justchill BSN, RN

Just wanted to bump this because I would love to know too!

Do I apply for license first through my BON(Pennsylvania) or do I register with Pearson Vue first?

all the time.

Boogers and hockers. UGH. Literally make me gag. Never used to be like that, don't know where it came from. I actually haven't experienced a lot of vomit while in nursing school to be honest.

I'm about to graduate in July and the search-for-a-job frenzy is beginning. I'm also going to attend another college in the fall so I can work on my bachelor's degree so I only want to work part-time. Also, I would feel move confident working with my...

If you have a sense of humor and can laugh at things, then yes. I noticed a lot of people turned more and more sour as things went on. I'm more of a type B so laid-back. You can't get all worked up over things, especially nursing instructors. They wi...

I just wanted to hear some thoughts about this and if anyone who is a manager or in HR, please comment back. I graduate next month and plan to take the NCLEX when I can in a timely manner. However, I have scheduled classes at a local college (I'm gra...

Never took a book to a nursing class. Never had to.

I was wondering if anyone knew a website or something of medications that must be given through a central line. I just want it as a reference since I recently heard a story about 3% saline given through a peripheral and it was missed by the doctor AN...

Yes I did. Mostly just found forums asking about one particular med, procedures on how to give meds through a central lines or things about irritants and vesicants. I'm just basically asking if anyone knows of a nice comprehensive list somewhere is a...

Ok, thanks a lot, I'll try it out again. They just really stress not touching the plunger but that would be really difficult for me (small hands) to hold some part of the syringe and some part of the round bottom of the plunger at the same time in or...

Recently, I've noticed I've been having a little trouble withdrawing meds from a vial. Even when I inject air first, I noticed when I withdraw, there is a lot of resistance and I feel like it wants to pull back in when I let go of the plunger to take...

So no matter what you graduate 2014? If so, I would just take what you were already accepted to. Does the other program have a LPN entrance test? My school does. Some of them have to start from the beginning or come in halfway depending on their resu...

I'm a student and about to graduate. Always when on clinical, I try to keep in communication with my co-assigned RN at all times even if they aren't the warmest to me. There has been several occasions where I'm talking with while charting (luxury of ...

We don't have many internships in my area but I live in a large metropoliatian area in Southeast Pa with many hospitals so I'm not very worried about the aspect of job availabilty; I just more concerned about the norm of the process since I felt pres...

I understand your points. I'm not planning on taking a gap between graduating and taking NCLEX. I want to do that as soon as I can while it's fresh in my mind. I just want to be able to walk on to a job a little bit more confident than I would be if ...

Yes, in Pennsylvania, I'm allowed to. I've heard horror stories about GNs failing then they had no job to go to anymore. I'm probably most likely going to wait until I have my license to remove some of the pressure. Me having a job does depend on a ...

Thank you so much, I was really starting to stress myself out over all of this especially since I graduate at an old time compared to regular colleges, I'm in a hospital based diploma program.

Thank you for the reassurrance. I was thinking about the stress too since technically I'll be in school again.

Not long, I'll try to go to a test date close to my graduation test to get it or give myself a few weeks. I'm not talking about waiting for months. I was just wondering how it was viewed. I felt pressured to find myself a GN job but I, in all honesty...

We wore business casual during that rotation but the actual nurses working were allowed to wear scrubs just no all white/black, they actually preferred them to wear patterns as long as they weren't to wonky. So neons haha

I'm going to be starting a blog on tumblr about nursing in general. I'll be posting NCLEX questions, helpful websites, etc. Also little snip its of "You know you are involved with nursing when..." will be posted periodically. It can be about practici...

For school? I think a roller cart would be a bit overkill. For my program at least, I never take my books to class. Most of the newer books you can get a code that they are viewable online and if I absolutely needed a book for class, I would just bri...

You just have to do it because one day you'll have a patient with the same disease as someone you knew. Part of being a nurse is setting aside your personal feeling and taking care of the other. I know it's hard.

Also, realizing you aren't super woman and you CANNOT do everything is a good thing to do right away. Nursing school seems to attract those type-a-i-can-do-it-all people, and no, you can't; you shouldn't try because you freak out from the stress or j...