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  1. HESI EXIT EXAM #4

    jollydogg_RN replied to bds7572's topic in General Students

    i will send some of that info later today! just warning you, its a LOT of material im going to be sending you. but trust me, you'll want to read it all! whats weird, is our 5th was actually a retake...

  2. HESI Help!?!?!

    jollydogg_RN replied to studybudy's topic in General Students

    NCLEX 3500 CD. that and doing like 150-200 questions everyday. HESI really pounds you on maternity. like... pounds you. psych, professionalism, and delegation are other big

  3. walk in or online when applying for a job?

    jollydogg_RN replied to spongebob6286's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i walked into a local psych hospital and basically got an unofficial interview. the lady called one of the nurse managers down from a unit and she sat down and talked to me for 20 minutes and said she...

  4. HESI is Wrong ! Let's File Suit

    jollydogg_RN replied to gasguy1960's topic in First Year After Licensure

    THIS. Trust me, they aren't using these third party examinations to HELP us, they're doing it to PROTECT their pass

  5. what to do in the meantime...

    jollydogg_RN replied to sakura_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    youre fluent in spanish and have no job offers? man i know here in nashville, i know a couple of new grads who are fluent and spanish and got eaten ALIVE in job offers. dont worry. be persistent, and...

  6. HESI is Wrong ! Let's File Suit

    jollydogg_RN replied to gasguy1960's topic in First Year After Licensure

    well, in our case, it is worth fighting for. and apparently so does the legal system in some cases of students. take our school.... our student policy outlines when we are supposed to take each hesi...

  7. HESI is Wrong ! Let's File Suit

    jollydogg_RN replied to gasguy1960's topic in First Year After Licensure

    what do you think "fighting the system" is all about? its about trying to get a change into something that people think is wrong. its not about comparing it to civil rights, its about standing up for...

  8. HESI is Wrong ! Let's File Suit

    jollydogg_RN replied to gasguy1960's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i feel your pain. i FINALLY passed HESI attempt 5 (our final one) this week. its a relief. oh.. and cardiacRN and truern.. all but 4 of our students passed this time. and YES, we are STILL pursuing...

  9. HESI EXIT EXAM #4

    jollydogg_RN replied to bds7572's topic in General Students

    ok... i saw this thread and laughed... let me tell you why. im sure some of you have seen my posts on here lately dogging the hesi. i absolutely... freaking... HATE this exam. it is hard, and im sure...

  10. High School Grad wants to be a nurse

    jollydogg_RN replied to Widdiewonka's topic in General Students

    its absolutely worth working in a hospital as a CNA. above all else, it makes you more comfortable working with people and their basic needs. i'll be honest, i really hated changing patients and......

  11. Should students be penalized due to Instructors Mistake ?

    jollydogg_RN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    ok i misread it. like an idiot. sucks to be that one person who lost the point and failed. i was thinking someone who got the right answer but had it keyed wrong could have passed with the point added...

  12. Should students be penalized due to Instructors Mistake ?

    jollydogg_RN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    in response to the OP. if the test was miskeyed and points were deducted when they got the answer correct. thats what im saying. obviously they shouldnt get points if they didnt get an answer

  13. Should students be penalized due to Instructors Mistake ?

    jollydogg_RN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    but if that one point that was miskeyed WAS for some strange reason enough to pass them, then hell, they should get it. there are cutoff scores for a reason. whether it be 80, 85, or even 75. at what...

  14. Considering changing from Med surg to VA

    jollydogg_RN replied to Emilysmom2, RN's topic in General Nursing

    it depends on where you get hired into the VA. the initial part people complain about is the paperwork. however, for people who are prior military such as myself, you wont see the paperwork as a...

  15. Level Two Student Nurse! Finally

    jollydogg_RN replied to muskylounge's topic in General Students

    grats. i really believe the first and second semesters are the hardest with all of the material being thrown at you and trying to adjust to the rate of learning. just remember to do nclex questions...

  16. "She's a FLOOR nurse..."

    jollydogg_RN replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    im still in talks with a hospital to work on a med/surg floor that typically doesn't hire new grads but considered me cause of my orthopaedic experience as a nurse extern. working as a tech on that...

  17. CNA's can't accept gifts.....???

    jollydogg_RN replied to Misslady113's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i know both hospitals ive worked for, one as an extern and one as a tech... the hospital policy on gifting applied to ALL staff members on the floor.. techs and RNs alike. each hospital had a...

  18. "She's a FLOOR nurse..."

    jollydogg_RN replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    i dont understand this mentality... im basically a new grad now... but ive worked as an extern and as a tech on a med-surg floor, and i dont see how this is right. doing rotations to the OR and...

  19. ACLS/PALS

    jollydogg_RN replied to LadyEJ BSN, RN's topic in General Students

    thanks! i'll look into this myself

  20. MED-PYSCH NURSING

    jollydogg_RN replied to MsLEE2121's topic in General Students

    :yeahthat: well... i liked psych simply because it was a change of pace. thats just my personal opinion.. when i actually got to the clinical site, it was OKAY i suppose, it just wasn't something I...

  21. MED-PYSCH NURSING

    jollydogg_RN replied to MsLEE2121's topic in General Students

    well, staying with someone who is depressed or has problems in general is just a way to get more questions right. you'll see what i mean! and actually, i used the increadibly easy book for cardiac...

  22. MED-PYSCH NURSING

    jollydogg_RN replied to MsLEE2121's topic in General Students

    also... three things that seemed to help me... 1.) stay with someone who is depressed 2.) never acknowledge you hear voices or see delusions, and 3.) study hard on bipolar, antisocial/borderline...

  23. MED-PYSCH NURSING

    jollydogg_RN replied to MsLEE2121's topic in General Students

    sorry to hear.... psych was a relatively easy class for us.. but then again its all about your instructor. however, psych seems to be one of my two problem areas on the HESI (my other being...

  24. HESI question: Please Read all the way.

    jollydogg_RN posted a topic in General Students

    Ok. My HESI scores have been as follows: (I recently just "finished" an ADN program this month 1.) 600 (I took the first one when we had three weeks left of our third semester. I admit, I was totally...

  25. HESI question: Please Read all the way.

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Students

    if you're going to quote me, quote the whole part, not just a part out of context. that quote was naming examples of what happened during our testing. no one should have to listen to drills, or...