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I received my nursing license June 19th! I was unable to get a job at the hospital I was employed during nursing school due to there was no openings for nurses in my department. I started working in a SNF and soon was offered a job as a DON in a assi...

I took the nclex-rn today and had all 265 questions. Does anyone pass at 265? I did the PVT and got the good pop-up. Just nervous I failed.

I passed!! My name is on my states BON!!! Thanks for everyone's input.

My state does participate. I just can get them till tomorrow. I think I am going to go crazy waiting.

I guess what I meant was I seen some post were it was saying that people who get 265 questions get the good pop-up and fail. I know its a trick and that it doesn't mean you passed 100%. I got the one pop-up stating "Our records indicate you are alrea...

I am in my last semester of nursing school and I was wondering when should I start applying for jobs. I live in NC and we were told that the local hospitals aren't hiring many new grads, except I already work in one so I think I have a good chance of...

Congrats! I wish my school let us practice on each other. The first time I actually got to start an IV was on an actual patient. I was successful. Lucky I got the chance because most people finish my program never actually starting an IV.

I have a hard time with getting very nervous when am about to stick people with needles. To the point that my hands start shaking badly and people ask me if am nervous. How to I stop this? I recently got a job at my local hospital and they will requi...

Do any of you find it hard to be super excited over an awesome test grade when most of your class failed? Am in my 3rd semester and in ob class. I find it very simple to understand and I find the test super easy compared to some the med-surg test I ...

I am in my 3rd semester and I don't have any close friendships with any of my school mates. Like you I have lots of people who I can talk to but I don't get invited to join study sessions or anything else. I did have one girl I had become friends wit...

I just received a job at my local hospital as a NA2. I was super excited about receiving it until I found out that I have to complete a full 2 days of orientation. In order to do this I am going to have to miss my first day of class (am going into my...

Well it turns out that not only would I have to miss the first day but I also would have to miss a clinical day. I refuse to do that and they can't do it another day. So looks like am going to have to pass on the job (even though it really sucks). T...

I say were CNAs have it better is at first its just a review, but once you get through the first half of the first semester they start learning new things too. In the state where I lived they can also train CNAs to pass meds and do sub-q injections, ...

Also I really need the money! My family is not really getting by too well with just my husbands income. This part-time job will provide just enough that we don't have to worry about getting all our bills paid. Some people can go all through school wi...

In my program they say you can miss 10% per each semester class, so am not really worried about that. I also am not really worried about getting behind. I had to miss class back in Feb due to a death in my family, and I actually did better on the tes...

I emailed my instructor for class and she said she didn't think I should miss class, but that I wouldn't get in any trouble or anything like that. I would choose school over any job. My only problem is that it is very hard to get a job at this hospit...

Coffee will be your friend. I worked nights for a couple of years and the first month was horrible. Try making sure you get a lot of sleep during the day and bring caffeine with you. It takes some adjusting but after I had worked it a couple of mont...

I had to drive 45 minutes to go to my LTC facility and then over an hour drive to our mental health clinical. I had to be at both by 6:30am. That sucked!

I guess am one of those lucky people that care plans seem easy for me. I was given a care plan book which has helped, but I find that I barely use it. Of course my first one was difficult because it was new and it took me hours to do it, but once I g...

I did some studying in fundamentals, but not nearly as much in farther courses. I will say that I have been a CNA for 6 years so a lot of fundamentals was like a refresher course at first. A lot of fundamentals is learning to do skills and why its im...

They accepted 60 students for my ADN program, but only 56 started. We were down to 40 after our second semester, but there are 70 starting our third semester with people who failed and LPNs joining our class. Its the biggest class our program has eve...

Well every college is different, but my first semester in my community college was not bad at all. The first day they scared the crap out of us by making us see how serious all the rules are. They explained all the ways you could be kicked out of the...

I am in NC and my program doesn't use this book. I do know another girl who is in a different program and they use it. She never complained about her book. If you find that your book doesn't work for you there are tons of different resource material ...

Am about to start my 3/4 semesters and I have seen Poo and Pee every clinical day, except the ones where I went to special observation sites. I find that my patient might not have a problem but I always seem to end up helping a fellow classmate, CNA,...

In my program we have lab coats. We have to wear them when we wear our uniforms. So we wear them for lab, clinical prep, and clinical days. Once we are on our clinical floor we can remove them, but if we leave the floor we have to wear them. I hate l...