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lavarn

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  1. Hello, I am scheduled to take the NCLEX on 14/2/07 and was wondering if anyone had been to the Pearson Vue Centre in Sydney. I am just wondering what to expect, and I would love to hear from anyone that passed on their first try. LavaRN
  2. Can anyone tell me if there have been new laws passed recently in Arkansas that will allow MD's in med clinics to hire non medical personnel to give meds/injections. Thank you. LavaRN
  3. New Arkansas Laws (bad news for nurses) ???

    Thank you! That was helpful.
  4. New Arkansas Laws (bad news for nurses) ???

    Thanks for that. I am from Arkansas, but living abroad. My sister was telling me that this is actually new legislature that has been passed.
  5. US RN moving to Melbourne

    I was an LPN for a long time, and went back to school in Melbourne. I got a BSc Nursing in two and half years. After graduation I took the NCLEX in Sydney, so I have registration here in Melb, and am licensed in Arkansas as well. There is a huge nur...
  6. US RN moving to Melbourne

    Hello, I am from Arkansas, and have been living in Melbourne for five years. I am an RN, I doubt you will have any trouble getting registered here. You can find out a lot of information from the Nursing Board of Victoria website, and if you need more...
  7. Has anyone taken the NCLEX in Sydney?

    Congratulations!!! :balloons:
  8. Has anyone taken the NCLEX in Sydney?

    Pedar72, It's strange thinking back to the NCLEX, it seems like so long ago. I thought the whole experiece was stressful, towards the end of the exam I found it to be harder and harder. I wish you the best of luck! Vanessa Arkansas, USA and Melbourne...
  9. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    i think student nurses on clinicals should be getting paid...$11.00 an hour sounds good for that!! lava rn
  10. Anybody else do 265 questions?

    have you used kaplan's book and studied how to take the exam? i think that is key to passing. maslow's, abc's, management, etc. i just tried to remember that the nclex is the perfect nursing world. take a break when you need to, and breathe. g...
  11. Has anyone taken the NCLEX in Sydney?

    susieok, good luck on your exam in april! i was unable to get my results online, but my state board of nursing emailed my results to my home in the us. i took my test on wednesday in sydney, and my paper results were at my house in arkansas on frida...
  12. How many of you passed or failed at 265?

    i passed with 265 questions. my results were 'snail' mailed to me, and i received them two days after taking my exam. everything is dated the day i took my exam...soooooooo...they knew that day. good luck to everyone taking the nclex and waiting fo...
  13. When Are NCLEX Quick Results Posted?

    congratulations!! it feels good doesn't it? wooohoooo! lavarn
  14. taking NCLEX

    Contact the Illionis State Board of Nursing. You can probably look online and find out what you need to do to get started. I live in Australia, and downloaded all the paperwork I needed from my state boards website. Good luck!
  15. failed at 75 second time 1st time 130

    *hugs* ... hang in there, i knew a girl that passed on her sixth try. i used kaplan too, and spent alot of time studying how to take the exam. don't give up!!! lava rn
  16. Passed NCLEX - Foreign educated. 265 questions.

    just in case this might help anyone else... i used kaplan to study; the book and the cd. i was getting frustrated with the questions, and getting a lot of them wrong. so, i decided to begin studying how to take the exam. kaplan's book is great for th...
  17. hello, i passed the nclex!!! i have been a lpn in arkansas for over 15 years, and then i moved to australia in 2003. i enrolled at a university in melbourne, and completed my bsc nursing in dec. 2005. i just took the nclex in sydney on feb. 14th., a...
  18. Passed NCLEX - Foreign educated. 265 questions.

    thanks for the congrats...it is such a relief to have that behind me.
  19. Has anyone taken the NCLEX in Sydney?

    hello susieok, i have been studying kaplan's book, and taking the test from the books dvd. i have been concentrating on how to take the test, because i think that is a big key to the exam. as soon as i received my att from the state board i had appl...
  20. i am from the us, but currently live in melbourne. i am registered as a rn div 1 with the nurses board of vic. i am very interested in psych nursing, and would like to go back to school and get a post grad diploma in mental health nursing. but, i am ...
  21. I just received my ATT and noticed that it's only valid for three months...for some reason I thought it was good for a year. What happens if you have to retake the exam? Do you get another ATT? Thank you, Australian educated American girl.
  22. ATT only valid for 3 months...what if you don't pass?

    have you been told by one of the state boards that you have to do the extra courses in ob, peds, and psych ? lava rn
  23. Practice Nurses

    i am a rn div 1 from the us, and now living in melbourne. i have recently applied for a position at a general practice clinic, and i am trying to get a 'feel' for the attitude towards practice nurses in au. it seems that there are not many positions ...
  24. I came to Australia from Arkansas with an LPN degree. I went back to 'uni' here and got a Bachelor of Nursing. All of my LPN education and skills were acknowledged by the university I attended for my BN. There were times in the US that patients wou...
  25. US RN --->> OZ RN ;) Many questions!

    i am a nurse from the us, and i have been living in melbourne for three years. i would be happy to help you if i can. lava rn arkansas to melbourne