starshinely

I worked at SACH as an aide when I was in school for my RN. I was there for about two years and worked on a few different units. Though I wasn't an RN myself back then, I can tell you that that place is very good to their nurses. Most of the RN positions were filled and a lot of nurses there were long time employees (the only ones that left moved away). They are also very well staffed and a lot of times nurses got placed on-call (sometimes they were overstaffed). The hospital itself is very traditional (meds in locked med carts on the units-no pyxis). They also have ALL computerized charting. It is very clean, warm and professional. I only left because I moved away, but I wish the hospital I currently am a nurse for was more like SACH in terms of how they treat their nurses. If you decide to work there, you will have a great experience http://www.sach.org

I was soooo happy beyond belief to see my name on the BRN site with a license number next to it! It was very early in the morning on Saturday while I was at work, so I felt pretty tired and it seemed like a blur. I had to show other people so I could believe what I ws seeing. But, praise the lord I passed :) Now, I can truly relax and enjoy having graduated college! :smiley_aa

I just took the NCLEX today in CA and I was in there for about 1 3/4 hours and it shut off at 75 questions. I got a few pick all that apple, a few calculations, some mass casualty, but very few Pharm questions. I studied my butt off since Christmas for this test and did Kaplan. Doing the Kaplan Question Trainer questions at my own computer really simulated how the NCLEX works (font was the same too!). Anyway, Kapln helps a lot, so take it if you can (some hospitals where I live will now pay for Kaplan for you and Kaplan gives you a money back guarantee if you fail the test). I did Lippincott and Saunders questions and they helped. I did ATI in my RN program and it told me both times that I have a 98-99% chance of passing. I scored above 65% on all of the Kaplan practice tests and passed the Readiness exam at the Kaplan center when I took it a few weeks ago. But, when I was in there, it kinda hit me that THIS IS IT, THIS IS THE DAY YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! But, it was still a shock to be actually sitting for boards today. I also had lots of trouble sleeping last night, which was sucky, since I got a nice, quiet hotel room so I could sleep in and rest. Haa! That didn't happen, I was so nervous and kept waking up with my stomach in knots (even after taking 2 Tylenol PM's to sleep easy). Anyway, I walked out of there smiling and happy it was over, but now I'm really doubting myself. I looked up the answers to the questions I remembered. My friends that took it in 75 questions all passed, but I think I'll be in the small percentage that failed at 75. Is anyone else in the same boat?