I am a RN who just graduated nursing school in May. I went to a very competitive nursing program and could never understand why some of the students were so mean and conniving. Looking back , I did make some good friends, but most of the students pre...
cowgirl_RN replied to alaskanhillls's topic in NCLEX
a few words of encouragement, I never did extremely well on the HESIs we had to take in nursing school, got only 904 on the exit HESI , and passed the NCLEX on the first try, so it is very possible!
cowgirl_RN replied to alaskanhillls's topic in NCLEX
I went over the psych drugs, pain meds, and insulin charts,..... i would also go over transmission precautions. TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTIONS: AIRBORNE My - Measles Chicken - Chicken Pox/Varicella Hez - Herpez Zoster/Shingles TB or remember......
cowgirl_RN replied to alaskanhillls's topic in NCLEX
I thought Hurst very beneficial and the content was excellent. On NCLEX it is impossible to know all the possible content, so you also have to have good test taking strategies. I was a nervous wreck, but i didn't find the test to be "too bad". GOOD L...
I would definitely say take hurst! and do lots of practice questions from different sources. Hurst is content based as others mentioned but totally worth the investment :)
cowgirl_RN replied to alaskanhillls's topic in NCLEX
I would really suggest taking the HURST NCLEX_RN review course if it is offered in your area. I just took the NCLEX june 5, 2013 and passed with 75 questions! Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination 5e is a really great book as well! It co...
cowgirl_RN replied to katybusymom's topic in Texas
I didn't receive an email but my utlink status said I had been provisional accepted and that my letter was in the mail.....I also don't know their selection process but I am thrilled to b apart of such a great school!!!!!
cowgirl_RN replied to katybusymom's topic in Texas
Congrads to everyone ... and i cant wait to meet everyone ..... i still dont believe that i got accepted and i check my link everyday to see if my status has changed to "rejected" lol........ when i receive something in the mail then i think it will ...
cowgirl_RN replied to katybusymom's topic in Texas
last name is s .... and i finally got around to looking at the utlink >>>> i went ahead and set everything up for utmb because i thought i wasnt gonna get in .... but im super excited!!! :)
I am also going to have to create a facebook page lol finally im forced into doing it lol ......for nursing school sake lol also i will be community to gavelston as well ... at least for the first semester and them im going to relocate to gavelston
cowgirl_RN replied to katybusymom's topic in Texas
i will do fine :) ...... im gonna have to compute for a semester and then try to move to the island ... but i think it will be worth it and also pv program is 2 1/2 years opposed to utmb being just 2 years
cowgirl_RN replied to katybusymom's topic in Texas
thanks guys for all of yall supports :) ..... i also got excepted to prairie view nursing school as well ..... but if i dont get into ut houston i will go to utmb..... just because i hear nothing but good things about utmb and how great there program...
does anyone know exactly when the spring 2012 starts?? has anyone received their packet yet?? Hopefully if comes sometime this week :) i just wanyt to get everything turned in as soon as possible