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  1. Working at a nursing home

    ally21 replied to pinoysn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm a brand new RN and landed a 3-11 shift at a LTC facility. I can sum it up in a few words: I HATE IT. Everyplace wants experience around my area so I took whatever job I could get. I had...

  2. Luzerne County Community College Experiences?

    ally21 replied to Sweet_Rose's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    It's a challenging program, but overall it's great. Never realized how much driving was involved with nursing school until I was assigned a clinical over an hour and a half away. That's one of the...

  3. Had Job interview today!!

    ally21 replied to RossayRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations

  4. There is hope!

    ally21 replied to greenfaery's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations. I am happy for you as

  5. Is anatomy one of the toughest courses for nursing?

    ally21 replied to Toots71506's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A+P is important and will help you in your nursing courses. The nursing courses I took expected us to know how the body functioned. They never retested us on that content. If you didn't know...

  6. Dropping because you're scared

    ally21 replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I post stalked you, sorry. Lol I was just seeing if anyone went to LCCC. And this is a really old post, so sorry for bumping it. I graduated May 2010 and unfortunately quite a few people failed the...

  7. LaCharity's Case Studies or Exam Cram Questions

    ally21 replied to SICU_Murse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Case studies help. We did so many of them in school for this extra class my school had us

  8. trying to become a RN

    ally21 replied to branch2010's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sorry if "nut job" offended you or anyone else... but I'm sticking to my guns about thinking those who take classes besides their regular nursing courses are very brave. I'm sure it is possible to...

  9. Testing in one week So Anixous

    ally21 replied to jabwemet's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Before I went in for my test I reviewed labs and tried to grasp why they might be low or high. Dosage calculations were also reviewed along with metric conversions. So glad I did that because I had...

  10. Help! Take the NCLEX PN 5 times!

    ally21 replied to sky2010's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You are going to concur this test! I have faith in ya! But try not to just memorize the lab values. Instead, try to grasp the reasoning in why a lab value might be low or high. I took the...

  11. trying to become a RN

    ally21 replied to branch2010's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Were you accepted into the nursing program or advised to take the gen eds? My advice to you is to get all your general classes out of the way before starting the nursing classes. I went to an ADN...

  12. So much Anxiety!

    ally21 replied to leaveittogodRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Awesome!!!!! Crossing my fingers for you. The PVT worked for me, so I'm positive you'll see a big fat R.N. next to your name soon.

  13. icky question....but

    ally21 replied to glitterygirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oh dear, first year of nursing school was sooooooo expensive. I think I spent over $700 on books and supplies including a stethoscope, BP cuff, clamps, scissors. The only good thing about the books...

  14. ocd,,,picky weird question

    ally21 replied to glitterygirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oooh, you would like to know what was in my bag when I went to school? Ok well, I wish I had gotten one of those bookbags with wheels. I didn't, so I carried around a tote. We were required to bring...

  15. Can a shy person become a good nurse?

    ally21 replied to DaynaDawn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The worst that could happen is that you'll receive plenty of tough love. Clinical instructors will push you to your limits to try to break you out of your shell. First year of nursing school I was...

  16. I AM AN RN!!!!!

    ally21 replied to Taryn963's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats! I just checked my BON site today and my name was listed. Nice feeling! Have a great day at work. I am very happy for

  17. what did you score on kaplan test 7 and pass NCLEX?

    ally21 replied to LyndseyER's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think the last one was 61? And I took that in May! I had my exam Sept. 10th and Kaplan expired back at the start of August. I wouldn't really go by your kaplan scores. Just keep doing your nclex...

  18. So much Anxiety!

    ally21 replied to leaveittogodRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Good luck. You're going to do just fine.

  19. In your face NCLEX!!!!!

    ally21 replied to TabithaB's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That is awesome news!

  20. Get an A.D.N but already got A.S.?

    ally21 replied to DarkBluePhoenix's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I should've added in that I was one of those people who never knew what they wanted to do when I started off in college. I went to a major university majoring in something related to science. Got so...

  21. September test takers

    ally21 replied to krn*2010's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took it on Sept. 10th and just found out through the quick thing that I passed. I'm

  22. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    ally21 replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think it really does work because I got the "good" pop up. I didn't trust it so I dished over the 8 bucks for the quick results and got the unofficial

  23. Get an A.D.N but already got A.S.?

    ally21 replied to DarkBluePhoenix's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have an AS in business administration and after I graduated transferred into the ADN nursing program. I was able to use some of the credits toward the nursing degree. Didn't really knock off a ton...

  24. SATA questions??? What does this mean?

    ally21 replied to cured's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I hate SATA questions. There were a few on my NCLEX, but don't have to worry about me breaching the contract since my mind is shot. I can't remember much of anything what the questions were even...

  25. Need to know....

    ally21 replied to boucker2000's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took the test yesterday and wound up getting all 265 questions. My nails are bitten way short from being a nervous wreck. We went for a 4 hour trip after my test and came back today... so between...