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Hello guys, i just wanted to get your opinions. Im a new grad nurse, i have been working in long term care facility as an RN for 6 months now. The administrator and don came to me the other day, and asked me if i was interested in an MDS position. I would be the MDS coordinator for only their short term wing, which can hold up to 23 patients. I am a regular on that wing, and am familiar with the patients, and the families. The short term wing is 90% medicare patients. They offered me the job because the MDS nurse who has been there for three years is moving, and she gave a one month notice. The pay will be higher, and the schedule would be monday to friday from like 8 to 5 but really depends on how much work you have. In your opinion should i take it. Some one will be there to train me and the current mds will show me the ropes before she leaves. On the other hand, i am still new at this, i feel like i just got my routine down and have just got used to working on the floor, and i don't want to have to start over again, learning everything again there is. I do love my schedule right now, i work 4 days, 40 hours - a double and three 8 hour shifts. I love working weekends because i get differential too, and less busy on the floor. So what do you think, should i consider. I'm 21 years old, and feel that im still inexperienced. But these positions rarely open up.

Hi guys, i am a new grad rn in my last few days of a two week orientation at a snf/ltc institution, i am getting the hang of things, i see how the nurses just crush meds together, and give them all at once. I learned yesterday for example that questran shouldn't be given with vanco, and like levaquin and vitamins also... So is there common meds that you know should not be given together. I already know the meds to NOT crush, but yeah its a lot to comprehend. Also for g tube i know dilantin you can't give anything or start feeding 1 hr before or after. Please help. Oh and if state is here, you can crush meds all together in one bag (the little pill crusher bags) right.

Lacharity for questions, Saunders for content. passed with 75!

LaCharity was the only book id say that helped, but also know infection control too and i think that chapter in lacharity was very helpful. I will recommend that to anyone.

Its True, the computer knows if you passed rightaway and probably immediately sends it and its TRUE. I had the good pop up. Its pretty much official

Take it sooner, i took mine 3 weeks after my ATT and did Lacharity and some Saunders (100 q test on my weaknesses) and I was glad i picked an earlier date. Found out I passed today, and the PVT does work.

I did a total of 2000 questions, I finished all of LaCharity which is the best book i have invested in it gives you different questions in all subjects. And some Saunders Disc. The test is different your gonna see but i can relate the questions to lacharity. I had only 3 weeks to study and maybe 100 a day, try to condense everything in a short amount of time and take the test sooner. Practice questions help but its knowing how to read the question. I just found out I passed today with 75 questions, and took a risk with just the Lacharity and Saunders, no Kaplan, so there is a way.

Hey Guys Just Found out i PASSED. Thanks everyone, and now will take some time off. I am putting all my nursing things in a box and putting it away in the garage. LaCharity is the book to get everyone. And the Pearson View Trick DOES DOES DOES work. So definitely try it. And there is hope for people who don't take KAPLAN.

thanks for the feedback, hoping tomorrow will be the best day of my life.

Lacharity was the best book i have invested on, the questions are similar quite similar like priority, even has a chapter on infection control, SATA, and med clarifications. delegation too. Go to Barnes and Noble and finish the book, thats what i really did to study.

I feel the same way, i thought it was okay, not feeling confident about it as much as you do, but i got the good pop up that last 7 times in 12 hours, so crossing my fingers. I got like 8-10 SATA more than 5 pharm like 15 pharm or more some like choose what med to clarify to the doctor like 5 of those, and psych and peds, no ob. Its going to be just random so don't stress to much. The only thing i thought that really helped was LaCharity and i spent four days reading the whole book and doing all the questions. and a week or two of mild saunders brief reading.

I think you should take it easy, i just took my nclex today, my studying was for the mostpart out of the window. Know your infection control, priority, delegation, meds thats my advice. For meds, know the patho then you can figure out the answer. Some of my SATA were on infection control and mostly meds. just know the subjects of the meds. 4000 is a lot of questions, i only did the book by Lacharity and Saunders, but just questions. Youll do great, i know it.

I took my NCLEX at 800 this morning and was very nervous. I had about 8-10 SATA, lots of meds that i was lucky to get because i did know them, quite a few priority and infection control questions and peds, i had one med question which was easy. I was nervous because the first 30 i had like one SATA, but started getting more comfortable and was getting more relaxed once i got a lot more SATA. My computer shut off at 75 questions and it took me about an hour to finish. I really didn't know, i thought 50/50 pass or fail. I went to the internet immediately and did the PVT and got the good pop up. I didn't think it was that bad because you can cut down the questions to two answers, its just a matter of figuring out how to select which one. My suggestion is follow your instinct on questions you don't know, go with your gut. If i do end up passing my one savior in this was the LaCharity Book. I felt like a lot of the questions seemed like LaCharity. I studied without KAPLAN or ATI. I just took a risk with SAUNDERS and LaCharity. The questions are so random that what i studied wasn't really there only like 20% a lot of it is just situational questions. So for those who can't afford KAPLAN, use Saunders and LaCharity because it gives you rationale with strategies. I studied for like 3 weeks, so hoping the risk pays off. Hoping the good pop us is legit.

I just took the NCLEX-RN today, was very nervous at the beginning and got like 8-10 SATA and a lot of meds, developmental, and priority and infection control questions. Was surprised did not got that many SATA, i was getting nervous about that, but my computer stopped at 75 questions. I got the good pop up, but still nervous.