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I'm looking to go into ED nursing and I was wondering what is the typical nurse to patient ratio on a relatively busy day. The program I interviewed for mentioned 7-8 patients and I thought it was a lot, especially in ED. Is that a lot? Or am I being...

I'm a new nursing grad and never considered emergency nursing until I volunteered for NYC marathon and I absolutely loved the experience. The fast pace, the chaos of patients just pouring in and needing assessment, triage, etc. I honestly felt "alive...

I kind of agree. I felt like the questions I was getting were so completely random, some obscure or uncommon conditions that I never even studied. I felt like I was making educated guesses on every single question. The only one I was sure of was the ...

When Pearsonvue says to wait 48 hours, does that mean exactly that? On the dot? And does it mean 48 hrs from the time you start or from the time you finish? If my test was at 2pm, the results should also be posted at 2pm? Ugh, I just want to know alr...

This is exactly how I felt and exactly what my test consisted of. I got the good pop-up and I was shocked because I totally thought I failed. Will find out for sure tomorrow.

I was in your shoes a few days ago and was feeling very nervous too (the day before was the worst!) That said, when I saw the first question it was as if I didn't study anything. I felt like most of my test was either on meds/conditions/procedures I ...

So I took the test today and I honestly felt like it was the hardest test I've ever taken. I did Kaplan and did well on it and NCLEX seemed MUCH harder! I was asked about stuff I never even heard about! I had maybe 20 SATA, a dozen priority/delegatio...

My school paid for Kaplan, so that's what I did. I went through all the questions and sample tests, I studied the Kaplan book as well. I feel like so much of my test was on stuff I never even saw before, or stuff I wasn't focusing on that I am not ev...

Congrats!!! How long did you wait to do the PVT?

Good luck! Sounds like we're testing at the same time. I'm trying my best to stay calm, but I feel like so much is riding on this! I have a dream job opportunity that rests on me passing, so it's not like I can just re-take the test. I feel like I wo...

Wow, I wouldn't be able to wait like that, I'd need to know ASAP. The anxiety is killing me already.

Did you try the PVT?

Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm taking it tomorrow and I'm trying to calm myself down right now (unsuccessfully). I studied consistently for a month, did all the Kaplan Qbank and question trainers, and I feel like I can't really study that mu...

I am testing tomorrow too! I'm so freaked out! I got a 65 on QT6 and a 69 on QT7. I am hoping that this is enough. I'm going to go over some last minute things today and then nothing tomorrow (I'm testing at 2pm). Will just try my best to relax and j...

Yes, they are higher order questions according to my Kaplan instructor. So you do want them, but I know I hate seeing them when they come up.

I am taking it on Tuesday too and I'm so nervous! I feel like I can't study any more, but at the same time there's so much left to study! I'm so iffy on meds, but I just can't learn them any more. I did the Kaplan course and all the qbank questions,...

Canny, if you want to email me directly, I'm at [email protected]

Canny, I actually got your PM! I don't know how much info we should be exchanging here, but I followed up and was told that all the info got sent to hiring managers, so no decision has been made yet. I thought HR selected those they liked in the firs...

How in-depth was the physical and head to toe? Did you have to demonstrate anything? Thanks

Yes, that's without room and board

It's about $22k per semester x 4 semesters

I searched the site and saw that many interviews will ask the head to toe question. For those who had that asked, how detailed did you have to be? Did you just verbally went over what you would do? I know in nursing school, our very first semester w...

As a new nurse grad I should be lucky to get ANY job, but I'm just asking in general - if you were interested in both, emergency and critical care, which would you want to go into? What's your rationale? Which will be harder to do, more stressful? Wh...

Yes, you will need a physical and blood test for NYU and I'm guessing for any other nursing program.