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  1. I never understand why people/nurses show up to work sick. In all the non-nursing and nursing jobs that I have had nurses would show up to work sick, clock in, take report and then turn around and say...
  2. Should the "Doctor" title really be an issue?

    It's an earned title and anyone who has it should use...period! If physicians don't like it, they should introduce themselves as the following:" Hello, I am doctor so and so, with a medical degree"......
  3. Didn't pass aanp...

    Well I didn't pass the AANP. I just wanted to give an overview of the questions I had. I had alot of specific pharm questions, like if you are allergic to cipro and a erythromycin and tetracycline...
  4. Question about reference books?

    Just wanted to know if you did find any good books. I'm in the same predicament. If i find a good one I will let you
  5. hurst review..

    Hi everyone, I just took the first day of live review with Kaplan and I am not content with it. All we did was questions. Thank God I won a scholarship from them. Since I don't want to waste my time...
  6. Hesi

    Hi all, I have quick and easy question if you took the HESI as your exit exam. Was it similar to the cd-study guide they have for students or was it much more harder?
  7. Didn't pass aanp...

    Sorry... for some reason I missed this answer. Try not to be nervous... I think that helped me alot. My second exam was just as hard as the first. I only scored a couple a points more. Most of my...
  8. Didn't pass aanp...

    Hey everyone, I passed....
  9. Didn't pass aanp...

    Very happy for you... I am going in about 3 weeks... Blessed for some reason I could not answer you. But I am studying, right now I feel redundant in the info... Like deja vu. I am tired and cranky......
  10. Failed AANP today

    Well I missed it by 25 points... How many bloody questions is that?? lol! Oh well gotta get back to studying. One thing about the AANP, they are on top of everything when it comes to paperwork. They...
  11. Failed AANP today

    I already sent everything in on Monday/ 3 days after. I did all the CE's from their website and sent in everything on Monday. I sent in a paper application. I want to test asap. I don't know my score...
  12. What should I do?

    Hi, Why not do both? Apply and wait for your current school. It won't hurt. Whoever you get an answer from first will be the one. Hope this helps... Nursing
  13. Didn't pass aanp...

    Thanks for posting Blessed...:) I had the barkley and fitzgerald cd's, for books I had the barkley review manual, fitzgerald, leik and zerwekh questions. My anxiety level was very high, it got worse...
  14. Failed AANP today

    I didn't pass either and I posted a new thread before I saw this one. I wish I had a study group... It was alot of in-depth questions. So I guess you have to master and not just know it. I am gonna...
  15. FNP CERT EXAM

    Hi everyone, Thanks for your replies... By the time I read the replies I had already purchased the home barkley review. I called to cancel but the lady swore up and down that they were shipped...
  16. "Not a Good Fit"

    I am sorry but "the economy" is not an excuse for people to be rude to others. This is happenning to everyone at all levels and in all professions. It feels like a jungle right now where everyone is...
  17. FNP CERT EXAM

    Hi guys, I am having a tough time trying to figure out which review to go by. Does anyone recommend Barkley? I have the Fitzgerald Cd's from 2004 with the book, the Hollier book, the winland-Brown...
  18. My wife is having a Whipple!!!!

    I work on a transplant floor and we do alot of whipples (SICU)... The honest truth is that they are a 50/50 chance. The good thing with your wife is that she is young. But I have seen young and old...
  19. Kaplan Q bank or ncbsn...

    Which one is better? Has anyone have both. Which is closer to the actual
  20. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Hi guys, I was out of town for awhile, after writing everything that I am juggling I felt overwhelmed...lol! I think I will be taking it in January.... I received the dvd's real fast from Dr Laura and...
  21. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Hi guys, I have been "mia" for awhile because I have been taking courses towards my masters. But I have decided to study for the CCRN again. I am doing classes part time and online. Do you think it is...
  22. Totally online FNP program: no campus orientation

    I am interested in totally online as well but how do you the clinicals portion for these schools do you have to set up your own prceptorship? Thanks for any
  23. END of ICU Orientation

    In ACLS you learn what to do exactly in a code situation, you know everybody's roles, who leads the code ect. You know the meds and which meds they give for whatever the patient is going through. That...
  24. END of ICU Orientation

    Listen, Make sure or demand that they get you in and ACLS class... At my hospital they insisted that they don't give people ACLS until you are there for 6 months... They had even scheduled me for it...
  25. Hi, If you are working in a step-down trauma unit, do you enjoy it? I was on one the other day and it was very fast paced... Do you consider yourselves a trauma nurse or a med-surge nurse? What level...