Pooh Bear RN

I am coming upon my first full year of nursing. I have had two jobs within the past year. The first one was the first job offered to me and I felt wayyyyyy in over my head. It was a busy ICU floor. I worked with really great people there and they wer...

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how long must you stay at a job until it is no longer considered job hopping? I have been nursing for just shy of a year and am currently on my second job as a RN. The first position I took straight out of scho...

I graduated from Walters State back in Dec.2010. I currently have a job but it was not my first choice. To be honest it was the only job offered after more than 20 applications. Basicly, the market for ADN nurses is way down. Most hospitals are wanti...

I graduated in Dec. 2010 from an ADN program and have found it very difficult to even land an interview for an OR position. Most of the hospitals in my area only want to hire BSN grads so as a ADN grad I took the only thing that was offered. I am hop...

Thanks marlboroking and AngelicDarkness. I can only hope that I do well in the interview on Monday. If it is meant to be it will be. Thanks everyone for all your responses.

I was called a couple of days ago to interview for my dream job, which is a graduate nurse postion in the OR. I passed boards in March so I now have a license. I already accepted a job in critical care at another hospital and have only been there 1 1...

I was called a couple of days ago to interview for my dream job, which is a graduate nurse postion in the OR. I passed boards in March so I now have a license. I already accepted a job in critical care at another hospital and have only been there 1 1...

Thank Argo for the encouragement. I can only hope that I recieve a job offer.

Thank you mbarnbsn and onaclearday for your input too. I understand that this is just an interview at this point and not a job offer (which I hope it leads to). I also understand that I am still in the probationary stage at my current job and would m...

Thanks for your help. I really want this job! I was just afraid that once you accept your first job that you are no longer considered a new grad.

Your scores look good. I felt that the NCLEX reflected trainers 6 and 7 the most. Just take your time on 7 and aim for 60%. Try to relax the day before taking the NCLEX and just do a quick review of lab values, infection control and then let your bra...

I would suggest using Kaplan. Tough questions, that I felt were more difficult than NCLEX and the decision tree really helps especially when your completely unsure of an anwser. Best of luck to you and your classmates.

Clee, the PVT trick seems to be accurate. It worked for me and many others on here. All I did was the PVT trick, when I got the good pop up I told myself that I had passed and decided not to do the quick results even though they were available 48 hou...

JMO but I think you can gauge how well you do on NCLEX by the number of alternative style questions you get. Those are considered higher level questions and you have a greater chance at missing those, so I don't think it would give many of those styl...

Congrats notsosupernurse! My license number finally showed up yesterday morning on the state board site, so I am officially a RN !!!! I went today to get the pre-employment drug screen and physical for my new job. Sooooo excited but terrified at the...

Don't stress yourself out so much on the first 3 trainers. Just review the rationals and get used to the Kaplan style questions. The first q trainers you are still getting used to the decision tree process, so relax. I got a 48 on Q trainer 1, a 59 o...

Pumpkin, how did you studied each time? Maybe it would be worth it to fork out a little bit of money now for a review class to help if you haven't already. Kaplan really helped me learn how to anwser nclex style questions. I think that is the secret ...

Good luck tomorrow hopeful310. Stay positive and trust yourself. You can pass, just believe!

Go ahead and take the diagnostic test now. It's just used as a starting point or baseline for your knowlege base. It don't really count but is good to see the areas where you are weakest. Think of it as being a guideline to showing you where to focus...

Kaplan was the only thing that I used. Watch all of the lessons on demand under the tool box and read the course book. That should give you more than enough content review. The questions are great and will really prepare you for nclex. Just be sure t...

I had a couple of questions that were similar to Kaplan questions. Kalpan did prepare me with the style of question that nclex looks for but the whole time I was taking the exam I felt very unsure about any of my anwsers. With kaplan, some of the que...

Those are fairly good scores. Just remember that the first 3 Q trainers are based on knowlege and/or comprehension which are the easiest level of questions and Qt 3 has some understanding level questions. As you progress through the trainers the ques...

Thanks everyone for the kudos. Now to wait for the official results!:monkeydance: yani and nurse bound... don't try to stress yourselves out about feeling like you need to pass at 75. Go in with the attitude that the exam is 265 questions no matter ...

Took the NCLEX this morning at 8 am. 75 questions. 19 alternative style questions (16 SATA, 1 dosage calc, 1 audio, 1 place in order). Soooooo, nervous after the test. Did the PVT trick when I got home and got the GOOD POP UP!!!!!!:monkeydance::anpom...

I take mine Friday too! Best of luck to you!