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Hello, I just passed the CEN, first try. I've been an ER nurse for about 1.75 years now. I don't feel like I ever got great training, so I had to teach myself a lot. Some thoughts -Mark Boswell Youtube lectures are awesome and free. I listened to ...

To answer the question: I studied off and on for several months but I really wasn't doing too much of anything for the first couple. I crammed it the last month or so (quite unpleasant but that's kind of how I work). Like any of these tests, I think...

Hi there, Looking to switch jobs potentially and don't have time to wait to take ACLS at my current job. I'd like to pay somewhere to take it. Any suggestions for a place to take it in MA, preferably the Boston area? I can pay, of course.

Thought I'd bump this, somebody just downloaded the stuff I put up, so maybe it's still useful. Good luck to you NCLERs. At a certain point you'll forget that you even took it.

I passed the NCLEX last week with 75 questions. I thought I'd share some observations quickly (now I'm job hunting, which is my new nightmare!) -So here's my NCLEX theory: if you are doing really well, like you are going to pass in 75 questions, the...

Hi There, I graduated last Summer and started working in Nov of 2010. I moved from a major metropolitan area to a rural area that I previously lived because there were no jobs in the city. I thought I might be able to resettle in the area (beautifu...

To sum up: I have about 5 months independent on the floor of a rural hospital and I'm doing ok on nights. I want to move back to my home city as soon as possible, with the eventual goal of working in the ED here somewhere (many hospitals in the area...

Hello All, I got offered a job in Maine and I'm working on getting licensed there. I graduated from an accelerated BSN program recently, this will be my first job. On the Maine Board of Nursing website, it says something about graduating from a pr...

Yup...I talked to the Board Of Nursing (was scared to bring it up but I finally did) and they said that they include prereqs in the 2 years. Funny though, that brings me to exactly 24 months. I really sped through the process. Didn't have a colleg...

Hello All, I'm applying for jobs online in a really tight market (MA). I'm finding jobs to apply for (starting to look at some less well known hospitals). I'm a new-grad. It definitely feels like dropping your resume into an abyss though. I've hea...

I'm a guy, 35. For whatever that's worth. I find myself rolling my ankle occasionally. I wear them too often (they are basically my only pair of good shoes...job hunting and broke). I do find that when I roll my ankle, it scares me, but it doesn't...

I just passed the NCLEX (75 questions) and I'm job hunting right now. I have sold most of my books on Amazon, at least the theory and review books and things I definitely won't need. I'm definitely keeping my pharm textbook because there's a lot of ...

It's all fading into memory at this point, but I would say expect strange questions on all those topics. Most important thing to me is be emotionally prepared to guess between two answers.

I realized that the mnemosyne file I uploaded had some of the categories shut off (you can do that to study certain things). I re-uploaded it and I think it's working now, you should have more questions if you use it. Very interested if any of this ...

That's cool. I'm sure everyone's test is different. Most people from my program seemed to feel pretty much the same after talking about it though. I had one question out of 75 where I felt pretty confident I knew the answer, even that one was a lit...

Sorry, if it's not clear, you have to download the mnemosyne program, and then download the database and open it (from the file menu) into the program.

oh yeah Fetal heart rate. Awesome thing on that study guide, a better explanation pasted on the bottom of the word doc. Pasted here: Glad it's helping.... Tessa about the 311 take 120-160 as the general base, so take 120-30 = 90 then 160-130 = ...

god that was a ramble. couple more things to know backwards and forwards: know your L&D stuff backwards and forwards Know the order of maneuvers (totally blanking on the name) to find out where the baby is in the womb Dig toxicity med calcs, do a...

Just wanted to pass along my recomendation for this book. I really wish I'd found it earlier. I wish I had it in school. Really good. Just the facts, just what you need to know. It's like 400 pages shorter than Saunders, but I think there is clo...

Just wondering if people have seen random lab values showing up on the NCLEX? Like, do I need to know the value of CPK? Or just knowing what it means if it is elevated? Or do I need to know it at all? Just wondering how much effort I should put in...

I found this list of key nclex drugs, and thought I'd share it as I can't seem to find a decent comprehensive list anywhere here. I think it's sort of organized into groups. I also think it would be really helpful to find other drugs in these fami...

ps use at your own risk. I'm not a pharm master and have no idea if these are the best drugs to study. I stole a list from another post, that I've since lost, and combined it with the 63 I have above. I'm also going to add drugs from the review bo...

I've been working on my list more and putting some more info into it. It's a little rough now, but I've been adding drugs as I see them in review questions (if it seems like a not-totally-random drug that I'll probably never hear about again). Anywa...

That's helpful, thanks! Congrats! What's the infection control menomic? I don't know any good menomics. If you have any to share, I'd love to hear them.

Aug 19. Moved it up from the 30th because I was so bored and not really studying. Now I'm hoping to do nothing but study for 2 weeks. I've been at it off and on for 2 weeks already. Everyone from my program seems to be passing, so that makes me f...