rnhopeful82 ASN, RN

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1. NCLEX-RN; Terrified

   rnhopeful82 replied to briixx's topic in NCLEX

   Just watch out you dont get test fatigue. I found that if I studied for a large part of the day that my scores dropped towards the end. Make sure you take breaks!

2. NCLEX-RN; Terrified

   rnhopeful82 replied to briixx's topic in NCLEX

   I used uworld but took no notes. I read and remembered the concept. I read all rationales right or wrong. I was pressed for time and only completed 625 questions of the 2100 qbank. I did the 1st assessment and scored a 73% very high chance of passing...

3. Lost in NCLEX resources

   rnhopeful82 replied to hapham3693's topic in NCLEX

   How much of uworld did you use prior to the test? I was slammed for time and only completed about 600 questions (plus the 2 assessments) but I loved the rationales they gave. I passed in 75 questions but I feel that my strategies were pretty sound. W...

4. NCLEX: expectation to pass

   rnhopeful82 replied to Snatchedwig's topic in NCLEX

   hahaha same! Except I was very unprepared feeling (600 out of 2100 uworld done in the qbank and the 2 assessments) but the start date for my new job and the sporadic testing dates they gave me left me with no option but to take it right then. I was l...

5. Nursing Equipment Kit from school- worth it?

   rnhopeful82 replied to FashionablyL8's topic in General Students

   The kit for my school (which was not mandatory) had a bp cuff, stethoscope, and a penlight maybe? The stethoscope ear pieces fell off of everyone's that bought the kit and the velcro for the bp cuff was atrocious. Everything would be better bought se...

6. Nclex

   rnhopeful82 replied to sianee's topic in NCLEX

   I've heard of test anxiety, but taking almost 6 full hours to do 75 questions boggles my mind. Not including any breaks you may have taken, 5.5 hours is 330 minutes. With 75 questions that's 4.4 minutes a question. What would have happened if you nee...

7. Why did you choose that nursing program (current or past)?

   rnhopeful82 replied to NurseBlaq's topic in General Nursing

   I chose mine because it was the only school that offered evening and weekend clinicals and I need to keep my full time job for bills and insurance. It's more expensive than the community colleges, but for the trade off in still getting to make money,...

8. Did you live alone, worked while going to nursing school?

   rnhopeful82 replied to Hanhxx's topic in General Nursing

   I'm living alone, working full time Mon-Fri 830-430 and am finishing up my last semester of nursing school (yayay!!) I took 4 semesters of pre-reqs, 2 classes each, 1 science w a lab each time, too. The last 5 semesters are nursing school, clinical o...

9. Am I just not meant to be a nurse?

   rnhopeful82 replied to MamaBear2326's topic in Pre-Nursing

   If this hospital is a big one due to the geographical area, and one of only a few around, you might want to make sure that your walking out won't impact possible clinical rotations for your school or any possible future hirings. Good luck!

10. Permanently Kicked out of Practicum

    rnhopeful82 replied to FrustratedExStudent's topic in General Students

    They are there to learn, I am unsure how loud they were talking during the discussion about the procedure, but then they started talking about their school and what else they've seen. That's completely inappropriate in that situation, especially if y...

11. In Need of Some Advice Please

    rnhopeful82 replied to urijahsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    I like to read people's pros and cons for decision making. Usually the one they want the most shines through with more positive pros and less negative cons and vice versa. I think you know what you prefer. If you do stay at the school, I would defini...

12. Individual Attention in Nursing Class of 80 Students

    rnhopeful82 replied to annabellarose77's topic in General Students

    I don't go there, but my school breaks the classes up: 1/2 choose the day lecture, 1/2 choose the evening lecture and clinical groups never have more than 8 students, we have had some with 3 and mine currently has 5. You can also peruse the how many ...

13. Discouraged New Grad

    rnhopeful82 replied to m_n_b_96's topic in New Nurse

    Even if you were in school, you wouldn't need to disclose a thing to this person. Now that you're out of school (congrats!) just block him from all contact and social media. You haven't taken the NCLEX yet, put your attention there and don't give thi...

14. Working with a fracture

    rnhopeful82 replied to Cgritz77's topic in General Nursing

    I think hers is a sprain? It did not happen at work and she was still having a full patient load. She seems fine though.

15. Working with a fracture

    rnhopeful82 replied to Cgritz77's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure about how easy it'll be to land a job in a boot, but a nurse where I'm doing clinicals is in a walking boot. Shes always on the move, too.