Just had that exam today my score was 69.4 which equals a 98 per cent chance of passing the nclex if I toke it with no further prep.. The national average score is 64.7:balloons:
Hey folks, I worked a shift at a local Jail for a Agency to make a few extra dollars as work at my reg 9-5 job has been slow... It was a max security county jail that has at least 600-700 inmates at all times. Th...
me I am a gym rat and do about 50 minutes of cardio each time. I am also a certified trainer, a cscs, and teach spin classes 3 times a week at my gym. I have about 10-30 students in each class on a regular basis and I have them ...
any one taking this supplement? I take that along with a green tea extract each day. I had a bp of 100/62 last time I got a checkup which was even lower than before MY MD was like gee your bp is lower every time I see you wha...
does your hospital have a union for the nurses? if so has it helped or not? why do nurses constantly eat each other rather than say have a more powerful labor voice when dealing with all these health care systems or merged...
mark3274 replied to LovePurple's topic in New Nurse
if thats the case leave that job!!! for the love of GOd your life is more valuable than that do not let them do this to you please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! trust me do not let a nurse manager ...
mark3274 replied to LovePurple's topic in New Nurse
THere is life beyond the hospital folks if the hospital makes you stressed, cry sick ect MY advice leave Leave before they turn your hair gray give you ulcers or you end up a patient in the psych ward!!!!! there i...
mark3274 replied to LovePurple's topic in New Nurse
Hey I think hospital based NUrsing has become the pits maybe with he exception of OR nursing. I have been working as a pediatric home care RN, A substitute School NUrse and even in the Speciality med dept for Uni...
Hey Everyone I am writing a Process paper and can not seem to find a High priority nursing diagnosis to fit. Here is the case male 79 year old admitted for CVA X2 Copd 60 year smoker. K+ 3.3 NA 149 PH 7.28 on lasix 4...
well I have tried med surg 2 different floors and starting to feel like I wasted 9,000 and that MY RN means little to nothing... I have no desire to ever work in a nursing home and not exactly sure what I w...
hey everyone I will not give up on nursing I worked hard to earn my RN I like nursing I like working with patients and I love medicine I had a appointment with my MD and described some symptoms I had been having ...
well I would like to be able to not work ina hospital period sadly everyone wants you to work ina hospital for a year.... I am not stupid I worked hard and long to get My "RN" maybe I should not feel so bad ...
mark3274 replied to mark3274's topic in Stress 101
I purchased it from vitacost.com use the NSI brand it is called longevital. NSI is there own brand I try and exercise 3-4 times a week but not always successful. mark
hey chloe I am on a cardiac floor So I suppose tele- cardio is my area but have lots of general med pts also. I would love to be a surgical nurse but that seems harder to get into for whatever reason. If I can't do that in...
mark3274 replied to labrador4122's topic in New Nurse
Nursing is not big money I quess it depends.. to me If they offered me a job making about 50- 60 an hour that would be good money but if you really break things down 60 bucks a hour is about 112,000 a year in todays...
in New York I have card just like my Driver license from the office of professions that has the state seal and says Registered Nurse and my license number on it.
Be very careful about giving others health advice... when a pts family asks me how is so and so doing? The first words I say are has the MD/Resident whoever is covering that pt been in to speak with you? the next thing I say is if...
my advice let it go... You do not have to be a A student that is not what makes a good nurse. I "failed" a test and got real upset untill I embraced the concept that I do not need to have the best grade in class anymore. ...
mark3274 replied to labrador4122's topic in New Nurse
now you would make a great teacher. Teaching is a gift that sadly many nurses do not have. I for one would rather teach a student something rather than say work in the Icu and say hey my pt was on these drips and this ...
ok I have a question for you surgical nurses. I would love to work in the OR but I went to a interview and the nurse manager said well You dont fit for our unit I quess. I was told well maybe if you keep working and g...
mark3274 replied to FutureRNelizabeth's topic in New York
yikesssssss many people say upstate NY is ina down trend but for 1900 a month in buffalo or Rochester you could live in a huge home in the suburbs witha pool maybe even your own maid/butler.