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In my nursing orientation I learned that the best nursing school I attended taught me nothing about reality, it was all imaginary. School prepares you to pass boards not become a nurse, no skills of survival! Good luck on Nclex! Make sure you know ho...

I have to admit when I first started orientation I was very nervous and I was not confident. But at the end of the orientation I felt confident enough, to be on my own. iI accomplished so much in 17 weeks, I learned from the best nurses who had 30+ y...

Thank you everyone for your time and emotional support. GrnTea, your post is very helpful, sometimes I have that problem, my brain thinks/ creates things that were never said sometimes it translates things differently. The management said I have to s...

I would learn Chinese language instead! China is growing, they have the biggest population! Its not an easy language and i dont like it at all, but it will be totally useful in the future. There are a lot of people who speak Spanish in US, there are...

Hi beautiful people and future RNs!!!! I have been out of touch lately, i have been busy with orientation! If you need help passing the Nclex read my tips throughout the pages! I notices you guys have asked me to email you tips, can you please priv...

I don't have any words of wisdom , I am only writing to say that this kind of situations break my heart especially when kids are involved and will be left behind with no parents! ((((((

Makeup up artist! World of colors, making people beautiful and happy :)

I know that bedside nursing, and many years of experience make a better nurse, however, this is not true for all nurses. You'll find nurses with less experience who know more, and those with many years of experience that know many tips and tricks but...

Traveling traveling more traveling around the world and pictures!!!!! Just relaxing!

It's a cruel world. Some people are rude, their life is falling apart, depressed, negative, and some just don't want others to be better. Some people Cant keep their personal crap aside and they take their anger out on someone else. I am so sorry y...

Everyone makes mistakes! And not everyone thinks before they spill words out ! Don't take comments/ questions to heart! I am sure you have messed up before ad you will in the future ! We're humans and we make mistakes! Yes , some comments are funny ...

It all depends on how complicated the pts r!!! If someone needs to go to the bathroom every 5 mins, or needs a bed change frequently bc of incontinence! Theres no way the pcna can give everyone a bath. Considering some pcnas have 12+ pts! Even 8 pts ...

I loveeeeeeee loveee loveee 12 hr shifts!!!!! Yes you barely spend time with your family for 3 days but u have 4 days to love , hug, kiss, play with your family:) amazinggg! You can work m,t,w one week and fri sat sun next week ! That's 8 days off :)

A cardiac surgeon or a house wifeeeee :)

I loveeeee assessments! That's my favorite part of nursing! Sadly people tend to copy whatever the previous shift has documented! I'm sorry but the staples , and chest tubes have been removed 2 days AGO!!!!! What ****** me off is that some nurses do...

Can someone please explain this to me, I have asked many people and their answers are different. Can someone please give me examples...I would appreciate it :) Sorry for the lack of knowledge, I am just a student.

Hi there! I did not use Kaplan , I only used VATI( virtual ati) I had a coach assigned to me. In my practice tests there were not a lot of SATA questions. I only did a few practice questions. I do not know if there are any Nclex books out there tha...

ABGs.....Memorize these normal values 3 days before the testPaCo2: 35-45pH: 7.35-7.45HCO3:22-26IN ABG world,2 major organs are of concen: lungs and kidneysCo2= lungs are involvedCO3= kidneys are involvedYou need to follow these steps: Is the ph norm...

I am sorry, but it is not wrong. NCLEX is all about competency, if you missed something during assessment and your patients dies bc you missed signs and symptoms ( you're going to kill someone and lose your license) but if you gave a medication that ...

You're welcome :)......I am sorry I have been so busy, I haven't had time to post more notes...but I will!!

Hi everyone,I am not a very religious person, and my family and friends cannot pray for me, so I am reaching out to you guys to pray for me. If you could write a little prayer or something, or anything It would mean a lot to me. I posted the same e...

This is the correct order, but unfortunately not a lot of people follow this order.

Wow, just wow! Some people are weird as hell. I don't care if an alien takes car of me as long as they know what they're doing :)...,... Hospitals are very diverse......I am not Indian but I find that statement offensive but at the same time I would ...

Saunders: oh hell no, I only read a chapter when I first started to study just to see how Saunders content is summarized.....I think it's a waste of time to read any book cover to cover! I would focus more on questions and rationales and look over on...

Read my nclex tips and trick and they will help you a lot