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You can be a neuro nurse if you laugh when your patient tells you: I will put that needle into your spine!!!!!!:))

I got my results after few days, so dont worry. Go to NH board of nursing website and click on "License verification", type your name, and if you passed it should pop out. Other way to check is http://www.nursys.com, it is online verification for free. You type your name, and you see if you are a RN!

hi there I am foreign nurse with regular RN only degree. I get this impression from hospitals that I need to have BSN in nursing, and even I passed NCLEX, and have license active it is not enough...I dont have money right now to start BSN program, I dont wanna take a loan....So I m kind of stock... Wish you the best!

hey I already have forgot the NCLEX..I am foreign nurse and I passed on second try! I am looking at this site just to see you how you guys struggle! Here it is: Saunders, you gonna memorize almost every single page!!!! All infection control you need is there, you dont have to be an epidemiology specialist! Then LaCharity plus Kaplan practice question and you should be fine. But you wont answer questions unless you dont know solid nursing material that is in Saunders. Good luck!!! You will make it!

So WHY they still organize nursing job fairs if they don't hire????? Why do they spend thousands of dollars to buy a booth at hotels?? If they have no money to hire new nurses but spent so much at the hotels? For who is that business?

Don't get depressed!!!! Get angry at yourself and trust me this helps!!!! Use my experience-I tought there is no way for me to pass it. I am foreign nurse, did it on second try. The question is, what is time interval between tests you take? Is it month? Bad! 3 months? Little bit better. You have to give yourself time and review again!! Easy, simply, with no stress and pressure.Get angry-adrenaline really helps! Review Saunders, Kaplan, LaCharity. Try to think the "puzzle way". On that exam you have to put pieces together! It is not only knowledge, it is puzzle!!! I did it. First time last year I had 190 questions and computer juzt crushed me. I gave myself a year! This time I crushed computer! 1,5 hour of sitting, 75 questions! You can do it!

That "overstaffing" looks like this in Boston-"old" or "experienced" nurses have to work overtime, sometimes 60 hours because of freezing in hiring new nurses. They rather want to save money on training new nurses and paid the old ones...but they will not go for long time like this...Physically is not possible for them to work like crazy just because hospital has money but is simply stingy.

Boston College has great refresher courses for RN's.

honey with examcram and other books I went last year straight to hell and didn't pass. I was wasting my time and nobody told me. what direction to go.Yes, the material is ok and you need to know it but nclex asks about different things... Kaplan, Saunders, LaCharity and Infection control-thats will be your choice. I made nclex on second try with these books. Good luck to you!

hi guys.. Such a relief! Last year I took NCLEX-RN and after 184 questions computer decided that he doesn't like me anymore and sent me home...I felt bad, I had bad feelings and after few days I found out I didn't pass:crying2:. I was devastated. I am foreign educated nurse, english is my second language. I were studying a lot before my first try but didn't make it. I was the worse complainer on this site about this whole idea of NCLEX. I gave myself a year..without rush, stress. I knew that I have to sit down, cry and study even harder. I enrolled for Kaplan for international nurses. Expensive, but good. I purchased another book Saunders and Prioritization...by Linda LaCharity. Now I had about 10 nursing books. Right before exam I also enrolled for Anderson review class. It is a week of "positive brain wash" preparation for an exam but only I think available in Massachusetts. That's the "basic" material for an exam. I was going in bad direction before. I studied material that is not required on NCLEX-RN. I studied tons of medical material that nobody is asking about. The most important thing is prioritization, delegation, assignment, labs and pharm. Infection control will be your second name-if they will wake you up in the middle of the night you have to know the answer right away.Plus material from Saunders and you should be ok. Good luck to all of you. :wink2:

NCLEX also wants you to work harder..that's why their scores presenting to you are way beyond what exam wants from you. That makes sense-if we would be happy with 50 percent on Kaplan we would not work hard anymore before the big day.

thats why it is the craziest exam in the whole world!!!

hey about the question what to do first-cover the place with normal saline or check BP etc... crazy! I would first cover it, it takes seconds..then would check BP HR. Dont you think if patient would develop shock it would be very obvious?? It goes fast. If he had symptoms I would check BP but he is fine now, let's cover it!!:)

I am proud of you!!!!!!!!!!!

o I forgot that she needs a work visa...too bad:))

I live in Massachusetts-Boston area-and my friend who works as a nurse 4 years said this same-no jobs for new grad now at all!! I was surprised, but she blames the economy...lets hope it will get better with time but it is frustrating...they say about nursing shortage but hospitals cut their spending.... maybe try to think about won business like senior home or private nursing home? There is never enough of good care quality...

if you choose California state or New Hampshire and you get approve you dont have to take TOEFL (english proficiency test) but as in any state you have to take NCLEX test if you want to practice nursing here. So pick a state that doesn't require all steps:)) will be easier....Massachusetts believe me is a pain!! They require a lot here.

yes, I understand..but I would "waste" my time on someone who is stable also. Man, this exam drives me crazy!:)) Cheers

this is kind of crazy....Stable patient is fine, is stable, he in my understanding should be removed... And the dying patient, where I should put him? Throw him away like a trash? I know it is disaster time, no time for thinking...but the moral issue....i am so confused... I would remove stable patient. I wont change my mind:))

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hey! Don't listen to your husband!:)) I am really sorry that the closest person in your life is not supporting you...thats very sad...Tell him if he thinks that it is "easy" than he should try to pass some exam in different language than his let's say in german or russian! I am foreign nurse too, didnt make first time, soon will be second time...we will see. Did you read all posts here? There are girls who didnt pass 3, 4 or more times and still fight some of them finally made it. Whoever know nclex know that it is hard. Fight about yourself!!!

I think the stable patient needs to be removed. The other patient is dying so will you have a heart to move him away? He has no time and energy for it... But of course I may be wrong...it is nclex world!!!

I am talking about Kaplan class. Face to face with instructor...books and cd comes after it when you want practice questions. find Kaplan on google and find your location.

I felt this same way when I got this kind of letter last year..I was crying, and stopted believing in myself. I will take exam again in few months...I am not rushing. I took Kaplan course (expensive but they teach you reading "between the lines"), bought Saunders 4th edition (this book, in details explain you what's going on with the content).I am relying now only on that.I tried other books before-no way, didnt help...So I am stick to that. Suzanne plan in no longer available. You have to cry and study..and I believe you will make it!

ghillbert what is your question about?? Do you really think that foreign RN can work in hospital in the USA and practice nursing being illegally here?? If you do, than I am speechless!:) I dont know what you meant...