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Wow, this ended up much longer than I'd expected! But hopefully this is helpful to you as you select NCLEX prep materials. Please keep in mind that this is only my opinion and experience as I prepared for the NCLEX:twocents:. 27 yrs after graduating...

Through various circumstances, I'll be going into a small LTC facility with basically 2 hrs of orientation. I realize that different facilities will be different, but could anyone describe a shift for me? Does this start with report like acute care?...

So, follow up... I've had my first two shifts, my third is tomorrow. I had about 25 patients. The two aides handle clothing, toileting, feeding, but there is almost no interaction between the aides and the nurses. The RN (or LPN) on the wing handles ...

So a couple of follow up questions and a little bit of explanation. I took a job with a temporary staffing/travel agency, so I won't be a regular employee of the LTC, hence the 2 hr orientation. I've been out of nursing a while (raising kids), live ...

This is SO incredibly helpful, I can't tell you all how much I appreciate that you've taken the time to share this with me. This will help me so much with making it through my first shifts! (And please, feel free to share any other thoughts!) God ble...

Thank you!! These are definitely helpful to me! Please, anyone else feel free to chime in :)

Here's the link to the tutorial you can download and do. This is exactly the same one that you do before starting the actual NCLEX exam (and yes, it does ask dumb stuff like what color is orange :) ). It's just so you have a chance to see the screen ...

For some study and testing tips and a rating of how different resources compare in difficulty to the actual NCLEX-RN, see https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/review-nclex-rn-607853.html and https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/passed...

Success2011, a big key to NCLEX is to not worry about the time. Seriously. I agree totally to take your time, it's not about speed. The actual minimum number of questions to answer and be able to pass is 75. You can still pass if you only do 75 quest...

DARLENESKY!!!! :clpty::smiley_aa:nmbrn::hpygrp::dancgrp::w00t: I am SO HAPPY for you!!! I knew you could do it!!!! Answered prayers!!!! Thank you so much for letting me know, I was hoping to hear how it went!! God bless!!!

Hi JLO, I'm looking at WGU's RN to BSN program right now. I'm not sure what your situation is, but you mention you have no nursing experience. WGU has several programs, programs for already licensed RN's are the RN to BSN, RN to MSN. The pre-licensur...

You can totally do this!!!

Honestly, I'm hoping that there are some jobs :). My situation is a bit odd, I have an ASN, graduated 27 yrs ago, worked FT for 7 yrs in a variety of settings (college health service, med-surg floor, neuro briefly, OR, Medicare peer review office). ...

Darlenesky, have you taken your NCLEX? How did it go? I've been praying for you!

Oh, Calzo, if you hate nursing (and I certainly hate many aspects of it myself), you really may want to consider doing something else entirely! It is totally NOT too late to do that. There are so many online possibilities that you can work at your ow...

Hm. No particular advice, but I have to say that I hope you are not too old to consider doing this. I just retook my NCLEX and passed. I graduated 27 yrs ago, passed NCLEX then and worked 7 yrs in several different areas. I've spent the last 18 yrs h...

And I should have added, I put "minimally competent" in quotes like that not as some kind of slam or sarcasm, but because I think their determination of minimally competent could be debatable. But I know they're trying to have a system that works eff...

Chriscast1, employers only know if you are actively licensed or not, they don't get a score. Even when NCLEX gave a score (I actually ran across my original score sheet from 27 yrs ago!), that score wasn't given to the employer. They only knew if you...

Hang in there! This is a great idea to encourage each other. I hoped to encourage other NCLEX takers and give some study tips and info that helped me in these two threads: Review of NCLEX prep books https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/review...

Praying for your success on your NCLEX, maritelrn!

Sort of a long story.... I graduated from nursing school in 1984. Not a misprint. 1984. I took the RN boards in July '84 and passed. (So long ago it was pencil and paper, the exam took 2 days, 6 hrs/day and was only offered twice a year.) For 7 yrs ...

I didn't use any of the online review courses, just books and a few online resources. Saunders (4th ed Q&A, 5th ed content review), Lippincott's Alt format Q&A, Hurst (just the book, it's 2008 I think), Exam Cram content book, Davis Q&A. ...

Thanks, I appreciate that! That's what I'd learned too, so you can imagine my surprise when the first source said you'd check for bladder distention first, and then the second source said massage the fundus first.

Question... I had a similar practice question in two different sources. Basically, post-delivery mom having heavy bleeding, what do you do first? One source gave the right answer as assess for bladder distention, the other source had massage the fun...

Congratulations! :nmbrn::smiley_aa