scoober33

Hi everyone! I graduated from the LPN program in December. I just received my email/letter stating I am now authorized to take the NCLEX-PN. I am scared!!! I looked at the schedule online and can schedule it as soon as I'm ready, as soon as tomor...

This past Friday I was offered my first nursing job and accepted. I will be working full time 3-11 in a LTC facility. (has other areas as well) As much as I am super excited, I am also extremely scared and nervous. I will have 2 days of facility o...

Hi everyone, I graduated the LPN program this past Dec, passed my boards n Feb, and just started working my very first nursing job in a skilled facility on a LTC unit. I wasn't quite sure where to go for my first job, and ended up doing this. I jus...

I am on the 3-11 shift also. We have 60 patients, 2 LPNs, and 4 CNAs. It seems like an impossible task for me to soon be doing 30 patients on my own!

Thank you so much to those who have responded so far! I really appreciate it..you have no idea! I just need to get past my nerves and I'm sure I will be ok. I usually learn things pretty quickly....I guess it's just the "new nurse jitters." Any...

Please if you are reading this say a little prayer for me. It's now 9:20pm and my test is at 8am tomorrow morning! I was actually feeling ok up until about an hour ago, I think it has finally hit me that this is it. I am incredibly nervous at this...

I found out at 8:39am that I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):):):) Thank you so much to everyone for your support!!

Oh also..someone asked me how I prepared. I did get one book which I believe just came out recently, its the Kaplan NCLEX-PN Strategy Book. 2010 Edition, sort of a purple-ish color. I really liked how they laid out all of the strategies, what to ex...

As far as the test, it definitely was not what I expected. The questions seemed to stay along the same lines the whole time. I did get what seemed to be mostly prioritization type questions. Also, psych questions came up quite a bit, as did meds (...

I just got back home! I have no idea how I did on the test. I felt ok taking it, but it did cut off at 85 questions.......I am trying not to freak out!!

Thank you so much everyone for your replies! I am getting ready to head out in about 15 min to head to the testing site. I will keep you all posted, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate reading your messages this morning. Independent29, I should...