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I've been browsing the boards this evening, and have been really heartened to see so many NP students/NPs frustrated by the same thing-- the low, low standards in NP education. Honestly, it's sort of horrifying. I'm still pro-NP in theory, but after ...

Hi all! Posted this in the student board but also trying my luck here Has anyone used exam edge for PMHNP prep? For test banks, I am currently using board vitals (got it at a big discount earlier in the year, good for the sheer # of questions and som...

Thanks! i did the 15 but don't feel that is enough to get a good sense. I agree it seemed very basic, and they still used DSM-4 criteria, which was a red flag for me, since we have been on 5 for a while now! Appreciate your take on it.

Hi all! Has anyone used exam edge for PMHNP prep? For test banks, I am currently using board vitals (got it at a big discount earlier in the year, good for the sheer # of questions and some review, but doesn't seem much like the actual exam). I am al...

Hi All! This board was such a helpful resource in nursing school and while preparing for the NCLEX. I really appreciated when people reported on their experiences and how they got ready for the exam, so I wanted to do the same. I passed the NCLEX in...

Yep, NCLEX questions until your eyesballs fall out. The "Success" Series (Pharm Success, Med-Surg Success), was a big help. You can't start stuff early enough. And don't ask for extensions...the load really never lightens up, so don't put things off...

I really liked "Med-Surg Success." I swore by that book, and did the whole thing cover to cover. It was a huge part of why I did well in that class. As I remember, there were 100+ questions for each system, with very good rationales. Worth every penn...

I don't know how much easier one nursing school really is from another. We all need to pass the same exam...and many programs use HESI or ATI to make sure we are all on target with every class. Grad schools use GPA (in part) to get a sense of whether...

For what it is worth, I disagree with some of the others on the thread that each semester is harder than the last. Going to nursing school was a VERY big adjustment; you need to learn to think like a nursing student. Those first few NCLEX style exams...

Hi all, I'm starting to get my ducks in a row to apply in the next year or two, assuming I go the NP route (I am really interested in clinical bioethics, but not sure that is a realistic career). I'm wondering about my BSN GPA. I have a 3.6, which i...

Thanks all! I probably saw 2-3 threads throwing around some high numbers and that was all I needed to indulge in some serious confirmation bias. I really appreciate the responses and the time!

I love my littman cardiology 3. love it. i have never had anyone borrow it for longer than 2 mins in my sight or take it or lose it-- i feel like that is kind of a strange thing to have happen. my thought was this: i want to buy 1 stethoscope, not a ...

that's really interesting to hear...would you mind expanding on that? I am just finishing my BSN from an accelerated program, and am looking at a DNP in the next 3-5 years. One of the reasons I chose nursing over medicine last minute (as in, was enro...

Thank you all so much for such kind words and the time everyone took to give me such thoughtful responses! How can I give up on nursing, when there are so many nurses are people who genuinely care about making other people's day's brighter, in and ou...

I need to vent. I've made it to the last semester of nursing school never having cried over a clinical day (yay?). Well, broke that streak-- spent an entire hour sobbing when I got home. Icky, ugly crying, folks. When people say academics don't matt...

Oh, yes, very true-- hope my over-the-top rant about it didn't offend! I think the frustration comes from busting my butt in the classroom, and getting accolades for it in a very academic-focused program, but then going out into the hospital realizin...

Thank you guys so much! It is so helpful to get it all out, but even more helpful to be reminded that this is a part of the job, and everyone has been there, too. Onward and upward, right? And I'll at least get sterile technique down after this if it...

I have done all ebooks for three semesters. Personally, it is a good fit for me, but I highly doubt it is one for everybody. I hate lugging books around. If it's a big, thick textbook I can basically guarantee I will not read it. I also lose things ...

You've got a good point; I guess the culture around study groups varies by program. My school really stresses group work, so we're used to switching around for various projects with different people and it doesn't seem to get too clique-y when it com...

Hey! Med-surg is the WORST. Don't feel too bad. Here's what helped me: 1. NCLEX questions with good rationales. I've used the "success" series (med-surg success, etc) for a lot of classes and it has made a big difference in my ability to learn the ...

Hi! I am a student nurse, and I am trying to do a research paper on strategies to keep children from pulling out their IVs. I had a wonderful 2 year old patient in my pediatric clinical who pulled out everything that they tried-- IVs, PICCs, etc. It ...

Help! For my peds care plans, my interventions have to be based on information from a pediatric nursing journal. I am scouring CIHNAL, google scholar, etc, but I am really struggling to find sources! How hard is it to find scholarly information on p...

Oh my goodness, thank you all so much for being so helpful and responsive! I love peds-- in part because it seems to attract the best nurses. Thanks for proving this again! and thank you especially janfrn for all of that work!

I've got genomics next semester. I have NO idea what to expect, how to study, what resources to use, etc. It doesn't seem to be that common in BSN curriculums....makes me nervous. I'm not the biggest fan of genetics....I like it fine, but there are o...

Hi All, Med-Surg is next semester and the textbooks, as you know, are thick enough to be used as lethal weapons. What is the best study guide out there to use as an adjunct for reviewing and figuring out key information? I'm looking at: the Herst ...