K_girl

It's natural to second guess yourself. You have worked for years to finish nursing school and this test is a major part in your future. It would be almost UNnatural to not be nervous about it. As for the 85 questions, I can't say how you did. With th...

I started with one year. I worked on a surgical unit but was frequently floated within the hospital including pediatrics and intermediate. I got my first assignment to a magnet hospital in their pediatric unit. The staff was awesome and taught me...

I also thought about using a professional service. I chose not to (too expensive!). I recently rewrote my resume since starting working as a nurse. I wrote the resume on my own and was able to get calls for 2 interviews in departments that I have b...

I do some work for Occuvax. It took a few weeks for them to send me my check but everything was legit. I worked with another nurse for a company sponsored clinic and it was pretty busy. The time went by fast and it was easy money. Good luck!

Congrats on your new job! We had 12 weeks orientation when I started. The first week was pretty much all classroom then I started on the floor. I work a on a post surgical unit although we do get some medical patients at times. I am just coming up to...

I am finishing up my first year under my belt and am JUST now rewriting my resume. My boyfriend and I are at least an hour away from each other and we have been living apart since I started nursing school. Needless to say he is starting to lose hope ...

Ive never heard of this but thanks for posting! I just landed my first job on a post surgical unit and am trying to build up my scrub stash!

How many of you wear your rings during clinicals? My e-ring sits up pretty high and I'm always hitting it. i'm afraid this will be a problem once school actually starts. Should i just stop wearing it once clinicals start?

Congrats! It's a great feeling! When I was accepted to nursing school I quit my job 4 months before school started. LOL. I loved it!

I love 12 hour shifts! However, at my current job, I work 8 hr nights and it isn't as terrible as I thought it would be. As long as I work 8 days within the 2 week period, I still keep my FT status. My nights go by pretty fast so I can't complain rig...

I am an ADN and graduated in May. After waiting for about a month for my ATT, I finally received it in June and took NCLEX the first week of July. During that time I had declined 2 RN positions because I was so convinced I was going to fail the exam...

Thank you to both. I think part of my uneasiness is due to starting a new position in a new career. I dont handle it well when I am in the position of not knowing what I'm doing. I plan on getting as much as I can out of this job and just growing as ...

Congrats on starting nursing school! For me, the first 5 weeks were spent getting to know classmates and instructors, reading, practicing skills, studying, and trying to get yourself organized! It took me 2 years to figure out how to take a nursing e...

I'm sorry to hear about what you're going through. I do not believe that IA has a time limit like IL does. If it were me, I would most likely take a refresher course, review content hard core, then start studying for NCLEX in IA. Good luck!

I'm in IL. Here is my timeline: 5/18 - graduated 5/20 - school submitted papers to PearsonVue 6/12 - received ATT By the time I received my ATT, July was the first date I could register for

I took Kaplan classroom and I thought it was a waste of time. My instructor taught us their decision tree and for 4 days we just answered NCLEX questions. That was it. Personally, I learned more from the Qbank questions and did not use their decis...

There are Qtrainer questions online if you search for them. However, if you want access to Qbanks, you will need to pay for those.

It seems as if you have received some good advice. However, there are just no alternative ways of getting into the us quickly. If these methods are not fast enough, you may look into other countries with quicker immigration timelines. Good luck.

Yes...silverdragon is right. The waits are very long. My grandmother petitioned for my aunt and uncle to come to the u.s. 21 years later thrir petition was finally approved and they will be arriving in September. I would go to the USCIS website to ...

Be a team player. Look for opportunities to help and be willing! Learn from your preceptors and everyone else around you :-) You will be just fine if they see that they can trust you to do what you are supposed to. Are you starting at a hospital? Go...

Wow....how did you go through c.n.a clinicals without having to clean someone up? I am surprised. Im assuming you have your license. Honestly it depends on the facility how orientation goes. But from my experience its always better to be willing to h...

How are you related to your relatives in the us? Unless they are immediate family (parents,brother,sister) im afraid you will be out of luck as only immediate family can petition. Good luck!

First of all, calm down and breathe. From what I understand results can be put on hold for many different reasons. Its not an automatic fail. At this point it is what it is....waiting is always difficult though, I know. Hopefully your results will be...

I am in the same situation. I personally think any experience is better than no experience. Also it would depend....Are you financially able to not work for an undetermined length of time? My fiance pays my bills and supports me financially but I fe...

I agree...sounds like a toxic environment. I would find somewhere to study like , as someone suggested, the kibrary. Do you have any friends that you can stay with occasionally or other relatives?