I am a new Rn on a tele med/surg floor, and just finished my second week off of orientation. Right now I could really use some words of encouragement. My first week by myself went pretty well. I dont think I made any mistakes, and I know if I did, th...
Thank you, I just want this feeling to go away, and jump start my first year. I keep thinking to myself..is this worth it, and did I make the right career choice?
RN6157 replied to madwife2002's topic in New Nurse
Im also feeling very overwhelmed and scared to death about being on my own. I actually have three weeks left of orientation and only had nine weeks of orientation, when I found out last week that everyone has 12 weeks or more. THey all told me that I...
RN6157 replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Job Hunt
No, I went around 3:30, urine was clear, never seen it that clear either, but yah I dont check the color of my urine, LOL and I always drink a lot of water, I'm athletic so I'm always drinking water.
RN6157 replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Job Hunt
Thank you, I know thats what I'm worried about too..Ive heard they might consider it positive if it was too clear, and then not let me start. I already have a start date and everything so that would be horrible. I tested Thursday, and havent heard an...
RN6157 replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Job Hunt
Hello, This is crazy, cause I'm goin through the exact same thing. I tested on Thursday, and drank a lot of water that day because the last time I had to test It took an hour to urinate because I couldnt urinate on the spot, therefore I made sure to ...
Well, I actually passed with Kaplans. That was my last resort because I did everything. I did Hurst review, a review online that I found called caring4you review, which wasnt very good, and I also used the nclex 4000 cd by lippincott, I failed each t...
:yawn:Hello, My life as a Nurse has been quite a journey so far, and what Im about to explain might be a lot, but Im in need of some advice so any comments would be greatly appreciated. I graduated with ADN in December of 2009, and worked as a Gradu...
Ahh, Im having kind of the same trouble you were. I actually graduated in December 2009, worked in a ER as a graduate nurse where I had 3 years of experience as a nursing assistant and nurse extern. I worked there for about 4 months and unfortunatley...
For those of you who are wondering what I used, it was Kaplans online review course...that is a must!!! Also linda lacharity priority and delegation. I also used med cards everynight and studied classifications and side effects. Also study infection ...
I graduated nursing school in December 2009, worked in a ER as a graduate nurse for 4 months, failed my nclex on the first try, retested again and failed on the second try. I need to resign from my position, and there were no nursing assistant positi...
Have you failed before?? Just go in with confidence, thats one thing I didnt go in with my first time, which made even harder to go in second and third because my confidence was gone at that point, but it is the best feeling in my entire life, and I ...
I live in Michigan also, and I graduated in Dec 2009, failed nclex 3 times, and just recently passed. My advice is take Kaplans..thats what I did after my third attempt. I wish I would have taken it before my first attempt, but it was a lot of money,...
Hello, I know this post was awhile ago so hopefully you will recieve it. I just recently passed my nclex in March 2011. I graduated in December 2009, and failed 3 times. I took the exam a total of 4 times, and passed on my fourth. It took me a whole ...
Best feeling of my life! It has been a very long journey! For those of you who are struggling, keep postive, stay focused, and determined, and you will pass too. You have my word! I actually failed once with 75, and went back and passed in 75 questio...
I am so sorry to read this story, but listen.....YOU ARE not alone!! I actually just passed my exam on the 17th, and that was my fourth time at the nclex exam. It was seriously the worst experience in my life, and I know exactly what you are goin thr...
Hello I just recently passed my rn boards, found out Saturday. I live in Michigan, and for some reason my license is not on the BON website. I actually didnt pass the first time, and I graduated nursing school a year ago, December 2009. I am just won...
I will definitly do that!! Trust me I know how it feels...Kaplans was wonderful..I did the online review, not too sure about the on demand. I would really stay away from saunders, Kaplans has a content review actually with the online review..They tal...
I had actually just passed my nclex for the fourth time with 75 questions. I had used kaplans nursing review online course..Very Very highly recommended, I also used the book that you have, and the cd test is more to see how your content level is, th...