Nurse2B2005

Hello, I'm thinking of relocating to Virginia, either Loundon County or Fairfax. What is the job market like out there for hospital nursing? I have almost 3 years experience on a renal/cardiac/tele floor. What are the staffing ratios in Virginia?...

Just saw this post, didn't realize it was over a year old . . . but I am in a similar situation. I signed a contract for 2 years in June, only because my hospital employed another training agency to come in and do a 6 month orientation for new grads...

I think you can click on her user name on the left side and it shows you all the updated blogs.

I know it's frusterating. A bunch of us took the test on the same day and we all found out within a few weeks of each other. Needless to say, whoever didn't post as quick as the others sure felt like they had failed. As for the IP issue - I have se...

YES! I had to go back and watch that too! The son was holding hands with an Asian man - I love the diversity that the creators depicted. Also, I had to go back and 're-wind' to see that it looked like Brenda had re-married and was pregnant again. ...

I watched the show faithfully since the first episode. Many of my friends didn't like it as much as I did and would just say "that show is too depressing and dark". I did think it was dark - but I could also see myself in each of the characters. I...

I just started work and am only 2 weeks into the job, so I don't have much to complain about yet :chuckle But, I was hired for swing shift, and that was what I requested. I am in a 6 month orientation program and orienting on the day shift for 6 mo...

Congrats to you!!! :balloons: Go out and celebrate!

congrats to you!!! :balloons:

Great news! Congrats to you!!! :balloons:

Congrats dmg213 and anita2812!!!! Way to go!!! :balloons:

On the front of our program we put a picture of our class in white scrubs. On the top it had our school name, Registered Nursing Program, year, etc. That might be a thought for you, unless you already have a class picture to put somewhere else in t...

Hi Jamie! I think that you are studying just perfectly! Your scores on your 100 questions that you are doing are in line with what everyone else is doing on this site. I would keep reviewing what you feel weak in, and study lab values to a "T". Ri...

Congratulations!!! :balloons: :balloons:

Congrats!!! Great Job and great news!!! :balloons:

I really think it depends on every individual. I studied utilizing Saunders, Kaplan, Hurst, etc. My goal was to answer at least 5000 questions before I sat for the boards. Everyone is different though. Some posters on this board recommend doing a...

Sorry to hear that you didn't pass. I am glad to see that you have re-scheduled. I think it would be easy to not want to take it again, and I think that it shows dedication and preserverance that you went ahead and re-scheduled. Best of luck to yo...

Hi PrettySam! Mine was actually pretty quick. Since I took it on a Thursday and my name showed up on the website the following Tuesday morning, they issued my license on Monday the 11th. That is darn fast for California, at least IMO. Our school s...

It varies. I took mine on 7/7 and the results were on their website on 7/12. Others in Ca can seem to take weeks.

Rain - I'm so happy for you! That is QUICK! I'm glad you didn't have to wait long for your results! Best of luck to you!

My highest score on Kaplan was 71% and that was just on 1 test. On the others, I was anywhere from 61ish to 65ish. You are ready!!

1. All of my friends who have already taken the exam tell me to not even bother continuing to study because it was useless to them.....everything they knew was not tested on and everything they didn't know was tested on a lot. I felt the same way ...

Hi Jen2! On the Kaplan trainer cd, I never scored above a 71% on the first try. 71% was also my highest on just one test! The lowest was 61%. I went through every rationale on the cd to make sure I understood why I got every one wrong, and why ea...

Congrats!!! Best of luck!!! :balloons:

I used both along with a myriad of other things, esp Saunders for content review. Had I not have taken the Kaplan review with the Qbank, I think that I would have been surprised when I sat for the nclex. The way that the questions are worded is ver...