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Yes I got that full time job over you and I've only been here 7 months and you've been here 4 years. Maybe it's because I have a passion for what I do and because I love taking care of my patients. I don't call off and don't come into work all ***...

i have been a rn since june 2011. i started on a ortho/neuro unit but then i accepted a job at another hospital on a very busy step down medical/surgical unit in october 2011. after i finished my orientation i started working straight midnight shift...

Thank you everyone for your encouraging words and advice. I am my own worst enemy and am very hard on myself. I feel like I'm on stage and everything I do is judged and critiqued. I do think that some experienced nurses have forgotten that feeling...

so please to report that "the trick" works and my friend and i both passed and are officially rn's!!! :clpty:

@ bmgrn congratulations!!!:w00t:

@natrnursern, thank you so much! this trick certainly eases my mind and my friends a bit; although it does not replace the feelings of immense relief that we will feel when the wvbon shows our names with a permanent rn license beside them. we have a...

ok so my friend and i took our boards at 8am this morning in morgantown, wv. i got 105 questions with 15 multiple multiples all of which i was sure i did not know and have overwhelming feelings of complete failure. my friend got all 265 questions a...

Thanks for the help/suggestions.

I don't normally ask for help with careplans on here; I am a second year ADN nursing student who usually does pretty well on care plans. However Im stumped on my recent peds patient that I am sharing with another student and we cannot have the same c...

Ok, I get what your saying with the risk for aspiration; however should I really be putting a risk for before an actual nursing diagnosis? Her mom is at her side at all times, the child has had no episodes of aspiration in the past and she has a won...

Risk for Aspiration related to? Also I checked my care plan book and got nothing. We are not allowed to use care plan books.

hi there, i'm getting ready to start back to school next tuesday for my final semester. i will have critical care on my schedule. i was wonderingif anyone could offer any tips, websites, books, reference books or anything that would help facilitate l...

I just downloaded that yesterday.....I have read through it and feel it will be helpful. Thanks!!

Thank you!

Thanks so much for this info! I just downloaded about 8 books I'm sure they'll help with school.

i agree with you in your post i want to copy it and wear it like a sign. you are a responsible & caring person, the attributes of a great nurse! i hope that you never lose that. it seems that when you are a student nurse you are a target for oth...

i am getting ready for my psych mid-term, in two weeks. i am having trouble answering the psych questions, meaning picking the best answer. the ones that really get me are the ones involving the defense mechanisms because there are a few that are qui...

i graduated last month and got a 97% on my first critical thinking test, then just above average on the following 2 prior to graduation. i have been studying and using saunders comprehensive review for the nclex-pn and mosby's comprehensive review ev...

Thank you for this, I've never heard this before.

I took it at home on my own computer and it was timed. I got through it well before the time was up. All 20 girls in my class passed it on the first try! Again good luck!!!

I took it at home on my own computer and it was timed. I got through it well before the time was up. All 20 girls in my class passed it on the first try! Again good luck!!!

I took the NAPNES Pharmacology exam two weeks ago. I Thought that the exam was suprisingly easy. Pharmacology and The Nursing Process, 5th edtition, 2007 was the book that my instructor taught from and was great preparation for the exam. Good Luck...

I was awarded 2000.00 from my state at the beginning of the year for school based on my outstanding GPA, however since I made them aware of my decision to leave community college to obtain my LPN they have revoked the money as the school I plan to at...