dinah77

dinah77 ADN

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  1. And if we catch you smoking you'll be charge $25

    I agree as I stated in my
  2. And if we catch you smoking you'll be charge $25

    I agree with BMI thing- also, I did try to adress some of the medical issues in my post my point was that often times people throw around the whole "Lots of overweight people exercise and eat well...
  3. And if we catch you smoking you'll be charge $25

    Does anyone else find claims that there all of these obese people running around who eat well and regulalry exercise dubious? Where are they? Define obese; could your BMI be in the overweight category...
  4. Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    A middle aged woman with no co-morbidities, who was a psych nurse at this particular hospital admitted for renal failure- cause? Severe infection caused by : 1. Sucide attempt in which she stabbed...
  5. Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    I'm assuming this child was sexually abused...that's usually what this
  6. And if we catch you smoking you'll be charge $25

    I don't think this is over the top at all- the whole smokers are a protected class nonsense is such a load of crap. It is an unhealthy addiction that directly, negatively impacts others- the end. I...
  7. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    Gary, I find it odd you took such offense at gymmom's tongue and cheek comment- while all of us should take care to remember not everyone can drink, I would request that you remember not everyone has...
  8. Very inspiring! thank you! It's nice top hear that there are other options out
  9. Passed NCLEX two weeks ago and have my first interview coming up next Friday- it is for an inpatient eating disorder house, and I'm thrilled to have a chance at it- it is exactly the type of nursing...
  10. absolutley no more foreign nurses until new grads have
  11. Has your alma mater ever mattered?

    does matter based in where you live. I know in my city, many employers prefer to hire from my school, vs other
  12. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    It's common sense really. It works because if you think about it, the computer knows immediatly if you passed- the results just need to be verified. So if you passed, it stops you from registering...
  13. find the original thread on this board about the pvt and re-read the
  14. I'm throwing my pride aside and asking, no BEGGING that any employed veteran nurses out there help me out with jobs. I just passed NCLEX, have an ADN from St. Kate's with a very good GPA, and a B.A...
  15. let us know how it turns
  16. I say also talk to your job- if your BON is being slow, see if they will still let you start orientation if you can prove you passed with quick results My school required me to be a CNA prior to...
  17. umm, excuse me I am looking at other states and so are most of the people I know- what's up with your completely insensitive
  18. Arghhhh! Please help! Desperate!!

    thank you again for the info- I guess in light of this I will keep my interest in oncology on my resume, along with my other interests as it sounds as though a lot of my iareas I would like to work in...
  19. Arghhhh! Please help! Desperate!!

    My sincerest thanks to everyone who has responded- I'm trying to breath, be optimistic and plan on faxing my resume to the VA within the next 24 hours- HM2viking and CNL2B, do either of you know of...
  20. Arghhhh! Please help! Desperate!!

    even as a new
  21. Hi, I'm from MN but trying to move to MD- I'm newly a newly licensed RN and in the process of getting a MD license. My husband is from MD and we want to move there to be near his family before we...
  22. How many NCLEX questions did you do?!

    no, that's good if you already know that about yourself- for me, I thought that I was often picking the correct one the first time, but turns out I wasn't- this tactic only applies to Kaplan online q...
  23. How many NCLEX questions did you do?!

    I think the biggest trick is if you know why you scored the way you did. For me, my scores went up and down quite a bit- I did 95% of Kaplan qbank and my overall average was 61%- however some of...
  24. How many NCLEX questions did you do?!

    I used only Kaplan's class and their online resources- I did around 1200 questions over the course of a month and passed in 75, first time taking
  25. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    here are the exact steps to see if you passed or failed the nclex exam on the pearson vue web site: your pearsonvue account must state that delivery is successful before you try the trick 1) go to...