ProudRN2B

What dept are you interviewing for? Good luck!

Goopsy, in reference to your question about the schedule. Yes your schedule will be set for the 2 years contract period, which starts after your residency. You won't neccessarily get nights, it's usually about 50/50 with who gets nights or days. They will ask your preference and try to set you up with your preferred shift. Some prefer nights. During your residency, your schedule will be a bit eratic as you will have class days and clinical days. Once you complete the residency, they will give you the set, rotating schedule. You'll have an A week and a B week. You will likely work every other weekend. It's pretty easy to find someone to switch shifts with you when you need your regular work day off. Not a bad deal. I personally like having a set schedule. Makes it easier to plan things out way ahead of time. Congrats and good luck!

I listed the BSN, even though I haven't been accepted and it helped me to finally get a job. I think most hospital systems have an automated system that picks up and throws out resumes according to key words. I know mine was getting kicked back because I only have an associates. Once I listed BSN, I got an interview and a job. The way I listed mine was listed my Associate in bold, followed by the school. Then I listed Bachelors below (not in bold) but instead of listing the school name, I put January-Current. They didn't ask me in my interview if I was in the BSN program, but I told them I was taking classes towards the bachelors.

Congratulations!

Thanks. I was getting discouraged because I graduated in Dec, so I needed this!

Just as I posted, I got a call from Parkland! I got the position! She also sent me an email. Hopefully, they will have the same courtesy to contact you but I think at PArkland, they always do either way. Good luck to you. Maybe it won't be much longer. I would say no news is good news, means you are still in the running. I know the waiting makes you doubt yourself. Fingers crossed for you!

Meggo, who are you waiting to hear back from? I had an ER interview and I'm getting discouraged because I haven't heard anything yet and a poster posted that they were offered a position on Friday.

It's easy. Most of it is common sense; the rest, you have time to look up the answers. Even if you fail, you can retake it every ten days.

Well I'm a December grad so that's why I'm a bit discouraged. Thought passing the NCLEX would help but it hasn't. Most recruiters are no help, they just say apply online, which I'm doing of course. Out of over 200 apps, I've only had the Tele and one other for interviews. I've also had a recruiter say they weren't even looking at Dec grads, only May grads. I'm afraid JPS is too far for me. I'm way out, east, from everything. Pretty much all the big hospitals are already 45 minutes to an hour away.

Well, I have several things working against me. I don't work for Baylor, have no hospital experience and only have my ADN. I heard last round they took 6 people and only 1 had an ADN. This round they said they are taking 4 people. I haven't heard anything good or bad, so maybe it's not a bad sign yet.

txmommyof3, curious to know when that person was offered the position. Was it for Telemetry-Baylor Grapevine? I interviewed for that position as well and haven't heard anything.

Do you need it for content or questions? For content, the Saunders Comp. review is good. I prefer the PRentice Hall Reviews and Rationales book personally. However, they both lack in questions. I felt out of all the questions I did, the Saunders Q&A (Orange) book were most closely formatted like the questions on NCLEX. Also, Lacharity is a great book to have.

Just wanted to add, don't worry about the HESI. I don't feel it's a good predictor. I did poorly on all my HESI's. The exit HESI I only made a 784 and I passed the NCLEX with 75 questions the first time. HESI to me was all content and a lot I'd never heard of, NCLEX is applying what you know.

Do you feel that being out of school for so long can be a factor? If you need a good review, Hurst is a great review! It's expensive, but it is a good review of content, unlike the Kaplan that focuses on strategies (which I didn't find worked). I think your materials are good. I found the Saunders Q&A book (orange) to be more closely formatted like the NCLEX questions over the Kaplan. Lacharity is a great resource, mostly for the priotization. I did HUrst, and about 150 questions out of Saunders, Lacharity or Exam cram a day for about 3 weeks. It's a lot but I think it exposed me to a lot of info that I'd never heard of. Also if you study/review anything, it should be infection control. For me, when in doubt, I went with the "killer" answer. In hurst, she mentions, always go with the killer answer, the answer that could kill the patient the fastest. Seems to have worked for me.

Work as a CNA. The two places I interviewed preferred you had CNA experience. If I had known that was important, I would've done it during my summers.

Saunders is a great book to have. I used my NCLEX books instead of the text. First semester is the hardest, it does get easier. Things to consider when answering is the Nursing Process, Maslow's, ABC's and safest, least invasive first.

Can you use "small bowel obstruction" in your diagnosis? I would just say Knowledge Deficit of disease process and therapuetic regimen. That would be the NANDA way to state it. Then in your goal, you address the The client will verbalize a basic understanding of a high fiber diet...

If you truely have it in your heart to help people, then it will come naturally. Working as a CNA will help. Once you get use to the patient interaction, you'll gain more confidence.

I agree with mymy. The thing that got me through nursing school was knowing that it was just a short, temporary time in my life that would forever benefit my future. First semester was the hardest, it does get easier.

Is it the one on evolve? I purchased it and hated it! It was a waste of money. Very very very basic info. I signed on once and never signed on again. I used the Saunders Q&A book. Did about 150 questions a day for 3 weeks. I passed the first time with 75 questions. Really felt the Saunders Q&A had the same format in questioning.

I found HESI to be difficult. We had a mid-HESI and an exit HESI, I did below the standard of 850 that they say is what you need to pass NCLEX. HESI was content based, which we didn't learn every little detail in school, so a lot of it I had never heard of. NCLEX was applying what you know, so I found it much easier. Passed with 75 questions, 1st time. I used Saunders Q&A book and just did questions. I did about 150 questions a day for 3 weeks. Found that the questions were most formatted like the NCLEX.

I have that book and used it through nursing school. I loved it, I used it instead of my textbook. I did not use it for NCLEX, just too big and overwhelming. All I did for NCLEX was the Saunders Q&A book. Loved it! Felt the questions were very similar in comparison to those on NCLEX.

Everyone is different and learns different but the way I studied was, I would use my review books (such as the Saunders Comprehensive and the Review and Rationales) and studyt eh content we were going over in class. That way I'd have the main points of what I needed to know. Then after I felt I knew it well enough, I would do any reading out of the text book if I felt I needed more clarification. For me, going straight to the text book and just reading didn't work because I was too overwhelmed.

I liked Hurst. I was always told you have to read it, write it and hear it to memorize something and hurst makes you do all three. I also used Saunders Q&A book for questions. I felt they were written a lot like the NCLEX.

I had that many! Every other question was a SATA on my test. I felt good about it. I don't know if it's true, but I felt like they were higher level questions. I passed! Good luck to you, I'm sure it is a sign that you did great on the test.