danaRN2b

Talked to a friend today who took hers & she had 265. I'm sure she passed, though, but we'll know for sure tomorrow! She also talked to a fellow classmate today who took her's on Tuesday, took 200 questions & found her lovely little name on...

I never thought I would be a nurse. (Of course, I also thought I would never have kids, too drooly and snotty for my taste; now I have four!) Anyway, my brother encouraged me about ten years ago to become a nurse (he was dating a nursing student at...

That's about what my books ended up costing the first semester. Subsequent semesters, however, were much more reasonable...usually only had to get one or maybe two additional texts, so it doesn't hurt the pocketbook as much! Good luck to you in you...

It depends on where you decide to go to the test. Last Summer, when I took LPN boards, I got my ATT at the end of July. The nearest testing centers to me (all about two hours away) had testing dates available in late August and after. I decided to tr...

Thank you to everyone who gave their input...I've decided to take the local position. I do have young kids (ages 10, 8, 6, 5) and would like to be at home as much as possible with them. I'll take advantage of all the skills I can learn on a med/sur...

Curious about anyone's opinion... I'm a recent graduate and have been offered a full-time RN position at my local community hospital on the med/surg floor. I also applied at a larger hospital in another community (about 1 hr. away) and have been cal...

We had a class of about 45, and we had no choice about theory times, we all went together. As for clinicals, we were in a small community, so we had sometimes 5 different clinical sites; they usually tried to place us in a facility near to us, but s...

I had no experience in the medical field before beginning nursing school & was also worried about being able to do the technical stuff, but that's what school is for. You'll be walked through all the procedures on paper, then you get to practice...

Quite a few of the women I went to school with (graduated in May!!), in Kansas were signed up in the Workforce Investment Act program... The program paid for tuition, books, gas for clinicals, helped with hotel costs when we had clinicals waaaay far...

Our instructors pinned us. As for something special at the ceremony, one of our students gathered photos & messages from anyone in our class who wanted to acknowledge those in his/her support system. She created a slideshow to run during the be...

The ADN program I just graduated from required that we pass LPN boards before being able to complete the RN level of the program. I'm so glad they had us do that, because a lot of us needed to work while in school! Not only for the money, but the e...

I also have a bunch of kids (ages 10, 8, 6, 5) and a hubby who is gone from 5am to 8pm...anything you can plan ahead of time, before you start classes full time is great. Maybe planning a monthly meal calendar & a grocery list that is pretty muc...

I have four and get the are you crazy looks all the time. Of course, when I had my fourth I was 24 and my other kids were 5, 3, and 1--so I kind of deserved the looks--lol. I've noticed more and more lately that a lot of couples are having more chi...

Okay, I was hugely excited about nursing school, then after finishing my first year and taking a job as an LPN on a med/surg floor while finishing my RN level, I started thinking, "What on earth have I gotten myself into?!" I was seriously consideri...

I think I ended up spending around $1000.00 the first semester, but like one poster said, we continued to use the books throughout the program. My second semester I only spent about $75.00, and this summer was about $150.00. That first semester wa...

Good luck, Jami!! I took boards on Saturday, cut off at 85, cried in the parking lot because I was sure that I failed, and found out Monday afternoon that I PASSED!! So, I'm sure you did too! We'll all be rooting for you! Dana

I took boards this weekend and found out today that I passed! I used the "NCLEX-PN Made Incredibly Easy" also, learned a lot from the rationales, too. It's broken down into specific areas, which was helpful. Know lab values and their implications...

Love my Crocs... I have a pair that I wear for clinicals, and a pair that I wear for school and at home. Find out if you are able to wear them for clinicals or not, though. They are very comfortable...I never go barefoot anymore, not even around th...

I think part of it would depend on if you plan on working while you are in nursing school or not. I think if you did work as a CNA, even part-time while in school, the experience may help you in getting a job later on down the road. I didn't have an...

Started out with a cheap double-tube steth, thinking that it wouldn't really matter, but realized very early out that it does!! It's tough enough learning the things you are supposed to be listening for without not being able to even really hear any...

You burst into hysterical crying when hubby asks you what you want for dinner...I don't know! I can't possibly use my brain any more to make that big of a decision!! He still thinks I'm a nut job after that little meltdown...

felt like a moron in the middle of my second semester, after spending lord knows how many hours in clinicals and, when my patient asked me to help her onto the bedpan and I had to flag down a CNA in the hall to show me how to do it! Seems like some ...

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Don't feel bad...I never had any kind of experience in the medical field before I started nursing school last fall. I was nervous about the whole shot thing, too, but all you can do is just jump in and do it!! After the first one it isn't so bad. ...

Our Nursing I class just took the ATI test for the semester on Tuesday. Our instructors gave all of us a review book from ATI at the beginning of the semester, so we had that to help us review. We also were able to get on http://www.atitesting.com ...