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  1. Pay Rates?

    midwest (iowa)....i started out at $17.96 an hour, 10% diff from 3p to 7p and 15% diff from 7p to 7a during the week. on weekends the day diff is 10%, 3p to 7p 15% diff, and 7p to 7a 21%
  2. 3rd Shift with Young Children at Home??

    My kids are 6 and 9 years old. This schedule works out great for my family. Both of my children are in school during the day. I get home in time to get them on the school bus and then I sleep...
  3. CNA Question

    You have NO idea what a nurse does until you have walked in our shoes! CNA's are not NURSES....they are important to the health care team, but they have no where near the responsiblity or education...
  4. CNA Question

    NO! A CNA is not a nurse. They are an essential part of the health care team. CNA's report to LPN's and RN's and only do what is delegated to them. They cannot assess the patient, give meds, or do...
  5. Cna 1st or go straight to lvn/rn

    I had no experience in the health care field when I started my nursing program. In the program I went through, we caught up as far as learning what the CNA's knew within the first six weeks of the...
  6. Do the assigned reading and if you have any questions about the material...don't hesitate to ask your instuctors. Another good thing is to form a study group, it's always nice to hear other nursing...
  7. I am from Iowa. Thanks on the
  8. just wanting it over and to PASS

    Good luck! You can do it. Valiere
  9. I reviewed with Kaplan, Saunders, and Mosby. I did at least a 100 questions a day and really looked at the rationale behind each answer. Another thing that one of my instructor's told me was not to...
  10. Congrats!!! What a happy day for both of us!!! :balloons: I can't stop grinning
  11. Thanks everyone! :balloons: :rotfl: Hooray, I did
  12. I just logged onto the Pearson website and paid the fee to find out "unoffically" if I passed and I DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This feeling is so awesome, I AM AN RN!!!!!!!:chuckle Thanks for everyone...
  13. Anyone think Kaplan harder than NCLEX?

    Heck yeah! I thought Kaplan questions were very hard! I have been doing questions on the Q bank from Kaplan and those questions are even harder than on the Kaplan CD. I took my NCLEX exam...
  14. Yes!! I passed!!!

    Congratulations! I took my NCLEX today - shut off at 75 questions. I am hoping to know unoffically by this Sunday. Go out and buy yourself that big cake and make sure you have a big
  15. Pins and needles - 75 questions

    Well...good luck to you and let me know how you did!! Nothing can be done about it now....best thing to do is too try and relax and have a restful weekend.