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So I have done my time in the SNF for a year. Started out just to have a job and turned into the best learning and basic-skill defining experience I could ask for. Now I am starting on a med/surg...

The hospital I got hired to start at next week gave me a study packet. Have you asked HR if they have something like that? might help :)

I was so thinking BC too! Kaplan was my BFF for NCLEX. My friends that missed passing the first time redid the week of kaplan and passed. Hey you might wanna wait and see what your weaknesses are...

ASN / grad May2010 / SNF Sept2010 / start $21/hr / started 3-11 shift, then at 6 months went to 7p-7a / There is def not a nursing shortage in FL as above poster mentioned, atleast not in north FL.

Honestly there is a difference in the way an RN is taught to think vs. the way an LPN is taught to think through situations. Upon entering RN school, one will be able to acknowledge the difference. I...

So what was the actual error? j/w

You're too much...:lol2:

Has anyone on AN been through the program? Have any insight in comparison with the ADN program? Thanks so much!

If you go to the nursing department at north campus, they have a packet on the wall outside the main office with the point scale and all other info one needs to apply to the program.

It means you're expected to assess and respond to each patient you interact with as if you are working as an RN. Ie. entering a patients room to obtain vital signs, they're irregular...then not only...

Resident : Breakfast? (its 2 am) me : you have about 5 hours til breakfast, would you like something to help you sleep? Resident : yes I think I would ::I'm gathering the med, pouring some ice...

Sharpie...I have like 3 in my car, 1 in my purse, and 1 in my secret hiding place at work :wavey: good luck and hope it went well!

Invest in the book "Pharmacology Made Insanely Easy" http://www.amazon.com/Pharmacology-Made-Insanely-Loretta-Manning/dp/0976102900

FL 21-24/hr

allllll of the above mentioned...don't forget patches on in the am off in the pm, exelon / nitro / fentyl (sp?) ; neb inh tx and robitussin are big in the winter ; suppositories for those that MoM...

First day as newly licensed RN at SNF...The only other RN on the floor was orientating me. We recieved an admission that in report from the hospital apparently had a "Cabbage" completed. I wanted...

I've had about 3 or 4 patients using Pradaxa thus far in the SNF where I work. It does seem to be a great alternative to coumadin since there aren't blood draws and changing of dosing often. The only...

I am a new grad in a SNF, 8 months in. I have caught many a residents with early s/s of many acute illnesses that were missed by earlier staff. I work 3-11 shift. I have had paramedics roll their...

I'm just simply completely frustrated with being a new nurse in a facility where most have been there 20+ years. Being a nurse is something I've always wanted and now I'm here and my self-confidence...

Florida State College at Jacksonville

I'm a recent grad having a TERRIBLE time even finding any new job...and with $$ running out I'm considering going back to school until something does come along. I feel as though I am treading water...

I spent two hours and had bt 180-185 questions, the pc cut off before I looked up again lol, and I passed. I wasn't really fond of saunders but Kaplan was the best decision I ever made and the book...

I had some pretty intense preceptors during my nursing school career as well. First semester (brand new kid off the street with no clinical experience yet) my assigned nurse showed me where the med...

I was just in touch with Mayo and their saying their not doing residencys until september!

Hope I'm not too late...I haven't read through all of the posts...but I am in Term II and in term I when I took the HESI I had NO IDEA what I was doing LOL! I suggest investing in "nursing made...