K_girl

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1. Harried and Hopeless!!!

   K_girl replied to nomoreonions's topic in NCLEX

   It's natural to second guess yourself. You have worked for years to finish nursing school and this test is a major part in your future. It would be almost UNnatural to not be nervous about it. As for the 85 questions, I can't say how you did. With th...

2. Travel Nurses Who Started with less than 2 years experience

   K_girl replied to Soliloquy's topic in Travel

   I started with one year. I worked on a surgical unit but was frequently floated within the hospital including pediatrics and intermediate. I got my first assignment to a magnet hospital in their pediatric unit. The staff was awesome and taught me...

3. Professional Nurse Resume Writers

   K_girl replied to juschillin's topic in Job Hunt

   I also thought about using a professional service. I chose not to (too expensive!). I recently rewrote my resume since starting working as a nurse. I wrote the resume on my own and was able to get calls for 2 interviews in departments that I have b...

4. OccuVAX...? Or other flu/vaccine clinics...

   K_girl replied to Peppermint_RN's topic in Job Hunt

   I do some work for Occuvax. It took a few weeks for them to send me my check but everything was legit. I worked with another nurse for a company sponsored clinic and it was pretty busy. The time went by fast and it was easy money. Good luck!

5. Orientation starts in a week!!

   K_girl replied to meeta404's topic in New Nurse

   Congrats on your new job! We had 12 weeks orientation when I started. The first week was pretty much all classroom then I started on the floor. I work a on a post surgical unit although we do get some medical patients at times. I am just coming up to...

6. Surgical RN...1st resume. please help!

   K_girl posted a topic in Job Hunt

   I am finishing up my first year under my belt and am JUST now rewriting my resume. My boyfriend and I are at least an hour away from each other and we have been living apart since I started nursing school. Needless to say he is starting to lose hope ...

7. Koi Mystery Scrub Top Purchases

   K_girl replied to tag2007's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Ive never heard of this but thanks for posting! I just landed my first job on a post surgical unit and am trying to build up my scrub stash!

8. I quit my job

   K_girl replied to prettymica's topic in ADN/BSN

   Congrats! It's a great feeling! When I was accepted to nursing school I quit my job 4 months before school started. LOL. I loved it!

9. What do you think of 12 hour shifts?

   K_girl replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

   I love 12 hour shifts! However, at my current job, I work 8 hr nights and it isn't as terrible as I thought it would be. As long as I work 8 days within the 2 week period, I still keep my FT status. My nights go by pretty fast so I can't complain rig...

10. Need opinions on my plan..am I making the right choice?

    K_girl replied to K_girl's topic in Job Hunt

    Thank you to both. I think part of my uneasiness is due to starting a new position in a new career. I dont handle it well when I am in the position of not knowing what I'm doing. I plan on getting as much as I can out of this job and just growing as ...

11. First 5 weeks of nursing school

    K_girl replied to katrinad's topic in General Students

    Congrats on starting nursing school! For me, the first 5 weeks were spent getting to know classmates and instructors, reading, practicing skills, studying, and trying to get yourself organized! It took me 2 years to figure out how to take a nursing e...

12. IL NCLEX 3 Year Limit

    K_girl replied to kmat12's topic in NCLEX

    I'm sorry to hear about what you're going through. I do not believe that IA has a time limit like IL does. If it were me, I would most likely take a refresher course, review content hard core, then start studying for NCLEX in IA. Good luck!

13. How long does in take to receive you ATT for the NCLEX letter from Pearsonvue?

    K_girl replied to kerrynurse's topic in NCLEX

    I'm in IL. Here is my timeline: 5/18 - graduated 5/20 - school submitted papers to PearsonVue 6/12 - received ATT By the time I received my ATT, July was the first date I could register for

14. need Advice for kaplan classes

    K_girl replied to ssk5's topic in NCLEX

    I took Kaplan classroom and I thought it was a waste of time. My instructor taught us their decision tree and for 4 days we just answered NCLEX questions. That was it. Personally, I learned more from the Qbank questions and did not use their decis...

15. Kaplan Q trainer

    K_girl replied to pnjabibarbie's topic in NCLEX

    There are Qtrainer questions online if you search for them. However, if you want access to Qbanks, you will need to pay for those.