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shyne

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  1. What's In Your Pocket?

    shyne replied to AmyD_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    pen marker candy chapstick cheat sheet hospital

  2. PT after Orientation?

    shyne replied to ittybittybabynurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That would be up to your unit manager. Most places would like for new grads to start working full-time for the experience. Just ask your manager to see if it would be ok to switch to

  3. So are you staying where you are? ~A Poll

    shyne replied to SteveNNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm currently working on a medical floor and my year is up in August. I'm planning on looking for some outpatient surgery nursing

  4. Night Nursing

    shyne replied to kenesha212002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's not hard for me because I'm a night person. Try darkening the room to keep the light out so you can

  5. Spring '05 grads-1 year in-how many new nurses you started w/ are still there?

    shyne replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in another town so I haven't been in touch with any of my classmates in awhile. However, I've heard of a few people switching jobs already. I have been on my job for the entire time, 8

  6. Question for Recovery Nurses

    shyne posted a topic in Operating Room

    I've graduated last May from nursing school and have been working on a stepdown/tele floor for almost 8 months now. I've been interested in impatient PACU and outpatient recovery since observing these...

  7. What nurse/patient ratios do you work with?

    shyne replied to heather1999's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1:4 and 1:5 on a stepdown

  8. Need a little bit of positive...

    shyne replied to pie123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I felt the same way when I started orientation. I thought that I could never manage without my preceptor, but I am so far. I've been off orientation for a week now and surprised on how well I'm doing....

  9. Dayshift vs. Nighshift

    shyne replied to pie123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think it all depends on if the person is a night or day person. I'm a night person so it works out great for me. Day shift was too busy and hectic, but what made it worse was that I came into work...

  10. Let's introduce ourselves...

    shyne replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm Tracy and I've graduated from an ADN program this past May. I took the boards in June and passed which makes me a RN! In Sept, I will be working on a Nephrology floor at a great hospital that has...

  11. The Verdict Is In!!

    shyne replied to Jen2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats! I knew that you would pass

  12. I did it!!

    shyne posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed the test!! I can't believe it

  13. I did it!!

    shyne replied to shyne's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks everyone!! Good luck to everybody else who is taking the test as

  14. Scores on Practice Tests

    shyne replied to MarySunshine's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I wouldn't besides a lot of people seemed to have those same scores before they took the

  15. Taking The Nclex-rn Tomorrow 7/15

    shyne replied to mye614's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just relax and don't do anymore studying. Good luck to you and I'm sure that you'll do

  16. Poll for those who have already taken NCLEX..

    shyne replied to lpn2rnMay2005's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks! I used the 2005-2006 Kaplan review book and it costs about $35. It has about 180 questions inside the book and 180 on the cd as

  17. passed nclex after seven attempts

    shyne replied to RNendurance's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Great

  18. Two Weeks Unitl D-Day and Scared to Death!

    shyne replied to Jen2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I've only scored 60-70% on my review tests and still passed. Don't worry about the scores just understand why you got them wrong and right. It seems like you're preparing very well for this test and...

  19. NCLEX Review. What is the best Review For NCLEX

    shyne replied to Ingo456's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Saunders and NCSBN are by far the best. Saunder's explains the rationales very well which is very important and ncsbn's test questions are the closest to the nclex. I passed due to these study...

  20. My results aren't up yet!!!!

    shyne replied to shape0fmyheart's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It took 11 long days for me to get results back. It's a terrible feeling to wait, but just be patient and I hope that you pass!! Good

  21. Poll for those who have already taken NCLEX..

    shyne replied to lpn2rnMay2005's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    1. How many questions did you take on NCLEX? 75 questions 2. What study materials did you use? Did you take a test review course? saunders, kaplan, and NCSBN, took review course offered by school 3....

  22. Took NCLEX today on July 1-got 75 questions!

    shyne replied to christvs's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It took me about 1 1/2 hours to take the test. My heart started to pound really hard when I got to question 75 :chuckle I felt that my test was really hard because I had tons of priority type...

  23. Took NCLEX today on July 1-got 75 questions!

    shyne replied to christvs's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It doesn't matter because everyones test will be different. My friend only got 2 choose that all apply questions and passed. Don't worry you've passed

  24. Took NCLEX today on July 1-got 75 questions!

    shyne replied to christvs's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I hear ya Christine! I took the test yesterday and got 75 as well. Those priority/choose all apply questions got me real good. The hardest part is waiting to see if you've passed/failed, but thank god...

  25. Not even Registered yet!

    shyne replied to kwagner_51's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Is there any way that you can temporarily find a part-time job such as retail or something for a few weeks? These kinds of jobs usually hire people on the spot and that way you can get the amount of...