goodspiritsRN

I am so frustrated with the job market. I graduated as an RN in May of 08. Because i had a long couple of years with first loosing my husband to cancer and then going to nursing school.....i wanted a couple of months to relax and regroup. So i when s...

Thank you all for the encouragement! This time of year is yet peaceful but heart wrenching. Thank you all again! Ps....still looking and putting one foot in front of the other.

Yes i agree with everyone! No jobs for New Grads! i graduated in May 08 with and ADN and couldnt find a job till oct and it was a LTC. Applied all over the place got interviews and either they never called back or they said they needed experiance! w...

I cant seem to find anyone on this site that works for National HealthCare Assoc. in their sub acute rehab center. I am interested in finding out what the pay is and what their experiance is. Can anyone help me?

Oh i am so there with you all. Finding the same story on my end. I ended up taking a job at a nursing home and will have had almost 6wks orientation before i'm done. Its just so frustrating. Thinking of relocated next year if i have to. This who...

I know its hard to not focus on the number but i passed with 211 questions! For sure thought i failed but didnt. So you can never tell. Good luck and i'll send a little prayer up for you. Try and get some relaxing in. You worked hard through nur...

For me I mean hyperthyroidism, hypo, Hyperglycemic, hypoglycemic Addison,Cushing's ..... and infection control! I studied all those and got hammered with infection control. Many priority.....who do you see first??? SATA questions - those i just di...

I agree about the hyper/Hypo. My classmates got questions on those and i got hammered with infection control.

Try not to worry about how many questions you got. I took it thursday and got 211 questions! I thought for sure i failed. At one point in the test i was thinking to myself I dont know a thing! I am so not prepared for this! Really felt i guessed o...

I took the nclex last thursday. Did not get any lab value questions but did get values in the answers and they were obvious they were out or in the range there were none that were boarder line etc. Good luck!

does anyone know where i might find a chart with listed GI disorders and there clinical manifestations listed. Example what disorders cause Nausea, Vomitting, Diarrhea, Constipation, Flattulance, Belching, Bloating, Liquid, bloody stools, collicky ...

i am in my second year of nursing. the school i go to requires you to achieve your lpn first and then acceptance to their rn program. so i am in the rn program because i have such a passion for oncology. i was able to get my school to give us a ro...

Kelly93084 - Good luck tomorrow. Remember to just breath. I wanted to puke when i was done with mine. I thought for sure i had failed because i could only remember the ones i got wrong. I passed and it shut off at 85. The class i was in was with 29 ...

Thank you all very much for your posts. I look forward to being able to work in Oncology. 6 more months to go to get my RN. Happy Holidays to you all!

Hello all. I am inquiring for a friend. Her father is 72 and has been told he needs dialysis. He has told his daughter that they are putting in a "stent" this week for when its time he needs dialysis. Her question is - in all of your experiances in t...

Hi all. I have to do a debate for school on LPN -vs- RN and the team i am on is taking the position that there is not a difference. I am interested in what states some of you are from and if you find there really isnt a difference across the nation...

I did all my prereq's prior. So i had at least one day off a week. I worked only on friday and saturday nights and sometimes just saturday nights because we had our tests either on friday's or mondays each week and sometimes both monday and friday ...

tqbotu - I attended vermont tech this past year and just graduated in June of 07. The LPN course is 10 1/2 months. 3 semesters and the RN program is 2 semesters. So far everyone that has taken the exam has passed. They have a 100% pass rate. If ...

Scoobydooo & Kanidiot2 - I know exactly what you are all talking about. I woke up Monday night after i took the exam at 3 am with diarrhea and dry heaving it because i was for sure i failed and had put all that time into schooling for one exam! S...

Scoobydoo - dont beat yourself up. I couldnt eat for 2 days and was up every night tossing and turning with my heart racing and my mind felt like it was out of control. When i checked this morning i was so scared and just wanted to puke - prepared ...

well just got my results today and passed!! No worries about the med error. I didnt even get one question to calculate a med!! I thought for sure it was because they thought i was too stupid to even know how to do it!

New to the site and just took my nclex exam yesterday and when i left i wanted to puke on the sidewalk. I am most certain i failed. Woke up last night at 3am in a complete panic...kept running threw my head all the questions i know i got wrong and ...