jchristine89

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1. Is 28 too old to become a travel nurse?

   jchristine89 replied to jchristine89's topic in Travel

   Yes!! People in my part (conservative West Michigan) get married in their early twenties and are having babies by my age (or younger). In fact, I'm an odd ball in that I haven't married or had kids yet. So, this is likely the reason why I feel the w...

2. Does anyone else ever envy their patients?

   jchristine89 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

   No way! Patients are in hospital because they are sick. Their bodies aren't functioning "normally" in one way or another. I don't envy that one bit. We take our healthy, normal bodies for granted. Rather, I have much sympathy and empathy for my patie...

3. Is 28 too old to become a travel nurse?

   jchristine89 replied to jchristine89's topic in Travel

   Ha... I know I probably sound pathetic to people who are maybe twice my age, but it's still a legitimate question if you look at the fact that I'm getting closer to the end of child-bearing age...

4. Is 28 too old to become a travel nurse?

   jchristine89 posted a topic in Travel

   I'm about to turn 28 years old, I'm very single, and I have a huge passion for travel. I've been feeling so antsy with my life and feel as though I've been a bit stagnant. I've been a med/surg/GI nurse for about a year and three months and, though I ...

5. What's up with all the 'failed NCLEX' posts?

   jchristine89 replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

   So, basically, you believe that new nurses nowadays don't have the same level of a beginner's competency due to making the exam 'easier' to pass? Or, maybe not nowadays, but in years since the NCLEX was made to be computerized? Do you think NCLEX may...

6. What's up with all the 'failed NCLEX' posts?

   jchristine89 replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

   I recently graduated and my professors said that the NCLEX has changed in recent years. They said the NCLEX people made it tougher as well. That may have something to do with it! How they knew these things, I'm not sure.

7. I need some encouragement?

   jchristine89 replied to jchristine89's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your response and advice. I don't mean to sound whiny... I guess it just felt better to express my concerns rather than hold them in. My sister, who is also a nurse, worked on a unit where she was given a large patient load and she told...

8. I need some encouragement?

   jchristine89 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new nurse and I haven't even started my job yet, which is on a GI/GU unit. I will be getting a lot of med/surg experience. Well, I'm honestly terrified. I mean, I'm excited to finally start in my nursing career, but I'm so terrified of having ...

9. New nurse - digestive diseases or progressive care?

   jchristine89 replied to jchristine89's topic in General Nursing

   Hi there! I have actually taken up a position on the GI/GU unit. I think I will get great med/surg experience there, which is precisely what I'm looking for. The progressive unit is quite a bit more acute in its own way and I have a feeling I may ben...

10. Test Shut off at 75 and I know I failed

    jchristine89 replied to GigglyStyle's topic in NCLEX

    Congrats!! Woo!!

11. New nurse - digestive diseases or progressive care?

    jchristine89 replied to jchristine89's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your input! I think I'm going to go with progressive care. :)

12. New nurse - digestive diseases or progressive care?

    jchristine89 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a brand new nurse with no experience and I've been offered a position both for a progressive care unit and a digestive diseases unit. I would be working night shift for both. As a new nurse, which one would be best to start off with? Thank you so...

13. Test Shut off at 75 and I know I failed

    jchristine89 replied to GigglyStyle's topic in NCLEX

    Have you checked your BON site for licensure? My name popped up on there not even 15 hours after I took the exam.

14. I only got about six SATA questions?

    jchristine89 replied to jchristine89's topic in NCLEX

    @cptforge.gil : I had absolutely no drag and drop questions or diagrams but I did have one easy computation problem. I also had a question where I thought all four answers were incorrect, but I suppose that in this case, it was up to me to choose th...

15. I only got about six SATA questions?

    jchristine89 replied to jchristine89's topic in NCLEX

    (@optimism08) Thank you very much! I used Hurst Review, but I watched all the videos first while I filled out the booklet that comes with the review. It gave me a strong foundation of all the need-to-know basics of everything med-surg. After that, I ...