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wishNhopeNdreamN

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  1. Hi! I have been a nurse for just at 2yrs. I have been at my current position for a little over a year. I am contemplating a move from a small and I mean small hospital (18 bed) med surg unit to a bigger hospital (32 unit) progressive care unit. I ha...
  2. I have officially been an RN for one year today!

    That feels so good to say!!
  3. I have officially been an RN for one year today!

    Well, my first choice after graduating and passing boards was to try to get a job in a hospital on a med surg floor. But, that didn't work out for me. So, after a month of applying to every hosptial within an hour and having no luck. I decided to loo...
  4. Where did you worked as a newly Licensed Nurse?

    I will have been licensed a year this month. I started out in a LTC facilty with DD kids. I really wanted start work in a hospital for my first job, preferably med surg. But, it didn't work out that way for me. I took what I could to get started. I...
  5. Indiana...how soon after NCLEX

    was your number posted on the SBON site? I took the NCLEX yesterday 8/23 it shut off at 75. I got the good pop up doing the PVT. I will do the quick results but I still have to wait until tomorrow morning for that. Just wondering what the time fram...
  6. ASN -BSN or ASN-MSN options @ IU

    Anyone have any experience with the ASN-BSN option at IUK or any of the IU campuses? Or The ASN-MSN option through IUPUI? I am getting ready to graduate May 13 (but not officially done until the end of July), with my ASN. At this time the plan is to ...
  7. I wouldn't say it went horrible, but I certainly wouldn't say it went FANTASTIC either! ugh! They asked a lot of questions. I tried to be honest and sincere. I was obviously nervous to the point my eyes teared up a bit. ugh! I smiled A lot! The las...
  8. Had my 1st interview, How do you control your nerves?

    thanks so much that was a great response and helped a lot! i did try to prepare but, i think i fell short a little bit. "when you reflect for yourself, i think it helps to build confidence in how you have been successful and how you will be a great...
  9. feeling sick...and confused about when results show up

    We used Saunders comprehensive all through school. So I used the disc and answered a lot of questions. It has over 4000 questions on it. We also used ATI and had access to Nurse Logic (teaches question strategy) and something else that I can not reme...
  10. I took the NCLEX yesterday 8/23 @ 8 am. I could not sleep at all the night before, so when I sat down at the computer I had been up for 25 hrs. Before taking the test, I took one of those 5 hr energy drinks. Probably a big mistake. I had a mini panic...
  11. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    PVT worked for me. Took NCLEX RN 8/23 got the good pop up as soon as I got home. found my number on my SBON 8/24!
  12. Indiana...how soon after NCLEX

    Thank you! Just found out I passed!!!
  13. feeling sick...and confused about when results show up

    Thank you for responding. I just found out about an hour ago I PASSED!!!
  14. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    It seems like the majority of people who have tried this said it works. I don't have time to go through all 10,000 + posts I am feeling discouraged and want to believe it works, since I got the good pop up, but I am afraid to get my hope up.
  15. Indiana...how soon after NCLEX

    thanks for your response! :)
  16. Indiana...how soon after NCLEX

    so was she on BON the night of her test, or the 48 hrs after her test? My test was @ 8 am 8/23 I am still seeing nothing but it has not been 48 hrs either.
  17. How long between graduation and NCLEX?

    I got my ATT 8/11 exactly 2 weeks from my last day of class which was 7/31. The earliest test date was 8/19 (didn't choose) and November was the furthest out test date.
  18. LIttman Brass/Black stethoscope Stand out?

    I'm a girl and responded above that I have the choc/brass. I wouldn't describe it as boyish. I think it is classy and professional looking. My steth before this one was a bright orange one that picked up colors from my scrubs that I could not get off...
  19. I am in the last semester of an ASN program. This is a short 8 week semester. We already had graduation, with diplomas pending the outcome of this semester. I am a very good student. I graduated Magna Cum Laude. Right now I feel like it is a big joke...
  20. vent ....feeling overwhelmed....in last semester

    >> I went to the math review this afternoon and got to see the math test. She counted one wrong that was actually right. So technically I passed!!! I asked her if this means I don't have to retake it? she just nodded and gave no concrete answe...
  21. vent ....feeling overwhelmed....in last semester

    Thank you everyone. My next math test is the 29th. I think I will need some prayers. I am trying to stay calm, but it is hard. I am concentrating on the other two tests this week. Then I will put all my effort into the math test. I am still feeling ...
  22. LIttman Brass/Black stethoscope Stand out?

    I just got the brown and copper cardiology recently...It is a nice looking steth....and I am happy with it... I got engraving on the bell for free I almost lost it once in the parking lot but lucky for me my instructor found it.
  23. pancreatitis and demerol

    this comes straight from brunner's and suddarth 11th ed. the use of morphine was avoided in the past because of concern that it could cause painful spasms of the sphincter of oddi and worsen pancreatitis. however, there is no evidence that this affec...
  24. August 2010 NCLEX-takers Support Group

    BTW....I have ordered the Kaplan strategy, and La Charity books. I already have Saunders Comprehenive for RN, Nclex 3500, ATI books and DVD's from school, and a few others including Mosby Q & A on my Ipod. I would love to take a course but there ...
  25. August 2010 NCLEX-takers Support Group

    I am hoping to test the end of August. I graduated May 13th, but have a short summer semester to finish up. I will be officially done July 31st. I have a friend who said the earliest she had heard anyone get a test date was 3 weeks. That sounds good...