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psychRNflorida As a new grad I am having a tough time finding an entry level position-does Baptist hire new grads? I am trying to be proactive and get my info out there. . . it's not been easy. Good luck to the re-locators. I couldn't imagine living anywhere other than the beautiful gulf coast.

Thank you-I PASSED!!!! Prayers to you as well!! You got this :)

Thank you GrnTea for your advice, which I took to heart!I PASSED the NCLEX!!!!! I was so anxious in the days leading up to NCLEX that I found it to be difficult to study. I was studying TOO much. So I only studied 2 hrs a day-3 days before the test I didn't study the day before or on the test day-I took a break. I found Hurst review test taking strategies to be helpful (audio) 4shared folder - Fuer and Saunders CD to be the MOST helpful. Good luck to those who will be taking NCLEX-try to keep a cool head and take breaks.:)

Thank you GrnTea-I am sharing a portion of your post-because it is great advice-that I will be taking. Posted in an earlier thread by "GrnTea" "Here's my periodic advice on taking NCLEX: I taught in the Kaplan NCLEX review course for years. Whatever resource you use to study, make sure it gives you the rationales for why the wrong choices are wrong as well as the right ones, right. This is where most people fall down-- they pick an answer that is factually true but is not the best answer for the situation as it would be assessed by a good RN. They try to memorize facts but forget critical thinking skills that are, well, critical in all nursing judgment. NCLEX items are developed in part from knowing what errors new grads make and how. They tend to be of two kinds: inadequate information, and lack of knowledge (these are not the same thing). The goal of NCLEX is to pass candidates who will be acceptably SAFE in practice as NURSES. So-- they want to know what the prudent NURSE will do. 1) When confronted c 4 answers, you can usually discard 2 out of hand. Of the remaining two, -- always choose the answer that (in priority order) makes the patient safer or gets you more information. "Can you tell me more about that?" "What do you know about your medication?" "What was the patient's lab result?" -- NEVER choose the answer that has you turf the situation to another discipline-- chaplain, dietary, MD, social work, etc. It's often tempting, but they want to know about what the NURSE would do. See "always..." above. 2) "Safer" might mean airway, breathing, circulation; it might mean pull the bed out of the room and away from the fire; it might mean pressure ulcer prevention; or improving nutrition; or teaching about loose scatter rugs ... Keep your mind open. It might also mean "Headed down a better pathway to health." For example, while telling a battered woman who has chosen not to leave her partner that "Studies show that he will do it again" is factually true (and that's why this wrong answer is often chosen), the better answer is to acknowledge that you hear her choice to stay and say something like, "Now let's think of a plan to keep you safe." This doesn't turn her off from listening to you, so she will trust you, acknowledges her right to choose, and helps her along a path to better safety. 3) Read carefully. If they ask you for a nursing intervention answer, they aren't asking for an associated task or action which requires a physician plan of care. So in a scenario involving a medication, the answer would NOT be to hang the IV, regulate it, or chart it; it would not be to observe for complications. It WOULD be to assess pt knowledge of the med/tx plan and derive an appropriate patient teaching plan. Only that last one is nursing-independent and a nursing intervention. Again, they want NURSING here. 4) The day before the test, do not study. Research shows that your brain does not retain crap you stuff into it at the last minute-- musicians learning a new piece play the first part on Monday, the second part on Tuesday, and the third part on Weds. Then they do something else entirely on Thursday; meanwhile, behind the scenes, the brain is organizing the new info into familiar cubbyholes already stuffed with similar music, putting it ready for easy access. On Friday, the whole piece works much better. What this translates for in test-taking land is this: The day before the test, you go to a museum or a concert, go take a hike, read a trashy novel, make a ragout, do something else entirely. Take a small glass of wine, soak in a nice hot bath in a darkened tub with a few candles on the sink, get a nice night's sleep. 5) On your way out the door in the morning, open the refrigerator door and read the mayonnaise jar label. Do what it says: Keep cool, do not freeze. Then go to the testing center, you incipient RN, you!"

Thanks! That is exactly what I am trying to do;control it. I have kept a solid B average through out nursing school and scored 97% chance of passing nclex-I feel like I will pass-this anxiety just came out of no where-and I don't know what to do with it :/

I am reaching out for some help dealing with what I believe is anxiety-which I have never had a problem with through out nursing school. I only feel this way while I am studying for NCLEX (4 days away)-all of my muscles in my neck, and shoulder are extremely tight, I feel a constant lump in my throat-that makes me feel anxious. Has anyone else experienced this? What can I do to reduce/eliminate it? I hate to think that I am going to feel like this, or much worse during my test.

"I didn't see anyone say that we should be babied, let off easy, or let mistakes go uncorrected. What I did see were people commenting about the advantages to being in a program where you are supported by your peers and instructors as opposed to being pitted against each other. There's a huge difference between a solid education and boot camp. The point was that you can still be trained to be an amazing, confident nurse without being belittled or ridiculed by those educating you." Quoted by WorkingTowardsBSN My school is also very competitive, instructors are tough, the 1st semester the students were all in it for themselves. But I created a private members only FaceBook page for our nursing class-its a safe place to vent, ask dumb questions ect. If one of us finds a helpful website-we link on the page, you can create documents (study guides to share-everyone can add info to it so that 1 person isnt stuck doing all the work) If one of the instructors sends an e-mail it is posted there. It has brought our class closer together-we truly want everyone to be successful. Good luck !!! :)

If you don't mind me asking if you got the TB skin test? If so where? I called the health dept. and they said they don't offer it. I need to get busy and get my shots! :) Thanks

Uh oh~the casino is very-very close! lol It's called my name a time or two. lol

Since you live in Pace do you plan on cutting thru Quintette Rd to HWY 29 to Hwy 97 ? I am not real familiar with alternate routes in santa rosa county. Have you been enrolled in just Jdcc or did u transfer from PJC/PSC? I took a 12 week MICRO/and lab at PJC. I like JDCC much better-I am excited. kim

I only need a humanities class-but I will take that later. It has been a long road to get here-I have really made my grades the priority in my life-which has not been easy. The next step for me is to tackle getting those shots!! Not looking forward to that! kim

Thanks~I realized that after I went to the web-I just want to do things perfectly so that nothing goes wrong with the registration process-it feels too good to be true-Lol!! And I don't want to jinx it. =] kim

does your acceptance letter say whether you were accepted to the nursing program at the atmore campus-or-the- brewton campus? mine says atmore. :flwrhrts:kim

have any of you received a call from jdcc? i had 2 missed calls~i hope nothing is wrong with form a that i mailed off. thanks~kim

so are you guys local~ or will you be commuting to jdcc? i live in molino, florida, which is about 45 minutes southwest of brewton, alabama. kim