Christel2Rn

I just graduated and will be working in the NICU. I have been looking for some tips on books i will need or books that will be helpful. Do they make NICU quick books (like the critical care quick books?)? I would appreciate any ideas or suggestion...

Being a NURSE means....... You will never be bored. You wil always be frustrated You will be surrounded by challenges. So much to do and so little time. ...

I AM NURSING I AM NURSING! I am a metaphor. A dichotomy. I am different things to different people. I am enigmatic and incisive. I am female. I am male. I am prestigious and defamed; simplistic and complex. I am a profession; a job. I AM NURSIN...

I'm not sure if anyone has read these 2. They were given to all the nurse graduates at a dinner welcoming us to the hospital.

Im not an instructor, but i just graduated in 6/02 from an ADN program. Just found out yesterday that i am now licensed. I have also heard that many of the BSN schools do not put the emphasis on clinicals. My school had us do clinicals 2 days/wk f...

Melissa, I took my boards on 7/12/02. My test stopped at 75 questions as well. When i got home i looked up everything in my nursing books and found that i made a ton of mistakes. I left feeling i had failed. Today i recieved my RN license. I thin...

Congrats Jayne!! I also just found out that i passed my my NCLEX-RN !! Good luck to everyone else in the same boat. Christel

I just graduated in May 2002. I am taking my NCLEX on July 12th at 0800. I've been studying but i am sooo nervous. One of my NCLEX books recommended to begin studying 3 mos prior and for 3 hrs/day. I was still in class and was not specifically st...

I took my boards on 7/12/02. The computer shut off at 75 for me too. I was also in shock. The first day i was in a daze all day long and the day after i was already prepared to hear the bad news. I'm fine now. Pretty confident i passed. I obviously h...

Approx. four years ago when i was working at a pediatric clinic we had a child named "Thelastone" pronounced "thu-lest-oney"

JHUNurse, Good for you!!! You are the one who knows if you are meant to be a nurse. I think at some point, all nursing students joke around about marrying a Dr. You are still young and definetly do not need to worry about meeting "Mr. Right". C...

I have also just graduated. I will be taking my NCLEX next friday and starting in a level III NICU in August. I was also debating whether I should do med surg prior to NICU. I am planning on being a Neonatal nurse practitioner as well. I think th...

Thanks for all of the responses. You have all been helpful. I keep in touch about my results. Congrats to Bassbird!!! North Carolina does not use the 900 # system. I guess after I take it i'll have to wait the old fashioned way. Christel

Heather, Thanks for the encouragement. I feel confident after taking my practice tests but it's still nerve racking. I have Saunders Nclex review book and Q&A, so I have tons of questions along with the 2 discs. I also took Meds Nclex review...

I just graduated in May 2002. This is the same grading system and structure my school followed. It was hard to adjust to this at first. Good luck to upcoming graduates and those taking the NCLEX.

Nell & Kristi, Thanks for your suggestions! I'm just trying to prepare myself. It's going to be odd having different baselines in VS, labs, etc.. I almost feel that all a majority of what i learned in school will not be useful. I've always w...