Nellifuturenurse2010

The trick worked for me. I took the exam last wednesday (the 12th) and got the good pop up. Today my license came in the mail. I live in CA, I got my results pretty fast.

I'm considering applying for this position, but I am curious, do I need to have my license already, I plan to take NCLEX in a couple weeks

I am somewhat dealing with the same circumstances. Sometimes I just dont know what to say to patients. I know what I am doing, but the articulation is just not there. So I am in the same boat as you: trying to go from somewhat shy/ soft spoken to outspoken and outgoing. It is definitely a difficult transition, but you can get there if you just take it one day at a time. It does not even have to be with your patients at first, just in your life in general, try to interact with people in a more assertive way, don't hold back! The way I plan to achieve this transition, is to just stop and listen to how others interact and learn from them rather than being intimidated from it. :) I wish you the best in your clinicals!

I'm sure you did fine. What do you want to get on it? I looked over the manual for like 10 minutes before taking the test and got a 91...but the lady told me I should aim higher if I wanted to get into a program..Luckily we can take it as many times as we want! :)

why are you looking at it as a competition??? I don't care if you have straight A's...it does not mean you will be a better nurse than someone who got B's and C's. In my class we never know what EVERYONE has gotten on the test, nor do we all care...as long as we are still passing is all that matters.

The only courses I feel are crammed are pharm and patho...and maybe the transitions in clinicals... I know in our program the transition into the hospital from skills is horrible...the teachers complain that we aren't ready and the students complain that the expectations are too high.

As far as details in how it may be difficult. You have to learn A LOT in a short amount of time....A LOT of memorizing and critical thinking. Tests, quizes, papers, care plans...all can be due around the same time depending how your classes flow. There's just a lot expected of you compared to other major programs and you have a lot of expectations you have to meet as well. I remember I had 2 big tests, a quiz and a careplan due all in one week...my program typically tries to avoid this happening but did not catch this one. The way I see it is there is not much time to just sit down and expect to just go to class and go home and then go to class and go home again and relax...theres always something you have to do...so its more go to class and go home to study/read/ practice some skill/do a paper, etc.

You have to have it, but my school pays for ours.

It;s not that bad. I mean maybe because i Barely get anything back from the state anyway... but things are not going to be bad forever...so if people are really leaving...that sucks for them.

yea I will have to admit nursing books are expensive! add on the supplies you need and your pockets go flat lol. I remember my first semester they wanted us to buy our books in this bundle they put together that was $500.00 but it had books we would use throughout the program, so I bought it and then I still spent another $200 on books and then another $200 on scrubs and supplies. It's really ridiculous how much we have to spend.

Wow thats crazy. My school you have to get a 73% to pass and people were complaining lol. The only thing I hate about my school is the +/- system. Im used to flat As, Bs, and Cs. But I feel bad for those that have to get higher than 80% to pass their classes.

I don't agree with this... The bay area is NOT THAT expensive to say a nurse can only live OK out here if he/she rents. Let's not over dramatize it. My mom will be making less than me after I graduate and get a job and she is definitely living comfortably right now. And I know some realtors out here who stated that making between 120,000-140,000 a year will definitely put you in the range of getting a nice house in a nice area. NOT a mansion, but definitely one of the nice new ones being built. Esp now since housing prices have dropped. :)

wow, that sounds a little old fashioned. Talk to you instructor to see if that is outdated. I would be mad if I had to wear a skirt. I don't really like to wear skirts.

It is as hard as you make it. It is definitely going to be somewhat difficult, but depending on how you pace yourself and manage your time and the effort you put forth will determine how hard it will be overall. I advise at the beginning of the course to look over all the important dates (i.e. tests and quizes or even papers) and making a schedule for yourself so you can pace yourself at a reasonable rate and still be ahead of the game. At least that way you wont be going crazy like some other students who wait until the last minute to get stuff done. But I don't think getting good grades in pre-reqs is a good indicator of how well you will do in nursing. There are people in my class who had 4.0s in the pre-reqs and failed out of the program. I'm not trying to scare you, but I just think planning ahead, having good time management, and even getting involved in a study group will better determine how well you will do in the program. Congrads and goodluck!!

How many questions is yours??? At our school you have to get an 18/20 (90%) as well and you get to try again the week before finals goodluck on the next try and take your time! lol :)