Button2006

Ha ha...I live like 7 minutes away. So many people really commute though! Like from 45 minutes to an hour each day!

I could be a bit of an optimist, but I feel like our city is really trying to be better. Winter still sucks though. Not going to lie. Last winter was brutal! Our current CNO is awesome and humble and you can tell she truly cares about her nursing sta...

Hi There, I am an adult med-surg nurse at Upstate. We actually do have a Pediatric Emergency Department on our fourth floor. We have a children's surgery center. We also have a children's walk in at our community campus. From what I hear, our Peds nu...

I worked in long-term care for approximately 2-3 months before I started working in a hospital. I did not do a phlebotomy class to get the experience. I have only been in the hospital on a very busy med-surg unit for approximately 4 months but I am c...

Autumn, I believe that your test anxiety is your worst enemy. I did did not want test anxiety to get in my way so I used a few strategies. 1.) Hands off the mouse, hands on the table. Keep your hands off the mouse until you have read and fully und...

Autumn, Your heart is in the right place. You can do this! I will give you a detailed account on how I took my exam when I get a chance. I did did an awesome job with managing my anxiety levels. :) Will reply soon, Button

I disagree with the above post. Nursing is for you if that is where your heart is...I know some ppl pass it on the 6th or 7th try. Don't give up. Will you give us more details on your last testing experience?

Hello All, I took the NCLEX on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Today is Sunday, April 20, 2014. I live in New York state and we do have the 48 hours quick results option. Except I cannot use that option because my exam is on hold. My exam is on hold becau...

This whole thing would have been a lot easier to deal with if they told me about the hold business the 1st time I called. :-/

Dear Button, Periodically, NCSBN® will conduct investigation(s) into candidate results. The rationale for such investigations can be numerous. There is no specific timeframe for the completion of these investigations. Therefore, NCSBN is currently un...

So, my exam is on hold for review and no one can tell me how long. The board of nursing basically just told me my exam results are on hold for an undetermined amount of time.

So now I have to call the National Board of Nursing. Pearson said they can't help me but the National Board of Nursing can. What at is happening??? I just want to know if I passed or failed.

8:00am...no results yet. Wonder if I will be able to access them today.

They told me tomorrow. Hopefully that will actually happen. I am not so sure anymore. Feels like it will never ever happen. :-/

Good on you not waiting. I don't think I would have been able to just go in and do it. :)

that sums it up! :heartbeat

congratulations! woo!!! :w00t:

I just wanted to know where everyone is getting their prerequisites done or where they got them done. Can I do pathophysiology, pharmacology, and human nutrition through Excelsior College?

thou shall not answer a call bell and then go find the resident's aide to follow through with the request. thou shall not bypass a resident who needs to use the toilet and go find his/her aide to take her. thou shall not ask another aide to do somet...

There is still some amount of lifting involved when you work overnight but it isn't anywhere near as taxing as day shift. You can also pace yourself a lot better depending on which facility you work in. You wont have to wash up 8-10 people and get ...

i am struggling. i am a weekend warrior. i work doubles every weekend. 7am-11pm every single sat and sun. i also float from unit to unit. i know i am only there for 2 days out of the week but i am suffering! the phrase from that movie constanti...

from what i can understand alfs are supposed to be a lot less stressful than snfs however they do not pay as much, which is a huge drawback because we don't even get paid enough as snfs!! i think an alf would be a great place to start. if they pay ...

i don't know how in the world you do that... no sleep at all saturday night? that's crazy. i would really love it. i don't know how it got to this emotional breakdown point. hopefully this weekend will be better. i guess i am just on edge overall...

Thank you all so so so very much for your caring replies. You really helped me out tremendously. I mean that. Its so nice to know that someone really understands. I have worked short so many times I honestly don't know how it hit me so hard like t...

you know...our job is hard enough as it is. we have to be a team. we cannot deal with all of that extra drama. it is one thing if she doesn't like you as a person but she must respect you and treat you equally as a member of the team. you will ha...