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1. Name your school 2. Degree you will be working on (including specialty) 3. whether you will be working full time or part time or quit 4. Will you be attending part time or full time 5. And ... 1. Tennessee Regents Online via Tennessee State University 2. MSN in Nursing Education 3. I do not work right now, if you call have 3 kids 5 and under not working 4. Full Time 5. I am just starting in Jan. It will take 4 semesters and then I will have my Masters. I then plan to do a post masters NP certificate.

I answered other. I am a 1st born of a schitzophrenic/bipolar father and a severely depressed mother. My mother was and is loving..but my dad and depression took up a lot of her time.

1.) what is your highest level of education? BSN 2.) What type of facility do you work in? (Hospital, homehealth, office, etc) doctor office 3.) Is your current facility hiring? Does it offer hire-on bonuses? not sure; NO 4.) Do you feel as though your place of employment is short staffed? not really 5.) If #4 is "yes," Can you give one or two examples? 6.) How many hours do you work a week? Do you feel valued? Overworked? 36-40. yes. no. 7.) Is overtime expected of you? no, not really but if there is a need and someone stays they are appreciative. 8.) Have you left a job bc of short staffing? yes, but it was not a nursing job 9.) How many years have you been working in the field? less than one 10.) If near retiring age, do you plan on retiring, or continuing to work? Do you feel as though retiring is an option-or do you feel as though you are "needed" be your facility too badly to leave?

I recieved no alternative format questions (not even a math one) and passed with 80 questions. However, I have more than one friend that got 2-3 of them and did not pass...and they did not have a high number of questions either. I have some friends that did get them and passed. I think it may just be random. I guess that supports what has been said on here before that nothing can tell you whether or not you passed until you get your score. People pass and fail with 75, people pass and fail with 265. People get alternative format questions and pass/fail, people do not get them and pass/fail. BTW, we have all taken the NCLEX in the past couple of months, so these are very recent results. Good luck! Hope you passed!

I would answer questions, but I just became an RN last week, so I am not sure how helpful I could be other than telling why I chose pediatrics and what I think so far.

Hello. I just started my first job...I graduated in August. It is in a clinic and I love it! They let me work as a tech until I passed the NCLEX...which I passed and got my paper license last week. Good Luck to you!

1. How many questions did you take on NCLEX? 80 2. What study materials did you use? Did you take a test review course? DREXEL review course, NSNA study book and CDROM, any free question sites I could find on the internet, Mosby's NCLEX cards, and I made sure to memorize my lab values and what they mean as well as what the normal vital signs are for various ages of children 3. Did your SON offer any testing (ERI, ATI, HESI)? Well the 1st nursing school did ATI and HESI, second one did HESI for us, but have now switched to ATI (DH is military and we transfered bases while I was in nursing school so I had to switch schools) 4. How long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting? I did the quick results so 48 hours exactly. 5. What were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)? total disbelief and I was ALMOST certain I failed...actually I cried and had moments of panic 6. Was this your first attempt at NCLEX? yes

CONGRATS! I found out I passed today as well! I had a lot of priority ?s as well.

Thanks everyone! Prayers worked! I found out via early results today that I passed!!!!!! I am so excited! Now, I just have to get my license number to practice in my state!

Everyone says I should not be worried because I am a straight A student (I do not think this is true at all!) I had 80 questions and it took me exactly an hour to take the test. I was surprised that I did not get even one dose/calc question - I am good at those so I was hoping for at least a couple...my test was strange to me really...I got mostly prioritization question. My biggest worry is that I got no alternative format questions - all of mine were the multiple choice variety...this really makes me feel like I failed:( I am so depressed right now!

where I live it has been taking 1-2 days for the number to appear on the BON website for the people in my class. I take my NCLEX tomorrow, so I'll see how long it takes for me!

Just wanted to let everyone know I did get a job - one I really wanted in fact! Thanks for the advice though!

Why do job postings say no experience necessary, but one year preferred and then when you apply you get an automated message saying "We are currently looking at more qualified/experienced applicants". Does anyone hire new grads? I know they have to because that is the only way you can get experience to begin with. I never worked as a tech/CNA. I chose to spend my non-school time with my family (husband and baby). Is that going to keep me from ever getting a job?

I just graduated. Some of my classmates and I are getting interviews, but they are wanting us to pass boards first it seems. Others have a job, but they seem to be in an oreintation type agreement like mentioned before. Places do seem to be getting more hesitant to hire new grads though...or that could just be an excuse considering I am pregnant...who knows.

i agree with the PP - thank everyone for the sacrfices they made and help they gave on the way.. also for the hands, hearts and minds of the class as they become nurses - may they always be gentle, may common sense and medical knowledge always prevail, may no one ever lose theit love for being a nurse or forget how important of a job it really is..etc here are some examples I found on the internet that may inspire you: http://www.cybernurse.com/prayer.html http://www.mollieb.us/prayers.html The last one has several prayers on it. HTH!

real world survival guide for patho is also good. NCLEX study books can be good.

all of them would really depend on the teacher..as for Spanish that also depends on your ability to grasp new launguages as well. I think biomedical ethics would be the most interesting...as for easy, probally not. there are a lot of gray areas in medical ethics

One thing I have found that helps is to know what classification the drug is. If you know that and you know about drugs in that classification it can help you on a lot of things. (Especially on ?s about what the action of the drug is on the body)

How about how the heart pumps blood through the body? It will not only come up in AP but will also play heavily into future nursing classes. Here are some things you can put in it: 1. You could teach the class this song - give them all a copy of the words. Great tool for remembering it later as well! http://www.bloodbook.com/pump_your_blood.html 2. Here is a good diagram. It also has a link on this page where you can print out coloring sheets of the diagram (some people learn that way) http://www.childrenheartinstitute.org/educate/heartwrk/bloodflw.htm 3. At the end, do some kind of quiz asking about where the blood flow starts and where all it goes from there one place at a time. When someone answers it right, give them some kind of treat (candy, etc.)

That happened to my friend, except from the other end of it. She took them seperate and then had to transfer when her husband was moved. She had to take it over as a&P. If you take it that way, try to be sure you are going to stay at that school or you could get behind in the long run, or at least be careful where you trnasfer tpo

I am so sorry. I had a miscarriage on Christmas day and that hurt emotionally. I can imagine that it is much worse for you. I am so sorry. (((Hugs))) and prayers to you and your family.

You have had some wonderful advice. It is important to get to the child's level , make the child comfortable, play with the child, etc. However there is one more thing - the parents. They are probally terrified. In any case they are having really high levels of anxiety and the whole family process has been interupted....this is only increased if there are other children involved besides the one that is sick. You will see cases where the family does not live anywhere close to the hospital..especially if you are in a hospital that is just for children. Even if they do have a place to stay (like Ronald McDonald House) it is still not home and not where their base support system is. I think that should also be taken into consideration when caring for the child. Examples: Try to explain what is going on to the parents. Work with them on things they can learn to do for the child - so they do not feel so helpless and/or useless. Show some attention to the siblong if he/she is in the room. Sometimes the parents may just need to vent. (Especially if the child is out of the room for tests) Be a listner. Let them do most of the talking. Avoid saying "I know how you feel". Even if you have been through the same thing you do not know how they feel because they are not you. (Saw lots of people say that and I just thought it was wrong) I think "I have also been through _________. I know it is hard. How are you feeling about it, if you would like to share." or something like that anyway. If the parents are short with you, be understanding. It is not you they are mad at. (most of the time anyway) It is the situation their child is in. Oh and another thing for the children - if they are scared of procedures like BP, temp and they have a favorite teddy bear...do it to teddy first. That might make them more comfortable. (Of course this only works if the child is not on strict isolation from anything on the outside. YOu can't use your equipment on these children. They have their own disposable equipment that is used only on them. Singing to kids works well too. If you can't carry a tune it really doesn't matter to a lot of them - they just like the singing and the attention.

I agree with the group participation thing...what I have seen go over well (and did once myself) is to have a game be part of the presentation at the end. You can ask questions that pertain to the presentation you just gave. Have rewards like candy available for people who get right answers. You can do jeopardy, who wants to be a millionare (you can call it who wants to be a nurse? instead of you like) Do things like that. You can also bring a case study into it, if you can find one/make one appropriate to your topic. Also be sure to dress nice. Jeans and a nice sweater are not profesional enough. I would at least wear khakis. Might be a good idea to talk to your group..don't dress like twinkies, but don't clash or have one completly outdress the others either. When doing powerpoint do not write everything you say on the slide. Put the main points or added points on the slide. Talk about most of the presentation, try to not look like you are reading to people. If you give powerpoint handouts, make sure they have places for notes on the side, that way people can take notes from what you say that is not on the slide. Have handouts other than the power point handouts. One thing I gave once in a presentation I did on health care disparities in the Hispanic population was a copy of notes I had recieved from a teacher in another class. The notes were common medical phrases and words and their Spanish translations. Part of my presentation was on how frustrating it must be to have a sick child/be sick and not speak the launguage where you are. Another thing you can do is if the above is kind of what your presentation is about hand out some medical instructions written in Spanish/another launguage, do this at the beginning of the presentation. Anyways, the idea is to tell them they are to do what is written on the paper. It will probally make them uncomfortable for a minute. That is the idea, try to show them a little of how it feels to not speak the launguage. Hope that helps!

You see, I really want to be a nurse, but I also have a previous degree to fall back on if necessary. Also having a baby IS more important to me than nursing school. If I was forced to make a choice the baby would win. Yes, being a nurse is important to me, but being a mom is a much more important and to me even higher calling. I do agree thoug that the OP should feel out the teachers and even talk to people that are ahead of her in the program. I am lucky to have instructors that care. Something else to realize to is that if they do care - not to take advantage of it. YOu need to be able to work your schedule around classes if at all possible. I really wouldn't suggest having a baby outside of a break, either. You have to realize that even an uncomplicated pregancy can end in a C-section. If I had not gotten pregnant where it would be during summer, we had already decided we would put off trying for awhile. I think the God worked with us because he has a plan for Savannah's life. BTW, which base are you stationed at if you don't mind me asking?

Actually this is the second school I have been at that cared. (I had to transfer int he middle of a program due to my husband being in the AF) ALso as students we usually try to get it done ahead of time. I know it is fortunate that they will work with us in that way. However, some pregnant people ahve dropped out, but we still have several there. However, we do have to be eligigible for clinicals. If the doc says no - well then I think you have to sit it out for a year, but I am not sure. So far though everyone I have seen has been pretty lucky about uneventful pregnancies and we all pretty much had good timing on when the babies are due. Mine was just a one time thing - after that I always schedule my appointments after class.