Jen2010

When you find out the patient you've been taking care of all day comes back positive for TB.

I work as a float pool RN in pediatrics. Yesterday, I called in to find out where I was going and I was told to go to the heme/onc unit. No problem; I've been going to this unit many, many times over the past two years. You know you shouldn't, but yo...

I've been a pediatric float nurse for a year now; hired as a new grad. I float to three different med-surg units, heme/onc, and the NICU. We're being trained to go to PICU and the ER in the next coming months. My orientation involved going to each un...

I've been working as a float nurse for a year now and I had to miss a few breaks because of how crazy the unit can get. I usually get one hour of unpaid break time. However, on the times when I'm unable to get to take a break, I'm working for free. M...

Congrats on your new job! As others have said, the patient's parents can be hard to work with sometimes. I've learned upon admission and change of shift, I always tell the parents the plan for the day and what goals we're looking to reach. If you hav...

Hey everyone!! I'm very excited to say that I passed my NCLEX in 75 questions as of yesterday! The two days after my exam were absolute torture as I decided against using the PVT and wanted to get the actual results. Just wanted to share what I did ...

I took the Kaplan live review class, and our instructor told us to complete Question Trainers 4-7 after our class finished. I had two weeks worth of class. I did one question trainer per day after finishing up. And your scores are great so far! :)

Hey everyone! I'm just a few days away from taking my NCLEX exam and my nerves are definitely getting the best of me. I watched Hurst videos for review of content, did some questions from Lippincott Q&A, but Kaplan has been my main focus. I had t...

Thank you, missmollie! I'll have to come back & let you all know how I do :) And thanks, mzrRN - I only did the first two sample tests so far. I'll have to do 3 & 4 tomorrow for sure.

Thank you everyone for your words of encouragement! I took my QT7 today and got a 61%, so I made it over the recommended 60%, but it makes me worried that I wasn't able to do better especially considering I'm testing in only a couple of days! Can't b...

Hi everyone! I'm very excited about graduating in just a few short weeks. My professor has been asking all of us if we've started looking for jobs yet and I just wasn't sure if it was too early? All of the jobs I've seen say that you must have your b...

Did you perform a peripheral vascular assessment on the patient? What other info can you share about the patient's circulation status?

Hey everyone! Recently my school's contract with NLN expired, so they decided to go with the ATI route instead of renewing NLN. After a semester and a half of dealing with the ATI, I can definitely say that I don't find it helpful and I was wonderin...

Thanks everyone for your input! I guess I just have to give it more time. I wish I had a rep come to my school. We had a "webinar" on how to use ATI but our connection was spotty so it was difficult to hear anything the rep was saying. We did get a b...

Hey everyone: I just have a quick question. I'm doing my concept map and care plan right now for my clinical rotation and I'm stuck on trying to decide a psychosocial nursing diagnosis for my patient. I was thinking: Self-Care deficit r/t impaired mo...

Thanks, fteralynn3! I'm hoping that I can get used to it. I was spending hours and hours on one exam and still getting 70% correct. It was very frustrating for me considering how much time and effort I put into completing the exam. My professor won't...

I've been in your shoes once before. The way my nursing program works, you have to get a certain percentage (77%) in your exam averages in order to get everything else involved in the course added onto your grade (homework, participation, etc.). I en...

Hello everyone! I'm going to be graduating in Fall 2014, and I've been thinking a lot about taking an NCLEX review course. I realize that they are expensive, but I feel like they will really help me. When would be the appropriate time to take a revie...

I've read this poem a few times and presented it in class once before as well. Very insightful. Absolutely love this poem.

My fellow classmates and I have been debating this for most of the day. Our professor is just answering our questions with more questions and just creating more confusion between our group. We checked our textbook which states that Herpes Zoster pati...

hi everyone! i'm in my second semester of clinical rotation now, and need some help with my care plan for this week. i have a few nursing diagnoses that i believe are priority, but i need to narrow it down to three for my actual care plan. i need hel...

By the way, has anyone received their financial aid packages yet?

Oh okay, lucky you then! I have a long road ahead of me. But I've been talking to a few of the girls from the BSN program, we're planning on sticking together through it all. :redbeathe Can't wait.

Congrats! :yeah:What program were you accepted into? I'm a high school senior going into the BSN program. Can't wait!

I've gotten accepted into Adelphi, Molloy and Farmingdale. :) But I've finally decided that I'm going to be attending SUNY Farmingdale. I can't wait for what's to come! Already paid my deposit, so I'm ready to go. :)