Vegas New Grad

I don't know too much about Desert Springs Hospital and I was hoping that anyone out there can offer some advice. I'm scheduled to take a 'nursing battery test' next week. I've already done an assessment with Spring Valley and I completely bombed i...

i've heard the same thing and you're right, many nurses who also do this type of work have had some kind of experience. they don't generally hire new grads but i got lucky because the company is in the process of transitioning to have rn's do the pro...

I've been going around in circles with this for awhile now. Since about the third semester of nursing school I've always been bothered by how emotional I would get after taking care of patients. I know that eventually (hopefully) they get better, bec...

let's see when we go out packets we had a lot of information on different policies and procedures I think we also got a handbookfrom UMC. Then of course there are stuff for you to sign. Oh and it should come with your name badge! 'El Guapo' Student ...

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!!!!! Some of you might know already that I just graduated so if y'all have any questions...just ask! And in case anyone might be wondering, yes I passed NCLEX...so I get to sign 'RN' after my name!!! Like ohmeowzer has said, ...

I'm only speaking from experience when I say that it is REALLY hard right now to find a job as a new graduate. I graduated in December and still have not found a job (at a hospital). Lucky for me I found one somewhere else but not at a hospital. I...

Thanks for your input. I thought about it all weekend and I think I'm gonna do it and just see how it goes from there. In the meantime I'm making sure that everything that I'm gonna be doing at work checks out with the board of nursing - last thing...

oops. thanks for the reminder...sorry...won't happen again.

you're welcome...hold on for the ride of your life!! you'll do great!! let me know if there's anything else you have questions about...i'll be more than happy to try and answer them for you:)

thank you ohmeowzer!

I graduated in December 2008. Hmmm...good teachers?? IMO all of them were great in their own way! If you take their teaching styles personally then your feelings about them will become way more personal than they should really be. Two in 101 - with t...

I think libbyjeanne is talking about the math tests that they give you each semester...you MUST pass these tests to continue on in the program and they consist mostly of calculating medication dosages which in turn consists of a lot of conversion and...

Hi, I don't have any specific names of apartments that are considered 'family friendly' but from my experience (I've lived here for 8 years and rented 3 different apartments before purchasing my condo) all the apartments I rented were family friendly...

Thanks so much for the advice....it makes a lot more sense the way you explained it. I think for that question I selected 'somewhat effective'. I guess I was really trying to put myself in that situation and I kept thinking that I wouldn't run direct...

It's been awhile since I've posted. In the meantime I was consumed with studying for NCLEX and finding a job. The advice I was given by a lot was to 'worry about finding a job when you pass NCLEX'. Well, I passed about a month ago and have been looki...

I'm sorry to hear you're feeling this way. But you can't assume that you failed. When I took my test last week I was convinced I failed. I really didn't think my questions were difficult so that kind of scared me. Like everyone is saying, stay pos...

Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

I also agree that you should do questions first. It gives you a reality check, if you will, about your strengths and weaknesses. Another thing is that (and I've heard it said here many times) you don't want to use too many different study guides. IMO...

Be confident in yourself and in those scores....they're pretty decent scores. Don't second guess yourself and if you're done with all the qt's stop and relax....don't think about the test tomorrow - just know that you've done good up til this point,...

Those are good scores...and I know what you mean about making stupid mistakes cause I tend to do that a lot. So rule #1 - READ EACH QUESTION CAREFULLY I took NCLEX last week and passed! Good luck to you!! You'll do great!

I know it's difficult and it's easy to second guess yourself after all is said and done. I took the NCLEX on 2/13 and I was fearing the worst - I was convinced that I had failed....but everyone said the same thing to me - try to RELAX and stay posit...

I just checked my results this morning and I passed!!!! Thanks so much for the support guys!!

thanks for the congrats!...i had probably 2-3 sata questions, no math, some meds and a lot of prioritization and delegation. as for the 'cracking the nclex' book, i was a little leary about using it as a study guide because i've never heard anyone ...

CONGRATULATIONS!!! I agree with you...Kaplan was what I used and I found it to be extremely helpful (worth the money if you really study it).

I did a ton of questions mostly from Kaplan and I also did some from Saxton. What I found to be extremely helpful as far as reading material was The Princeton Review's Cracking the NCLEX. The review is done head-to-toe, system by system and it was ...