WAstateRN

I recently got my RN license and I am in Seattle metro area. The nursing pay in Seattle is rock bottom compared to other metro cities and the living cost is as high as bay area in California. The starting pay at children's hospital in Seattle is $22....

:oNo one out there to help a newbie. Nurses really eat their young!! lol:o

focus on weak areas ......

Good Luck.

The corporate world of healthcare is exploiting nurses for sure because we have so many nurses here, locally produced and hospital sponsored foreign nurses esp. filipinas.

Apart from money issue.....education is always beneficial and you might get paid more because of your 17 yrs of experience. You can also be charge nurse with RN. The above pay scale is for new grad...Don't get discouraged though. I still think for ne...

Most of the community colleges (WCC, EVCC, SCC, and others as well) as well as UW, SU, SPU, dont have waiting list.

The problem here is if we can get enough nurses' interest. I live in Seattle and I definitely think we should do something. Lets call all WA nurses in these forum and email friends/classmates etc. When does WSNA contract expires. Your help will be aw...

How can we shake WSNA if they are not doing the job. There must be a way. I am new to this career but I dont want to get old without anything happening. Right now, I am not a member of WSNA...I just felt like not paying the membership. How can we bri...

We did it...Wizard100 You initiated this thread and finally it is over. Thanks for your support. Congratulations!! iel21, congrats for getting the job. narsingboy, dont give up. keep praying!!

i passed the nclex!!!! omg, i cant believe!!! i have been checking the bon like crazy and just saw my name with license # thank you all for keeping my spirit high!!! to everyone who did not pass, please try again---> you will pass next time around...

Everyone, please pray for me as well. Thanks in advance.

I know how you feel. I am going crazy and felt so sick to my stomach after I walked out of the testing center. I sat in my car and cried for almost 20 mins. I had 2 hrs drive back home and I almost had an accident as I thinking about the test whole t...

You never feel prepared for this test. I would suggest not to wait too long after you graduate. Everything will be fresh right after you graduate. I graduated in August. I took long break, vacation and travelled asia. I came back and had to take care...

Tomorrow is my day and I feel I should reschedule but its too late. I am really scared. Tomorrow is my first time and I dont know why I waited so long. Please, keep me in your prayers. I take the test at 8am yikes.....I am not a morning person at all...

wizard100, we are taking the test on same day. good luck and get some rest. i will officially close my books from tomorrow christmas day and leave rest to the hands of god.

i would suggest you to go to bookstore and buy couple of books and just practice randomly from each cd each section...by doing so you will be exposed to many types of questions.

saunders is great to quick look up...it is detail but you dont have to study everything in detail...it is a must have book if you are taking nclex...because if you practice questions from other books and have trouble, you can quickly get details on s...

last question could be try out question too....so i think it not necessary to have last question right, thats what we were told in class...

i have both books from kaplan (2005 edition), alice stein in addition i also have saunders, mosbys, lippincott, springhouse, pda, flash cards from springhouse, flash cards made by myself my strategy: i am doing like 25 questions each from each system...

thats a bummer...full until next year of april...probably no one wants to reschedule

iel21--congrats iamhopeful--there is always next time Katchik 99--Good luck, you'll ace it and enjoy the christmas...dont think about test bcoz you are prepared now TO EVERYONE: Merry Christmas, Hanukah, Holidays and New Year.

thanks, I think I will stop studying now....may review like lab stuffs and imp stuff only. Congratulations to those who made it and my prayers to those who are waiting. All the best to those who are looking for job. Keep updating guys where you will...

summerbummer, extremely sorry for you!!! dont lose hope...give some time may be change ur prep method or style i wish you best in the future. vent out anything you want we are here to support you!!!

massou, mistakes are inevitable as human beings....dont hammer yourself.....