tmartinez.RN.BSN

tmartinez.RN.BSN specializes in ICU.

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1. VA Hiring

   tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to Jams95's topic in Government

   I applied in January...however, I had been working on the unit as a nurse assistant and VALOR student nurse resident while I was in nursing school. That helped a lot. I'm not doing the Versant new grad program...I'm just a regular hire new grad nurse...

2. VA Hiring

   tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to Jams95's topic in Government

   I think it's ending. I just got hired at the Palo Alto VA and I start on Monday. G'luck to everyone.

3. Anyone else get into the VA Versant Program for 2009??

   tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to SarahRN32485's topic in California

   blessed_RN: thank you for the congrats! i am so happy to have been given these opportunities...we ALL know how hard they are to come by these days. back in nursing school, i did 2 semesters of med-surg at the VA Palo Alto. i had worked as a nursing a...

4. Anyone else get into the VA Versant Program for 2009??

   tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to SarahRN32485's topic in California

   hi there! I'm not doing Versant, but I did get hired as a new grad nurse at the VA Palo Alto. I'll be working in the MSICU. Someone I met in an EKG class is doing Versant...she'll be in the MSICU with me. I heard there's a good number of you. And it'...

5. Becoming a CNA before getting a BSN?

   tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to runnerVA's topic in General Nursing

   I definitely think you should! I worked as a CNA before I started nursing school and also during. It helped me get more comfortable with working with patients, which a lot of my instructors and classmates noticed. It definitely helps you! G'luck to y...

6. BLS / ACLS certification

   tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to the_alchemist's topic in California

   Here are a couple of training sites that I found when I was looking for a place to get my certs: http://www.heartsharetraining.com/ if you're in the San Jose/South Bay area (I did my EKG interpretation & ACLS here...they were great). http://www.s...

7. San Jose State: GPA requirement

   tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to anikblue's topic in California

   i did most of my clinicals at the VA Palo Alto (sems 4/5 med-surg and sem 7 psych at VA Menlo Park). i really liked those facilities. After sem 5 my clinical instructor helped me get a job as a nurse assistant in the ICU. I ended up doing a summer pr...

8. San Jose State: GPA requirement

   tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to anikblue's topic in California

   hey all. i graduated from SJSU this past December! Some advice...pay attention to what you learn in Semester 3, especially Patho. It's one of those cornerstone classes that will definitely come in handy later, especially semester 5! G'luck to you all...

9. Graduation and taking the boards

   tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to shippoRN's topic in New Nurse

   Here in CA I submitted my paperwork to my BRN in November (since we can sit for the exam before our files are complete). Graduated December 20th, 2008. Got my paperwork the first week of January 09. Took the NCLEX-RN Jan 20th. Found out last week tha...

10. Has anyone took NCLEX in the afternoon?

    tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to duling's topic in NCLEX

    I took mine in the afternoon. I scheduled that way so I could get more sleep and not rush as well. However, I woke up early and was super anxious all day. I couldn't even eat anything, so I was starving while I was taking my test! I did pass, but I k...

11. I PASSED I PASSED

    tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to yurnurse's topic in NCLEX

    congrats...and happy birthday! go celebrate double-time now! :)

12. Still no results after 8 days...

    tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to gpara_rn's topic in NCLEX

    i didn't get any math questions, only 1 SATA and i passed. i wouldn't go looking that far into what kinds of questions you got. just try to relax a little bit while you're waiting...i know, easier said than done. Good luck to you!

13. 170+ questions and 2 weeks later...PASSED!

    tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to tmartinez.RN.BSN's topic in NCLEX

    i think i wrote in the other thread that you started...g'luck to you and hope you get positive results soon!

14. Still no results after 8 days...

    tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to gpara_rn's topic in NCLEX

    wait for a few more days...if 2 weeks pass and you haven't heard anything, call the BRN. i waited for 3 weeks for results b/c my transcripts weren't in and my file was incomplete. called yesterday to confirm that my file was finally complete and saw ...

15. Anyone fr CA that took nclex rn and passed after 10 days?

    tmartinez.RN.BSN replied to ALF06's topic in NCLEX

    I passed after 3 weeks exactly. It was because my file wasn't complete because of transcripts. I called the CA-BRN yesterday to confirm that my file was complete (It was completed yesterday morning). Found out this morning I passed. Suzanne's right.....