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I'll let you in on a little secret. I took my nclex yesterday morning and did the pearson trick, looked to see if my GN status was still intact on the board, and was still on pins and needles. So I called the BON about noon today, 24 hrs later, to ask how long it would take for them to retract the GN status if someone failed. I gave the lady my name, ssn, and bday and told her when I took the test, bless her heart, and after holding for a moment she came back on the phone and said "you passed." Unbelivable! I love this lady! Just calling and asking the next day was the fastest way to figure it out for me. Don't know if they are supposed to or not but it may be worth a try for you. Good luck. Oh yea, I am also from Texas and it was our BON that helped me out. as for the license number to be ready, she said about 2 weeks. Oh yea by the way... for this posting... The trick worked for me!

How long does it take? I checked and my GN status is still there but no RN yet. however, I just took the exam 24hrs ago. I will continue to check back with the board and see what it says. Thanks

Leilani, There are several on here that have posted they got to the cc page and then failed, but as I am scouring the posts looking for anyone that got the good pop-up and then failed I have yet to find one. We will see, I stopped at 87 and felt like everyone else in that I failed miserably, but got the good pop-up. hopefully, it will ring true.

Hey, You are sitting pretty well. There is only one CNA to BSN that I know of and it is called nursing school. However, being 3 classes from a bachelor's degree you have a really good option available. If you finish the three classes and get your BS in Biology then there is such a thing as an accelerated BS nursing degree available to you where you can finish in 1 year (all 3 semesters). That would be the route I would take if I were you... Hope it helps and Good Luck!!!!

100ml over 30 minutes is 200ml/hr. for the secondary. 1000ml over 24hrs= 41.666666666666667. depending on how they want you to round it would either be... 41.67... 41.7... or 42 ml/hr for the primary. forgive my being tired and not going through the whole scenario. first thing to do is find out what you need and weed out what you don't. you are using a pump and they are not asking for gtts/min so the drop factor is moot. hope it helps, frank

Agrippa, Just Curious... How exactly did you arrive at the conclusion that you attend one of the "top10 nursing schools." I'm only asking because I was wondering how you rate them. Is there a different NCLEX that you guys take or something that is harder or do you get the NCLEX scores that no one else gets? My Grandmother got her degrees from Johns Hopkins, not exactly sure where that would fall on your list or top nursing schools, and I don't recall her ever speaking of it helping or that it opened/closed any doors. I am in an online school for a BSN simply because I am planning on moving states in the middle of my degree and out of state tuition is outrageous no matter where you are. My advanced degree will more than likely come from a "brick and mortar" school simply because it is not a degree that is achievable online. I also scored in the top percentages out of the roughly 30,000 students that took the exit exam last year, including those in top ten schools, and I am getting my ADN from a lowly, lol, 2 year college. By my understanding a femur is still a femur no matter if it be at joe blow college or Oxford. If you have chosen to pay an outrageous amount just so that you can hear your professor say it with an accent then I'm guessing... you should be proud? I, however, am not impressed. However, I will offer you some applause anyway as it seems your ego needs to be stroked.

There are a bunch, heart hospital, brack, ASH, shoal creek, north austin, south austin, TNR, seton main, seton north west, dell, st david's downtown, and there is one in san marcos. not sure of the others. I have had two rotations at south austin, one at seton main, one at ASH, one at Dell, and one at Brackenridge (where I work). my level 4 clinicals will also be at brack. you will get a lot of different ones by the time its over. I think I counted up the clinical hours and you will have just over 700 hours. Good luck and let me know if there is anything that you need that I can help with. SST

I don't know what to do with all this free time without something to study for! haha! Radiation, If you are looking for something to study, I would say not to spend too much time with the fundamentals book as you will use it only the first half of the first semester and then never again. Your bulk of material, excluding the OB/pedi section of lvl 3, will be from Lewis. Go to the bookstore and get it, it is a green and grey book which they will know if you ask for "Lewis." start looking over things in there because it will be your base for every thing you do from the second half of lvl 1 through lvl 4. It is most certainly where the majority of anguish and stress that you will encounter will originate from lol. I am going into lvl 4 in a couple of days and would be happy to help you with any questions or direction you may need, including clinical teachers or study materials. Just ask. Good luck. SST

Yesterday, I tried to find the humour in this segment as I was shocked. However, today when looking for the video from the source to see if it truly was a broadcast of Fox News, there it was plain as day. After watching it again I found it much more offensive and wrote a letter to Fox, the main sight not the program, and offered my own insight into the program's manner of projecting this article. I encourage everyone else to do the same. Thanks for the link.

Jose and the twins will be happy to get more fresh air, besides I have some pretty nice legs for a guy. lol.

There are several things you can try depending on where you are located. First, I would suggest scouring the community colleges in your area for ADN programs. I know of eight nursing schools within ninety miles of where I live, so it is likely that you can find something that will suit you better. Also, the thing that I found to be difficult when choosing my school was that while I could get into major universities, the nursing programs there tend to have a longer waiting list for applicants. That's my main reason for choosing a two year college to attend. I would have liked to attend The University :) but when it came down to my age and what I wished to gain from school, the decision to wait on a two + year waiting list just wasn't in the cards. As I, like you, had been out of school for a long time before deciding to go back, it made for some apprehension on my part as to my ability to remember what I needed to that far down the road. It turned out it took a little getting used to, but after I got rolling school was a breeze. Your age will serve as a much better ally to you in regard to education than you think it will if you are anything like me. The difference is drive and the ability to understand the difference between your old self and your current self. The thought you knew everything kid and want to know everything man. Again, that's how it was for me. However, I would suggest that if you have not already done so to go have a long sit down with the advisor for the nursing program and explain your concerns. I have found that communicating with them as an adult results in "tricks" or "advantages" which you may not be aware. Remember, it's what they do for a living and having someone that actually wants their advice, rather than staring at the wall and tuning them out, will net you much more information and possibilities than you think. Good luck, and take the ACT again. Just find a tutor or study guide to review before you go. You should have no trouble increasing your score the amount necessary for the requirement. The logic of an adult is a great asset when taking those exams.

Absolutely, it's almost as if I typed it myself some time ago. It also kinda makes you want to have a sit down with those students that remind you of yourself the first time around; comming to class half the time, doing just enough to get by, etc. Going to school when you want to go makes all the difference in the world. Good luck, but if you are as driven as you sound you won't need it.

Congrats on your test! As for the immunizations, you can check with your school to see if they have a program in place for students. My school had one that was free for students but I had already finished them before I found out. I think that mine cost around six or seven hundred bucks for them all. Good luck and congrats again!

Not a chance. My wife wouldn't like that very much. Theoredics in a different life... no, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

Here's my feelings on the issue in a nutshell. The thought of wearing pink makes me uncomfortable. Not sure why, but it does. Now, as you can imagine the last thing a person whose profession relies on stability and and projecting strength to others who need a shoulder is to feel uncomfortable or feel the fool. It will always show through to those who are looking to you, and that's the last thing they need. The two don't mix just like oil and water. The better I feel and the more comfortable I am in a situation the better I will perform in my profession and in helping calm a patient, which is what really matters. That's why, at least for me.