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Liking your coworkers is a bonus. Find another job. The unprofessional behaviors resulting in you being trapped in your current situation demonstrate a lack of desire for your facility to assist you...

Kaplan and Silvestre and a solid study partner were all I used to prepare. If you are getting 60-75 on Kaplan you have roughly a 90% chance of passing the nclex. This does not mean slack off! This...

Nursing school is not unlike hostile brainwashing. It takes a ton of work for the teachers to break your spirit and make you feel defeated for them to start building you back up. It is necessary to...

Just talk to her. Tell her you appreciate her attention to detail and respect her experience. Add that you appreciate the feedback and make her feel important by asking her such things as how she...

I am seeing that the nurses come and go but the gns's/cna's stay generally on the same hall/floor/wing. I am starting to identify a lack of concern for the RN's opinions/priorities/clinical decision...

The staff spliters are the worst. They try to play on your simpathies and then turn when you dont give in. The only way to manage this is to have good communication with the other nurses so you can...

I strongly feel Kaplan is a better representation of what NCLEX is really like. Problem is you have to be able to critically think through the questions. Is there some other reason this person may...

If you are getting 60% or better on the kaplan question trainers you are doing well. If you pass the Kaplan pretest and timed question trainers with a 60% or higher that means you have something like...

Ask yourself what would happen if you gave him a bolus of 500 or 1000 ml of NS and then he received 2-4 units of blood. He is in heart failure right? Where will the fluid end up? In his lungs then...

If your Kaplan test scores are in the high 70's that is excellent. Kaplan will get you accustom to answering the question styles and when you get to NCLEx even if you dont know the answer your...

After you move to a state you have 30 days to have your state of residents changed. This means notifying the state in which you intent to practice and your home state. You then are issued a license...

I have heard many times "I wish I was a smoker cause they always get their breaks". While this may appear true I believe they use being a smoker as an excuse to take a break even if they do not plan...

Just ask them why they are not a doctor. Unless they are. :specs:

There is not much anyone can tell you without the back story. I will be honest that I was confused regarding your statement about becoming a doctor. How does that comment make you a better nurse?...

Writing people up is fine and dandy but it does not command respect. It makes people function out of fear and results in lack of creative problem solving, mistakes and constant questions from people...