danaRN2b

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1. Took NCLEX-RN this am-stopped at 198-Im freaking out!

   danaRN2b replied to Tiffado's topic in General Nursing

   Talked to a friend today who took hers & she had 265. I'm sure she passed, though, but we'll know for sure tomorrow! She also talked to a fellow classmate today who took her's on Tuesday, took 200 questions & found her lovely little name on...

2. Never thought you'd be a nurse?

   danaRN2b replied to reese19's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I never thought I would be a nurse. (Of course, I also thought I would never have kids, too drooly and snotty for my taste; now I have four!) Anyway, my brother encouraged me about ten years ago to become a nurse (he was dating a nursing student at...

3. They posted my fall book list.

   danaRN2b replied to StudentNurseAbby's topic in General Students

   That's about what my books ended up costing the first semester. Subsequent semesters, however, were much more reasonable...usually only had to get one or maybe two additional texts, so it doesn't hurt the pocketbook as much! Good luck to you in you...

4. How long does it take to get ATT for NCLEX

   danaRN2b replied to manurse06's topic in NCLEX

   It depends on where you decide to go to the test. Last Summer, when I took LPN boards, I got my ATT at the end of July. The nearest testing centers to me (all about two hours away) had testing dates available in late August and after. I decided to tr...

5. First RN Job

   danaRN2b replied to danaRN2b's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you to everyone who gave their input...I've decided to take the local position. I do have young kids (ages 10, 8, 6, 5) and would like to be at home as much as possible with them. I'll take advantage of all the skills I can learn on a med/sur...

6. ? for current nursing students

   danaRN2b replied to FNPhopeful's topic in General Students

   We had a class of about 45, and we had no choice about theory times, we all went together. As for clinicals, we were in a small community, so we had sometimes 5 different clinical sites; they usually tried to place us in a facility near to us, but s...

7. Right for nursing?

   danaRN2b replied to adh_09's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I had no experience in the medical field before beginning nursing school & was also worried about being able to do the technical stuff, but that's what school is for. You'll be walked through all the procedures on paper, then you get to practice...

8. Need ideas on how to afford nursing school

   danaRN2b replied to RNStudentLearning's topic in General Students

   Quite a few of the women I went to school with (graduated in May!!), in Kansas were signed up in the Workforce Investment Act program... The program paid for tuition, books, gas for clinicals, helped with hotel costs when we had clinicals waaaay far...

9. First RN Job

   danaRN2b posted a topic in New Nurse

   Curious about anyone's opinion... I'm a recent graduate and have been offered a full-time RN position at my local community hospital on the med/surg floor. I also applied at a larger hospital in another community (about 1 hr. away) and have been cal...

10. Pinning Ceremony Q's

    danaRN2b replied to abbythetabby's topic in General Students

    Our instructors pinned us. As for something special at the ceremony, one of our students gathered photos & messages from anyone in our class who wanted to acknowledge those in his/her support system. She created a slideshow to run during the be...

11. LPN? Why not RN

    danaRN2b replied to NoWaNrN's topic in Ohio

    The ADN program I just graduated from required that we pass LPN boards before being able to complete the RN level of the program. I'm so glad they had us do that, because a lot of us needed to work while in school! Not only for the money, but the e...

12. Advice Needed...How to survive nursing school and parenthood at the same time!

    danaRN2b replied to 18mara86's topic in General Students

    I also have a bunch of kids (ages 10, 8, 6, 5) and a hubby who is gone from 5am to 8pm...anything you can plan ahead of time, before you start classes full time is great. Maybe planning a monthly meal calendar & a grocery list that is pretty muc...

13. How many pregnancies are too many?

    danaRN2b replied to L&D_2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have four and get the are you crazy looks all the time. Of course, when I had my fourth I was 24 and my other kids were 5, 3, and 1--so I kind of deserved the looks--lol. I've noticed more and more lately that a lot of couples are having more chi...

14. Do I want to do this career?

    danaRN2b replied to LizB's topic in New Nurse

    Okay, I was hugely excited about nursing school, then after finishing my first year and taking a job as an LPN on a med/surg floor while finishing my RN level, I started thinking, "What on earth have I gotten myself into?!" I was seriously consideri...

15. 1st year's Fall 2005 book cost

    danaRN2b replied to nursemommyof3's topic in General Students

    I think I ended up spending around $1000.00 the first semester, but like one poster said, we continued to use the books throughout the program. My second semester I only spent about $75.00, and this summer was about $150.00. That first semester wa...