MissHaleyDawn

MissHaleyDawn

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  1. Advice on becoming a Nurse

    MissHaleyDawn replied to Rodo4141's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Why did you choose nursing? My mother passed when I was 15, I watched my father struggle with pancreatic cancer from the time I was 17 until he passed away when I was 19. I was inspired by the...

  2. What Else Can I Do For A Living?

    MissHaleyDawn replied to RNCM123's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm in the same boat. I've been a nurse for 4 years. While I do like the nursing aspects of things, I did not sign up for all the drama between management and pettiness of staff and favoritism. This...

  3. 84 hours = Full Time?

    MissHaleyDawn posted a topic in General Nursing

    So my hospital is starting something that sounds very strange to me. Every so often I look at the jobs page of my hospital because why not? Full time hours used to list 72 hours in the job details (we...

  4. What to expect the first semester of nursing school

    MissHaleyDawn replied to KWRN29's topic in General Students

    Congratulations! I've been out of school for 4 years now but I remember nursing school so clearly. For the first day we didn't have any lectures, just going through mounds of paperwork, getting know...

  5. 84 hours = Full Time?

    MissHaleyDawn replied to MissHaleyDawn's topic in General Nursing

    I understand that it would be less stressful having an employee committed to that 4th shift but being able to call them off. Two things stick out to me though, even though I'd personally never want...

  6. Why did you want to be a nurse.

    MissHaleyDawn replied to OrealyYouThink's topic in Nurses Rock

    When I was 15 my mom became very ill very suddenly without president or a cardiac history. She died within a week of being admitted to a cardiac intensive care unit. She was in such unstable condition...

  7. My first med error (Rant)

    MissHaleyDawn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need a little support. I'm a fairly new nurse, just under a year and I made my first error on my shift last night. At my hospital, the nurses aide will collect vital signs and blood glucose values....

  8. Why are new nurses treated poorly?

    MissHaleyDawn replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Adding to what another poster said about the type of meds a patient will be on depending in valve type, I imagine that info would come in handy if a patient was ever ordered an MRI? I had a patient...

  9. First night on my own. (Long vent)

    MissHaleyDawn posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I survived, somehow. I had 5 patients (D/c'd one but picked up another right after). For a while I thought I was doing really well...2000 & 2100 meds were all passed on time, patients were settled...

  10. Stabbed in the Back? Nursing Culture?

    MissHaleyDawn replied to Cauliflower's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like you work with a bunch of class-A buttholes. While some gossip I would expect (it's human nature to just talk/people to run their mouths), what you're having to deal with is ridiculous. Did...

  11. First night on my own. (Long vent)

    MissHaleyDawn replied to MissHaleyDawn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you all for your replies! I was so hyped up from that shift, my mind was going in circles. I'm on call tonight, and bummed. Worried I won't get enough clinical experience being hired part-time,...

  12. New RN starting 1st job

    MissHaleyDawn posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all! I think this is in the correct forum? I graduated this May 2012 and passed boards at the end of June. Before taking boards I had been extended a job offer for a new RN grad position at an...

  13. Decision Tree

    MissHaleyDawn replied to SugarSugar15's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I didn't use the decision tree religiously. Rather, I developed my own style from it. The tree is meant to get you in the habit of looking at first the question systematically, and then each answer...

  14. Do you have to be above passing or just passing standard?

    MissHaleyDawn replied to jorgecardenas55's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I believe if you go all the way to 265 in the amount of testing time (6h) it doesn't matter if you get the last question wrong or correct -- it has to be a passing level question. If someone has gone...

  15. Nclex pn pvt good pop up

    MissHaleyDawn replied to fitnessfreak's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did the PVT about an hour after I took my exam back in June; got the good pop up. Resisted paying for quick results because I'm stingy/cheap/hate to spend money that I don't have to. Lol A few...

  16. Favorite Classes?

    MissHaleyDawn replied to LunaPuma's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My favorite class was graduating. Lol Lectures (Fundamental Med Surge I and II, OB/Peds) - Interesting but our tests were always much more difficult than our content and our questions more difficult...

  17. Failed NCLEX

    MissHaleyDawn replied to Joce09's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    So sorry to hear that ): But don't give up! I used Kaplan to prepare in addition to a few other books. Lippincott Q&A for the NCLEX-RN for content areas I knew I weak in (I went through the cardi...

  18. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    MissHaleyDawn replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Pearson Vue Trick is accurate; you've passed. I did the PVT a few hours after I tested, got the same pop up. Held out on paying for quick results because I'm stingy and PV has made enough from the...

  19. Meds, Meds, and More Meds!!!!!

    MissHaleyDawn replied to NRSJackie's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Study your meds in classifications; learn them by endings if it applies (there's always that special snowflake that doesn't fit into the cookie cutter ending that gives it away - make sure you know...

  20. When did you start studying for NCLEX RN?

    MissHaleyDawn replied to Katie71275's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I don't think it's ever too early to start prepping for The Beast. Our school encouraged us to do NCLEX style questions in a recommended Q&A book in sections/content we were covering for the week....

  21. I heard that that there is a partial credit for SATA. is this true?

    MissHaleyDawn replied to ineverseeu's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It's all or nothing. The computer is spitting the test out at you one question at a time. Each new question is dependent on the last one you answered. Gear up, I had 29 of those bad boys but I passed...

  22. Kaplan NCLEX Diagnostic Test

    MissHaleyDawn replied to mnm12's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You shouldn't study or prep for the Dx test. The Dx test is just that - a diagnostic. It's intended to identify your weak areas and serve as a guide for how you should study throughout the course in...

  23. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    MissHaleyDawn replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I believe in the trick. I did the PVT and got the good pop up a few hours after I took my exam. I held out on buying quick results (my family nagged me relentlessly on this...but $8, really? And at...

  24. How'd you pass the NCLEX

    MissHaleyDawn replied to rmsm's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I graduated May 2012 and took a month to prepare for the NCLEX-RN. My main study tool was Kaplan; I did all the QTrainers and the whole QBank. What really helped was reading all the rationales for the...

  25. Good pop up after NCLEX... now on hold... ?!?!?!

    MissHaleyDawn replied to Sarah922's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I hope you left a bad exit survey when you left. When I tested, the man at the desk barely looked at my ATT. He just read my name out loud from the ATT and then read and looked at my picture on my...