NorthernNurse BSN,RN

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1. COPD 96% on RA hypoxic?

   NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to NorthernNurse BSN,RN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks KatieMI for this thoughtful reply. I read through that article and learned a lot from it. I remember my professor saying to treat the patient not the number and this was certainly a great lesson on why that is important!

2. COPD 96% on RA hypoxic?

   NorthernNurse BSN,RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone! I am a new grad just off orientation and had a question about a situation I had at work a week ago. My COPD patient told me they were feeling short of breath, so I sat them up and did some coughing and deep breathing exercises with t...

3. Is nursing school really "the hardest thing you've ever done in your life"?

   NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to cn4207's topic in General Students

   I used to think that nursing students were a bunch of whiners... then I went through nursing school. Every program is different so it's hard to make a sweeping general statement about nursing school. However, the consensus in my cohort was that it wa...

4. NCLEX incident

   NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to Nursenyring's topic in NCLEX

   Yikes, yes that is a big problem, you broke their rules. I've never heard of this happening to anyone because they make it very clear you cannot have ANYTHING in the testing room with you. Your proctor had to report that incident which I'm assuming w...

5. Nclex 2017

   NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to Cam9's topic in NCLEX

   Congratulations RN!!!! Time to celebrate after all that hard work :)

6. Nclex 2017

   NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to Cam9's topic in NCLEX

   Wow I can't even imagine still waiting for my results right now... I'm already working! Yes PVT showed good pop up for me too, I've heard it's pretty accurate. I hope you find out soon, it's so weird how it can take different amounts of time to proce...

7. Nclex 2017

   NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to Cam9's topic in NCLEX

   Huh that's a long time to wait but I know each state is different. I took mine 2/7, quick results and license posted two days later and I received my license in the mail exactly two weeks later. Did your classmates wait this long?

8. NCLEX result

   NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to marthy055's topic in NCLEX

   I'm so sorry you're feeling this way. I don't think you're doing the pearson vue trick correctly, it can take several weeks to get the results back from the board of nursing... It just depends on your state. It would be best just to pay the $8 and kn...

9. Work as a BSN RN

   NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to Plumrose15153's topic in General Students

   Are you in nursing school right now? In my state, RNs do not ride in ambulances unless they also have an EMT certification or something similar, and I'm sure this is true for most states. Are you asking what kind of work you can do while still a BSN...

10. What are my options outside of a hospital setting?

    NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to Exhuasted's topic in General Students

    OK... Your professor is not going to fail you because you want to work in a hospital. I know of quite a few RNs who work in clinics where I'm from. I also find it strange that the clinics are mainly hiring CNAs and rarely LPNs where you're at... did ...

11. Research nurse class

    NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to maccheese's topic in General Students

    I'm assuming this is for your BSN. Yes, all of us have to do it and none of us really know how. It is very technical, but totally doable. My professor would give us minimal direction, let us struggle with it, then she would critique the section and w...

12. How long for RN to BSN?

    NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to emilyjay's topic in ADN/BSN

    Yes, that should be doable. The average length depends, it's taking my Aunt 18 months and a friend of mine 20 months. Both work full time and have kids. They're both going through Grand Canyon University online. If you bridge RN-BSN online, you can t...

13. Taking my nclex in two days please help! Need advice!!!!

    NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to msbananaRN's topic in NCLEX

    I took NCLEX two weeks ago and passed in 75 with using kaplan. (My program was kaplan integrated so I'm very used to answering their questions) My scores were... Diagnostic 56.1% Q Trainer 1 56% Q Trainer 2 62.7% Q Trainer 3 70% Q Trainer 4 60.7% Q...

14. Can you work while in nursing school?

    NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to KaliNurse19's topic in General Students

    You're going to get all kinds of responses on this topic. I personally could only handle working one 8-10 hour shift per week but I also commuted to school about an hour each way. For my toughest semester, I quit working because I had 45 hours/week c...

15. Advice for repeat test taker

    NorthernNurse BSN,RN replied to TAS1987's topic in NCLEX

    If it's just L&D and newborn questions then read over that section in your prep book and practice those types of questions. I'm not sure what review you're using now, but for kaplan you can select just health promotion and maintenance questions a...