MedSurgRNiowa

I am 42, new grad RN, one month into a new job on Med/Surg. I trained for weeks on days and walked into the nurse's station more than once when my preceptor was talking about me. It didn't feel very good and not at all professional. I started nigh...

This is the most ridicules thread that I have ever read. First of all, how can a Registered Nurse be evaluated by their A, B OR C? It is obvious that all schools have a different scale to base their grades. Whoever was able to go to a school with a g...

Hi, my name is Theresa. I passed my NCLEX-PN in July. I am continuing my education and if I pass, I will take the NCLEX-RN next summer. I am married with two daughters. I feel so overwhelmed on some days, it is unbelievable. I give credit to mot...

I cannot believe this. I just called my test center because half of Iowa is flooding and sure enough they cannot give me an answer just yet but their parking lot is covered with water. The town had their levee's break today and they are evacuating pa...

Pearson just called to cancel my appt. Their site in Iowa City is being sandbagged right now. The earliest I could reschedule is July 9th and I checked from here to Chicago to Kansas City to St. Louis to Minnesota and the earliest anywhere is the w...

Thanks for the ATI clarification. Our school has always done some sort of pretest to the NCLEX but dropped it for some reason this year. Maybe because there were complaints on the $50 charge but I would have paid it to see where I stood. I guess I ...

The wait has to be killer! Since I am taking mine on friday, maybe I should indulge in some adult beverages over the weekend so I don't think about...what if I have to detassle corn for a living!

Thank you to all for catching that error! I looked in my notes and sure enough, that is how I have it written. I fixed it in my notes and the posts following my post should alert everyone. Sorry for the mix up. I know that I will not forget that if I...

Congratulations! Can I ask what an aTI predictor is? Thanks

80%??? That is like a nightmare! Hope you did well!

Congratulations!!! That is exciting. Good luck to everyone with upcoming exams. I have the PN exam on friday and I am an anxiety ridden mess. On top of trying to study for the nclex, I have papers due for class and drugs to learn for Pharm II. I ...

These are just some random facts for my upcoming PN exam on Friday:no: Carbamazepine therapeutic serum level is 4 - 12 mcg/dL Cycloserine is an antituburculan and needs weekly drug levels foscarnet (Foscavir) can be toxic to kidneys so creatinine is...

Mskell, I understand how you feel. I take the test on friday and I do not feel ready but wonder if I ever will feel ready.

Congratulations to all who passed. I am sick to my stomach. I take mine on early friday and I am scared. I have to be there at 8 AM and I must drive 1.5 hours to get there. I have used the Saunders book the whole year as a study tool for class bu...

Hello....as vice president of our class, I was informed today that I would be speaking at the pinning ceremony in May. I am terrified of public speaking. I am asking for specific speech material from anyone who can help. I was told it only had to ...

Second career started at age 39 and will finish at 42. I have always wanted to be a nurse. Happy New Year! :balloons:

We, too, are supposed to wear knee-high white socks but I haven't got them yet.

I noticed many people suggesting to sit in the front by the teacher. Well, we have assigned seats and cannot move. In all classes until nursing school, I sat in the front row to avoid distraction but now I am stuck closer to the back. The students wh...

I wish that I had a picture. Ours makes us look like we stepped out of the 60's, heck they haven't changed them since then, I bet. Anyway, we have stiff white pants which we had to buy from the bookstore (big $) and an ugly blue/white pinstripe top...

Hi, my name is Theresa and I am a 40 yo mother of two teenage daughters. I began the nursing program on June 4th after a year of science courses. I am very excited to begin my "second act". I was an accountant/office manager for years but I spent my ...

I recently turned 40 and will begin Nursing school in June. I have a previous degree and worked in bookkeeping unhappily for the past 15 years. I am so excited about being a nurse.....a dream for many years. I do not at all feel like the old one a...

Need some advice......I got the acceptance letter which is exciting but it has always been for a June start date. This letter came with the unexpected option of starting this January in their new evening/weekend track Nursing Program. It looks like I...

Congrats to all who are IN and Good Luck to those still waiting. I cannot believe that the nursing dream is on it's way to being a reality. My school requires a step type of program whereas I take my CNA certification test in about two weeks, then ...

:balloons: Thank you for all the advice. I called to get on the orientation list to see what it entails but I have already decided that I cannot miss my daughter's sports and dance performances. My oldest girl graduated this year and it went by so ...

I got my letter today on my 40th birthday! Another reason to cry....for joy, though. Normally, I would start June '07 but they gave me an option to do their new night/weekend program starting in 2 months. Yikes...decisions, decisions!!