Anyone take the nursing pre-employment medication test at Northside?

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I start work (RN) in a few weeks at the main campus and take the required medication test next week. I have been out of work (home with my children) for several years. I have the study guide, and I'm fine with the calculations. But I am a nervous wreck over the medication questions! How specific are the questions? Do I need to know the max/min dosage for adults and children, etc? Or is it more general, such as common interactions, Side Effects, indications?

Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated!

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I went today for Employee Health and to HR to get my badge and fill out paperwork. I take the test Friday at 10am. AND I FOUND OUT THE BEST NEWS!!! It is open book, open note, open everything! Now I'm not worried at all. That would have been nice info for them to tell me originally... but I'm sure all the studying I've done won't hurt. As of Aug 4th I'm an official re-hire at Northside!

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Disneyfan,

Is L&D and Mother/Baby pretty hard to get into at Northside? I've heard that they have waiting lists. I've also heard that it is the "baby factory" of Georgia and that they are always hiring nurses. I will be a new grad, by the way.

Thanks in advance!

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Disneyfan,

Is L&D and Mother/Baby pretty hard to get into at Northside? I've heard that they have waiting lists. I've also heard that it is the "baby factory" of Georgia and that they are always hiring nurses. I will be a new grad, by the way.

Thanks in advance!

If you want women's services, you cannot beat the experience and training at Northside. It will prepare you for any other job. I had to wait about 3 months to get in the first time. Once I finally got an interview, I was hired on the spot. This time was easier to get the interview, as I was considered a re-hire. I would apply for a job or internship on-line and then email the Internship link (that's what I did this time). It was on the page for careers (had a section for Intern/Extern). For the Women's services, they generally interview for Internships in Oct (starts in winter), Feb (starts April), and April (start Aug).

Good luck! I have enjoyed working at Northside in the past and am looking forward to this time too.

And I passed the Nursing test today! It was open book, but I'm glad I had studied as you only have about 1.5 minutes per question and that wouldn't have been long enough to read everything.

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Well Congrats!!!

I'm interested in either WHNP or CNM in the future. I figured that I'd try L & D or PP to get my feet wet. Have you heard anything about Crawford Long's L&D, PP, and NICU?

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Well Congrats!!!

I'm interested in either WHNP or CNM in the future. I figured that I'd try L & D or PP to get my feet wet. Have you heard anything about Crawford Long's L&D, PP, and NICU?

I do not. But Childen's (Scottish Rite and Egleston) both have fantastic NICU's (my triplets were transferred there from Northside for surgery). Children's is a top-notch employer for all departments. If I had not already worked for Northside, I would have absolutely looked to get hired there. My DS was in Egleston's Cardiac ICU and Cardiac floor there, and they were wonderful.
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What kind of score do you have to get on this math test?

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It was 60 questions. 10 math, 38 meds, and 12 nursing implementation. Had to score 80%. I made over 90% and was thrilled.

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Congratulations! What did you use to study? Did they give you a particular book?

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Congratulations! What did you use to study? Did they give you a particular book?
They give you a study guide with the meds and math (has formulas and practice questions). You can use 2 nursing med books they provide and your study notes for the test. I am glad I still studied as you have about 1.5 minutes per question which wouldn't be enough to look up all the meds, etc without being familiar with them.
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