bekah79il

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1. dress code for the NCLEX

   bekah79il replied to Higglytown's topic in International Nursing

   wear the most comfortable clothes you have. you could be sitting there up to 6 hours. something that you like to cuddle on the couch and watch tv in, like running pants or yoga pants or anyhting....

2. Do you hire new grads in you ICU?

   bekah79il replied to twiceaslucky's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   as a new grad recently hired into a CVICU at a major academic hospital, i am less worried about my personal ability to perform the work than i am about the "old" nurses ability to accept new grads as...

3. HELP!!! Testing Wed, Didn't get to study enough!!!

   bekah79il replied to DidntGetToStudyMuch!'s topic in First Year After Licensure

   kelli, RELAX. just like in any tense situation, having a clear mind will help you more than anything else you can do at this point. remember that you know the content. read the questions twice,...

4. 265 Questions! I am freaking out! HELP!!!!

   bekah79il replied to armywife2006's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Relax. They have to standardize the test with some people, a certain percentage of people get the full 265 even if they were at passing level. don't let Kaplan scare you, no one really knows the...

5. Animal Cruelty ' Therapy'?

   bekah79il replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

   oh this makes me SO glad I am not a psych nurse. half the time I think psych is so easy, but i don't understand half of it. one time a nurse ( on a locked inpatient unit) said to me. open patient,...

6. Dr 90210

   bekah79il replied to tookewlandy's topic in General Nursing

   AH! i love that show.... makes me want to work with nice guys like Dr. ALter who don't judge peole and try to improve tehir quality of life no matter what their sexual orientation...and stay away from...

7. What you make as a nurse Vs. Cost of living

   bekah79il replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

   Chicago New Grad... Offered between 21.65-22.75 for new positions. a condo in my neighborhood goes for about 250,000 for a smallllll studio and up to the millions for a larger place. we rent a 1br...

8. Press Gainey AARRGGHH

   bekah79il replied to susi_q's topic in Emergency

   Here's the thing... if you know you try to attend to the little things with your patients, only ask these scripted, impersonal questions when the "powers taht be" are around. ask your own way, take...

9. nursing shoes/clogs

   bekah79il replied to cmskjg's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Dansko... are not meant to be walked in. danskos are often the best for an ICU RN but a floor RN mayhave a hard time running all over. they are supposed to be a platform for your foot, rather than...

10. Anyone have dogs and work 12hr shifts?

    bekah79il replied to xokelly2's topic in General Nursing

    I see you are in Chicago. I know there are lots of dog walking services, I am sure some of them provide evening care, could let the dogs out at 10 or so for a half hour and would probably cost you...

11. failed nursing student

    bekah79il replied to Maisie's topic in General Nursing

    First off, are you completely unable to be a nurse, or was it just the failure that is keeping you from becoming one? do you still want to? I am sure that if you apply at some places, given your...

12. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    bekah79il replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    soooo many! the girl who would literally rather miss questions than be the second to finish. i always test quickly, so it became my goal, that if I was close to finishing and she was not, to finish...

13. Hawaii Travel

    bekah79il posted a topic in Travel

    Hi all, my first post on all nurses, although i have often read the advice. i have searched the forums but was wondering if someone who has recently traveled to hawaii can tell me a few things. 1)...