elefantastic

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1. new nurse feeling defeated

   elefantastic replied to nursealanarae's topic in First Year After Licensure

   i feel the exact same way. i have diarrhea before every shift. my bp is through the roof because i never know what i'm walking into. some nights are great, others are pure

2. Timeline when you graduated

   elefantastic replied to almostthereindc's topic in First Year After Licensure

   graduated the end of june, took my boards the end of july, started working early august.. luckily i already had a job lined up before graduation.. lots of people i graduated with haven't been so lucky...

3. Nursing Student Needs Help With Ortho Assessment

   elefantastic replied to Krysten's topic in Orthopedic

   maybe your instructor means doing an assessment of the patients extremity for color, pulses, sensation, movement, etc.. that isn't part of a "normal" assessment, but after surgery to a body part it's...

4. I love this Doctor!!!

   elefantastic replied to cooliegirl's topic in Nursing Humor

   lol good one

5. 2yr nursing prg in nothern nj without waiting listithout waiting lists?

   elefantastic replied to myrrhvilla's topic in New Jersey Nursing

   holy name hospital in teaneck, nj. there are no wait-lists, but i think you may have missed the cut-off date for september.. give them a call though, i had a friend who applied really late (as in a...

6. New grad cant even get an interview

   elefantastic replied to Nurse K8's topic in First Year After Licensure

   i live on the opposite coast from you, but i know around here, lots of people i graduated with couldn't even get an interview until they took and passed the nclex. so maybe once you have your license...

7. Starting Salary.

   elefantastic replied to indiawhitaker's topic in First Year After Licensure

   i will be starting out in a nj hospital making just under $70,000 for my first year. the hospital i'll be working in actually pays on the "low end" for nurses in my area. people i went to school with...

8. New to Ortho

   elefantastic posted a topic in Orthopedic

   hi all! i'm a newly graduated rn whose first position will be on an ortho floor in a few weeks. i guess i'm just looking for advice from seasoned ortho nurses on what to expect. ortho was not my...

9. How long did you prepare for the NCLEX?

   elefantastic replied to nycNurse2b's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   graduated the end of june, took the nclex last week. studied for 4 weeks, but took the last 2 weeks before the test most seriously.. probably did 5000+ review questions, between books and cdrom...

10. Is Kaplan overrated?

    elefantastic replied to lsvalliant's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    i did not take the kaplan course, though a couple of my classmates did. we had a review course at the end of our last semester, which i thought was enough. i passed the nclexrn this week with 75...

11. NCLEX result

    elefantastic replied to sup726's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    where do you live? if you live in nj, i've heard friends of mine complaining about nj bon's slowness in sending out