NJNursing ASN, RN

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    Fired AGAIN!! HELP!!

    NJNursing replied to kwagner_51's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree, I hope that things turned out well with Karen. I couldn't see, however, why a new grad would go into a nursing home with such a high nurse/patient ratio. For someone learning the ropes,...
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    Can an RN insert IV catheter?

    NJNursing replied to starbin's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    From what I've found, it's not taught in nursing school anymore (because I sure didn't learn it there) but the hospitals will certify their new hires themselves. At the hospital I'm going to be at...
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    How hard is it to get into NJ nursing schools (waiting lists??)

    NJNursing replied to rbytsdy's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I just graduated from Mercer County College and everything is on a matriculation basis and is closed to out of county residents. I'm sure they do have a waiting list - not sure if it's 2 years. But...
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    Just passed the NCLEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    NJNursing replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow! You guys get your results fast! Here in NJ its a minimum of 2 days. I'm not going by the shutting off around 75 questions. I've been hearing that the NCLEX is starting to get it's first...
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    New Jersey--how long for ATT??

    NJNursing replied to Lurksalot's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I paid for my Pearson Vue in February. I sent in my application to the BON 2 weeks ago (may 24th). My school mailed out our letters the day of graduation - May 25th. I got my ATT the other day, so...
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    Need info on NJ salary!

    NJNursing replied to ggambrah's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I hadn't realized this thread was posted twice and I replied in the other one, so here's that reply: I'm a new grad and I'll be maing $29 an hour. Not sure what the seasoned nurses start at. I live in...
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    Looking for Burlington County College Nursing students

    NJNursing replied to jdorworth's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I just graduated from Mercer County College, am a Burlington County resident and I'm lucky to have been grandfathered in as it's now only open to Mercer County residents. Because of the huge influx of...
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    psych

    NJNursing replied to fgold's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I did my rotation at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital. The grounds are massive and have several buildings on their grounds based on mental illness acuity. The even have the forensic center on their...
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    psych

    NJNursing replied to fgold's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Our results are available in 2 days after we take
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    Is one NCLEX book better than the other?

    NJNursing replied to cclife06's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I LOVED the Saunders Comprehensive (I've got the new blue one). My study group would read questions out of the chapters that we were testing on and many of the questions were exactly similar or when...
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    Help with bp!

    NJNursing replied to taylor_KU's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    First, do you have a really good stethescope? I have found that some of the cheaper ones don't give as good sound quality and you get a lot of tubing noise. Secondly, make sure you're right in the...
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    Salary to expect as a new grad nurse

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

    In Central NJ - I'm starting my internship at $25 an hour and at the end of our 18 weeks, we're bumped up to $29 an hour plus a 10% shift/weekend differential. Benefits the first month after we start...
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    What is "orientation?"

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

    I know that at the hospital I'll be starting at, "orientation" is 2 weeks long - the first day is the general "new employee" orientation which will be general policies, procedures, benefits, filling...
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    How long does it take to get ATT for NCLEX

    NJNursing replied to manurse06's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I registered for Pearson-Vue in February but mailed my application to the NJ BON 2 weeks ago today. They received it the next day (well, because I paid for priority mail), and I just got my ATT today....
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    ATI NCLEX Predictor?

    NJNursing replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We didn't need the ATI to pass, but if we got less than a 60 on it, we had to sign an agreement that we would take some sort of review course before taking the NCLEX. The school is trying to maintain...
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    Possibly moving to NJ. Question on SALARIES

    NJNursing replied to ggambrah's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I'm a new grad and I'll be maing $29 an hour. Not sure what the seasoned nurses start at. I live in central jersey - the REAL central jersey. Down in burlington county. I'm an hour to NYC, half hour...
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    New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    NJNursing replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't have a question per se other than looking for advice for newbies coming into the LDRP field. I just graduated and got an internship in the maternity department which was my first choice unit...
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    How long does it take to get ATT for NCLEX

    NJNursing replied to manurse06's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Wow, I'm worried about not having all of my stuff done for my job starting in August. I know that classmates who sent in their stuff a couple of months ago are just getting their ATTs (in NJ), so...
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    Kaplan, yay or nay?!?!

    NJNursing replied to GrnHonu99's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm currently taking the Kaplan course and I really like it so far. The information is really great, especially on the mentality of how the NCLEX thinks. When I interviewed for my job back in March,...
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    question for all of you who made it

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

    *Definitely be organized - get a dayplanner, a palm pilot or some sort of way to sort out your "to do's". *Invest in one of those RNotes - they're great, handy and small. *Form a study group with...
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    ATI NCLEX Predictor?

    NJNursing replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We had to take 2 RN Predictor tests for ATI - we took a non-proctored one about halfway through the semester and then we took the proctored one at the very end. I scored with 99% chance of passing...
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    Wait...should I have applied at Pearson Vue too??

    NJNursing replied to babynurse06's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You can apply to Pearson-Vue at any time. I applied to Pearson-Vue and got my notification that they received my payment, etc back in February. I just applied to the NJ BON last week. I won't get...
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    How many May graduates?

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

    Add me to the list!!! We had our pinning on May 17th, graduation on May 25th, I'm hoping to take my NCLEX in July and my job starts August 7th working in my first choice hospital in LDRP which was my...
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    Interview Help - I'm so nervous!

    NJNursing posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've got an interview at my 1st choice hospital for an internship. Does anyone have any interview tips? I didn't see any other pinned forums pertaining to it. What are some typical questions they...
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    Interview Help - I'm so nervous!

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

    I have done search after search and out of like 20 pages of topics, only half a dozen were related to interviewing skills and it was very vague information. I was just trying to get other people's...