Joe N635DC

Joe N635DC has 7 years experience and specializes in High Acuity / Emergency / Trauma.

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1. 8s vs 12s; night shift or day shift?

   Joe N635DC replied to wish_me_luck's topic in New Nurse

   3-11 is such a garbage shift. Honestly if your gonna F up my day by making me come in at 3 you might as well make it 11a and get the punishment over in 3 days so I can actually have 4 useful full days to myself.

2. Student Clickers?

   Joe N635DC replied to arbor-vitae's topic in General Students

   Our school used these but they were handed out each class, not purchased. Each student had a clicker with our name on it. The computer knows exactly who everyones clicker is and can keep statistics on each students answers. That being said they would...

3. Tips for nursing school success

   Joe N635DC replied to Joe N635DC's topic in General Students

   That nervous excited feeling you are experienceing comes with the territory. It's great being a nurse though so when it gets tough dont let it get you down!

4. Tips for nursing school success

   Joe N635DC replied to Joe N635DC's topic in General Students

   Good luck to everyone starting this fall semester. Study hard, keep focused and git r dun!

5. Tips for nursing school success

   Joe N635DC replied to Joe N635DC's topic in General Students

   Good luck to everyone who is starting (or already has started) thier program this fall. Remember hard work and determination make it happen!

6. Another Philadelphia thread: RN hiring and degree requirements

   Joe N635DC replied to anotherone's topic in Pennsylvania

   Wow, thanks

7. CNA job scam? Please help

   Joe N635DC replied to magalipastor60's topic in CNA/MA

   And while we are at it. Why is a lady who need this kind of care on vacation being kept in a hotel and cared for by an unknown person?

8. Grateful for male nurses!!

   Joe N635DC replied to studentnurse96's topic in Male Students

   sometimes i get the vibe that the staff inthe hospital don't like us guys around, someone comes through like this. it'sgood to know that there are people out there that appreciate what you do. thanks!

9. CNA job scam? Please help

   Joe N635DC replied to magalipastor60's topic in CNA/MA

   How this scam works is as follows. -They give you a (bad) check -You deposit it -The bank initally clears the check and you withdrawl money -You "deduct" "your pay" and forward the balance to the Scammer via an unrecoverable and hard to track method ...

10. Do I need 2 stethoscopes?

    Joe N635DC replied to meghan91's topic in Uniform/Gear

    I keep 2 around. I have my original cheepy from way back in my EMS days when I just started out. I keep that one in the car now in case I come across something and can help out. As for my good one. I have a littman master cardiology that I wouldnt tr...

11. Nervous about NCLEX... ADVISE PLEASE

    Joe N635DC replied to mmel025's topic in NCLEX

    To prepare we used ATI in our program. The school had the ATI crew come in and do a 3 day live review with us. In addition I used the Saunders 5th comp review and the lacharity book. For a frame of reference, I too took the ATI predictors and had a h...

12. Need some input, NCLEX next Tuesday 7/31/12

    Joe N635DC replied to blynn9173's topic in NCLEX

    She takes it in about a week though. In my last week I was hitting 200-400 questions a day.

13. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    Joe N635DC replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

    yes, congrats!

14. Passed Nclex-RN, License not issued yet, frustrated...

    Joe N635DC replied to Joe N635DC's topic in NCLEX

    as it were the noisy gear gets the grease.my follow-ups with the bon yielded results and it got issued today. about 8 hours after having a license i have a job offer for a summer camp. man that is crazy. i am expected to start on friday so i am pack ...

15. Passed Nclex-RN, License not issued yet, frustrated...

    Joe N635DC replied to Joe N635DC's topic in NCLEX

    I hope it does come through soon so I can move forward and hopefully get some work. Anyone else have any experiences with it taking a while (for whatever reason) to get everything through and a license issued?