beeenieweeenie, RN

I am so completely burned out by bedside nursing. I've been doing it for 5 years now and I am ready to move on to something else. Problem is, every time I apply for a non bedside nursing job, I get turned down because all I have is bedside experien...

Why do nursing instructors feel the need to be so intimidating and humiliating? I am really struggling with this in my nursing class. Is there a good reason for this that I am just not getting yet? I was in a BSN program prior to LPN school, and thos...

Got the good pop up, quick results say I passed!

OMG...just finished NCLEX-RN an hour ago and my status still says "ready for delivery" :-( Update: As soon as I posted this, I logged back in and delivery was successful. I got the good pop up, so I'm not gonna party yet, but I'm going to sleep tonig...

Has anyone done this without any problems with Excelsior credits being accepted and such? Thanks!

My twelve months has finally gone by and I graduate next week. I'm not worried about passing the NCLEX because I am an excellent test taker. What worries me however is finding a job. The bottom line is I have a crappy work history. Over the last t...

It has been my experience that most nursing instructors hate psych and don't encourage students to go into psych nursing, and they really didn't put a lot of thought into our psych rotation at all. As far as not students not interacting with the nurs...

I am seriously considering enrollment in Excelsior and have sent off all of my transcripts, with my application and fee. I didn't realize that some states do not allow Excelsior grads to be licensed either by examination or endorsement. That doesn't ...

I'm sorry, I should have worded my original question differently. If I get my license in NC which is a compact state that accepts EC grads, is it possible to do travel nursing or something in Virginia, which is a compact state that does not accept EC...

Hope you are right Sue! I just sent in my EC application, and I plan to move to NC this summer.

Well, as far as I know, the ADN program at Northwestern is on probation due to a low NCLEX pass rate. If you're just going for an ADN, I'd go to Panola.

I am a new grad LPN and I just got hired on full time to work in an acute inpatient psych facility. There is always an RN, but basically if you prove yourself and you know what you're doing, you can do just about anything needed and the RN's will si...

I passed with 85 questions!!!

I am an adult and have worked in the real world long enough to know what difficult people are like. I've been on the receiving end of a MD's rant several times when I had to call them in the middle of the night while working for the answering servic...

Just took my test yesterday, also got 85 questions. The wait is driving me nuts.

I took my NCLEX PN yesterday. I prepped with ATI books and Saunders, yet I still felt unprepared for the exam. I got shut off at 85, so I reckon I did really good or really bad. I'm in Louisiana, we don't have quick results here, so I must wait.

Hang in there and keep going! It is worth it. I graduate next Friday, and I clearly remember when I had to keep telling myself "Only 6 more months to go". It was at that point I started counting days. That 6 months went by really fast. It doesn't...

I just applied for the LPN program at LSUS. Has anyone else applied for or attended this program? I haven't seen anything about it mentioned here.

I was in my second level of clinicals. Our school's dismissal policy is that you can't fail anymore than two nursing courses. However, there is an appeal procedure for students that have been dismissed. I am a good student. I got excellent grades ...

Update: I made it through the rest of the semester with the old woman and now have the best clinical instructor ever. While she would never let us get away without being prepared and knowing our stuff, she doesn't not intimidate us or try to make us ...

My LPN class is incredibly gossipy and dramatic. Everyone talks about everyone else about anything they possibly can. ANYTHING. If you fail a test or mess up a procedure, whatever. It doesn't matter. Bottom Line: You are there to be a nurse. ...

I'm sorry but I disagree with you. Everyone learns differently. Some people are motivated with intimidation tactics, some are not. We don't treat all of our patients the same, what works for one may not be effective for a different patient. Ther...

I stopped smoking six years ago using Wellbutrin and nicotine patches. It was hard but well worth it. I have been tempted to smoke again at times, my husband is a smoker so that didn't help, however, watching my mother suffer through COPD made it e...

I was just going to start a thread on this very subject. I know that Psych is my niche. I like med surg, but my heart is in most definitely in psych. I am seriously considering going straight into psych because I want to be a nurse practioner, an...

Well I guess I just didn't realize that a ****** attitude was required for nursing. I always thought that the weeding out was to get rid of the people that were deemed unlikely to pass NCLEX. And yes, I realize we are responsible for people's lives...