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I will graduate on December 16th, and I absolutely can't wait!! My cousin graduated in May, and she called me screaming about her $4000 + 1st paycheck. This included some sort of bonus, but whatever it was it was nice! She was so excited, and it ...

I need any infomation on the hesi exit exam if anyone has taken it. We have to have a 950 or better in order to get our degree and take state boards and have 3 shots at taking the test. Most other schools only have to have 850, so can anyone please...

Hello! I will be graduating from a BSN program in about 3 weeks!!! December 16th!! I am considering NOT taking the Hurst Review or the Sylvia Rayfield course, and instead studying on my own. Has anyone studied on their own and passed the 1st ti...

I work in the Pediatric ICU and the nurse who initially fills the order is the one who notes it. Finally a 24 hour chart review is done on all orders for the past 24 hrs by the nite nurses anytime after 12 am.

It's officially OVER..... I passed the NCLEX. After a week of waiting for the results, I just found out tonight. Thanks to everyone for the prayers, warm wishes and supportive, kind words. Allnurses was there for me as a nursing student, gradua...

I am so sorry that you didn't pass. I know that the news had to be absolutely devastating. Take your moment (or two) to mourn and grieve, but then you must DEFINITELY move on. This is by no means the end, and it does not define you. When you are ...

Hi Raingel. I know exactly how you feel. I took my NCLEX on March 1st too, and my state also does not subscribe to the quick results. So i was having to check my state BON website daily. I waited and waited checking everyday and then on the 7th da...

THANK YOU EVERYBODY!!!! I yelled it, did everyone hear it? This place is like my family. I barely told my hubby and mommy before I jumped on the computer to tell you guys!! lol To everyone who is scheduled to take the test in the near future, my...

Hey everybody. Just got through with the NCLEX..... Let me say this 1st. I graduated Dec. 16th, of '05, and I live in Louisiana. Well, because of Hurricain Katrina, all paperwork that goes through the state is late. So I was late getting my tempor...

Thanks Pitbullgirl, and to everyone else that has replied. Exactly one week later and I am STILL waiting for the results. I have been told by former classmates that have taken the test that our state board updates their databases on Friday at 6pm. ...

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!! I am soo happy for you. I can imagine how happy you must be that it is FINALLY all over. I pray that i will be in your position soon. Again a big congrats!! Brina

Hello Zarina and ArmyKitten..... Yep, this waiting game SUCKS!! We just have so much riding on the results, and its so hard to concentrate on anything else because my future is so up in the air! Its been 4 days today and i'm kind of numb. I'm just...

Thanks you guys for your words of encouragement. I know that God did not bring me this far to leave me, but if I failed I failed because I did not help myself. I truly did not do everything that I could have and should have done to prepare for the ...

RNA = RN Applicant This is what my title is until I take (and pass) the NCLEX. You work as an RN with RN pay and privileges, but you're just an app!!

My biggest pet-peeve after reading a lot of these posts, is how it seems to be okay and accepted to make vast generalizations about BSN students or BSN prepared nurses! It has really teed me off time and time again when I read some of these comments...

Hello! I have written before about my having an opportunity to precept in the PICU this fall, but......... I would like to ask the PICU nurses if they would pleeeeeeze give me a detailed description on what a typical day is like for them in this un...

Hello, I am a newly graduated GN, from a BSN program. I believe the nursing shortage stems from a couple of reasons and that they all tie in to one another and just forms a vicious cycle. We have chosen a profession that does not really value educa...

Hello Salsaking. By being a nursing student you are entitled to tons of loans, programs, and grants. These vary in the amount of money you receive, but you can DEFINITELY live off of them. I am married and the mom of 2 and I just graduated from a ...

Hi everybody. I will start working in the PICU as a RN in January. I wanted to know if any you recommended any books..... or recommend ANYTHING for a new graduate nurse in the PICU. There are a vast amount of disease processes as well as a number ...

Thank you everyone for your replies. I feel alot better now, about opting out of the review course. I had to hurry and make a decision because my money is due on Dec.1st.... so time was running out. I am the type who studies independently. I don'...

Hello, fellow December 2005 graduates! I was just wondering if everybody has found a job yet and/or decided what area you want to work in. I graduate December 16 at 10am and I can't wait!! I have accepted a position in the PICU which is where I am...

When you are hired, and start working after graduation, you are working as a RN applicant. You get paid the exact same amount of money you will make as a RN, in some places you may be paid a little less until you pass the NCLEX, but in hospitals in ...

All of the hospitals in my area will not hire new graduates in the PACU. You have to have at least 2 yrs experience in the ER or critical care before you work in the PACU. All of the hospitals however, will hire new grads in the NICU. Congrats on y...

After graduation, you need to get at least a year of floor experience. After that... the possibilities are endless. You can very well become a charge nurse or move into management positions, etc. There are a lot of positions that want 2 to 3 yrs e...

Hi Leo! I'm sorry that you are not sure what area you want to pursue after graduation. I too will be a BSN graduate next month!! I never really had a rotation through school that made me say "yes, this is exactly what I want to do." But, there we...