kkny1234

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1. SF Bay Area OR/Pay, experiences and advice?

   kkny1234 replied to bayarea123's topic in Operating Room

   I can’t speak for the OR specifically but I recently started as a travel nurse in the Bay Area and have worked with a lot of nurses who could not get a job as a new grad here. They had to go to either SoCal or out of state to find work as a new grad ...

2. new job, new pay?

   kkny1234 replied to periodical's topic in General Nursing

   I was working in NYC, but recently moved. I tried to message you privately but it didn't quite work. If you'd like, message me privately and I can tell you what I know!

3. Pearson Vue Trick 2015 Latest

   kkny1234 replied to NurseCalif's topic in NCLEX

   I would wait. If you pay and it turns out you passed Pearson won't give you your money back.

4. Pearson Vue Trick 2015 Latest

   kkny1234 replied to NurseCalif's topic in NCLEX

   I took the NCLEX 3/24. I tried the PVT a few hours after I took the exam and yesterday and got the good popup. I paid for the quick results today and it said I passed. Make sure you put in your credit card information (i changed the expiration date a...

5. Need NCLEX RN prep guidance

   kkny1234 replied to Nurse2919's topic in NCLEX

   i did mostly kaplan qbank questions for about a month and a half (20-50 questions a day) and i didn't really start doing content review until about 6 days before the nclex. i did the hurst online review 6 days before the nclex and it helped clarify s...

6. Preparing for the NCLEX-RN

   kkny1234 replied to omg move's topic in NCLEX

   thank you! i would say my pharmacolgy was more on the weak side. i didn't study much pharmacology but made sure to know the ones i thought were important like beta blockers, digoxin, and diuretics. even with those i just knew when to use them and nur...

7. Is Kaplan/Hurst really necessary?

   kkny1234 replied to Ele_123's topic in NCLEX

   my school enrolled us in kaplan so i had no choice. i figured if they're making me pay for it i might as well as make use of it and i'm really glad i did. the saunder's book is good for content but the questions are way too easy. i did the hurst onli...

8. NCLEX/Isolation Precautions???

   kkny1234 replied to Mercedes_RN_'s topic in NCLEX

   airborne - need respiratory protection, hence the N95 respirator; the particles are small and therefore need a respirator think of the disseminated herpes zoster example as airborne and contact so you need gloves, gown, and N95 droplet - need to prot...

9. Preparing for the NCLEX-RN

   kkny1234 replied to omg move's topic in NCLEX

   i just took the nclex and the test shut off at 75 questions. according to PVT i passed. i did all the kaplan qbank questions and question trainers and also took the hurst online review about 6 days before i took the nclex. the hurst online review wa...

10. the college of mount saint vincent

    kkny1234 replied to amgoldsmith's topic in New York

    If you can avoid attending this school I would avoid it. Some of the professors are great and others are not so great but that's with every school. The problem is the accelerated program, in both Manhattan and Riverdale, have set schedules with set p...

11. mount saint vincent nursing program

    kkny1234 replied to snowybee's topic in New York

    Do yourself a favor and do not even bother applying to this school. The professors (some, not all), as well as the director of the nursing department are unprofessional. They like to retaliate even if the concerns/complaints we have are legitimate.