SmilingRN

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  1. Passed ANCC FNP November 2019

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  2. Hi all, So, I just wanted to pay it forward and post about my experience in passing the ANCC FNP exam with the utmost transparency and encouragement. For starters, I don’t think I’m unintelligent...
  3. iMac or MacBook!

    I just wanted to check back in for 2019 and let everyone know that I’m STILL using the same MacBook from 2010 that I mentioned in my original post. I’ve only had one issue a few years back with...
  4. From my understanding, if you have already scheduled and missed the appointment then you automatically forfeit the $200 testing fee. I don't think that it counts against the number of test attempts...
  5. PVT failed!!!!!!

    The PVT has worked for everyone that I know. This is over a 2-3 year time span I'm speaking of. I have heard that sometimes the PVT doesn't work when "delivery successful" isn't reflected on the...
  6. Attitudes of New Nurses

    Yeah, that's a good old case of "splitting." It's most common on the mental health units. However, I'm sure that non-psych patients are good for it,
  7. Backpack, watch for nursing program?

    Some of the students had Swiss Army rolling cases. I've even seen a few doctors using them in the hospital and I see that they carry a lot of equipment. Costco usually has a deal on them and it comes...
  8. Attitudes of New Nurses

    I always look drugs up before I give them just because you always need to know what and why you're giving a patient a particular med (i.e. six rights of medication administration). However, in my...
  9. Attitudes of New Nurses

    To piggyback off of your statement, sometimes a nurse has to exercise better judgment and hold medications because of a patient's rapid or unexpected change. We wouldn't wait to see what the doctor...
  10. "Just" an LPN

    People on the outside looking in always have the most to say: "Why not just go for an MD?, if you're looking into becoming a CRNA?" -or- "Why didn't you just go on to become a doctor, if you are doing...
  11. Just took the NCLEX-RN on 8/5/13

    No problem and thank you,
  12. Just took the NCLEX-RN on 8/5/13

    @ 48 hrs For sure! Sometimes I would stare at the screen for 5 minutes before selecting choices from Kaplan's SATA because they were just that complex. Luckily, it helped when it mattered
  13. Just took the NCLEX-RN on 8/5/13

    @ NW_studentnurse Thanks! The NCLEX SATA are pretty straightforward. At least, they were in my opinion. I read somewhere to treat each option as a true or false based on what the question is asking...
  14. Just took the NCLEX-RN on 8/5/13

    @ ohyesitslizz Bummer! I checked within 48 hours of completing the exam (which was around 1100 on 8/5/13). Perhaps this is why you can't see your option to view your Quick Results? I would try again...
  15. caught up in a dilemma

    @ Kaydensmom01 My initial paragraph was replying to your notion that grades indicate how you'll do in nursing school and whether someone is understanding the material. The subsequent paragraphs are...