vanurse08

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1. How about you?

   vanurse08 replied to pitbullkcm's topic in NCLEX

   I used RN 3500. I read the Saunders book front to back and after each section I did the the questions. But that was over a 4 mth span of time.

2. INOVA Trauma/ICU Preceptorships

   vanurse08 replied to msjack's topic in Virginia

   I'm on Pediatric Med-Surg. I'm so super happy. Thank you.

3. Wait list vs. no wait list

   vanurse08 replied to JettaDP's topic in Pre-Nursing

   $37,000 is awfully expensive. I know I wouldn't want to pay on that especially when you think about the interest that it will build. Here are some positives of Associate degree Nursing I know from first hand. I don't know where you live but here in V...

4. Help me from getting discouraged

   vanurse08 replied to kaya767's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Nursing schools are competitive, but not impossible. Will you get in the first time you apply??? Maybe .... Maybe not, but if you want to be a nurse you won't let that stop you. I applied to nursing school for two yrs before I was accepted. I was fr...

5. INOVA Trauma/ICU Preceptorships

   vanurse08 replied to msjack's topic in Virginia

   I chose to go to INOVA for my fellowship. I'm actually started oreintation yesterday and I'm happy with my choice already. Flip flopping between days and nights will take some getting used to, but I'll manage. Plus the diff is good. I cant wait to ac...

6. How about you?

   vanurse08 replied to pitbullkcm's topic in NCLEX

   Hi pitbullcm, I used Saunders primarily. I mostly did my questions in study mode so I don't what my scores were. The few times I took it in exam mode i think I averaged around 64%, but I passed Nclex.

7. nicu nurse relocating to Norfolk

   vanurse08 replied to *madison*'s topic in Virginia

   Yea you should definitely give them a call. I did my clinical there in April and when we went to the NICU the nurses we literally begging us to go talk the the nurse recruiter. Two of my classes mates were hired in the NICU before graduation. They pr...

8. License Expiration date

   vanurse08 replied to vanurse08's topic in New Nurse

   A friend of mine just passed hers yesterday and her expiration date isn't until 2011. We graduated in th same class. I emailed the BON so hopefully they will get back to me soon. I'm very curious.

9. License Expiration date

   vanurse08 replied to vanurse08's topic in New Nurse

   That cant be true because it is expires in just over a year for me.

10. License Expiration date

    vanurse08 posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hey Everyone, Does anyone know why some people licenses expires faster than others. For examples mines was issued on the 27th of June 2008 and expires September 30th 2009. My friends was issued on June 24th 2008 and doesn't expire until June 30, 201...

11. Please tell me I am not crazy for turning this down

    vanurse08 replied to mommy2three2's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I say you def made the right decision. That programs sounds way to unorganized. And if its like that on the outside imagine what those poor students are going through. My school was the same way a few examples 1)My pharm teacher walked out mid way th...

12. 2nd Try At Hesi

    vanurse08 replied to Butterflyhug's topic in General Students

    Your situation sounds very similar to mine. When I started nursing school we were required to score and 850 on our exit Hesi in order to graduate. A year and a half into our 2 year program our Dept head decided that since NCLEX raised they percentag...

13. What makes nursing school so difficult?

    vanurse08 replied to GaMBA's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't say nursing school was hard in my opinion, but I was stressful. My school had an exit exam that we had to pass in order to graduate so that was in my mind the last year of school. I also for me the grading scale in frustrating. At my scho...

14. Took Test Yesterday And Found Out I Passed Today !! Hoorahh!!

    vanurse08 replied to Teleflurry's topic in NCLEX

    :clown:Congrats!!!!

15. Finished NCLEX in 1 hour TODAY!!!!

    vanurse08 replied to momathoner09's topic in NCLEX

    I finished 75 questions in less than an hour also. Looking back I should have taken my time, but I got so frustrated with the questions I was getting I started clicking the first answer that jumped at me. But I passed, so my first instincts must have...