Just got home from the NCLEX test. A third of the test was SATA (high difficulty) questions, Test shut off at 75 questions, and I got the good Pearson vue pop-up. Holy crap!!!!! I think I now have a couple letters after my name. ??????????????
The nursing pledge recited while all of the graduates were holding a lit lamp with the lights dimmed was a nice touch to the last one i was at. Another thing that went over well was someone collected photos from the students all the way back to nurs...
Seems like you actually spend more time figuring out how to do things your way than you would if you did things the way you are supposed to. If you ever do scheme your way into an RN license please let us know where u will be working so i can avoi...
My first day was on a med surg floor. We got our patients and their diagnoses the night before. I had one of the toughest professors and was determined to do a good job. I was up until 2 in the morning learning the patho of my pt's diagnoses, the tre...
Final semester starting on Wednesday. How are the rest of you doing? The light at the end of the tunnel is finally visible. It's still a ways away, but I can see it.
If your school has any simulation capacity can it be a "sim" day that counts as clinical time? We usually have one sim day a year where they do their best to throw all kinds of horrible events and circumstances at us to see how we cope/handle them.
Hello all, To help pay my bills while I am in school I deliver food a few nights a week. I spend alot of time in my car and i am trying to make it somewhat productive. In my school we are not allowed to record our lectures and there are a few profe...
So how did you all do in your first semester??? I passed with a solid B. real happy with that. Clinicals was awesome, and I learned lots. Going to enjoy my vacation as much as I can. I already have my med-surg book for next semester so I'm not going ...
I agree with the PP. lay low in the beginning and watch. You will soon figure out the people who should be avoided. But don't be too stand-offish because in that same time period you may also meet someone, who like you, wants no part of the drama and...
Just finished clinical day #4. I am really loving everything about nursing school so far. Is it a pain in the azz? Yes. Am I overtired from lack of sleep? Yes. Does my brain feel like a water balloon so full that it could pop at any minute? Yes. But,...
Wow you get to choose? Our CI let's us know what patient we will have. I think my school does this do they can select the patients on our wing that best suit our abilities at the time.