nursesunrise

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1. Bad idea?

   nursesunrise replied to Maladroit's topic in New Nurse

   I'm a new grad working in mother baby and I wanted to point out that if your reason for moving is "pace" you may be surprised by the reality. Six patients is the minimum on my floor. Many times we have 8-9. Last shift I had three babies on glucose p...

2. First RN job & it's pay

   nursesunrise replied to Stephen.Stevens's topic in New Nurse

   I'm in southeast Florida and just got my first job (postpartum). I make $23/hr plus $4 differential for nights and $3.50 more for weekends.

3. Why are there no nursing jobs available for new grads? What is going on??

   nursesunrise replied to vab229's topic in Job Hunt

   I also graduated in May. Passed my NCLEX three weeks later. Applied for over 300 jobs. Got an offer last week, which was three weeks after I passed the NCLEX. I live in Florida and hospitals here won't even consider a candidate until they pass th...

4. NCSBN best way to use to study for NCLEX?

   nursesunrise replied to swansonplace's topic in NCLEX

   This is the link for the free Kaplan test. You register and they send you an email to test. Free Practice Test for the NCLEX®

5. NCSBN best way to use to study for NCLEX?

   nursesunrise replied to swansonplace's topic in NCLEX

   I quickly read the chapter reviews and took each section test. I would stop and study something using Saunders or my textbooks if I got hung up on a concept. I completed the entire course, reading all the sections and taking all the exams in less t...

6. NCLEX- I need help to understand IV fluids

   nursesunrise replied to NAM123's topic in NCLEX

   Just remember the isotonic ones and you can figure it out. Isotonic = "normal" saline, lactated ringers and D5 1/4 NS. Water follows ions so "hyper"tonic solutions have "higher" amts and "hypo"tonic have lower. If normal saline is 1%, 0.5NS is les...

7. nscbn?????

   nursesunrise replied to NurseSue79's topic in NCLEX

   I did the entire NCSBN course in 10 days, but I studied 6-8 hrs a day. I also did some Lippincott 3500 and Saunders but I found them to be MUCH easier than NCSBN. I was scoring 75-88% on NCSBN by the end of the review. I scored 69% on my beginning...

8. How long did you study before taking NCLEX?

   nursesunrise replied to Bouncyball's topic in NCLEX

   I studied for 14 days. I used the NCSBN review and thought it was great. Indeed, you can't study for the exam, but I do think doing the questions helped me because I found the NCLEX questions to be worded very similarly to the NCSBN questions. I fini...

9. Time til you got your ATT

   nursesunrise replied to adraorien's topic in NCLEX

   In Florida, we have to send in electronic fingerprints and have a background check done before the state will approve us. I paid pearsonvue, registered with the state and had my fingerprints done on April 19. We graduated May 7 and I received my AT...