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1. Painful IM

   12hrshifts replied to SammyCT's topic in General Nursing

   Pull the skin taut between thumb and first finger. You are wanting it to go into muscle so pinching up is not required, yet I see people doing that all the time. It's counterproductive.

2. RN badge

   12hrshifts replied to BlancaRN's topic in General Nursing

   I know that some state board of nursing bylaws require that all persons involved in patient care have a badge with credentials and photo clearly visible. It is a safety issue. Not only for the patients, but for everyone in the facility. Go to your s...

3. Unemployed x13 Months - Help!

   12hrshifts replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Travel Nursing!!! Even if this is not something you want to stick with, do the 13 week first assignment to get back in the market. Plus, this is from personal experience, about a two weeks ago I signed for an indeed.com account because I was interes...

4. HELP!! Paying for my second bachelors degree (a nursing degree)

   12hrshifts replied to future.nurse2013's topic in General Students

   To be clear, I was not employed by the hospital that offered me the loan, Wellmont Health Systems in VA, but I had to sign a contract stating that I would apply and accept a job if offered to me upon graduation. If I defaulted and did not become and...

5. HELP!! Paying for my second bachelors degree (a nursing degree)

   12hrshifts replied to future.nurse2013's topic in General Students

   I didn't even know my local hospital offered education loans until they came to my nursing class one day and gave a presentation on it. They were nurse recruiters. It appears they only extend their loans out to nursing students that are currently i...

6. GOT MY ATT and planning to take NCLEX anytime soon.

   12hrshifts replied to louiseraphelle's topic in NCLEX

   Everyone really seems to like Kaplan. I, too, did use Kaplan for review...just the NCLEX-RN 2013-2014 book. I only studied a week before my exam. All day and most of the nights lol. I got 75 questions and don't believe any of the content I studie...

7. Issues with Eligibility and Receiving ATT?

   12hrshifts replied to NewNurseDC's topic in NCLEX

   Is it possible your BON just keeps adding info onto the status update without erasing what was there prior...for example, they first added, waiting for transcripts, then added waiting to make eligible and then without erasing those two, added awaitin...

8. Post NCLEX failure nerves

   12hrshifts replied to hinml's topic in NCLEX

   Ditto to it all. The nursing process, ABC's, Maslows, infection/control and anything I've left out that deals with prioritizing is what this game is about. I know these things but did not know what some of the procedures or situations the stem was...

9. Do I need to memorize durg toxic levels for NCLEX?

   12hrshifts replied to swansonplace's topic in NCLEX

   I wasn't prepared for that many pharm questions to tell you the truth. I had read through a zillion of NCLEX allnurses.com posts and many, many of them said they didn't have any pharm...or next to none so I thought, "Well, if there isn't going to be...

10. NCLEX RN medication question

    12hrshifts replied to chikah_dorah's topic in NCLEX

    I wish I knew a great source for you but I don't. We used ATI in our program and there were a lot of SATAs on every test. However, I think maybe the best way to look at it is as if every SATA was really just several true/false questions rolled into...

11. Issues with Eligibility and Receiving ATT?

    12hrshifts replied to NewNurseDC's topic in NCLEX

    I reside in KY, but live within 10 miles of the VA border. I went to nursing school in VA because it was closer to me than any KY school. I graduated May 10. On May 24, I got my ATT and scheduled my NCLEX for May 30. On May 31, my status on the K...

12. NCLEX RN medication question

    12hrshifts replied to chikah_dorah's topic in NCLEX

    I felt the same, nursebre! I felt I had a fighting chance getting the math problems right and then only had one lol.

13. NCLEX 2013 Advice

    12hrshifts replied to QtSueBee's topic in NCLEX

    I felt just like the OP when that screen went blue after #75. I actually thought, "OMG...I've failed this so badly they have shut me down already". lol. Fall back to your basics of NCLEX style testing and rely on your education foundation. Plus, ...

14. Do I need to memorize durg toxic levels for NCLEX?

    12hrshifts replied to swansonplace's topic in NCLEX

    I memorized all kinds of stuff for NCLEX and didn't use any of it! The NCLEX is written in such a way, I believe, that they put you in situations you don't know the answer to from memory, and they expect your to use critical thinking, the nursing pr...

15. 39 select all that apply on my NCLEX!!

    12hrshifts replied to kellydin86's topic in NCLEX

    I don't really think there is anything a person can do other than work their tail feathers off in nursing school to get ready for the NCLEX. I crammed for 5 days and nights before NCLEX (That's all the time I had between getting my ATT and sitting f...