vcannon

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1. Pay Rates?

   vcannon replied to Paula7's topic in New Nurse

   midwest (iowa)....i started out at $17.96 an hour, 10% diff from 3p to 7p and 15% diff from 7p to 7a during the week. on weekends the day diff is 10%, 3p to 7p 15% diff, and 7p to 7a 21% diff.

2. 3rd Shift with Young Children at Home??

   vcannon replied to cdietrich404's topic in New Nurse

   My kids are 6 and 9 years old. This schedule works out great for my family. Both of my children are in school during the day. I get home in time to get them on the school bus and then I sleep during the day. I get up about 30 minutes before they ...

3. CNA Question

   vcannon replied to Soon2BNurse's topic in General Nursing

   You have NO idea what a nurse does until you have walked in our shoes! CNA's are not NURSES....they are important to the health care team, but they have no where near the responsiblity or education that nurses have. When you have been through schoo...

4. CNA Question

   vcannon replied to Soon2BNurse's topic in General Nursing

   NO! A CNA is not a nurse. They are an essential part of the health care team. CNA's report to LPN's and RN's and only do what is delegated to them. They cannot assess the patient, give meds, or do teaching with the patients. The CNA's that I wor...

5. Cna 1st or go straight to lvn/rn

   vcannon replied to carlaann12's topic in Student Assist

   I had no experience in the health care field when I started my nursing program. In the program I went through, we caught up as far as learning what the CNA's knew within the first six weeks of the program. I believe starting as a CNA or going right...

6. I Passed Nclex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   vcannon replied to vcannon's topic in NCLEX

   Do the assigned reading and if you have any questions about the material...don't hesitate to ask your instuctors. Another good thing is to form a study group, it's always nice to hear other nursing students ideas and methods of studying. Good luck ...

7. I Passed Nclex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   vcannon replied to vcannon's topic in NCLEX

   I am from Iowa. Thanks on the congrats.

8. just wanting it over and to PASS

   vcannon replied to Thressa's topic in NCLEX

   Good luck! You can do it. Valiere RN

9. I Passed Nclex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   vcannon replied to vcannon's topic in NCLEX

   I reviewed with Kaplan, Saunders, and Mosby. I did at least a 100 questions a day and really looked at the rationale behind each answer. Another thing that one of my instructor's told me was not to over analyse the questions. Read through each quest...

10. I Passed Nclex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    vcannon replied to vcannon's topic in NCLEX

    Congrats!!! What a happy day for both of us!!! :balloons: I can't stop grinning :)

11. I Passed Nclex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    vcannon replied to vcannon's topic in NCLEX

    Thanks everyone! :balloons: :rotfl: Hooray, I did it!!!

12. I Passed Nclex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    vcannon posted a topic in NCLEX

    I just logged onto the Pearson website and paid the fee to find out "unoffically" if I passed and I DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This feeling is so awesome, I AM AN RN!!!!!!!:chuckle Thanks for everyone ones support on this website during my schooling a...

13. Anyone think Kaplan harder than NCLEX?

    vcannon replied to Gigglesforall's topic in NCLEX

    Heck yeah! I thought Kaplan questions were very hard! I have been doing questions on the Q bank from Kaplan and those questions are even harder than on the Kaplan CD. I took my NCLEX exam today....my computer shut off at 75. I had a variety of qu...

14. Yes!! I passed!!!

    vcannon replied to nurseamanda's topic in NCLEX

    Congratulations! I took my NCLEX today - shut off at 75 questions. I am hoping to know unoffically by this Sunday. Go out and buy yourself that big cake and make sure you have a big slice!!

15. Pins and needles - 75 questions

    vcannon replied to vcannon's topic in NCLEX

    Well...good luck to you and let me know how you did!! Nothing can be done about it now....best thing to do is too try and relax and have a restful weekend. Valiere