shiny217

I currently live in Texas, but originally from Portland, Oregon. I moved here because of a job. Graduated in 2009 just like you and wasn't able to find any job in Portland/Vancouver area. So I applied everywhere from Alaska to Florida. I terribly miss my home, Portland, but I've got a family to support. I think I did the right thing.

I am renting a house in medical center area, zip78240, 3bed, 2.5bath, $1100/month. I would recommend to contact a local realtor finding a rental property. You shouldn't have any problem finding a rental home with your budget. I'm also recently relocated to SA because of nursing job. Welcome to SA!

I'll be starting my new RN job at Baptist Medical Center in March. and pay is $21.00 plus shift differential. Kinda low, but I'm so happy to find the position. FYI, I will be moving down to SA next week from Oregon. You shouldn't have any problem find the job down in SA. and I have heard Santa R. are the best among others.:)

It's really hard to find a RN job as a new grad. I'm thinking of moving out of state which I really don't want to do. I work at some clinics PRN basis, but I don't think I can work there too long. SO SAD...T.T

oh!!! julia!!!~ hey how r u doing...as i read your post, I was thinking about you...and i was right! I still have no job...very sad...frustrating...

as a RN, new grad, no job yet. very frustrating. I've got family to support and still no opening for a new grad in this area (Portland, Oregon)...please, hire me.

It worked for me at least. I truly believe this "trick" now.

at the Pearsonvue website, did you see -status as "delivery successful"?

I got 6 SATA, 2 put in order questions. 5 meds questions that I didn't even know/never heard of before. but I passed. Thanks God!

I just took the board and passed with 75 questions. I mainly used Kaplan's Qbank/Qtrainer with 57% on average. (the score was varied from 48% to 72%) My advice is that take about 2-3 wks to do all the Qbanks/Qtrainers until you get at least of mid-50% range. I was pretty confident when taking the exam and it wasn't that bad than I expected. Keep doing about 150 questions a day and carefully go over all the rationales. You should be fine! Good luck!

It worked for me. 7/16, 8:00am-NCLEX-RN test at 8 am got out at 10 am with 75 questions 6 SATA, no math, no ob, mostly priority/infection control and community health nursing 7/16, 12:00pm-did Pearsonvue trick with status "Delivery Successful", pop-up came up didn't let me go to credit card page 7/17, 5:00pm-checked BON (Oregon) thru their website, and I saw MY precious NAME with license number I was going to pay to see the quick result tomorrow, but BON updated my info so quickly (I saved $8.00 ^^) I prepared to study about 3 weeks, "Mainly" used KAPLAN (live course), it was expensive but I'm so glad that I took the course. I did all the Qbank, Question Trainer with about ave. 57% :typing:typingPlease focus studying on infection control and endocrine conditions.

it also work with Safari (I'm a mac user). thanks for sharing, it really helps!

Thanks for the info. I just checked with Amazon and half.com, but they're out of stock....

I keep my planner handy all the time and write down everything on the same planner. I tried palm, but writing down manually works the best. Surviving from nursing school=having excellent organization skill.

um....I don't think that's true. I cannot believe the nurse said that. Flu vaccine will not make the person sick after getting it, unless the person is allergic to egg.

My school also uses ATI and I don't think it's helpful for preparing nclex. I might have to try Kaplan even though it costs alot. I think my nursing textbooks are the great resources.

congrats! I feel the same way. I'm so happy that I passed this term. I have two terms (quaters) left and am graduating in June, 2009. Good luck all of you!

Thanks! wow~ i'll be busy with checking out all of these websites during winter break!

I just had Neuro lectures MNEMONIC for cranial nerves: On Old Olympus' Towering Top A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops Mnemonic motor/sensory/both: Some Say Mary Money But My Brother Says Big Brains Matter Most I hope these would help. ^^

ours we have no grading system, either pass or no pass...which is scary for me. but some students think it is much better than getting letter grades well...i passed this term, that's all that matter to me.