lizzelizard

I know that it often does not matter, but I have a new student who has gone through the Kaplan program and he failed his NCLEX. He is looking for recommendations for a new qbank to use. I usually suggest UWorld and have just started to suggest Archer (price is cheaper and their revamped program is a lot better than years past), but I want to hear everyone's recommendations on one or the other and if there is another one that is highly rated that I am unaware of.

I am licensed in NY and it is about to expire at the end of February. Due to chronic illness, I have not used it for almost 3 years. I have also since moved to TN. I would like to renew it, just in case I were to magically get better or find a job that would be ideal for my situation. Can I renew my NY license with my new out-of-state address but still in NY? Or do I need to get it endorsed first to TN and then renew? I have a feeling it is going to expire in the time period that TN endorses before I can get it renewed in TN, so I am trying to think outside the box and renew it in NY now and let TN endorsement take however long it takes since I am not working.

Hi all! I decided to start writing a free blog. I make no money off of it, but love the concept of helping nursing students remember concepts of anatomy and physiology. My blog has just started a couple days ago. I kid you not, the big joke in nursing school, because I had the highest GPA, was, "There is something wrong with your brain. How do you remember all this stuff?" Well, now I am trying to offer a look inside the noggin'. I am starting off with a narrative of the cell being a bustling city. The reader can visualize a city that has people with specific roles and buildings with specific functions. This is how I remembered in school. I would also think of separate association that are completely random, but work (I.e. cytoskeleton: roadway in the city, but looks like a giant spider web that holds the structure of the cell, etc.) The problem that I am having is getting readers. Even though it is free, I do not monetize and I do not want to do sponsors, I do put a lot of effort into the blog and I want it to hit the right audience. How do I get my blog out there? People mention posting on my FB feed, but that is not hitting the audience that I am looking to gather. All my friends could care less, either not in nursing or not students. I have tried a couple of nursing FB groups, but they say "no self-promotion". If I am not really getting anything other than the self satisfaction of creating something really cool, how do I explain it is not self-promotion because that is what it looks like. Where else can I post, so I know that people can read it, provide feedback, and perhaps expand so then other people can also learn?

A little back story: I am a "second career" nurse, in my late 30s. I graduated in December and got my RN in January. I immediately started working in a local hospital and a month in, I switched to nights. I was trudging through and soon realized that nights were (to put it lightly, and not to get into too much detail) affected my hormones. It became very apparent that it would not work out. I then talked to many hospital staff (manager, GNDP coordinator, employee health office, HR) and it was all decided that I would not be able to do nights. They told me to transfer. Unfortunately, this all happened when COVID was picking up steam and I was put on a "hold". I was no longer scheduled for my unit, but because all the other units were on hiring freeze, they kept my place, but I was sitting at home (not getting paid, obviously). I ultimately asked for a "termination with possibility of reinstatement" to see what else is out there, since I was stuck. I tried other local hospitals and the units that I applied for either had rotating shifts, or their day shifts were filled. I decided to look outside the hospital to see if they would hire new nurses. This leads me to the present. I am struggling between a large GP clinic and dialysis (both I would be incredibly busy at). My end goal is to be a FNP working in a clinic. There are so many perks to both, but I am struggling, being a new nurse, to know what is right for the end goal. My husband wants me to work dialysis because it is more money, less days of work, bigger company, and has better tuition assistance/reimbursement so I can work on my FNP; I also see these as bonuses as well, but I am afraid I am going too deep into a specialty it will hinder me. I am also afraid because the retention for nurses in dialysis is quite low that I will be running for the hills because of whatever reason is making everyone else run for the hills. And for me, I feel the GP is right in line with what I want to do, I can learn everything from "womb to tomb", learn the flow of a clinic, and have steady hours...this particular clinic has great retention and does not lose nurses. They do have tuition assistance, but it is after several years of working with them. The downside is, the pay is lower, poor tuition assistance, and I am nervous about losing the IVs/machines and acuity. My question(s): is dialysis nursing good experience for going into an FNP program? Would any of you decide to take a pay cut in order to have a more steady/balanced life? Are either of these positions better for new nurses? I understand hospital nursing is ideal, but I am talking about, knowing the circumstance (as mentioned above), if these are a good "next-best-option" sort-of-speak.