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1. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

   guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I wasn't going to engage in any more of the dialog on this thread but your comment requires a reply. YES! Graduate Nurses should not be failing the NCLEX multiple times. I recently read an article...

2. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

   guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Dear HiddencatBSN & Nursing Professionals, I want to thank each of you for your feedback. Some has been helpful while others simply believed I was "ranting" and "angry". Make no mistake about...

3. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

   guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Ahhhh, see...now your tracking. You just proved my point. I needed someone to make that statement. Thank you kindly. This form of reasoning says...just know it for the test and then learn as you go....

4. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

   guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Dear Londonflo, Unfortunately, when a GN files their request for initial testing to the PA BON, their first request must be completed "on-line". During this process, they offer only a box to check...

5. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

   guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for the resource. I see you amended your statement about my attending school in PA. I was going to correct you. Unfortunately, neither my school or anyone I spoke with at the PA BON...

6. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

   guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

   The school I attended in FL was accredited. Where did you find the individual state breakdown of NCLEX testing by chance. Is it on the NCSBN site? My cohort (or class) had approx. 52 students....

7. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

   guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Fortunately, I understood the message "llg" was trying to convey. And to piggy-back on your conclusion, I was told by a host of nurses not to apply at several different hospitals here in the...

8. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

   guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Wuzzie, I have no idea of what the pass rate is at my school. The school was based in Coral Springs, FL. I live in PA. So, I'm taking NCLEX-RN in PA. Interestingly, all of those students who took...

9. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

   guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I will admit, PA is one of those states that will allow GN's to practice prior to sitting for the NCLEX. I was offered a job at a local hospital in the ER, I was beyond tempted because it was what I...

10. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Finally....someone who gets it! (Standing

11. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Wuzzie, Thank you for the inquiries. I promise, I'm no Trump and I will be glad to see him go but this a topic for a different venue. I have done extremely well using UWorld, mostly in the 80% area...

12. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hoosier RN "Boards for licensure are to help ensure public safety at a basic level, not to make people feel bad or feel like failures". I just took a handful of prilosec to swallow that statement....

13. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Wuzzie, I'm sorry! I thought nurses were suppose to be advocates? I almost remember eating and regurgitating that statement all throughout school and clinical's. Did I fail to understand what...

14. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    guest1008832 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Londonflo, I did receive the testing feedback from the NCSBN on my NCLEX failure performance. WOW!, it was stellar, I did worse than I did the first time...even after using the NCSBN's...

15. Depression. Despair. Suicide.

    guest1008832 replied to Deb_Aston's topic in Health, Stress Management

    DEPRESSION...BLAHAHA. Let's talk about depression. You work yourself to death just so you can go to college to better yourself and your education. You forfeit commitments to family, vacations and...