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  1. NCLEX CUT OFF AT 85,PASS OR FAIL??

    I took the boards in MA 5 years ago. My computer shut off after 75 questions, and I passed. The majority of the other graduates I know who took the boards also had their computers shut off after 75 questions and they passed. The only fails I heard of...
  2. PROBLEMS KEEPING CNA'S/CNT'S!!!!!!!!

    I agree that CNA's don't get paid anywhere near what they should for the job that they do, and on our unit..especially the 3-11 shift, they're always working short. We have a great crew of CNA's on my 7-3 shift...4 full timers. Their attitude is grea...
  3. Please reply!!

    Sorry Guys! I failed to say that I work on a sub-acute rehab unit (although the majority of our pt's are high acuity ). I don't work in the ER..and yes, I do feel that there are many instances where a patient should be in tied restraints for our and ...
  4. Spooky Stuff

    I've had some strange things happen to me after a patient has died..at home, not at work. I used to do Hospice nursing, and one particular patient that I had gotten very close to had told me that she would be my angel when she died. One morning while...
  5. Please reply!!

    Where I work, you pad the siderails for pt's on seizure precautions...never use restraints on ANY patients. Funny about this restraint thing...last year I visited my Dad in the hospital after he had some surgery, and there in the hall was an Alzheim...
  6. BSN vs. ADN

    RNC.... Amen! ------------------ Laurie :) so many patients... so little time.....
  7. lpn in nursing home

    That's insane!!! Who thought up this crap? I'm an RN, but work with AWESOME LPN's who I've learned a lot from. I've never heard of this happening. Wher I work, LPN's can't hang or start IV's, but they do pretty much everything else.I'm sure you can a...
  8. DIploma or ADN??

    Hi jgnc! I would recommend going for your Associates degree. We had clinicals after our 3rd week of school, and were in the hospital or other "hands on" patient care setting throughout the 2 years.I know a Diploma Nurse who says she can't get anythin...
  9. getting that first nursing position

    Hey NewNurse! Greetings from sunny Cape Cod! I understand how you feel frustrated in your job search here in the northeast. As Angela said before me, there is NOT a nursing shortage in our corner of the USA. In order to get a hospital job, you do nee...
  10. Passing boards...any advice??

    I found that studying from the books worked for me. I would usually do 25 questions at a time..no more than that. Take a break for a while and do another 25 in a few hours. Choose your answer and then check it. If it's wrong, then look in the back of...
  11. CAN ANYONE SPARE AN ENCOURAGING WORD?

    Hey Mich! Please try and stick it out during your Med-Surg rotation. You'll need that experience for jobs after you graduate. Here where I live, on Cape Cod, any hospital jobs or VNA require at least 2 years of med-surg experience, which makes it nec...
  12. BSN vs. ADN

    And the debate goes on..... I posted a couple of weeks ago about some of the LPN's and a DN/RN I work with are really great nurses, and they still are. Yesterday, I found out that a newly hired LPN at the hospital where I work makes 25 cents less an ...
  13. Need IV advice

    Wow!!!! Great advice from you guys! Unfortunately, I have been designated as one of the "lucky" ones who can hit..only because I succeeded once on a VERY difficult stick. I've started others, but this poor patient had the worst veins and was on a Van...
  14. A day off

    Day off....hmmmmmmm! I have 5 kids, so my days off are consumed with getting the house to look like I want it to, not how everyone else thinks is presentable. Not to mention all the other stuff that goes along with being a working Mom, like dentist a...
  15. Scared nursing student

    Rebecca... You CAN do it! I went back to school to become a nurse when I was 32....a single mom of FIVE children. School during the day, worked nights, did homework, papers, studied from midnight to 2 or 3 a.m. It will be the hardest thing you'll eve...