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33762FL

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  1. Is it looked down on if you go for BSN full time after graduation instead of working?

    33762FL replied to WDM08002's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness - take one of the offers! Hospital jobs are hard to come by for new grads, and since acute care experience is the best and pays the most, you should definitely take advantage of the...

  2. Is it looked down on if you go for BSN full time after graduation instead of working?

    33762FL replied to WDM08002's topic in General Nursing

    I think the declining skills should be your biggest concern. Can you work part time while doing the BSN full time? Or do the BSN part time while working part or full time? If i were you I'd find a way...

  3. Action Plan for those planning (having) to work into 70's

    33762FL replied to pedicurn's topic in General Nursing

    I want to add something to your list: "stay out of the sun, if you do go out always use sunscreen" The sun can really age a person. My plan is to retire around age 65 either to Mexico or Costa Rica,...

  4. Number Of Questions You Felt Like You Knew

    33762FL replied to tostu's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    About 10/75. Seriously. It was

  5. Great LTC Clinical and Advice, Please.

    33762FL replied to Hygiene Queen's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, mentioning that you want a job there is inappropriate for a clinical rotation thank-you card. Send the thank you card and gift with no mention of jobs. Then when you graduate sent your resume and...

  6. What motivates you to pass NCLEX?

    33762FL replied to mzznurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Mainly because I want to be a nurse. But also: Because I would feel very ashamed if I'd failed, my whole school would find out about it and both fellow students and faculty would all be talking about...

  7. Religion in the Room

    33762FL replied to SeeTheMoon's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    If someone ever asked me that, I would have answered very seriously "yes, Carter was the President in the late 1970's. I know all about him." I guess that is not the Carter in question?

  8. Should I just suck it up and take out loans for a private school?

    33762FL replied to supremekizzle's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Chamberlain is Devry. The corporate ownership of the school gave the nursing arm a different affiliate name to make it sound more appealing, just like they did with their MBA affiliate arm. This isn't...

  9. At what point are employers asking TMI?

    33762FL replied to KayRN910's topic in General Nursing

    Huh? the census form wanted to know how many people lived in your house, how they were related to one another, their race, and their age. That was it. It did not ask anything else, so how is that...

  10. I passed...I am a RN

    33762FL replied to JenRN2011's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm jealous of all these people in states where you're name is on the BON within days. Mine said it would be 2

  11. Concern: Age Discrimination for a New 58 RN

    33762FL replied to Cyns's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with the two points other posters made that there is no nursing shortage, and that age discrimination exists (the older you get, the harder it will be to enter a new career). I want to make a...

  12. What do you think of Kaplan

    33762FL replied to NurseDiane44's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Buyer beware - Kaplan is a for profit company and their main source of profit is their online education arm. They charge about twice as much per credit as State Universities do for the exact same...

  13. Rest of summer off from school... now what ?

    33762FL replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    It's a good idea to get a few NCLEX books and do questions over the summer, that will really help you for your next semester and

  14. Took NCLEX Today - it was HARD!

    33762FL posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took my NCLEX today and it was about 100 times harder than I expected. I had taken a review course, used multiple NCLEX books to study, done thousands of questions, passed my exit HESI with a 1250,...

  15. Writing a Bio?

    33762FL replied to ninja2011's topic in General Nursing

    I've put these together before, although not in the healthcare industry. What they are probably looking for is a few simple sentences like this: "Jane Doe received her BSN degree from SUNY Stonybrook...

  16. Took NCLEX Today - it was HARD!

    33762FL replied to 33762FL's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed! Unfortunately the BON "lost" my application and I have to send in another before I get my license number, but that will be easy compared to the stress of that NCLEX. And the PVT trick was...

  17. About to start Maternal-Child Nursing...Advice?

    33762FL replied to Servingshots's topic in General Students

    I used "Maternal and Newborn Success", it's a purple paperback book with practice questions and a companion CD. I found OB to be the hardest of all the nursing school topics, so this book was...

  18. NCLEX RN tomorrow

    33762FL replied to teddy20's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm taking mine on Monday too. If you are prepared, which I feel that I am (after a review course, thousands of practice questions, multiple NCLEX books, content review, and a 4.0 in NS) then the day...

  19. What money can get you.

    33762FL replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds typical. The USA is run for the rich, by the rich. The only things that surprises me is that this girl wanted to be a nurse rather than a fashion editor at Teen Vogue or something. I doubt...

  20. Ok, this one hasn't been done in a while....

    33762FL replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's a location. I'm not from there and I don't currently live there, but I spent a significant period of time there at one point in my life. I wouldn't want to give away any personal information on...

  21. Another Kaplan Post!

    33762FL posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My NCLEX is scheduled for Monday 6/27. I have used multiple review materials: 1. Lippincott: I exhausted the book and the CD 2. ATI: School gave us access to ATI for free, exhausted it with between...

  22. Another Kaplan Post!

    33762FL replied to 33762FL's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did fine in Nursing school. I got a prize for having a 4.0 GPA I don't have any weak areas that stand out, I am "okay" with all the material but sometimes when a question seems really strange, I...

  23. frustrated/disappointed with my nursing internship - advice?

    33762FL replied to eagerSN2011's topic in General Students

    Welcome to real world nursing. It's very different from school clinical. Nothing you mentioned is abnormal, just learn as much as you can. This is really a golden opportunity, you will learn volumes...

  24. How to answer the 10 year goal question??

    33762FL replied to Telelizard's topic in General Nursing

    They are asking the question because they want to see if you're ambitious or not. They are asking about professional goals, so do not say anything about getting married and having kids. The best...

  25. The dreaded pregnancy test

    33762FL replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    The majority of doctors in the US don't want to insert an IUD unless the woman has already had a baby. However, being nulliparous or even being a virgin isn't a contraindication. And it's much easier...