Nurse Maru

Let's be clear - you are NOT being paid to learn. You are being paid to deliver safe, competent, skilled nursing care to vulnerable individuals who absolutely depend upon your knowledge and professional judgement to care for them across the spectrum ...

Sing it! Amen. Verdad. Yup.

Hey, go ahead and shoot the messenger if it makes you feel better, I can only relay what was told to me. If this were an issue I were facing, I would certainly do my own research.

Just wanted to say hello and good luck to everyone who applied. I'm in my first semester of the FNP/Advanced Emergency AACNP and so far I LOVE it. Although there have been little bumps in the road here and there it's been a great experience thus f...

One of my best friends who is ex Army Ranger was passed up for an NP program, had two interviews and the dean told him he couldn't let him in because he didn't want to see him get through the program just to be denied scriptive authority by the DEA b...

One of my best friends is a newly minted BSN, RN who right now has a job in an ED where she is very, very happy. Less than one year ago she was an inpatient at the acute psych facility where I work. Your prescriptions are your business, as long as yo...

OK, that made me actually LOL. Thanks :-) I must say, I think this is the most intelligent and thought-provoking thread I've read in a long, long time. I love it, and I hope the conversation continues.

This suggestion is utterly and completely ethically and morally bankrupt. It is absolutely loathsome and horrifying to suggest that a young woman should be deluded and deceived in order to maintain her status as chattel under the control of her fath...

You will have to put down supervisors of some sort who have worked with you directly. Otherwise you could easily come off as someone who has poor effort and/or performance to hide. Providing a full effort and maintaining your professionalism even in...

I've never used an IE, but from what others are saying it sounds like a great deal if you do your research and make sure it's not in B&W. Where do you purchase international editions? I still need to pick up a couple of texts for my grad progra...

Oh sweetie. There's a word for that. You're nesting. It's just that you're doing it at work too, instead of just doing it at home. This too shall pass. Try to avail yourself of any resources available to you at work like a counselor, make yourself...

I'm not really an ECT RN, I work at an acute care psychiatric hospital that is located in a building about 1 mile from our hospital but we are technically considered just another "unit" - as though we were simply another floor on the hospital. I don...

I have a BSN and I have been accepted to two different schools, both due to start in the fall and both for online Doctor of Practice FNP programs. My first acceptance arrived from the University of South Alabama for the Advanced Emergency AACNP/FN...

Sent this in the wrong place

My preparation for the NCLEX was not stressful or lengthy. I graduated on May 3 and took the test on Sunday, June 3. The first two weeks after graduation I studied about 2-3 hours a day maybe 3 days a week. The third week I studied around 2-3 ...

I estimated my test was about 40% SATA, I had 76 questions, and I passed. Not looking would drive me NUTS, lol, I checked in the lobby before I even left the building! FYI - I know it varies from state to state, but here in Nebraska I was not able...

Where do you get this number from? I am completely unaware of any instance where it has given a false negative, let alone any data showing what percentage of times it gives a false negative, so I'm curious as to what your source of information is. ...

My testing area was also quite quiet. I found the earmuffs very helpful for shutting out the noise of people arriving and leaving for the test.

It's an acronym for "Pearson VUE Trick." It's a way to check your results without paying for the "quick results" from Pearson VUE. After you are done taking the test, get back onto Pearson VUE and try to schedule a repeat exam. If it will not allo...

Holy Chicklets! Show ME where a new grad RN makes 70K! I know I"m in a low-pay area - but are you serious? :eek:

Just for some perspective - I've already passed my NCLEX and I had 0, that's right, ZERO math or conversion questions. None. I was a little shocked, but I'm sure not going to run and complain about it, lol.

who put kayexalate on your cheerios? why would you put energy into crapping all over somebody's post of hope and anticipation? that, i just "don't get."

Let the celebration begin. Congratulations, jimmy5, RN.

lol, I did not even care what I looked like.

Thank you for letting me know that. It means a lot to me that this information was helpful to someone. May you soon enjoy your own joy of accomplishment and relief