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I just started working as a new grad on a night shift position. This is not my desired position and its been really hard on me. I've been added to the waiting list for days, but now mgt is trying to add nurses before me who have been there longer tha...

I've been invited to join sigma theta tau. is it really that big of a deal? is it worth it to join since its kind of pricey?

I have a family member who is elderly and in septic shock. Obviously she is having BP issues and intensivist does not want to sedate her just in case her BP tanks. She appears uncomfortable, pulling her tube and line with tears in her eyes and she ...

I also appreciate all the advice on getting used to sleeping during the day :) Ruby - yes i am a new grad, but have been working at this hospital for a little more than 2 years. the hospital may be expanding soon so there may be opportunities to tr...

of course i knew night shift was a strong possibility starting out. Knowing this I added myself to the waiting list right when I started, however, now mgt is adding nurses ahead of me and some others, therefore, making the wait even longer when I kno...

I'm a new grad and had to start on night shift since there were no day openings available on the unit I was an extern on. I HATE it. I'm fighting so hard to stay up by 3 am until shift change, the coworkers are not very helpful (the male ones on my...

I am a new nurse with less than 2 months experience on my own. When working 2 nights ago I got an admit right at 2000 and already had 3 others patients with 2 of them running high fevers and c/o pain. This new admit was coming in due to respiratory...

One of my instructors told us to prepare by doing at least 3,000 questions. Which is what I did between ATI and Kaplan. Make sure you stay positive because a lot of taking this test is how you feel mentally. If you are too nervous that can have a ...

I am planning on taking nclex next week, but my q trainer scores are below the 65% that kaplan recommends...its so frustrating because I have been studying and keep getting around a 58-60% on trainers 1-4. I don't know what to do. Any recommendatio...

Three things I did: 1. Studied every day. Minimum of 5 hours. Did at least 100 questions. Went over all the questions focusing on the ones I didn't know. 2. Took Kaplan (highly recommend because the questions seemed harder/similar to NCLEX) 3. Took...

I am about to graduate in May, and wondering if any of you have taken ATI and/or Kaplan? which one did you feel is more relevant/helpful in preparing for NCLEX? thanks!! :)

Thank you :) i also had a lot of priority, a couple delegation, staffing stuff, some labs, 2 med calc questions that were hard. Phew...i'm just glad this is over with.

KAPLAN!!! I just took the NCLEX this morning and according to the pop-up I passed, but when I get the official results and says I didn't pass I'll change my mind... anyway, here's why I like Kaplan after taking the exam: the questions are HARDER on k...

same here! I felt like i knew the topic but when I looked and the answer choices i was thinking "i have no clue".... and then my last question was a med question that I had no idea about lol.... anyway, CONGRATS! :)

Yes!!! I took mine this morning too and got the same pop up...according to everyone who has used the PVT that is the GOOD pop up! YAY!!!!!

I got the good pop up!!!!!!!

I just took NCLEX finished about an hour ago. Checked the PVT and got a pop up that said "the candidate currently has an open registration for this exam. a new registration cannot be created at this time" what does that mean????

I know about mask and gloves, but is a gown worn for airborne and droplet precautions? Also, when a patient tray is brought into the room are the utensils and plates supposed to be disposable?

deflowerkid: CONGRATS!!!!! :hpygrp: I take NCLEX tomorrow!!! did kaplan too. hope it helps :)

consider watching it. they helped in my areas of weakness.

I also watched the videos while following along in the book in the areas that I am weak in and I saw a huge improvement in my scores

today I scored a 65% on QT6!!! :) i'm feeling much better and can't wait to get this over with

They are so hard! I can't wait to get this over with. I want to take it next week, but won't take it unless I feel somewhat prepared. But like my instructor said...we are never going to feel prepared. I'm also taking Virtual ATI which I am doing muc...

On the Readiness I got a 60.

I took the Kaplan course from 5/24-5/27. Didn't get a chance to take 1-3 prior to the course starting. My instructor told us to take 4-7 9 days prior to our test date. Taking a q trainer every other day and reviewing the answers the days in between.