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Thanks every body for the tips. I am applying for a job at Manhattan, NY.

Hi! It is not often that a male nurse would ask for fashion advice, but I hope you'll help me on this. I am a new nurse, applying for a job at a hospital for a Staff Nurse or Clinical Nurse position. Can you please give me some tips or advice as to what to wear for a job interview? Thank You for Your time in reading and responding.

Lighting of the lamp is still practiced at the Philippines. It is done together with badge pinning for male and Capping for females. It marks the transition/promotion from being an ordinary college student to a NURSING STUDENT (STUDENT NURSE).

I was out from nursing for about 3 years before I took NCLEX this April. Kaplan is very expensive, ($400+) but it helped me a lot to pass. I also used Saunder's Comprehensive Review Book as my reference book if i need to read more. I also enrolled with the NCSBN Learning extension which is by the way the most affordable review course I know. But I did not find it very much helpful. Kaplan will teach you HOW to answer the NCLEX questions and will provide very good practice questions. They also have videos. I think the price for Kaplan is fair. The review questions was similar to the actual NCLEX test. Many of Kaplan's Questions are even Harder compared to the actual NCLEX test. Saunder's Comprehensive Review Book is a very good and reliable book. It is the book that I trust. If there is a question from Kaplan that I don't know, I will read it on Saunders. If you need more Comprehensive Review, Saunders will help a lot! About the NCSBN Learning Extension Comprehensive Review: If you already have very good knowledge in Nursing, you can use this. But for me, I find it hard to understand some of their materials that is why I did not use their Comprehensive Review. I only used their Practice questions which are good too. The good thing about NCSBN Learning extension is that it provide a Student Connection where in you can Exchange message to other students, ask for Advice or discuss any topics. They also have a staff to respond to your questions. NCSBN is affordable. Every person is unique.. But what I did on my review, enrolling to those resources worked (used Kaplan for the strategy and practice questions then I used Saunder's for more information & Comprehensive Review). I reviewed for 49 days. With prayers and in God's Will, I passed NCLEX with only 75 questions.

congratz for passing and welcome to the world of new rns!! :-) another congratulations for reading 8600+ posts on this thread!! ;-) :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

Thank you. I just read about the PBDS test.. my reaction:

yeh, wow! 205 patients per day, at least 7 patients / day on each bed. at least you'll get a new patient in every 3 hours for each bed. It is really stressful but very much challenging. I wanted to become a ER nurse, but because of the post i read from ER nursing, i am reconsidering other fields. PACU is very nice too and i bet it is less stressful than ER.

right.. good luck to us... Im also looking for job there at NY

Yeh!! i know what it feels! :-) hehehe got mine last week. do you have a job waiting for you?

yes. pareho tayo. as long as you registered and scheduled your test online at the pearson vue site..

....hope i will also make it through...

i just passed the nclex 2 weeks ago. now, i am searching for job. i was told that most hospitals administer a "entrance test" for new nurses. do you guys know what are the usual topics of questions? what do they usually ask in those entrance tests? can anyone give me an idea or pointers? thanks in advance. i am kinda nervous... at least at nclex i know what to expect... but i have no idea on this entrance test. help me please. thanks again

your welcome! prepare your dancing shoes! hahaha :dncgbby::dncgbby::dncgbby::dncgbby::dncgbby: invite me to your party. :-)

:dncgbby:You Passed!!! Congratulations! :dncgbby: I doubted it at first, but it is true... You can now sleep and rest. You are now a nurse! Your hard work paid off.

i took the test last April 22. I was literally saying a prayer before i answer each single item. after the Item #69, the computer asked me if i want to take a break. I did. Went to the comfort room, look at myself at the mirror and said "You can do this! go back there and pass the test!" I went back and start answering. I was praying that the computer wont stop at 75 because I am not sure with the answers. But after the 75th item, the computer went blank. I felt like crap. 48 hours later, I checked the quick result and I passed! Thanks God!!!