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it's official i'm an rn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pvt worked, i passed! rntobe10, i graduated in may, started orientation for my job, the end of june. i began studying hard core @ the end of july so i would say i dedicated a solid 5 weeks to hard core studying....

hello all, just wanted to add a few notes. i'm a single mom of 1 so during my preparation sacrafices had to be made (quality time w/ child). i also have a job as a gn which brought on more pressure and less time. what i did was i woke up @ 4 on the d...

great thread 1. cipro can not be given with tpn, stop tpn 2h b4 admin. 2. 3 g's ginger, garlic, ginko similar to blood thinner. 3. st. john's wort decreases oral contraceptive effects. 4. kava cancels antipsychotic meds 5. depakote is the only antic...

hey newyorknygirl, i almost feel like i'm talking to myself . i am also battling the beast next week, i took the kaplan in class course and i am just now beginning to score in the 60's for the qbank (overall score is 52%). i think you should take the...

Hello All, I am currently preparing for the NCLEX. I honestly don't feel that I will be fully confident, but I plan to schedule testing for August. I took the Kaplan course, I really don't like the book. What I plan to do is study the Saunders chapte...

So far between mid 50's- low 60's with two weeks to go.

This is a great question!!! I have La Charity and I still have difficulty with these type of questions. In all honesty the hospitals that I have had clinical didn't have LPN's therefore it is difficulty for me to visualize their scope of practice bec...

Hi There, Good luck with your test and please update us all on your progress. I would take a muscle relaxer because with all the built up anxiety and tension that would be the only thing that would allow me to sleep. Good Luck!

Hello Everyone! I am hoping to test in July, I begin working the end of this month so I have been studying everyday except the weekends. I am using Saunders, La Charity, and I took Kaplan right after graduation. I am going to begin answering 100q a d...

Hi There, I am doing La Charity and the questions are very difficult (for me @ least). I am doing the questions and reading that section with Saunders. I do the questions first, then read Saunders and then go back and try to find the correct answers...

Congrats to you, and thank you for forwarding the tips that aided in your success. It's funny I just began listening to Mozart and Beethoven on my ipod, very relaxing and I am able to concentrate. I am even going to try tetris as one poster felt it h...

Hello Allnurses, I wanted to know if anyone knew of a website that may list the newer drugs that are being advertised on television and magazines. From reading this forum and through word of mouth it seems important to study those drugs in addition t...

A4L4S, I had a slight impression that was the system you were speaking of. I am not familiar with their interns, but I have had a clinical rotation there and know others that have also and I have not heard good things overall about the healthcare sys...

A4L4S, I am very sorry you are not having as much success as the externs that I have run across, but that is why I empahsized that I did not like to use the word guarantee.Honestly, I am speaking on the major hospitals that I have worked for and had ...

Hi There! I am a graduate from the May ABSN program. Only a handful of us currently have jobs including myself, I can't speak on the status of grad school considering we graduated last month. I would not credit nor discredit this reasoning based on t...

I can only speak on Kaplan and Saunders. I have been using Saunders throughout the nursing program and as my primary content base. For me Saunders was much more similar to the questions in nursing school (most instructors dip in saunders for question...

There was a woman in my program that was pregnant and had the baby right before finals and this was an ABSN program. She was very successful, but I am assuming she had a strong support system especially since she had a baby @ home. After the baby she...

Hi Glad I could help, when u interviewed did you tour the telemetry unit? If not, I would tour the unit 1st to see if that is a place you could see yourself for a year. I found that out through speaking to other DMC employees regarding the 1 year com...

This has been one rough journey thats finally over! One week til graduation (ABSN)!!!!! Now I'm just studying for boards, enjoying family and getting ready to start orientation soon. Best of Luck to Everyone!!!! :)

Hi There, Im graduating in a couple of weeks from an ABSN program currently and I accepted my first position on an OB floor at a big teaching facility in my area. In my area thats a tough specialty to enter into because majority of the nurses love t...

Hi There, I honestly think it depends on where you live and what type of position you want after graduation. if you are hearing these rumors, then they probably are true. i see a big difference in the hiring of BSNs vs ADNs (in my state). While jobs ...

Hello there, I am graduating from an ABSN program, the program is stressful enough, if you could avoid the added financial stress do so. There are not many financial options available to students that already hold a degree. My tuition alone was $50,0...

Hello Everyone, I am finishing up my last few days of my preceptorship. I am just curious, what is everyone else's hospital policies regarding new admits. The unit that I am on will admit a postop pt as late as 6:45p. It seems very dangerous and stra...

Hi There!!! Currently have 3 wks left @ UDM :). I didn't have to do an essay, but there admissions process is very unique. Once you apply you have an admission counselor that keeps you on track with your pre-reqs and basically tries to get in into th...

Yes they will!!! Most hospitals provide a breast feeding room for their employees, just inquire about it. There was a woman in my ABSN program that delivered the weekend before finals (after 1st semester). She delivered saturday, took and passed her ...