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I AM!! I ride my 2003 HD Road King to work at the hospital and every chance I get when off work. I don't think that I could handle the stress of being a new(9 mos) nurse without having my bike. Harley's(especially mine) are my favorite but I'm sure a fan of other makes. To the poster with the Ruckus, I know that the Big Ruckus is harder to find, but they cruise at hwy speeds and have that same rugged look as the Ruckus. Ride safe yall!!

I've only had one interview and had NEVER worn a suit before. When I finally got my license, I bought a suit. I had to look on the internet to see how to tie a tie the night before the interview. Monday morning I looked in the mirror and it looked like my head on a banker's body. The job was for a nurse intern to get in the door as they only hire new grads that are already in their employ. I got the job-woohoo! I agree with the people that state that it's better to be overdressed. Good Luck on the job search.

I PASSED!!!! Thanks Allnurses. Wow, what do I do now? I think I'll watch a movie and not study anything.... Mark (Almost RN)

Well, the trick worked for me. I got the pop up about three hours after testing. I read the first 80-90 pages of this thread and felt a lot better about how I did on the test. Did the quick results thing today at noon and I PASSED!!! Thanks to everyone who posted about their experience with the test and the trick. Good luck to all!! Mark (Almost RN)

Congratulations pkid !!!!!!!!!!:yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah: Hoping to find out if I passed tomorrow. Mark

I don't know if I passed or not (according to the pearson vue trick,I did, but taking that with a grain of salt). Mstefano, I really feel that the style of the questions was similar to ATI(Meds Publishing), Saunders, and NCLEX 3500. None of these, in my opinion, are much different than the questions on my nursing school tests. Any questions I missed, I missed because I didn't know the answer- not because the questions on the nclex were formatted significantly differently than the thousands of practice questions I took. I just can't seem to remember everything (maybe I killed off too many brain cells in the 80's) no matter what I do. Please, for your sanity, try to relax and trust that you have done your best- that's all any of us can do. Good Luck, Mark

Well, I took the NCLEX-RN today and it shut off at 75 questions. When I tried the trick, I got the pop-up that, according to many posts in this thread, means that I passed. I sure hope so, because I have no idea how I did on the test. I will do the quick results thing as soon as I can- praying that the trick works. Mark

Thanks pkid, I just got back from the testing center. The test cut off at 75 questions and I was glad it was over. I don't know how I did. It seemed to get hard after the first few questions, but hopefully I did OK. Good luck on your results too pkid. I'm gonna try the PVT in a little while... Mark

Wish me luck, I take the NCLEX at 0800 tomorrow morning. Congratulations to all who have passed:yeah:and good luck to those yet to test . Mark

Hey yall, I'm taking the nclex on Aug 22 at 8am. After pinning we had a live ATI review and they put up about 3500 practice questions online for us to use. I also use the Saunders Comp Review. I kind of slacked off studying after hearing that our ATT's would be delayed-WHOOPS, I could have taken the test today if I had been prepared. I am doing 100-200 questions a day and plan on doing it until I test. Good luck to everyone-We can do it! Mark

Congratulations on getting accepted! I didn't get the impression that you thought nursing was easy. You were just voicing some concerns. For myself, nursing school (ADN) is much more difficult than pre-reqs were. It's a lot of information to process and I spend a lot of time studying. I think I may have killed too many brain cells in my younger days though :). As far as divorces being caused by nursing school, I believe that if a marriage is rocky any additional stress, not just NS, could send it over the edge. You sound like a confident person and I'll bet you are going to do great.

Well I've got two more quarters in my ADN program-critical care and 180 hrs of preceptorship. Our last exam is June 18th and pinning is a few days later (hopefully on June 20th-my 45th birthday). For some reason our graduation is not until July 16th. I was looking over my transcript at all of the classes that I have taken since Fall 2005 and I was struck by how much I have accomplished. I graduated from high school in 1982 and hadn't taken any college courses before 05. I had to take two pre-algebra classes to get into College Algebra, adding up to thirteen core classes (usually two a quarter) and then four quarters of nursing school completed. I've worked fulltime+ throughout core and about 34-36 hrs/wk during nursing (Most of the people in my class either have worked or have small children). Just two more quarters to go? YeeHaaaaa! It just struck me reading this thread how close we are to the end of this long, often rocky road. CONGRATULATIONS to all of you !!! We're on the home stretch...finally.

When I was much younger, I would have done the easier thing and thrown down with the redneck-no problem. You basically did what a mature, responsible man should do. There is no way that we should let another person hold the kind of power over us that could endanger our nursing goal or our freedom. I am by no stretch of the imagination a pansy and neither are you. Way to go and good luck in school .

Well, as an RN student, I would absolutely NOT go along with the instructor in the same situation. I would have asked the CI what determined that the client was "not in her right mind" besides the CI's own judgement. I'm fortunate that my instructors so far have not asked me to do anything that could be detrimental to my education and our school's reputation with the medical community. Any of the instructors we have had would have told us to discuss the matter with the charge nurse or a staff nurse. They know the client's history and the CI and students are visitors (I'm lucky if I get to stay somewhere long enough to remember where most items are in the clean supply room). Hospitals in this area are not always receptive to students and the instructors want us to shine at clinical so that the school-hospital relationship is strengthened. Good luck!!

There are several big ladies in my class. While I'm not overweight, I sure don't see why it would hinder performance in NS. As a matter of fact, being tiny seems like it would be a bigger problem. As a guy, I'm always asked to help with heavy patients and if I had to choose between someone that's 100 lbs or 185 (my weight) to help, I'd pick the bigger person every time. For health reasons I class being overweight with smoking (I started back) in that it seems like it would be hard to teach patients to make healthy lifestyle choices when we are not making them ourselves. Good luck in NS !

You'll be fine. In three quarters of clinicals, I have not seen any attitudes like the OP of this thread. When you get in lab, practice, practice, practice all of the procedures. Knowing the procedures very well will help keep your nervousness at bay when it comes time to care for a live patient(male or female). Concratulations on getting accepted and good luck!

I work full time and I am halfway through my ADN program. If you can find a job with flexible hours, it will help a lot. If something happened to my job, I would deliver pizza, clean office buildings or whatever I had to do. Some students get on as nurse techs while in school. Working and going to NS is tough, but it is very doable if you are determined and manage your time well. Congratulations on getting accepted and following your dream.

I think you are right. I don't see how anyone who is a nursing student or nurse could possibly compare the insertion of a Foley catheter to rape. It's just bizarre to me that this subject was raised. As a student , my main focus has been maintaining the sterile field and completing the procedure in a timely manner. I would like to thank the women who responded on our behalf. I would just like to know if the OP is a nurse or not. It's highly unlikely...

Congratulations and good luck in your sobriety. I hope all goes well with your pre-reqs and the admission process. God Bless and may the miracles keep coming. Mark

Hey Marie, thanx for the update. I'm glad that your resolve about what you need to do doesn't appear to be shaken. Staying sober in AA is the only thing that helps me grow through pain and it will help you get through this. I hope that your nursing career isn't damaged too badly and after a time you can look back and see that instead of this being one of the worst times in your life, maybe it was the best thing that could have happened. My loss of a ten year marriage, while devastating at the time, gave me too much pain for the alcohol to work on it.If I hadn't slammed to bottom as hard as I did, I would have never sought help through first AA and then my Higher Power. My prayers are with you, please let us know how it is going. Mark

Good luck Dorito! Well how is it going Alliemariee? Did you quit and how? I used Smoke Away and it's been three weeks. Smoke Away only helps (a little) the first week and since then it has been difficult, but I'm gonna make it.

Good Luck Tweety, I'm sure you'll do fine. Whenever I give an AA talk, I get really nervous right before the meeting and it totally goes away within 5 minutes. Besides, I've never seen anyone leading a workshop criticized about the way they led it. I wish I was there (I qualify for the over 40), It sounds like fun.

You know jaywolves, I'm glad you said what you did about what this will do to a normally sane person. It's the end of day 12 without smoking and I haven't been myself at all for a few days. EVERTHING is p***ing me off and I'm having a hard time not reacting. So far, I still have a job and my wife's just annoyed (I think). I'm glad school's out; I was thinking that quitting before school was a mistake but the worst part has been now. Hopefully this will pass soon. I haven't wanted to smoke and I'm not going to let temporary insanity convince me to.

Corsair, these are experienced nurses giving advice to a nursing student (which I also am). Most of what I read was that there was a lack of communication between your CI and the staff. I treat clinicals as though I am being paid to do a job and have no problem doing anything (that I'm qualified for) that the staff ask me to do. The nurses I've met are wonderful and appreciate the help, but even if they weren't it would be irrelevent. I've worked for bosses that I didn't like before and the pay is the same. I've heard fellow classmates complaining about this lazy nurse or that lazy tech and I just sigh. Clinical rotation as a nursing student, while somewhat stressful, is NOT a hard job. I hope this doesn't come across as an attack, I just think we students can learn a lot from the nurses who came before us. Good luck, and I hope clinicals improve for you, Mark

Just do it Coop. I'm 43 and I'll be 44 when I become an RN. Hey ,the sooner you start, the younger you'll be when you graduate.