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1. questioning trauma doc's choice

   nursingmeatball posted a topic in MICU

   long story here, but mainly i'm having a hard time swallowing what was done at a patient's bedside the other day, and i'm loosing sleep over it!here's the gist: bad trauma (opening ICPs over 130, ICPs maintained in 80s-90s despite treatment) needed a...

2. Any nurses who used to be teachers?

   nursingmeatball replied to Baubo516's topic in Career Support

   I chuckled to myself when I saw this post.... I was a HS teacher for 10 years before going in to nursing. I've only been a nurse for 8 months, but I think that the first reply above made some salient points, and basically outlined some of the reaso...

3. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

   nursingmeatball replied to madwife2002's topic in New Nurse

   your final words are an inspiration to me: "the gossip, the finger pointing, and the lack of support i have experienced as a nurse still blows my mind. showing up to work everyday made me feel like an abused woman going home to my abuser everyday. ...

4. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

   nursingmeatball replied to madwife2002's topic in New Nurse

   Glad to see this thread... I think that I am so overwhelmed by my lack of knowledge, that it is hard to tell if I like what I'm doing. I graduated in May 2010 and passed boards in June. I work in a Surgical/Trauma ICU. My positive feelings at th...

5. Travel Nursing Advice

   nursingmeatball posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am interested in finding out more information on Travel Nursing. Honestly, the idea appeals to me very much, however, it seems like a possibly unstable way of maintaining employment/benefits/etc. I'd like to hear from some experienced travel nurs...

6. RN looking for a job in NJ

   nursingmeatball replied to alilag's topic in Career Support

   I moved away from NJ a little over two years ago, and I can tell you that the lack of phone calls is extremely common in today's job market - so don't take it personally. I would recommend following up with your own phone call to places where you ha...

7. Took NCLEX RN this morning.

   nursingmeatball replied to lilmissjuly17's topic in NCLEX

   I'm still waiting too!!!! But I'm also still thinking good thoughts for everyone :) I finally caved and tried the PVT this morning, and got the good pop up, which has prevented me from being completely psychotic. Now, I'm only slightly nauseated... h...

8. Took NCLEX RN this morning.

   nursingmeatball replied to lilmissjuly17's topic in NCLEX

   i took it this morning also. it shut off at 75, over 20 sata which i'm taking as a good sign.... it's really all a blur. i'm too scared to try the pearson vue trick. i will just keep checking my state board of nursing website to see if my license ...

9. what kaplan online course do you take?

   nursingmeatball replied to deertime's topic in NCLEX

   Oh - I just had another idea - sometimes local public libraries have review books that you can use, or maybe the library at the school went to. So, that might be free if you can't afford even the $50. Good Luck!

10. what kaplan online course do you take?

    nursingmeatball replied to deertime's topic in NCLEX

    Try an NCLEX review book that comes with a CD. Not free, but $50 or less. I have the Saunders Comprehensive 4th edition, and I think it's pretty good. With the CD you can kind of simulate an NCLEX exam with 100 questions and then it tells you weak...

11. need advise, change test date?

    nursingmeatball replied to Lisa1980's topic in NCLEX

    I know exactly how you are feeling! I've been asking myself that same question - why did I schedule 4 weeks out when I could have done it sooner??? BUT... I think you have to address two questions here - 1. How much have you been able to prepare s...

12. Applying to the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing?

    nursingmeatball replied to connieindc's topic in Post Graduate

    I'm very interested in the Women's Health NP program at Frontier, but have only just graduated with my RN. I do have a BS and an MS in Biology, though. I have three questions: 1. I know I have to have one year of nursing experience in order to app...

13. Summer Microbiology Course at Ocean County College

    nursingmeatball replied to Lucky Latina's topic in Online Learning

    Wow - I went to OCC years ago - long before there was anything such as an online course. I went on for both a BS and an MS in Biology, and I always thought the classes I had there were top notch. Glad to see it's still a great school! Good luck to ...

14. how accurately does KAPLAN predict success?

    nursingmeatball posted a topic in NCLEX

    Hello all- Like you, I recently graduated and am studying for NCLEX. I took the KAPLAN review and have been using that as my main review/study/practice tool. On all of my Q-bank and Trainers, I score between the low 60's and mid 70's. This is frea...