JaxiaKiley

Hello all - I thought this might be a good place to ask for advice regarding my resume. I am hoping to start nursing school in the Spring (waiting on my letter!) and I would like to start working now as a unit secretary or monitor tech. I have 10 y...

My NCLEX experience was pretty rough. I wasn't the best of students in school and didn't make the best grades. I struggled with tests because I had a bad habit of over-thinking the wording of the questions. I've had a lot going on in my life and h...

I posted this in the NCLEX forum, but thought I'd post it in this thread in case some of you don't check that forum: My NCLEX experience was pretty rough. I wasn't the best of students in school and didn't make the best grades. I struggled with tes...

Oh, and I got all giggly the first time I signed, "Jaxia, RN" today, too

Woo! I made it, I made it! I passed! It's been over 12 hours since I found out, and I'm STILL happy dancing

I'm waiting for Pearson Vue to call me and tell me to stop logging into their site because I'm killing the server! Ha! Thanks for the positive thoughts :)

I took the NCLEX today and I am stre-essed! The next 48 hours cannot pass quickly enough!

Ah. My apologies! I didn't realize where you lived. Go get a massage and relax!

Can you find out your results today since it's a Sunday?

I'm taking it on Wednesday, so I totally understand how you feel. Good luck!

I wasn't sure which date in Feb you're scheduled to test, so I just wanted to say good luck to you :) I'm taking mine in a few days. AhhH!

I just got my ATT via email last night. Every little step makes things feel more and more real!

At my job, there is a guy who sits on the nclex committee that helps with developing questions for the nclex. During one of our new grad meetings, he came in and talked to us. This is one of the questions I asked him because I had heard the same th...

I take it for the first time on Wednesday the 11th. It didn't occur to me that that means I'll find out my results on Friday the 13th! Here's to hoping it's my lucky number. I'm very nervous and get major test anxiety. Ahh!

I wasn't an LVN, but IIRC, most of the hospital recruiters who came out to my school last fall said they give a 2:1 credit for previous experience. So, a LVN with 10 years of experience would get paid like a RN with 5 years of experience. I don't h...

I think it just depends. The semester I started, El Centro had the lower GPA. IIRC, this past semester that started, Northlake had the lower GPA. It just depends on where people want to be, I guess. Did you only put one school as a choice, or did ...

I'm so proud of Yang, RN! I cannot wait to add those letters after my name ... I start my new job in the morning. From what I understand, tomorrow is just the HR 'paperwork' day, so it should be fairly low key. We shall see! Good luck with school ...

Congrats on getting into the online class! I had ********* for AP1 and 2 and highly recommend her. Maybe you'll get lucky and you'll notice a 1 there, too

mom35 -- It's not that they will "delete" you from the program. They just won't teach you. You are expected to learn everything on your own with very little, if any, direction. Imagine being told that a test is over a broad topic, say cardiac, and...

Well, the bundled the HESI review with our book box, and put something (I can't remember what it was now) in the book box that we couldn't initially get on its own. What a mess. Plus, unless they make major changes, the HESI review was a joke.

Good luck to both of you! I switched from IT to nursing, too. And yes, I'm taking a pay cut. But, I wasn't happy, and that's the most important thing, I think. I just graduated from ECC in December -- you can do it!

The test was easy. I just graduated in Dec 08. It took about 30 mins and wasn't hard at all. You get plenty of attempts, there's only a 7 day wait if you fail and there's no cost. It's online, so you can do it from home. There's another thread a...

I just get SO much test anxiety! So, I went with Feb 11. I'm trying to do questions ...

Thanks for all the tips. I've been trying to decide if I want to take a review class. MBA2BRN -- There weren't any afternoon appts available in from Jan-March at any of the locations that were close to me. I'm used to taking my school tests in the...

I have several books ... Saunders, Kaplan and the Prioritizing books, to name a few. Mostly, I'm using Saunders to study. Kaplan is mostly test-taking advice. I feel like I have a good grip on prioritizing, but I plan to go through the book once b...