beckster_01 BSN, RN

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    CAM

    beckster_01 replied to beckster_01's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Really? A friend who took the Kaplan course told me they said these questions will be showing up on the NCLEX exam, mainly so that we know how various CAM interacts with "traditional" medicine....
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    Are nursing grads still having a hard time finding jobs?

    beckster_01 replied to mariposabella's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My two cents... getting a job as a nurse right now is not as easy as it used to be, you can't just walk in to a hospital and expect to get hired. But your chances of getting a job as a nurse are...
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    EEEKKKK .....3 days before NCEX RN

    beckster_01 replied to jpali's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm in almost the same boat as you. Taking the test on Saturday morning but when I take my practice exams I am scoring a consistent 65% (using Saunders...I got an 80 on a lippincott test but the...
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    Too Smart for Rehab Nursing

    beckster_01 replied to Lola77's topic in Rehabilitation

    My two cents: I'm not a Rehab nurse (well...not really a nurse yet, but graduating in a week), and I am not going into rehab, at least not in my immediate future. However I did do clinical on a Rehab...
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    Inpatient care for individuals with DD

    beckster_01 posted a topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Hello, I am working on a project focusing on improving inpatient care for people with developmental disabilities, and was wondering if any of you DD nurses had any input on the kind of care your...
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    Inpatient care for individuals with DD

    beckster_01 replied to beckster_01's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    That is how it has been for me in my experience as a tech. It is also a policy at the group home I work at that the sitter is from the same house as the resident. If a staff must be floated they will...
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    Need Nursing students and Nurses to answer survey question

    beckster_01 replied to beckster_01's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you both so much for your response. The more experiences I have with this population, the more I am beginning to recognize the challenges in this field! I have not even thought of insurance...
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    Need Nursing students and Nurses to answer survey question

    beckster_01 posted a topic in General Nursing

    hello, i am a senior nursing student and part of my school's honors program. the culmination of this program involves designing a research project of my choice that combines my interests and my...
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    Is there anyone who thinks school is not that bad?

    beckster_01 replied to 2bnurseTV's topic in General Students

    I have enjoyed the challenge of Nursing school. I guess it depends on how you look at it. I have always been interested in the sciences, so studying A&P and Med Surg was not hard for me. Right now...
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    Nursing or Accounting.. Please help me decide.

    beckster_01 replied to amanda1266's topic in General Nursing

    As many have said, in order to be happy as a nurse you truly have to love what you do. I am still in school (3 more months!), however I work as a tech in an ICU. It is hard, it is stressful, and many...