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I have worked at a veterans Home for 22 years. I have to say that at times it can be anything but calm LOL. They do try to structure them more towards a "home-like" atmosphere, that I will agree on. As far as hourly pay, many state facilities are act...

Over the course of my nursing career I have experienced numerous patient deaths. It always seems there is some circumstance revolving around one that you always remember. Several months back, a terminally ill patient whom had been suffering from leuk...

God Bless your Dad. And thank you for the reminder that there is a real human and emotion behind the machine and sometimes mechanical actions of nursing.

Stress in nursing? NO........I have been in the nursing field for 25 years and lately at work I feel like I am going to have a heart attack, stroke, and nervous breakdown all at the same time:) I have found the confiding in a nurse or "mentor" you fe...

Hello, I can only speak from my personal experience. I took the Kaplan review course and went over and over questions and the rationales....sometimes to the point of "obsessively" in addition to taking any type of a variety of NCLEX style questions a...

Just wanted to say to everyone that I found out today that I passed the NCLEX with 75 questions. I truly was not sure which way it would go and when I paid the fee to see my results my knees where shaking so bad when I got up to express my releif and...

I just wanted to say; try and think positive...as difficult as that is to do. I took my test yesterday and feel almost exactly as you describe and mine also shut off at 75. Try and tell yourself you had enough knowlege that the test decided you were ...

Hey guys, I just wanted to say; it appears that all the emotions we experience is a "noramal" reaction after the exam. I went through it with my NclexPN and now just yesterday with the Nclex RN exam. Both Times mine shut off with the minimum of quest...

Hi, I just wanted to say that I took the nclex exam today and mine also shut off at 75. Although I was kind of praying that it would happen I now have alot of anxiety over it, which I hear is basically "normal" I did the Kaplan review and must have d...

I am starting to turn into an emotional wreck over the thought of the nclex in less than 2 days........Is this normal???? I am re-taking Kaplan questions over and over which I have taken like 3000 practice questions and getting more into the 70's no...

I spoke with a Kaplan representative a short time ago and her words were; if you score around the 66% range on all the tests you are "golden". So from my understanding, you have nothing to worry about based on your Kaplan scores....I too just took th...

I have been studying for the Nclex for about a month now. I was just wondering if anyone else felt like they were going to loose their mind being stricken with severe anxiety over the thought of the Nclex exam?

I have been a LPN for only a short period of time. I have however previouslly been a CNA for 20 years. In any case, I feel that the few instances I have administered morphine to a dying patient that it was justified. What I mean by this is: When morp...

HI Tim, I just wanted to let you know that my test shut off at 85 questions and I just found out 2 days ago that I passed!!!!!!!! Steve

I just took the NCLEX 2 days ago. It stopped at 85 questions and I felt like I didn't answer a single one right. I had a 4.0 grade point average in Nursing School. I can't believe how miserable something like this can make a person feel. I will keep...

I just wanted to say that your advice is the first that gave me any real confirmation of how I feel having just taken my LPN NCLEX Exam yesterday. I maintianed a 4.0 grade point average almost all through nursing school and when I walked out of the t...