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So I have assumed that its better to get private insurance. Currently, the hospital I work for I don't pay anything besides my co-pay and deductible with is less than 250. I have an amazing dental plan as well. I don't understand many private insurance and the deductibles are crazy high. I am thinking to get all my check ups done before I quit my job so I have a baseline for everything. So how do you just choose a insurance. I know its good to have your own medical and dental insurance if you change agency to agency. Is there any other insurance you guys get like accidental etc? My current hospital pays for all that so I don't pay for nothing extra. What insurance do you guys have? Thanks!!!

Thanks so much NED that was EXTREMELY helpful!!!!!!!!!!!! Ill look into booking for the travel nursing conference. Thanks once again!!

So I have been an RN for almost a yr and a half but in the medical field for almost 8 years. I have been crazy passionated for traveling.. currently single.. no responsibility.. so thought of travel nursing until I'm settle..but sometimes i feel like I am not really sure if this is for me. I do love to travel, but traveling while working away from family and friends is two different things. Its like you have to start your life all over again meet new friends that you won't get to know long term etc once contract is over... it may be a new city.. If anyone in traveling how does it work for you? Or How was your first experience? I have not found an agency because theres so many. The more articles I read.. people say whatever suits you. Thats more confusing. I was looking into agency with a short contract 4-8. I wouldn't mind considering longer ones such as 13 weeks in bigger cities. I want to go back to grad school soon. As a new person into this speciality what do you recommend... which agency helps with doing almost everything for you such as housing etc? Am i suppose to have multiple agencies? How do you get days off? These are contract jobs so your still qualified as full time? how does that work with benefits if multiple agency is involved? I know I am asking million questions, but I have no idea where to get started. I looked into Travel Nursing Conference which is next month. I am not sure if thats worth the money to go? Has anyone been to that? There is this site which rates top 10 travel nursing called highway hypodermics.. is that a good link to somewhat follow in regards to agencies? how was your 1st experience as a travel nurse. My 1st possible location is either hawaii or california. I have a compact license, which I know cali nor hawaii is part of.. do the agency help you get the proper license. some agency i looked into.. please provide any recommendations regarding any of the agencies below or any other ones thats not listed. Medical Staffing Solutions, Inc FLexCare Nursing Travel Nurse Across America Medical Solution The Right Solution Talemed Sagent Healthstaff Trinity Healthcare Staffing Premier Healthcare Professionals Medical Express Aya Healthcare Nurse RX Valley healthcare American Mobile Nursechoice Jackson Nursing Thanks!!!!

mmc51264.... the informatics sounds interesting i love to do stuff like what informatics do but i dont think the job market is there for nurses in houston area even tho we have a pretty big medical center... stephen have you met anyone with a DNP???

I have a BSN work as a bedside nurse for few months. I realized this is not for me at all. I want to go for my masters but I am not sure which area. I was thinking of the following: masters in informatics, crna, education or leadership and management. I have looked into many of these for awhile now still unable to decide. I know i dont want to do any of the nurse practitioner for sure. Informatics I enjoy but I dont see much of jobs for it. I use to work for few doctors and I got to train employee on the computer system which I feel in love with in doing so I assumed thats what Informatics do? Education I enjoy teaching to patients and families probably work at hospital not into teaching to students. Leadership and management I am not sure exactly what they do. I saw DNP but not sure what they do havent met anyone who did that. Any suggestion?

Problem with many who are taking the test is that they are too nervous/anxiety building up especially when the test comes closer. One thing you need to remember is TO RELAX!!! do deep breathing exercises, go enjoy yourself a bit, warm shower or whatever thats going to make you relax.. be confident!!! I understand what you are going through regarding family not understanding because mines are extremely similar i feel like many Asian parents tend to do that. They want their kids to pass with no excuses without thinking what we go through. Currently, i spend over 12 hours a day handling family issues (caregiver for a family member with cancer and other family related issues)... the days when the family member is in the hospital I probably spend 15-16 day takecare including other family related stuff... So by the time im home from several appointments im drained. The biggest and hardest thing I cannot give up on is sleep. If i dont get proper amount of sleep im unable to study the following day. Remember to eat proper and sleep well. If you are stressed at work.. fix the problem that might be causing the stress. DO not make job an excuse. Instead study and take your time. For example... lets say you have 2-3 hours a day to study.. use those times wisely and study... if you really need it bad you need to cut down on tv time, phone time, going out time... but still treat yourself once a week or twice if possible to decrease the stress load... another thing i learned is if your working, running around, etc...instead of doing the studying after work instead wake up earlier and study ahead of time and after work do practice questions.... this will help by you being alert and focus on studying if u do it before your work and not drained or stress after work... Try to aim for 60 questions a day (many peoples review I have read they said 100-150 per day and towards closer to the exam they go up to 300 questions a day... im not saying to do all these questions at the same time instead break it up for example do 50questions at one time and another 50 questions another time... i started doing this by taking my itouch with me to the hospital and doing practice questions because i cannot study in the loud hospital setting... instead alone so during those times i do practice questions... you could probably do that too... even if its 10 questions its still worth it because its 10 less questions u have to do end of the day... you could probably do practice questions when your on your break or when its a slow day if your boss allows it... but for sure use your break to answer few questions) I have been unsuccessful with my study plans but this time around i have to since i got jobs lined up and I dont want to lose any opportunities. ANother would be when your relaxing, watching tv.. during break try to get in 10 questions... make sure you try to achieve your minimal everyday dont make your schedule so packed and busy that u wont be able to accomplish it... take it slow and study... everything you study review it the following day... do as many practice questions... u should be able to reach over 3000 question (some do about 6000 questions before the nclex)...practice questions are extremely vital to ur study plan... like one of the ladies said she did saunders... saunders is a good book but in my opinion too much info to rmr... and its a bit confusing to me... their CD is a great source of practice questions.... rmr not to give up because the more u become lazy u will delay it even more.... lastly on a calendar write down ur goals and what u have achieve that day... for example are u going to study for 3 months??? or how many months... if so fill ur calendar in with 3 months of what ur going to do each day... so u can see where u stand.. how behind u r or ahead.... if u think ur unable to get ur studying in... look and write down how ur day goes... for example if u work 8 -5... drive time additional 30 min... home, shower, eat... then u have the evening to urself... or wake up early to study and get to bed early... its about sacrifice of many things in order to pass!!! well once again goodluck

First of all I want to say good luck on the studying. I have done a lot of research about studying, what and what not to study how, etc. I have many sources: ATI Books, Saunder Books, PDA Book, Lacharity book, Hurst Review, etc. I am currently studying and one thing I have learned from many people is to stick to a main study review. I am studying through Hurst Review (extremely good in content) and doing the NCLEX 4000 questions (if you cannot afford the CD... I believe you can get the NCLEX 3000/3500 online for free based upon the review I have read). If you cannot afford Hurst Review... there is a book called Exam Cram ($25 when you register for a free 30 day membership with barnes & nobles) which is 99% SAMe like Hurst Review minus the fact that Exam Cram does not show you videos of the lectures... and lastly there is a course called NCSBN nclex review which is $50 for 3 weeks.... I am going to get this but once im fully done studying with HURST review just to do practice questions only. NCSBN Nclex Review is made my the people who make the NCLEX so when you sit for boards you can try to understand how they put their formats together. Many people said the NCSBN is not so good to review on instead for their practice questions.. If you have an iphone or itouch etc... Download apps with practice questions for free such as Kaplan, Lacharity, etc. Once again good luck and hope I helped!

Thanks for your help!!!

Please do post regarding your study tactics. Goodluck.. hope the best for you!!

Congrats to all you guys!! Seems like many of yall took it soon. I been out of school for good 7 months now, kind of scared and seems like i forgot many things. I have almost all the good books/apps besides Kaplan... Hurst, NCLEX 4000, Saunders, PDA book.. I hope I make it through it all!!

Did you take your nclex right after graduation?

THANKS!! I wasnt sure because so many people were talking about scoring, I thought it was something similar to CD test/online test. It sure did help

Kind of wondering for the people who passed the NCLEX... 1) what sources did you use as a study tool 2) how many hours devoted to studying daily 3) how many MONTHS/WEEKS you studied for until the nclex

So I am curious, many people have been talking about prioritization, delegation, and assignment book by linda lacharity... is it a practice book with questions. I just bought it and its just practice questions throughout. Many of you guys are talking about "scores" how do you even know... is there a cd with it? because I sure do not have CD in mine... Maybe I bought the wrong book???

So how long did it take you weeks/month wise when you took 2-3 days studying one topic???