astia

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1. Transitioning from Dialysis to Med Surg

   astia replied to tunsie06's topic in Urology

   Wow, I liked nursing until I went into dialysis, I love the skills itself but I am not comfortable with a lot of things in the acute setting. I am sad, confused, and ready to burst out in a fit of tears. I think I hate nursing after all that studying

2. Best Nursing Shoes/Sneakers

   astia replied to gladtobeOB's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Nothing beats alegria.....go on alegriashoeshop.com

3. About to start in a Psych Hospital..

   astia replied to jenmesh's topic in Psychiatric

   I started out in a private psych hospital, I enjoyed it. I then moved on to a regular hospital and I truly hate it. I want to get out of nursing all together. Maybe if I had stayed in psych I wouldnt feel the same way. Maybe if you are passionate abo...

4. Tips for new grad starting Davita dialysis houston

   astia replied to ET04's topic in Urology

   Hello DrCrimWitt, I am sorry for that bad experience, but sometimes it is just unfortunate that a set of persons in a specofic company can really give people bad ideas about a company, many all these people were just the wrong persons that you came i...

5. Dialysis nursing

   astia replied to joanitee's topic in Urology

   Keep trying it is a great field, I have no ICU only psych experience and I got into davita, my friend went straight there also years ago out of nursing school and now she is training dialysis nurses, it is what you put your brain to. Many nurses keep...

6. back from taking NCLEX 2nd attempt and the pvt says....

   astia replied to Lisa1980's topic in NCLEX

   Hey Lisa, I have nothing else to say but that YOU PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hooray.. prayed for you this morning.

7. Tomorrow is the big day... Retake NCLEX

   astia replied to Lisa1980's topic in NCLEX

   Hi Lisa1980, My advice to you at this time is to start praying for calmness and to have less anxiety. The more relax you are, the better you focus. I did it and didnt find it hard and I know that keeping myself calm was a strategy that helped me. Rem...

8. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

   astia replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

   I tried the PVT and got the good pop-up and it was right on target....I pass nclex-rn. Thanks to allnurses.com. It was the PVT that kept me going until I got the results

9. Did nclex-rn today, so relieved, test wasn't hard

   astia replied to astia's topic in NCLEX

   Just an update I passed NCLEX-RN. PVT works

10. Very depressed and discouraged....,need help

    astia replied to mystic33's topic in NCLEX

    Mystic33, honestly I probably cant make you feel better right now, but when you go into that test, you will be surprised. I was as worried as you before I tested and one of my friends allowed me to try one of her q bank 50 questions and I scored a ...

11. I'm the world's biggest idiot...

    astia replied to DroogieRN's topic in NCLEX

    I am very sorry to hear, maybe nothing can make you feel better now but just understand that life comes with all kinds of event: some good and some bad and a bad one will catch us sometimes. I am really sorry hope you will get your new date soon.

12. Did nclex-rn today, so relieved, test wasn't hard

    astia posted a topic in NCLEX

    Hello All, I have lived on this site for the last 2 months since I graduated May 1st and I must say this is the best website that could have been created. I took my NCLEX-RN at 8am today and I dont know why but the exam was very easy to me. I was sca...