bosslady781

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1. AM I REaDY??????? Kaplan trainer scores!!!!

   bosslady781 replied to CandiceRN87's topic in NCLEX

   You are ready! My highest was a 62 and that was on test #6. I took my NCLEX RN on Feb 20th and I passed with 110 q's. I thought the higher level questions on NCLEX were just about the same level of difficulty as the Q's on Kaplan. Just keep on pract...

2. new grad jobs ...

   bosslady781 replied to katiebry1031's topic in General Students

   I grew up in the Boston area and I can only imagine how hard/competitive it is to get a nursing job there due to all the schools clustered into that area (umass, bu, bc, simmons, neu, regis,salem state just to name a few, lol!!) have you considered t...

3. The "Nursing Games" claims it's first victims...

   bosslady781 replied to Klimpys's topic in General Students

   Oops I forgot to mention "Calculate with Confidence" is a great book for drug calculations.....tons of examples you can practice on.

4. The "Nursing Games" claims it's first victims...

   bosslady781 replied to Klimpys's topic in General Students

   http://Www.dosagehelp.com is good. But just remember, the easiest formula to use is (dose ordered, /dose on hand) X volume. Also, know how to convert within the metric system. What has helped me was remembering the unit (liters, grams) from largest ...

5. Test Advice

   bosslady781 replied to Fiat40's topic in General Students

   Also, this link right here is awesome. It wll help you now and at the end. https://allnurses.com/hesi-exit-exam/my-study-guide-390611.html

6. Why do students voluntarily drop out of nursing school?

   bosslady781 replied to pink0605's topic in General Students

   A majority of the students who you think "dropped out" of nursing school, actually FAILED OUT. And these people were not dummies either. We are talking about straight A students or people who already have their bachelors or even their masters for ga...

7. Test Advice

   bosslady781 replied to Fiat40's topic in General Students

   Off the top of my head for test taking strategies:1. Answer select all that apply questions as if it were a true or false question2. If a test question contains an absolute word, such as "all, always, must, only" it is not the right answer!3. When de...

8. I quit! :(

   bosslady781 replied to Stoogesfan's topic in General Students

   I can relate to you..... I work graveyard shift 2-3 times a week, go to school/clinicals 4 times a week, have 4 kids ages 12 to 3 years and hubby. Don't stress too much about a clean house. My living room is covered in toys and the dishes are piled ...

9. Help...I desperately need an advice

   bosslady781 replied to NSICU Clin Tech's topic in General Students

   Work Saturday and Tuesday nights. Sleep when u get home and study after lunch. I'm in school doing my RN and I work nights part time (8 hour shifts, 40 hours biweekly). I have to work every other weekend and every other Monday morning I go straight ...

10. Did I Contact C. Diff?

    bosslady781 replied to RunawayN's topic in General Students

    I have worked at nursing homes 5 years total and come in contact with people with cdiff all the time and haven't caught it/transmitted it to my family. I think you will be ok =0)

11. help!..2 bothering questions...

    bosslady781 replied to tss2507's topic in General Students

    Another great tactic is to ask them if they would prefer to take a bath now or in 30 minutes. It has worked 90% of the time for me!

12. Recommended books to get a head start before nursing school?

    bosslady781 replied to ariferb's topic in General Students

    Go on Amazon and check out, Test Success:Test Taking Techniques for Beginning Nursing Students 6th Edition By Dr. Patricia Nugent and also Fundamentals Success by the same author. Good Luck!

13. A little freaked out about nursing school

    bosslady781 replied to Dude2's topic in General Students

    Check out these books on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0803618948/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1323782471&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0803627793/ref=mp_bxgy_p_dp_y?qid=1323782471&sr=8-1 Good luck!

14. Another one, or two, bite the dust!!!

    bosslady781 replied to clandestine-approach's topic in General Students

    Where is the OP of this lovely thread??? We haven't heard from you in a while. This has got to be the most disturbing post I have ever read! It seems to me that you have some serious issues you need to resolve and thought by posting this BS it would ...