Nessa,RN

Nessa,RN

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  1. What pay are nurses making these days?

    I'm from NE Ohio and as a new grad I make $26.50/hour with $2.00/hour shift
  2. New Rehab Nurse

    Thanks for the advice! The brain sheet sounds like an awesome way of organizing...I'm sure I'll need a lot of that and I'll figure out what works best for me. Best wishes to you as
  3. How Does This Staffing Sound to You?

    I don't know how the acuity compares but at my acute rehab unit on nights there are about 12 patients per floor with 3-4 RNs but no aides or unit clerks, so the RNs literally do everything! Patient to...
  4. How long did it take to take the NCLEX?

    Let's see...I got my background check completed a month before I graduated, I graduated Dec. 18 and during that time I submitted my mail in app to the board of nursing. The beginning of January I...
  5. Resources available to you during test?

    Well, from what I noticed about the labs on the NCLEX is that it's pretty obvious that they are normal or abnormal. Just memorize around the average lab values and you should be
  6. Resources available to you during test?

    When I took the NCLEX in Ohio they provided a calculator on the testing computer as well as a dry erase board to do any math problems you need to write out. No lab norms....that is expected of us to...
  7. Scoring low on Kaplan questions!!!!

    I did the Kaplan question trainers and got in the 55-67 range and passed the NCLEX with 75 questions. I read on Kaplans website that you should get around 65 the first couple then trainers 6 and 7...
  8. New Rehab Nurse

    Hi, I'm a new grad and I just got my first job as a Rehab nurse dealing with stroke, ortho, spinal, and head trauma patients. I requested the night shift position 11p-7a and was wondering if anyone...
  9. Hi, I'm actually at the job search stage now...I graduated in Dec., took my NCLEX mid March, and now I'm starting to get a few call backs and interviews. I live in NE Ohio and nursing jobs are...
  10. I attended Kent State University and they use the ATI exam, but it wasn't used as an exit exam. It didn't matter how well you did on it...it was basically for your own personal assessment for the...
  11. I finally PASSED my NCLEX-RN exam!!!

    CONGRATS! Wow, what an inspiring story you shared! It sounds like you really worked hard to get to where you are today! I just became an RN a week ago and I know that it's an awesome feeling. Good...
  12. 163 questions?

    CONGRATS!!!! It's THEE best feeling in the world to have worked so hard and to FINALLY accomplish being a
  13. Kent State

    Hi! I just graduated from Kent State main campus BSN program in Dec. 2010...let me know if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer
  14. 163 questions?

    Yeah I just passed a couple days ago and my test was probably 80% priority (which med/patient first?) It really doesn't matter how many questions you get...I got 75 and passed and my other friends got...
  15. 163 questions?

    It's hard telling with just the number of questions you got...a better idea would be how many "higher level" questions you got such as SATA. Did you try the pearson vue trick? It works 99% of the...