NJNursing ASN, RN

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    RWJ nurses union gives 10-day strike notice

    NJNursing replied to lee1's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    That's really terrible to try to force them to go in-house for all medical procedures. Like the article says, not everyone lives in the vacinity of New Brunswick. I think nurses unions are great....
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    Anyone in NJ willing to share/trade NCLEX Rn reviewers. I have KAPLAN, DREXEL audio

    NJNursing replied to perrlaam95's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I still have access to the Kaplan online classes and the practice tests until the beginning of September. I already gave the book
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    Taking nclex for 2 different states?

    NJNursing replied to lluvsd2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    As the others have said, once you take and pass the NCLEX, all you have to do is file for reciprocity from whatever other state you want. No more tests. Just more
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    Take the job offered or wait?

    NJNursing replied to RNsRWe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The first day is hospital orientation. Then the 2nd day starts nursing orientation. We do 2 days of classroom, 2 days on computerized charting, a skills day (I'm guessing will be blood draws and IV...
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    Failed at 75!

    NJNursing replied to FutureUSRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    take a deep breath and exhale. Priority, delegation, infection control and med question are upper tier questions. I found GREAT comfort in knowing that at least half of my NCLEX were those types of...
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    Need To Know

    NJNursing replied to alicia9178's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I concur with everyon else. Focus on your last semester at school. There will be a lot of NCLEX talk, but without passing and graduating, the NCLEX will be pretty useless. There will be time to...
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    How many question to do to prepare for NCLEX?

    NJNursing replied to Bala Shark's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did I guess between 1000-2000 questions the month before the NCLEX and this includes the 400 or so that we did during the Kaplan course and I only studied hard about the last 10 days before the...
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    Failed, advise?

    NJNursing replied to onegirl2ny2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Sorry to hear about your NCLEX experience. At least you now know what it's like and somewhat what to expect. I pulled a lot from my clinical experiences the help me through. I also took the Kaplan...
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    Can't believe it.....

    NJNursing replied to ortess1971's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    :balloons: :monkeydance: :balloons: :monkeydance: :balloons: CONGRATULAIONS!!!! Talk about a sweet surprise!!!!! Welcome to the
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    NCLEX RN stop at 75!!! Post ur comment pls

    NJNursing replied to matt7806's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I also passed with 75 questions. I don't think anyone will post in here that they failed at 75 questions. The odds really are in your favor. Most people pass on their first attempt and the test...
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    Take the job offered or wait?

    NJNursing replied to RNsRWe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    CONGRATS!!!!! I hope that it all works out for you on the new unit! I KNEW you could do it! Sounds like everything will be good from now on. I can't wait to start work on Monday. Granted it's...
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    Good Study Points To REMEMBER

    NJNursing replied to RNKay31's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    How thoughtful of you to put all of that together, but may I make a suggestion? You may want to organize it a little better. You have MS stuff in the respiratory section when that's neuro. There's...
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    Types of questions on NCLEX that I had

    NJNursing replied to scaredgpn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed with 75 quesions and I had a lot of prioritizing, delegation and infection control questions. I had at least 3 or 4 nitro questions and they were all about the side effects of it and how it...
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    nursing magazine

    NJNursing replied to vampiregirl's topic in General Nursing

    I get Advance for Nurses. First of all - it's free. Second of all it's catered to your geographic region. To sign up I think it's advanceweb.net or .com. You click on nurses and they've got a...
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    Never post replies or start new threads at your hospital's computer

    NJNursing replied to Captain America's topic in General Nursing

    Firstly - I don't know how there's time to even access the 'net. Secondly, if you don't want your co-workers reading your posts or accessing what you thought was *private* then from this point on,...
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    Pay Rates for new Grads (Updates are appreciated)

    NJNursing replied to dpetrovia's topic in Maryland Nursing

    in NJ. I figured for those who lived close to the NJ/DE border might be
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    How to avoid the Med Surg?

    NJNursing replied to combatmedic_91B's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I got hired directly into my specialty - maternity. It's an internship, but I chose that so that I'd have a guaranteed job in maternity once the internship is over. I won't have to touch another day...
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    How long for licenses?

    NJNursing replied to NJNursing's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Last update I swear, lol: Well I spent 40 minutes on hold waiting for an operator. I told them that it's been like 3 weeks and I haven't heard anything from them in regards to my license. The...
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    Hackensack, JFK Med Center, RW Johnson Hospitals

    NJNursing replied to EnergizerNurse's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    That's very true, but the good beside nurses have got to come from somewhere other than the nurses being good and the hospital being sucky. The hospital has to have *some* sort of effect on the...
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    Putting RN on license plate???

    NJNursing replied to Kalico's topic in General Nursing

    That's got to be impossible. What if it's not you driving your car? They're going to pull over some random person because OMG RN is on your car? It's presumtive. What if it's someone's initials?...
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    what nurse recruiters looked for

    NJNursing replied to sunshine9's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In my case, they wanted to know about me basically. What was I looking for in the nursing profession, what my top 3 choices in floors were, my experience (I think it played in my hand that I did...
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    The most horrible things instuctor's say...

    NJNursing replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was hospitalized with pneumonia last year - my 2nd semester of nursing. I had missed TWO clinical days and my professor came to me and said "you might want to think about dropping out this semester...
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    How many nurses take antidepressants or antianxiety medication?

    NJNursing replied to Attheana's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Linda - I didn't have any problems being on the combo. My Dr. told me that the 2 would work synergistically counteracting the side effects of each other. The only part that sucked is that it really...
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    Putting RN on license plate???

    NJNursing replied to Kalico's topic in General Nursing

    It's ok for the double post- we understand. :-) And welcome!!! I can understand slowing for officers in the line of duty for safety sake, but I imagine most people slow down becuase they feel the...
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    Andrea Yates R.N.

    NJNursing replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    No offense, but those kind of posts (and some others I've read) make me wonder who is being let into the nursing profession. It's frightening. Manics seldom know what they're doing in the manic...