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I consider myself pretty lucky to work in a hospital that has effective committees. They are truly the movers and shakers and get things done. I will say to the op, the "patient satisfaction"...

I took the N-CLEX on Jan 12th at 8. The computer shut off at 75 questions. I felt horrible (just like I did for the PN test lol). By 2pm, I did the Pearson Vue trick and got the "good" pop-up. I did...

I can tell you, being on the other side not knowing what is going on with a loved one can be extremely stressful. I was in the service overseas and only knew (from a distorted ham-radio relayed call)...

You can call the Board of Nursing and talk to them, they are really nice and can tell the length of time it should take. Bear in mind that we are heading into the holidays, and things tend to slow...

Most of the hospitals in my area prefer 2 years before they consider hiring for Mom & Baby/OB. They like to see well-rounded (i.e. Med-Surg) experience first. And with the aging population, most of...

People make poor dietary choices because: it's easier, it's cheaper, it's what they've always chosen, they don't know any better, it tastes better, everybody else is eating it, etc. You can...

It depends on the agency and the type of visitations. For the home health agency I worked for, the nurses worked holidays, weekends, snow, sleet, etc. They stayed home if the roads were closed due...

I know a lot of the temp agencies are hiring (like Bayada). It's a good way to gain experience and get your foot in the door. Also, Bayhealth is hiring for pt/per diem but you have to be persistent...

Congratulations & Good Luck on the NCLEX!!!!! What an amazing journey, huh? I finish this December...taking one summer class to lighten the load, then I'll have two classes, three clinical...

I have spent the whole 2 years of school studying alone. I have participated in group projects and have gone out with my classmates as well. I don't feel that I have been shunned or that I have...

Graduates are getting hired, but they are the ones that are networking and putting in the mileage to meet-n-greet not faxing their resumes. They are pounding the pavement, meeting the managers, and...

I just completed a maternity rotation and during my rotation (my shifts) every single woman had an epidural. Half had completed some type of childbirth class. I had the opportunity to ask one woman...

My nursing school doesn't have this kind of set-up. I also need IV certification to make myself marketable (most jobs posted are listing it as a requirement). I talked with the RN recruiter at...

I'm sure they would brief the staff as far as procedures to follow (should be in the policy manual as well). I worked home health as a CNA and during hurricane season had to make sure my patients...

Wow, 4 points! Great! There is no rhyme or reason at my school for the points assigned....and last semester we did the Mental Health (that was brutal) and although I scored a 79% on the ATI I...

This sounds so, so, familiar! First year, first semester I dropped 15 pounds! I was so stressed I couldn't eat! Then, in December during break, I gained it all back PLUS 10 more :eek: because I...

I don't believe any of the questions are "tricky" they are worded in a way where you need to pay attention to what is being asked. If you were given access to the ATI Critical Thinking module, you...

This was last year for me and I remember freaking out over it. Not everything is in the ATI book. A lot of the details will be in your text. From this point onward, you will need to REMEMBER those...

I took the one for the PN test. I found it very useful but you do have to recognize that, as a standardized test, it does have limitations. People test better on some days than others, are tired,...

and make sure you are DOCUMENTING everything! Being able to back up your claims with a log/diary is crucial!

You might need to butt in and say "Excuse me, I'm ready for your report if you don't mind." maybe that is all she needs, especially if she's just gossiping/chit-chatting with other nurses (which...

keep your head down, your mouth shut, and toe the line lol! We had to do that for our last clinical. The CI scared the bejesus out of us! It's over now and we are through with that CI and hospital,...

I have also had a great experience. Our pinning will be in December, and graduation will be the following May if we decide to go (I won't). My nursing class is about 40 persons...whereas the college...

I missed out on my HS graduation-I left early for boot camp (if I didn't leave I'd miss the billet for the school I wanted). I didn't go to my previous college graduation because I was in the...

It's sort of a dive but some of the people are nice. Traffic sucks. parking sucks. cafeteria sucks. Hope they offered a nice competitive pay package to offset.