kymaw

kymaw has 4 years experience and specializes in Stepdown, LTC/Rehab, Academia..

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1. May grads, June test takers !

   kymaw replied to reeya's topic in NP Students

   Congrats, reeya! Had a feeling you would pass!

2. May grads, June test takers !

   kymaw replied to reeya's topic in NP Students

   Congratulations! Great work!

3. May grads, June test takers !

   kymaw replied to reeya's topic in NP Students

   I don't blame you at all. I TRULY understand. I came SO close many times and just couldn't do it. I have a job lined up and they asked my test date about 3 weeks ago, so that pressure helped me stay on the same date. I just took the AANP practice tes...

4. May grads, June test takers !

   kymaw replied to reeya's topic in NP Students

   I agree. I think at some point, we just have to toughen up and go for it. I have considered postponing numerous times, but I know that will just cause more anxiety and for longer. I'm going for it on Wednesday. Win or lose, at least I'll know. Worst ...

5. May grads, June test takers !

   kymaw replied to reeya's topic in NP Students

   I will be sitting for the AANP FNP exam on June 20th. I went to a live Fitzgerald review at the end of April. I've also used Fitzgerald's CDs at home, been studying Fitzgerald and Leik and took one APEA exam, scoring 74%. Ready or not.

6. My feet hurt!

   kymaw replied to mo54's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I used to have the same problem. I bought a pair of Shox on the advice of some coworkers and haven't had a problem since! I know they don't work for some people, but they definitely worked for me!

7. Night Shift Rounding...Will your pt code in the meantime?!

   kymaw replied to RockinNurse's topic in General Nursing

   So true! But we all do it!

8. Giving residents non-prescribed meds?

   kymaw replied to prinsessa's topic in Geriatric

   I used to work at a place where many of the nurses did this. They would give anything from Tylenol and Pepto Bismol to Haldol without an order. I never saw this happen, so I never reported it. Also, when I refused to do it, I was talked down to and b...