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A lot of you remind me of why I didn't like nursing school. Self-righteous, snobby bunch of people. When I train a new nurse I remember how scared I was at one time and try to make them feel comfortable. Be down to earth. But really, all this " I kno...

How do supervisors deal with nasty attitudes from the nurses they supervise? I recently became supervisor of a nurse who has nothing nice to say about the nursing home or other staff. She has the worst attitude, even though I have been going out of m...

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No one should be mistreating residents in the nursing home. But it is very easy for you to say the things you are saying as an outsider. being a student and actually working, ESPECIALLY as a charge nurse in a nursing home that is hideously understaff...

She may have gotten that information from the internet or a textbook, and just wants to share the info to help all of you. She's probably not unclogging g tubes as a CNA.

Nursing isn't just physically exhausting...it is also mentally and emotionally exhausting at times..the combination of the three doesn't always work out, especially if you're doing straight night shifts(5 nights in a row in a LTC) BUT we are lucky to...

Fantastic post. I went into nursing thinking i would absolutely love every part of it, from the patients, to the staff, etc.(extremely naive, in other words). Unfortunately, reality is much different. Nursing cannot be one's entire life, although tha...

HAHA thanks for the kind words; after I read your first post to me I reread my post and realized it was overly dramatic and I would have been annoyed if someone wrote it to me, especially if I got an A in the course!!!!!!!(I did not, by the way :) I ...

I figured you DEFINITELY know your A&P....especially since you discussed an complicated A&P concept on this post off the top of your head;)...I think I was trying to stress the importance to the original poster.

PLEASE PLEASE know your A&P!!!! that is the heart and soul of nursing! Understanding it sets the stage for everything else to come(drugs, pathophys, treatments, etc.). Knowing that sodium is greatest outside the cell(in the ECF) and potassium gre...

The biggest mistake you made is that you reported something that you heard and didn't know of for a fact....even rumor mills cost people their jobs. You also didn't do it to protect the patient...you did it to save your own job...so my question to yo...

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Wow! Great post. Also have an opportunity to work as a new grad RN in LTC...just passed NCLEX. This thread helps alot.

I believe it's just because alcohol abuse is legal.

I don't know if the original poster still needs help. It sounds to me like mental health questions are the issue. There are many questions that are testing therapeutic communication. There are certain ways that NCLEX wants you to react to patients......

Can't answer the question cause I just became registered and am not working yet...however, I have to say I love the attitude of every nurse who answered....hope to work with nonjudgmental, kind-hearted nurses like you in the future!

I went into my nursing interviews thinking it would be a piece of cake. Instead, I got these questions: 1. "Give me an example of a conflict you had with a nurse or a PCA, etc and how you handled it?" 2. Why nursing? Why this specialty? 3. Tell me ab...

On an added note, I typically averaged a 60%(sometimes even a little less, believe it or not) on Q-bank, except for psych, where I got a 75. Kaplan is the best preparation, just keep doing questions, know the strategies for ELIMINATION of answers(wh...

I just found out I passed at 75. I studied Kaplan...and the reason I was POSITIVE I failed was because I thought the questions were too easy(usually if you are getting harder questions toward the end that is a good sign). But I now realize they were ...

I have a question for the original poster: Just took NCLEX. My last question was an information based question. Computer shut off at 75. Was your last question really that easy?

I have a question....did anyone pass the NCLEX with 75 questions and the last question was more information-based?

Hey everyone...just graduated with a BSN and take boards next month. I have an opportunity to work in a LTC facility; managers seemed excited at prospect of having an RN. Can someone tell me what I would be doing as an RN in a nursing home facility(e...

I know that Saunders review is high-rated, but it seems that there's not enough information in it to really prepare one for the NCLEX. Any thoughts?

Hey everyone, I am writing because I could use some advice/help. I am a new GN with a BSN and have already been on 3 nursing interviews. I didn't hired on the first two floors because there were so many more experienced applicants that applied for th...

Hello everyone! I am a nursing student at Southern(second semester of the RN program) and I realize that many of you are already nurses. I'm proud of myself for surviving the first semester and doing well so far this semester, but I have been bothere...