jfel6

Same here. The previous hospital I worked at called them dynamaps. At my current place I've noticed "vitals machine."

I took it and scored in the 97th percentile as a pre-med student looking to switch to nursing. The director of the nursing dept at the university where I was attending looked at the courses I had taken (pre-med courses) and my NET score and assured me I was a "shoe in"...I didn't get in. I took the NLN and got a 94% for entrance in the local junior college and got in. (Maybe you can make sense of that). My point is that it's relatively competitive out there and if you have the opportunity to re-take the exam, you should do whatever you need to do to have an edge over others. Hope this helps... somewhat.

Oh my. Unfortunately I'm having the same horrible experience of not being able to land an interview and being rejected for lack of experience. I graduated in December and took my NCLEX (which I passed) exactly a month ago. My husband says it's too soom for me to start panicking since I've techniquely been looking for the past three weeks. However, it's SO frustrating to be rejected for lack of experience because I can't get it if I'm not given a chance. I guess hospitals aren't able to spend the additional funds to train new grads because of...that's right, the economy. I feel like I'm on a timeline and I'm falling behind. I need to get my year experience in med-surg to get to ICU and get my year experience there so I can be eligible for the master's program I'm interested in. I'd like to be done with my education requirements soon so I can dedicate my time to work and my family, whom I've already sacrificed so much time with. My kindergartener will be applying to college by the time I'm done at the rate things are going.