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  1. NCLEX at 9:00 am tomorrow.....Prayers

    lovinghands replied to Nurseizme's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Good luck to you! I feel your anxiety, I'm taking boards in 6 days and can feel the stress build with each new day. I hope that when I reach the point you're at that I can just let go and let...

  2. Is my nursing license in jeopardy?

    lovinghands replied to Pretzlgl's topic in General Nursing

    In the words of Frank Romano, "Holy Crap!" My eyes nearly fell out of my head when I read your post, particularly about the RN who was fired for not following standard policy. Follow your...

  3. Got my ATT

    lovinghands replied to RNIAM's topic in First Year After Licensure

    June 15th for me Good luck everyone, we're almost there!

  4. Yeah!...I passed!

    lovinghands replied to aleazie2777's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :balloons: congrats,

  5. Help!!! ??? about Pearson

    lovinghands replied to teelaticeNY's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I sent my application fee to my state board of nursing and called Pearson/paid the $200 test fee by credit card all in the same day. I received my ATT notification yesterday by email and will get my...

  6. How are you studying?

    lovinghands replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am studying with a mosby's review book/cd plus my school has a set up an online review course thru the ncbsn website. I also have review books from the standardized tests we had each semester of...

  7. It has been exactly one year since graduation

    lovinghands replied to peaceful2100's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you Peaceful for such a supportive letter. I really needed to hear your words today. I'm waiting to take my boards and feel like I'm in limbo. You gave some good advice on adjusting to the...

  8. So now what do I do?

    lovinghands replied to happystudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congrats, happy student! :balloons: I'm right there with you. I slept alot the first couple days and then started cleaning the house top to bottom. Now I've signed up for a bunch of hours at work...

  9. Can you blow the vein when removing IV catheter??

    lovinghands replied to lilbiskit78's topic in General Nursing

    I saw something similar to this when I picked my dad up from same day surgery. The nurse dc'd the IV and in a minute his vein puffed up like it was blown. Never knew that could happen! Any ideas...

  10. Your Thoughts Requested

    lovinghands replied to weezieRN's topic in General Nursing

    The likelihood of your husband being allowed into the OR room is slim. But my opinion is....express your concerns with your physician. There might be a compromise, such as another poster stated, ie...

  11. Muscle spasms?

    lovinghands replied to ARmickie's topic in General Nursing

    I had a muscle spasm in my upper back about 3 weeks ago that nearly killed me. I understand that moment of pain and panic. It happened when I rolled over in bed at 5 a.m. (you'd think my muscles...

  12. Restraints - Face Up Or Face Down?

    lovinghands replied to PRNMEDS's topic in Psychiatric

    Wow! I was surprised by this post. I have worked in a rural state psychiatric hospital for the last 10 years and positional asphyxiation has been a hot topic for the last 4-5 years. When I first...

  13. Addiction/ Nursing License

    lovinghands replied to bodine's topic in General Nursing

    I have been in your boyfriend's shoes...many years ago, as a teenager, I was treated for alcohol abuse as I was picked up for a DWI. When I applied for nursing school I did not admit to this hx...

  14. Choosing a specialty - website

    lovinghands replied to KarenAR's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hehe...Rheumatology of all things was my #1 - I wonder if that would include Ortho, which I have strongly considered. #2 was general internal med. I have decided not to specialize right away - I...

  15. I Passed!!!

    lovinghands replied to JuliaR's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations Julia! It's always good to hear when someone passes....it is possible! I'm looking at taking boards this summer - and trying not to be intimidated by the changes in test format...

  16. Arghhh, my aching legs & feet!

    lovinghands replied to KimRN03's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I am finishing up my preceptorship and I know the pain you all are speaking of. It seemed after the first couple days my legs adjusted but my feet kill me at the end of 12-14 hours because I rarely...