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I am originally from NYC as well but am now in RI and they also told me they had a hiring freeze. I originally filled out an application via usajobs but so far no response:( How is your experince with the VA? how are the working conditions? any mandatory overtime? unions? medical dental plan any good? How was the medication exam and the interview? sorry i'm asking so much just want to be as prepared as possible

Thank you very much for the info, I will start with that route. Have you heard of any hiring freeze for the VA?

Hello Everyone i need help getting into the VA system I am fairly new grad one year experience with psych in the private sector and am now looking into getting in the VA system. I have 4 years prior service as enlisted in the air force and am really missing the military. I want to work for a system that would provide a retirement. Is the VA system hard to get into? is there a freeze? any information would be appreciated.

How do i start the process of getting into the VA system anyone knows? i have 4 years prior service military and now am an RN ready to give back?

Yes it is, I couldn't believe it, i still keep checking just to be sure it isn't a dream :)

YES YES YES i can sign RN finally !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I 100% think Kaplan helped their questions i found were the same or harder difficulty than NCLEX especially QT, make sure you understand the rationale and if you get a question wrong, look it up in the Kaplan book. Kaplan is very good at getting you use to critical thinking (analysis/ application type questions) as opposed to content or knowledge questions. NCLEX expects you to have the knowledge but how are you going to use that knowledge to make decision such as delgating or prioritizing. I wouldn't suggest memorizing anything but maybe the labs but here's the top 10 subjects i think everyone sitting for the NCLEX should know: 1. Fluid Vol. Overload 2. Fluid Vol. Deficit 3. Addison Dz 4. Cushings 5. Hyperglycemia 6. Hypoglycemia 7. DI/ SIADH 8. Hypo/Hyper Thyroid 9. Trach 10. Chest tubes Know all your precuations what to wear into a room with a patient with measle or TB, and the common medication class not individual b/c there are too many. This is what helped me pass. Good luck

You can do it, stay positive

thank you i'm still in a euphoric state :) when do you test ? so far all the all the october testers have passed

learn the general classes of med and not individual meds, except for the common one coumadin, heparin, dig, lithium, dilantin, lasik, ect.

Hi I took my NCLEX RN on 10/10 and for sure though i failed because i got a lot of content type questions but 2 days later i PASSED :)

Now the waiting game begins, this was the hardest part for me. Good luck and keep us posted :)

In my state after you fail you can no longer work as a graduate nurse but as a CNA or unit secretary (which sucks) because this is the time where someone would need the most exposure to the clinical setting but they consider it "unsafe". I'm not sure if you just want to work to take a break from the exam or to help you with it? I'm really sorry about the results i know how you feel i also failed back in july with 265 but i got back on my feet and when there's a will there's a way. I know you can do it if i did it. I'm a really bad test taker all it takes is a little refocusing, good luck :)

i passed i'm still in total disbelief. i had managed to convince myself i failed because i felted the test was so much easier this time around then my first try in july. i also got alot of what i thought were content based questions which everyone told me were the easy level question, and i also got alot of questions wrong. a couple of things i did differently from the first time: 1. the night before i did not study the only thing i did was look over some values 2. the morning of the test i woke up early and had breakfast (even with the runs) a good source of carb 3. all the way to the testing center i kepted telling myself you can do it, you know the answers. 4. i put my id card in the corner of the monitor so i wouldnt get distracted with the # of questions 5. i took my time answering the question and rephrasing it in my own words. 6. last but not least i prayer, kaplan prayer and more kaplan :monkeydance: hope this helps repeat test takers or just anyone about to take the nclex good luck.

i passed i'm still in total disbelief. thank you charlotta