My score was around 87% and I passed the NCLEX with 75 questions. One girl in my class had the highest in the class (who bragged to everyone) and she failed the NCLEX the first time (over-confident)....
While they do show areas you need to study in, they certainly do not predict how you will do on the NCLEX. One of my fellow classmates scored the highest in the class yet she failed her boards the...
I started nursing school at age 37 and graduated when I was 40 (1 year of pre-req. and 2 years of nursing school. Though I had always wanted to go into nursing after graduating school, I was not able...
I'm sorry that you are going through this. It really doesn't sound like you should have been fired since your patient was not harmed and you realized the mistake and corrected it. We are all human...
Normally I do not tell other nurses that I am a nurse if I am with one of my family members. However, as another one posted, sometimes it is obvious. Once I was with my 3-week-old grandson who was...