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  1. Clueless

    luv2shopp85 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    What do you guys do when you have bad days?/? I graduated in June 2007, passed NCLEX in aug 2007, started working sept 07. I am currently working on a neurosurgical floor. And I just feel CLUELESS.....

  2. Posterior Vs. Anterior lung sound ausculation

    luv2shopp85 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you think there is a difference with listening to lung sounds posteriorally vs. anteriorally? Is it necessary to listen to both sides every time you are checking lung sounds? A lot of times I...

  3. Bad days

    luv2shopp85 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    What do you guys do when you have bad days?/? I graduated in June 200, passed NCLEX in aug 200, started working sept 07. I am currently working on a neurosurgical floor. And I just feel CLUELESS.....

  4. Bad days

    luv2shopp85 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nope I changed my mind about moving to California. I'm still living in PA... then I may do travel nursing to California.

  5. Clueless

    luv2shopp85 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just feel like there is so much going on and I can't keep track of everything or keep up. I never get time to chart my Intakes. The nurse's aides charts the Outputs of foleys, just regular urine...

  6. Clueless

    luv2shopp85 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh sorry... I did type the year wrong. I graduated in June 2007, passed nclex aug 2007, and started working Sept

  7. All White Uniform Dress Code?!!

    luv2shopp85 replied to keludtke's topic in General Nursing

    I just started working at a hospital that requires the nurses to wear white. It has to be white pants, but then your jacket or shirt has to have a white background with any kind of design. But it HAS...

  8. Posterior Vs. Anterior lung sound ausculation

    luv2shopp85 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    So with every patient do you listen to anterior and posterior? What if they can't roll onto their side, or they are in too much pain to do

  9. Magnet hospitals in Orange County

    luv2shopp85 posted a topic in California Nursing

    Can someone tell me which hospitals in Orange County are magnet hospitals? Or could you direct me to a wesite where I could find this info out myself. I tried googling it but I didn't have much luck....

  10. Feeling so overwhelmed

    luv2shopp85 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well its my 5th day (4th week of orientation, the rest was classroom) on the neurosurgical floor. I've already passed my boards so I'm an RN, yay! And I've passed my basic aryhtmia class as well....

  11. Anyone do the kaplan, hurst REVIEW and failed?

    luv2shopp85 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I Took the kaplan review course and I passed with 114 questions. I would reccomend it to anyone.. its such a small investment when you look at the big picture. It helped me IMMENSELY!!!! I graduated...

  12. I passed yayy

    luv2shopp85 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I can't believe it!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I PASSED!!!! :balloons:I had 114 questions and it was the hardest test EVER. I had about 50 med questions! I Had a TON of infection questions! I only had...

  13. Kaplan question trainer results

    luv2shopp85 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm scheduled to take my test on 8/17. I'm taking the Kaplan complete review course next week. So today i decided to try the question trainer test number 1. I got a 60%. Is that absoltuely horrible?...

  14. Living in the pittsburgh area

    luv2shopp85 posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Right now I live about 45 minutes away from Pittsburhg with my parents. I just got a job at UPMC Shadyside so I'm looking to relocate to somewhere closer to work. Is anyone familiar with the good and...

  15. Living in the pittsburgh area

    luv2shopp85 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Thanks for all your help! I really only need to use the bus in the winter time. I'm scared to drive when its snowing and I just hate it. But any other time I would be okay with driving 15-20 min to...

  16. Burning Question About Kaplan's Qbank!

    luv2shopp85 replied to nurse1717's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Oh and with the specific categories.. I always just checked them all. At one point I looked at my cummulative score and saw that I was in the 40% for one of them so I went and did 20 questions in...

  17. I passed yayy

    luv2shopp85 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am so very grateful that I scheduled my appointment for 12 pm! The night before I was tossing and turning until 2 am and it would have just been horrible to get up at 6 am, drive through traffic...

  18. I passed yayy

    luv2shopp85 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Honestly i did not even study meds! My friends who took the test said that they didn't have a lot of med questions and the meds they did have they had never even heard of. Theres just wayyyy too many...

  19. Advice from someone who passed...

    luv2shopp85 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did my questions every day and then I would either lay out in the sun, or watch movies, or go out with friends at night. I made sure I had a life while prepareing for the

  20. Advice from someone who passed...

    luv2shopp85 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I thought I would give a little bit of advice to the people who are going to be taking the NCLEX soon. I took it on 8/17 and I had 114 questions. I Found out today that I passed! I cannot understand...

  21. TIPS/Info for passing NCLEX

    luv2shopp85 replied to paula77720's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If I could reccomend only one book or only one type of questions to do for the NCLEX.. it would definitely be KAPLAN! That is the only book I used to prepare for the NCLEX and I found out I passed...

  22. Advice from someone who passed...

    luv2shopp85 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think some people just overload themselves with way too much information by studying 5-10 hours a day and just teaching themselves everything they learned in school over again. Your brain can only...

  23. Things to do while awaiting NCLEX results

    luv2shopp85 replied to prmenrs's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Drink A LOT Of alcohol! haha.. I was drunk about 24 of the 48 hours I had to wait. And it did help me

  24. Advice from someone who passed...

    luv2shopp85 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Oh and I didn't even watch any of the videos on the Kaplan review online. Everytime I would watch one it would put me to sleep! haha. I go to chapter 4 in the course review book then I just stopped...

  25. Your Average kaplan or Saunders Scores before Passing NCLEX

    luv2shopp85 replied to LoveNursing1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Question Trainer 1: 60% Question Trainer 2: 63% Question Trainer 3: 55% Question Trainer 4: 56% Question Trainer 5: 63% Question Trainer 6: 62% Diagnostic Test: 68% Readiness Test 64% Average qbank...