Madds06

1. Geographic location: Ohio 2. Pay rate: $28/he 3. In which area / specialty do you work? ICU stepdown 4. What type of license do you have (RN or LPN)? RN 5. What type of degree and/or certification do you have? BSN 6. How many years of ...

hello all!! congrats on getting accepted into this wonderful program. can someone please let me know how to do the debt to salary ratio percentage??

Hello everyone! I took NCLEX this afternoon and after 75 questions (many SATA) my computer shut off :) what an amazing feeling!! My first question was a SATA! Then questions 3,4,6 were SATA! Then at question 12, I had SIX SATA IN A ROW! I prepared wi...

Congrats yisy4u!!!! So proud of you!! We are nurses!!!! Yayyyyyy!!!! Sorry I wasn't responding back today- I tore my ACL on June 21 and had to have reconstruction surgery today! I'm doing okay.. In some pain.. But at least I passed boards the first ...

Diagnostic test: 61% Readiness test: 61% Q trainer # 1: 63% Q trainer # 2: 59% Q trainer # 3: 53% Q trainer # 4: 59% Q trainer # 5: 61% Q trainer # 6: 64% Q trainer # 7: 64% Completed 100% of qbank with an overall score of 62%

Hey- it is under RN sample test # 4 in the QBank window!

Good luck!!!! You can do it!!!! Praying for you!!

Congrats!!!! So happy for you!!!

I had a nice, long, hard workout at the gym the evening before!

Honestly- I took Kaplan and their SATA I NEVER got correct! I took the 50 question SATA test of Kaplans and got a 32% (which I was kind of happy about considering how hard they are). I will say my Nclex SATA were not NEAR as hard as Kaplans. Did you ...

Our instructor told us that you need a 65% on qtrainer 4 and 5 and a 60% on qtrainer 6 and 7. She said if you have done all of the qbank with a cumulative of 60% or greater you are ready to sit for the NCLEX!

I take mine this Tuesday. My Kaplan qtrainer 6 score is a 64% and qtrainer 7 is 63.4%. Just finished 100% of qbank today with an overall score of 62%!! Ekkkkk!! Getting so nervous!

Glad everyone is having a good experience in the CCU! The best thing to start reviewing is hemodynamics! That's what I saw used so very much in the CCU I was in. Also any of your critical care lectures pertaining to the heart, STEMI's, telemetry, and...

I am so thrilled! I just found out that I will be precepting in the CCU! I was going to post this in the nursing student area, but wanted to get some feedback from CCU nurses!!! What would you want your preceptor to know coming in to the CCU as a sen...

How is your precepting experience going in the CCU??

Just had a pt last night who came in with DKA.. Blood glucose was 1900!!

I use the fast facts ALL THE TIME!! It came in really handy when I would get home and think of steps to do something with the swan ganz catheters and I just kept going over it step by step with the help of that app! You have to let me know how it is ...

Oh it's going amazing!!! My preceptor loves to teach and he really likes orienting new nurses!! You will love it! I have done six 12 hour shifts so far and can't even tell you all that I have learned! When do you start in the CCU?? On my first night...

Thank you all for your input!!! I just purchased the app called "Fast Facts in Critical Care" by Kathy White and the IABP and Cardiac Surgery one to go with it! I really appreciate you all replying! I will brush up on all the stuff you mentioned!! I ...

My first day with my patient were great!! She was very friendly and had a great sense of humor!! All was well until I left.. I backed into the Director of Nursings car in the parking lot while leaving.. Needless to say, she knew who I was the entire ...