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I was recently hired as a FT RN on a med/surg step down unit. I'm supposed to start on Monday. Yesterday, I went to occ. health and I told them I'm HOH. The occ health nurse insisted that she call the medical director. This morning, she calls me and says I have to meet with the medical director and my manager for some sort of accomadations meeting. I'm very upset because I feel like I will be fired. I've been praying and finally stopped crying. I pray that they still let me start on Monday. I've been reading up on disability rights and if they fire me it's against the LAW!!! Someone please respond. Did I do the right thing by telling them? I just wanted to be honest

I got that pop up too! I will be so happy once I get my offical results :)

hello all. i did the pvt and it said "this candidate has previously passed this exam. a new appointment cannot be scheduled." that's the "good pop up", i'm assuming. i will keep you all posted on my offical results:d. i had 75 questions, one calc (for you future nclex test takers out there make sure you know your conversions) 13 sata, many infection control questions and lots of priority questions! i did not pay $500 for the kaplan class, i did hurst in march. if i could do it all over again i would pick kaplan! this test taking strategies are great! i used the 2011-2012 kaplan strategy book. mnemonics also helped me a lot (most of them i found on here). for example....... transmission-based precautions: airborne my - measles chicken - chicken pox/varicella hez - herpez zoster tb private room - negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hr mask, n95 for tb droplet think of spiderman! s - sepsis s - scarlet fever s - streptococcal pharyngitis p - parvovirus b19 p - pneumonia p - pertussis i - influenza d - diptheria (pharyngeal) e - epiglottitis r - rubella m - mumps m - meningitis m - mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia an - adenovirus private room or cohort mask contact precaution mrs.wee m - multidrug resistant organism r - respiratory infection s - skin infections * w - wound infxn e - enteric infxn - clostridium difficile e - eye infxn - conjunctivitis i hope this helps someone else. be blessed.

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I graduated in July and take boards in Sept. I currently work as a CNA in a nursing home. I have the option to stay at the nursing home as an RN and work on a cart. I would prefer to work in a hospital on a med/surg floor. But i will take whatever. I plan on going back to school in Jan. to take 3 classes that are prereqs for a RN to BSN program that will take one year to complete!

I would take Hopkins. Do you have a BSN?

thanks so much! if i work on the skilled unit for a year do you think a hospital will accept that as experience? please reply soon

Hi! I'm doing the Hurst live review now! Its great but if you dont have the money get this book by Marlene HUrst. http://www.amazon.com/Hurst-Reviews-NCLEX-RN-Review-Marlene/dp/0071484310/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1/175-5875127-6754243 Hope this helps

thats true!! thank you:D i know all the residents, all the nurses , the unit manager came to my pinning and she loves me! the only issue i might have is with CNAs i know having to tell them what to do (sort of speak)

congrats :)

Hello all. I'm a new grad RN that currently works as a CNA in a LTC facility (been there 2.5 years). My human resources manager told me when I get my ATT and temp license I can work there for 90 days. I am currently awaiting my ATT then hoping to schedule NCLEX around mid september. Does anyone suggest working in a LTC facility as there first job or wait to see if something comes up with the hospital? The hospital jobs here (in VA) are scarce!!

Hi. I would suggest using the tools you already have! You have Hogan, Saunders, Hesi, and Hurst. I just passed Hesi about 2 weeks ago. I would suggest taking your score report from the last Hesi you took to see where you need to work on. I would suggest on working on each area you got less than 850. Thats exactly what I did. For example, I took hesi 2 times. The first time I did poor in cardiovasular and renal (along with additional various areas). I made it a point to read over cardiovascular and renal ( and every other area I did poorly on), continue to do 150- 200 questions a day. Not just reading the rationale but truly understanding why I got certain questions wrong and others right. So for whatever area you need to work on read hurst, skim over Hogans and read Saunders. I really hope this helps you