursing program. I have my Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan and had a 3.425 overall gpa. I have taken all of my pre-requisite courses for nursing and have all A...