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    What is a "passing grade" for your nursing program?

    vanessaem replied to aspiringrn1987's topic in General Students

    A 77% was passing in our program. A 90% was passing in med
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    how long do I have to STAY in bedside nursing to LEAVE bedside nursing?

    vanessaem replied to RNbellashadow's topic in Nursing Career

    If you don't like bedside nursing, for the sake of yourself and your patients, I would suggest you leave it and go on to do something else in the field that you're more interested in. You should now...
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    No-Pass in second half of General Chemistry

    vanessaem replied to atberk's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Many nursing schools would like you to have a B or better in the following subjects: Chemistry, A&P 1 and 2, and Microbiology. It might help if you try and take the Gen Chem again if possible and...
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    First Real Job Offer

    vanessaem replied to Anonrn670's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Many women, particularly, are all too willing to accept this fact and that's one of the reasons why we're paid less than men. If you have the years of experience and proven production and work...
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    8 days until NCLEX

    vanessaem replied to punchin51799's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you score over 60% on QT6 and QT7, there's an extremely high chance you will pass. This was according to our Kaplan
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    NCLEX SOON! -- need ur advice!

    vanessaem replied to zeifrancisco's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Those scores look like you're ready. Good
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    Kaplan Scores

    vanessaem replied to OneHappyRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you're getting mostly in the 60s, you're doing well. If you're getting 60% and above you're at passing level. Again, 50's isn't terrible. All you have to do is focus on those areas when studying....
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    Kaplan Scores

    vanessaem replied to OneHappyRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Take QT6 and QT7. If you score over 60 on those, there's an extremely high chance you will pass. This is according to the Kaplan instructors. Since that was the case for me and everyone else I know...
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    Pharm on NCLEX?

    vanessaem replied to KeepCalmNurs3On's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I didn't get many pharm questions on my exam but lots of delegation and prioritization
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    Nyu should I go?????or Felician

    vanessaem replied to helpers56's topic in New York Nursing

    Check the Nclex pass rate here and see if you think it's worth it. Honestly, that's one of the first things I looked at to decide which nursing schools I wanted to focus on for possible
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    Kaplan Scores for NCLEX-RN

    vanessaem replied to vw74vw's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just to add: If you get over 60% on QT6 and especially QT7, there's a high possibility you will pass Nclex. If you're not regularly averaging over 60% in the Qbank, I think it's a good idea to have at...
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    Ten Tips for New Grad Nurses

    vanessaem replied to JayPeacock's topic in Nursing Career

    I hate to be a Debbie Downer but I've done from 1 - 10 and still no job. I still think it's about who you know and their influence in the hiring process. I have endless amounts of rejection emails...
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    Taking NCLEX soon

    vanessaem replied to punchin51799's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Well if it makes you feel any better, my Readiness score was a 49, QT6 was a 64, QT7 was a 63.5, and overall Qbank average was a 58. I passed Nclex the first time with 122 questions. So yeah, I'm...
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    Can you take A/P without lab

    vanessaem replied to cardsfan987's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You should really be asking the Registrar and Science department of your school however, in most cases, the lecture and labs are pretty much a packaged deal. You can't take one and not the other. In...
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    Stressing out over grades!!

    vanessaem replied to Nursingdreamsx0's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I also got a C+ in Psyche I, however, I got A's and B's in all of my other prereq's and I got into a program. I think most nursing schools really look at your Chemistry, Microbiology and A&P...
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    Kaplan-RN Review Class vs. Online Review

    vanessaem replied to neverbethesame's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Kaplan's classroom portion of the course is less than 2 weeks long. During and after that, you have access to their website for about three months. You get thousands of challenging qbanks and lots of...
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    Need help passing the NCLEX RN

    vanessaem replied to alversodaniella's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I graduated in Dec '13 and did Kaplan as well. How did you do on the Kaplan qbanks and
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    help with drug calculation

    vanessaem replied to Jsanders16's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The way I read it is that they are using a 2mL vile to put in 1mL of medication. So you are counting the 1mL of medication only not how much the vile
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    Do you think eating in the classroom is rude?

    vanessaem replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Students

    If there is a sign on the door of the classroom that says "NO FOOD OR DRINK", then your teacher is doing a poor job of enforcing the rules. That being said, I don't mind food or drink as along as...
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    NCLEX tutor suggestions

    vanessaem replied to Kseniyak's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I really don't think the NCLEX exam is something you can get tutoring for especially since there are so many topics that are covered and no one really knows what type of questions they will be hit...
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    How Old is "to old" to START a nursing education?

    vanessaem replied to Greenlee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I don't think your age is a drawback at all. We had a couple of people in their late 40s and 50s in our program and made it through and succeeded with the rest of us. If nursing is your dream, I say...
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    So who is hiring?

    vanessaem replied to blueindigo2's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I'm probably doing the same as you, applying like crazy. I really don't see how these hospitals expect us to get experience without hiring us in the first place. Right now, I'm just a nurse in name...
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    Let's talk: Nursing Shortage?

    vanessaem replied to Yellow90's topic in General Nursing

    The only shortage I see is the amount of hospitals willing to hire new grad
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    Pearson Vue Trick 2014

    vanessaem replied to Soontobern3's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That means you passed. Congratulations.
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    Passed at 75, here is the secret (1st attempt)

    vanessaem replied to PRETTYNURSY's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed with 122 questions on my first try. At the end of the day, a pass is a pass and no one except the test taker cares about how many questions it took. All employers or anyone else cares about...