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  1. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    tarotale replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

    East of Texas Medsurg tele 1/2year $21.18 15% night shift diff, no weekend or holiday diff. Non union Average housing for single bed is between $500 to $650 mean, so not a very cheap

  2. Why do you work night shift?

    tarotale replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    The calamity is unparalleled to days . No doctors, no case managers, no unit managers, no family members, no ancillary staff. It's mostly very calm also because less meds to pass out compared to

  3. can you apply even if you don't meet the "requirement"

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    o man, as i read the comments, i felt little discouraged because i thought those requirements were posted on as some kind of typical "thing to do" but not really followed through, i mean they accepted...

  4. can you apply even if you don't meet the "requirement"

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    H thank you much for the input. Guess I will have to give it a shot

  5. applying online vs showing up

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thanks for the honest input. I too wish for my

  6. applying online vs showing up

    tarotale posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi, I am currently working in a city 2hrs from Dallas and I would like to start lookin for hospitlas in Dallas, FW area. I met someone yesterday who works at Baylor and said that instead of applying...

  7. applying online vs showing up

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thanks for ur advice! Wish me a good luck

  8. how to transition into night nurse

    tarotale posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello, I am a new RN just finishing up day orientation and good ole 7p-7a night shift. I am slightly concerned how it could bring tumultous vexation to my life mainly due to sleep cycle and day/night...

  9. how to transition into night nurse

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks fot the comment. I also usually heard that night shift is much calmer, not as hectic and fast paced as day shift. Biorhyth, is one thing I am, little worried but I should manage.

  10. what are some nursing knowledge resources for new RN?

    tarotale posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    as a new RN, I understand that a TON of learning comes from working on the floor, and I can definitely attest to that, but I would also like to expand some clinical/medical knowledge so I can keep...

  11. what are some nursing knowledge resources for new RN?

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in First Year After Licensure

    wow esme, you are always a resourceful nurse. I thank you, and I will use your advice

  12. what are some nursing knowledge resources for new RN?

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in First Year After Licensure

    131 views and not a one answer... looks like I gave yal too tough

  13. seek advice on proficiency and time mgt from senior nurses

    tarotale posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello my dear RNs, I have both graduated and obtained my RN license very recently, and am working at telemetry/medsurg unit as RN orientee/preceptee. I find no other better place than allnurses.com to...

  14. seek advice on proficiency and time mgt from senior nurses

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in First Year After Licensure

    thanks so much for all that esme i will make good use of

  15. seek advice on proficiency and time mgt from senior nurses

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in First Year After Licensure

    thank you all for the awesome advices, keep them coming! oh, by the way my hospital is electric charting, so the info are on screen. and @Altra, I got a really nice preceptor and we quite often...

  16. Preparing for NCLEX 2013

    tarotale replied to Sparkles1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    if you're scoring like that on kaplan, that is very good sign. I scored around 63-68% on Kaplan and passed with 75. Just do ALL the qbank and qtrainer questions, diagnostic and readiness test then you...

  17. 18ers, how was it???

    tarotale posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I just took it and came back, done at 75. I left with 50/50 of conflicting optimism, pessimism, relief and sorrow. That was for sure one of the most anxiety-inducing tests though. The PVT gave good...

  18. just purchased Kaplan q Bank&book.....hmmm

    tarotale replied to nursey909's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    the one i used was on kaplan website and it had 7 qtrainers and 1000+ qbank questions, diagnostic and readiness test plus couple qbank sample tests. I'm pretty sure it's the same thing. BTW, I used...

  19. just purchased Kaplan q Bank&book.....hmmm

    tarotale replied to nursey909's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    do the diagnostic first. if you get b/t 60-65%, it's good sign. High 50s are not bad I hear. Then do ALL the Qtrainers 1 through 7. All of them; you want your score b/t 60-65% in qbanks and qtrainers;...

  20. Kaplan scores and NCLEX

    tarotale replied to ava920's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    according to Kaplan lady we had, you really need to just get 31 questions out of 75 right to pass b/c 15 of them are trial questions so they don't count. Of course some of 31 questions won't all be...

  21. Practice questions: Kaplan vs Hurst

    tarotale replied to Nazzerena's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    lol @rebecca. the kaplan rationales were painfully short, i mean, few words if any. So it's best to google anything that you think you need to know and write it down! For example, I had no idea what...

  22. Test shutting off at 75 questions... pass or fail?

    tarotale replied to HomeGrownMichiganRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    lucky , wow what state is that? lol congratulations, we are all over the

  23. 18ers, how was it???

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    that is AWESOME. lol I have been re-registering over and over again just to see that good pop up to calm my nervousness. Well, fellow texan, wish you the best

  24. NCLEX-RN is not as bad as I thought

    tarotale replied to francoml's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I agree. It wasn't that bad, but still, it was definitely not easy. Level of questions were quite challenging, but really, not THAT bad as people say; still again, quite challenging. I also agree with...

  25. Test shutting off at 75 questions... pass or fail?

    tarotale replied to HomeGrownMichiganRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    how do you find so quickly and where may I ask? at the bon