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1. Pearson Vue Trick - Poll once you receive your results

   ggmugsy replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

   I live in North Idaho and tested in Spokane, Washington on June 6th. Completed 75 questions and was NOT feeling good about my chances. As soon as I got home I got the good pop-up. Today, quick results indicated I passed. I've been reading about this ...

2. What makes med-surg class seem hard to you?

   ggmugsy replied to northmississippi's topic in Student Assist

   For me, patho is the background of Med-Surg. What's in the forefront of most test questions is, "As a nurse, what do I need to do for this patient?" A good friend of mine is completely into patho and had taken an advanced pathology course prior to M...

3. Nurse/Student ratio at clinicals

   ggmugsy replied to ggmugsy's topic in General Students

   Thank you all so much! Reading your posts has been very eye-opening for me. In hindsight, I should have asked more questions about how the clinicals were run. This time next year, I'll be studying for my NCLEX and be DONE with this school. I can ha...

4. Nurse/Student ratio at clinicals

   ggmugsy replied to ggmugsy's topic in General Students

   Thank you all for your input! :)

5. Nurse/Student ratio at clinicals

   ggmugsy replied to ggmugsy's topic in General Students

   In my program, there is one clinical instructor for every 10 students. Students are normally spread between 4-5 different areas of the hospital so the instructor travels around as she can to observe/help with skills. Very often, she will let our prim...

6. Final... Basically a test that is a final to end you

   ggmugsy replied to vizzle's topic in General Students

   Congratulations vizzle!! BIG HUG and best wishes!

7. Final... Basically a test that is a final to end you

   ggmugsy replied to vizzle's topic in General Students

   I see your point . . . but . . . every question counts, and every question should be fair. If a student can prove that two answers are equally correct, we should have the opportunity to do so on every exam, including the final.

8. Nurse/Student ratio at clinicals

   ggmugsy replied to ggmugsy's topic in General Students

   That sort of ratio seems much safer to me than having more students than nurses. :) Thanks for your response.

9. Nurse/Student ratio at clinicals

   ggmugsy replied to ggmugsy's topic in General Students

   MN-Nurse, No personal attack upon me was necessary. I am not sitting around "counting nurses." I continually hear nurses say they "feel invaded" by the number of students on the floor. I was simply asking for information regarding other programs and...

10. Final... Basically a test that is a final to end you

    ggmugsy replied to vizzle's topic in General Students

    NSNA magazine had a great article in their last publication about Horizontal Violence and how it starts in nursing school with teachers being completely nasty to students. That article described how some of the nursing instructors and many of the nur...

11. Nurse/Student ratio at clinicals

    ggmugsy replied to ggmugsy's topic in General Students

    Very often there would be 5 nurses on the floor - each with 4 or 5 patients and we would have 6 - 2nd semester nursing students on the floor - each with 2 patients. Often there were 1 or 2 - 2nd year nursing students with patients as well. There were...

12. Final... Basically a test that is a final to end you

    ggmugsy replied to vizzle's topic in General Students

    Just talking in general. Different final, different state.

13. Final... Basically a test that is a final to end you

    ggmugsy replied to vizzle's topic in General Students

    I hear ya!! On my way out the door I asked when the deadline would be to "challenge" test questions. I was informed that didn't "happen" with the final exam. That means our instructors can make up any old answer they want and we have no opportunity t...

14. Nurse/Student ratio at clinicals

    ggmugsy posted a topic in General Students

    Hey everybody, I just finished my first year of an ADN program. One of the things I am unhappy with is the nurse/student ratio at clinicals. Very often - probably close to 75% of the time - the number of students on the floor exceeds the number of nu...

15. Just took NCLEX 75Q..need encouragement!

    ggmugsy replied to susan32's topic in NCLEX

    BUG HUG to you, Susan32! :) If you've been studying the same way for three tries, maybe changing up your study routine would help. Do you have a friend you could study with, or maybe start a study group of your own? Sometimes listening to how other p...