nursetmw80

nursetmw80 has 2 years experience.

Latest Activity

1. Break up during school

   nursetmw80 replied to Nicoleashley's topic in General Students

   I was in the same boat as you Nicoleashley! Two months before I graduated, my boyfriend kicked me out of his house. My grades were already suffering because all we did was argue all the time!! I managed to graduated with a 2.5 GPA. He told me that he...

2. Southern girl thinking about moving to a cold climate

   nursetmw80 replied to nursetmw80's topic in Career Support

   Thank you! I will definitely do that.

3. Southern girl thinking about moving to a cold climate

   nursetmw80 replied to nursetmw80's topic in Career Support

   Yes, I heard that the weather is unpredictable, especially during the winter. Before I started this contract, I put brand new all weather tires on my vehicle. Thanks for the advice!

4. Southern girl thinking about moving to a cold climate

   nursetmw80 replied to nursetmw80's topic in Career Support

   Yes, FL is my tax home.

5. Southern girl thinking about moving to a cold climate

   nursetmw80 replied to nursetmw80's topic in Career Support

   Right now, they are staying with their paternal grandmother during the school year. Even though my kids miss me, they understand that I have to make a living to provide for them. They also have lives of their own and busy from time to time with frien...

6. Southern girl thinking about moving to a cold climate

   nursetmw80 replied to nursetmw80's topic in Career Support

   My boys are seniors in high school. My daughter is in the 11th grade.

7. Southern girl thinking about moving to a cold climate

   nursetmw80 replied to nursetmw80's topic in Career Support

   Well, right now my kids are in school back at home and I would hate to pull them out school at this time. Secondly, my son has asthma and the cold and snow during the winter would not agree with him.

8. Southern girl thinking about moving to a cold climate

   nursetmw80 posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello my fellow nurses, I've been an LPN for over 2 years and let me say that what Florida pays nurses is outrageous!! 17-20/hr depending on the setting. I've been traveling for a year and a half. Some assignments have been good, some not so good. Th...

9. Lpn: Need travel advice!

   nursetmw80 replied to Nursie89's topic in Travel

   Just be careful who you work for. Some companies will low ball you in compensation! The last company I worked with sent me to WV(this was my first travel assignment), the cost of living is high there. The facility they sent me to was so understaffed,...

10. Night shift in LTC/Skilled Nursing

    nursetmw80 replied to kRN0512's topic in Geriatric

    I just started on the floor on night shift in ltc. It is the rehab floor. I am responsible for up to 30 patients. Knee surgeries, colostomy, hip surgery, etc. Since I've been there, there are only a few patients that are in need of there pain medica...

11. New LPN in LTC and I am drowning

    nursetmw80 replied to lifeisgood2012's topic in Geriatric

    I graduated March 2016. Passed my NCLEX in May 2016. I got my first job offer May 23rd(a week after passing nclex). I was so excited!!! First week of orientation was all videos. Second week, started on the floor. First couple of days, was on 7am-3pm ...

12. Uworld percentage

    nursetmw80 replied to randeepbrar93's topic in NCLEX

    No. Uworld wasn't my only study source. I used ATI for about 3 weeks and decided that it was a waste of time. So I heard about Uworld and did questions for about another 3 weeks before taking the nclex-pn.

13. Passed NCLEX-PN with 89 questions!!!

    nursetmw80 replied to Suns1113's topic in NCLEX

    Tameen, I didn't use saunders. I mostly used uworld.

14. Uworld percentage

    nursetmw80 replied to randeepbrar93's topic in NCLEX

    I did about 350 questions on uworld, averaging at 59%, took the nclex on 5/12/16, passed with 89 questions.

15. Passed NCLEX-PN with 89 questions!!!

    nursetmw80 replied to Suns1113's topic in NCLEX

    O_lala_land, I started using VATI three weeks before graduation, which was around early March. I continued using VATI until April 15th(i got frustrated because I felt like I was wasting my time on remediation and wasn't learning anything)!! So I disc...