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I am a PRN nurse in a hospital and of course we are cutting hours below 30/week. Just wondering if PRN staff signed something that says we refuse benefits if we would be allowed to work more than 30? I can't find any law that addresses that?

No you are correct. But with the new Affordable Care Act, if you work more than 30 hours per week, your employer HAS to offer you insurance. So the PRN's that are working more than 30 are getting their hours cut. I was just wondering how other med...

I have once again run into a problem with my school. I am supposed to attend a community college this fall to take a couple of prereq's I have left before applying to an RN program at my university. Well, once again the CC completely gave me mislea...

I am trying to remember the 12 spinal nerves and which ones are sensory, motor, mixed. I saw a mnemonic at one time to remember that, but I can't locate it now. Do you guys know one?

Hello everyone! I am currently enrolled in a 4 yr college and have applied to enter nursing program in the Fall. I attended college about 11 years ago, did really horrible, so I am worried that my GPA will keep me out of the program. I also am mar...

Just wondering if everyone started out loving telemetry and knew that's what you wanted to do, or did it take some getting used to? I am a recent grad in May, and because the hospital I worked at paid for my tuition, I am working for them for 1 year...

Yeah, I think the whole electrical system thing just hasn't "stuck" yet. Like I said, I am really trying to like it and learn it because I think with a tele or ICU background, that is really the foundation for everything. I know how important it is...

Hello all! I just passed my boards last Friday, and found out I got a job today in a brand new clinic. It just opened about 6 months ago, there are 2 physicians and I will be working w/ the nurse practitioner there. It is about two minutes from my...

Just wanted to give my input on the "trick". I would have bet thousands that I failed that crazy test, but checked the Pearson site as soon as I got home, and it wouldn't let me reregister. And I PASSED!!! It definitely saved me from a few gray ha...

Question for everyone that tried the "trick". Did anyone try it and it wasn't correct? I am testing today for NCLEX RN and will be dying to find out results, and didn't know how soon I can try the trick.

I just graduated May 8th, and am taking Kaplan which is the last weekend in May and first weekend in June. Not thinking clearly, I scheduled my NCLEX on the Monday right after Kaplan. Since I have been studying already, do you guys who have taken K...

I am taking NCLEX June 8th, doing Kaplan over the next two weekends. I was just wondering to all who have taken NCLEX already, which study book was more like the real thing? I have several and don't know which one to really focus on. I was serious...

Thanks Bellarubia for the advice. Congrats on passing!!!

Thanks, and good luck to you.

I have actually been studying, but I have about 6 books that I keep going back and forth between, and sometimes it's really overwhelming. I just wanted opinions on which one others preferred so I could focus on maybe 1 or 2.

Does anyone know if the Saunders Q&A NCLEX book has the same questions as the flash cards? I have Saunders, Lippincott and Mosby book but wanted to get some flashcards because I can carry them around with me alot easier, but didn't know which fl...

I just wanted some flashcards so that I could throw some in my purse and study at randoms times, and not have to carry a book around. I wish I had thought of flashcards back in August, because you are right, making my own would have been great, but ...

Ummm...not sure what perfect world you are living in, but I have 19 class days of school left, 12 tests, and all of the studying that will be involved in that, not sure when anyone would have time to go back thru EVERYTHING and make flash cards. So ...

I have to do a care map, which is similar to a care plan. My pt had GI bleed, and for the nusing diagnosis I used fluid volume deficit, altered nutrition, altered tissue perfusion. I now have to write out 2 long term goals and 2 short term goals fo...

That makes sense when you put it like that! I guess I just have trouble putting into "proper" words what I need to say. I will go work on it again...thanks so much!

I need to take an NLN ACEI test to get into a local bridge program. It involves OB/Gyn and Peds and general nursing care. I didn't have much of an OB rotation, so I was wondering if anyone had taken this test, or knows of any great study material f...

I am in the same situation in my med/surg class right now. Four out of 32 passed our first test, and passing rate is an 80% for our nursing program. I did a little better on the second test, and finally passed the third test. Our teacher is very o...

I am currently in a bridge program up in Maryville. It was pretty easy to get into, and some people in my class aren't even done with all of their prereq's. The school is allowing them to finish them during intercession or something. Maryville wou...

Lauren, it is definitely possible. I did HORRIBLE right out of high school, getting D's and C's, so my GPA was about 2.5! About 10 years later, finally decided to grow up and started working on pre-req's getting A's and ended up getting my LPN. Al...

The only problem I am having right now, is that alot of our class have been an LPN for MANY years and some haven't even passed LPN boards yet. So when lecturing in OB or Med Surg for example, the instructor says "we aren't going to lecture this part...