mb1949

mb1949

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  1. BA in English, now pursuing RN

    mb1949 replied to TinaTM's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    It depends on what part of the country your in, check you local career boards or hospital websites, here in NY ADN or AAS-RN are having a hard time finding jobs, even BSN are having a hard time...

  2. May 2009 OLD grad, called 17 hospitals today...

    mb1949 replied to GuatericanNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm with you, just discussing this with a classmate this morning, we both graduated in June, passed NCLEX in July and can't buy a job, it is so frustrating, all that work and stress for nothing,...

  3. Cuny RN-BSN ??? Desperately in need of a response

    mb1949 replied to grateful2010's topic in New York Nursing

    well i came in with 60 credits, most senior cuny schools only give you 60 credits, and the nursing section is 37.5 credits, so i need another 22.5 credits, any way full time would take 2 years,...

  4. Did anyone hate nursing school?

    mb1949 replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Actually for the most part I enjoyed clinicals, it was the CI I hated, not all just some of them, I am a second career student, spent years and years in the corporate world and was totally...

  5. Cuny RN-BSN ??? Desperately in need of a response

    mb1949 replied to grateful2010's topic in New York Nursing

    I am in my first semester of an Rn to BSN at Lehman, I got my AAS Rn from Bronx Community College, I find Lehmans nursing department very flexible, most of the classes are online, I believe...

  6. Took NCLEX today with 75 questions! What does that mean? I think I flunked.

    mb1949 replied to starshinely's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Its reliable you passed, hope your state has quick results online in 48 hours, but relax you

  7. Took NCLEX today with 75 questions! What does that mean? I think I flunked.

    mb1949 replied to starshinely's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am sure you passed, I felt the same way, I got 75 and the machine shut down, I knew, knew maybe 10 questions, the rest were educated guesses, fought back tears all the way home on subway, the...

  8. Any last minute tips?

    mb1949 replied to suns's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yes, do questions, questions, questions, then the day before relax, go for a walk, have lunch with a friend, shop, whatever relaxes you, go to bed early and sleep, get up eat breakfast and...

  9. instructor is out to get me

    mb1949 replied to utadahikaru's topic in General Students

    What did you say when he approached you, unforetunately, you made a mistake talking to one instructor about another. These people are friends or at least collegques (sp). The best you can do now...

  10. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    mb1949 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Hi guys, new grad but keeping up with everyone on board, my pet peeve throughout nursing school and I am sure you all have one in your lectures, you know the one who has someone in thier family,...

  11. Older Nursing Students

    mb1949 replied to Neats's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    48 and a male, you will do awesome, one of my best friends in nursing school and still today was a man in his 40's. We hung together and still do, he also passed NCLEX on the first try, you are...

  12. Older Nursing Students

    mb1949 replied to Neats's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    GO for it, school is tough, but I believe our age and insight give us an edge, it may have been harder for me to memorize some things, and it took a while to learn the trick to those critical...

  13. Older Nursing Students

    mb1949 replied to Neats's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just an update, I have finished school, pass NCLEX, got my license, and am looking for the elusive first job, I started this journey at 55 and finished at 59, wow, it was a journey but hang...

  14. Testing soon and need your feedback

    mb1949 replied to FOCUSED_ON_MY_DREAMS's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Prorities, priorities and more, that along with delegation and precautions, contact, airborne, etc were the majority of my test, I only did ATI, however, I had a great professor last...

  15. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    mb1949 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    I always am the first finished with my tests, I go through answer what I know, go back and answer the few I left blank, right up to my finals of my last semester, I finish both those finals first....

  16. Passed Nclex the 8th time!!!!!!

    mb1949 replied to amazingaloha's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You have to remember two things about the NCLEX, it is not really a knowledge test, it is application, and the best review is to due as many questions as possible. The test asks questions that...

  17. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    mb1949 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    This woman sounds like the idiot, anyone who would do this to a fellow student is not nurse material in my book, she sounds like a narcissitic (sp)

  18. Devastated just took the pvt

    mb1949 replied to sexxilpn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took the exam on monday afternoon just found out I passed, honestly I took the kaplan and concentrated on doing questions, I know it was expensive and with the 200.00 to take the test i am tapped...

  19. Recently Hired at HHC advice needed

    mb1949 replied to TREC96's topic in New York Nursing

    Wow didn't know HHC was hiring, I have no advice but just want to say congratulations and good

  20. The Nursing Math Thread

    mb1949 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    the label gave you the final solution of 250,000 units per 1ml, each label will have a different final solution ie 100mg per 1ml, 100,000 units per 2ml, does that make sense, in other words read...

  21. I passed NCLEX with a newborn!!!!

    mb1949 replied to jessica<3RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    WOO HOO, NCLEX and a new baby, you are bless, congratulations you did it, best to you and

  22. Unbelievable!

    mb1949 replied to dannibee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I remember 2 years ago, when the new grads graduated from my school they had jobs right away, some with sign on bonuses, now nothing I graduated May 2010, am training (lol) as a home health...

  23. Mandatory cut-off age for being a bedside nurse?

    mb1949 replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I started nursing school in my early 50's graduated and luckily found a job before the economy tanked, I checked with all type of websites and all nurses for information on age...

  24. Nursing School Dismissal

    mb1949 replied to hwoo88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well a friend of mine flunked out of my school and got accepted at cochran school of nursing he had to start over in his nursing classes but they accepted all his prereqs, also an option is to finish...

  25. Nursing School Dismissal

    mb1949 replied to hwoo88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You can look into Excelsior on line, if you were this far along you can finish up with them, however, check and make sure your state's BON will accept Excelsior I know NYS