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In the beginning of the chapters there can be a list of key words. I would know what they mean and in what context they're used. Also at the end of the chapters are questions. I have my students answer them in detail. Focus on ADPIE: assessments, diagnoses, plan, intervention/implementation, and evaluation of your disease process. Hope this helps.

From personal experience, I was an LVN and worked home health throughout BSN school. I did find that LVN education and experience allowed me to "slack off" in a sense. When I studied from NCLEX I didn't study as hard or as long as when I took the LVN NCLEX. I pass the first time. Disclaimer: I do know other LVNs in my program that did not pass.

I hope you found some relief and someone to talk to since you posted but if not here's my plan if I were in your situation: 1) Call your insurance company and ask what is covered in terms of mental health and therapy. Ask for a list of providers that is covered under your policy. Then make and appointment. 2) If you have FSA/HSA through your employer you can pay with that. Your doctor's office should be able to give you quote on how much you need to pay. (Also some hospitals have theres hotlines now that employees and call if they're in crisis. I'm not sure what goes on with that but it might be available." 3) Maybe the area of nursing you're in is not right for you. There are many occupations your nursng license prepare you for. On TikTok there are many nurses that transition out of bedside to tech, sales, clinic, etc. You will find your place.

Hello. It's been a while since nursing school but when I taught LVN I did a little presentation on HOW to take a test. After that my strategy is questions, questions, questions. I had students buy different questions banks and share with others so every student have access to at least 2 different banks and 2 different style of questions. 10 questions/day every day. No matter if you get something right read the rationale for WHY it's right and the other answers are wrong. If you go "WOW! is it asking me?" or "They never taught us this!" you might wanna read through the chapter in Saunders. If you want to treat it like a textbook I generally recommend cardiac, respiratory and urinary system (heart, lungs, kidneys). Hope this helps and good luck!

Hello, I'm answering from what I've seen in the Bay Area. Hospitals are unionized so any job postings are open to the hospital RNs first for about 2 weeks, depending on union contract. Then it is open to the public. Per Diem jobs are snatched up quick by senior RNs (knew a nurse with 3 PD jobs with 3 different hospitals all over the Bay). If you're in a specialized field I.e OR, Cath Lab, etc you have a better chance. Depending on how desperate the hospital is you can be hired within 2 weeks or 2 months. The hospitals I've worked at requires 8 days/ month with 2 of them a weekend. PD are also required to work either one or 2 major holidays. I don't really see new hire PD to be honest. It's either the registry nurses here for a day to two or travelers. Things are completely different in SoCal though so depending on where you wanna go. But no where beats pay in the Bay. My current hospital pays 25% more for PD. There's also a 10% difference for pm shift and 20% difference for noc. So the PD nurse working 11pm-7am is making 45% on top of her base and she's been there for 14 years.

Hi! The only hospital/corporation that I know of with stock options is HCA. In the Bay Area it'll be Regional Medical Center in San Jose and Good Samaritan in Los Gatos. RN that works on the floor do not get stock options as it'll be a conflict of interest. I don't believe the managers get stock options either as I've never heard them talk about it. I'm assuming it will have to be some directorship position or higher. If he wants stock options he will have to look at positions without direct patient care.

Hello all. 5 year ortho RN here and I was lucky enough to be accepted into an OR training program. From what I can tell the program follows AORN Periop 101 and sets aside 1 day to follow SPD and 2 days to learn to scrub. I know myself and I know that’s not going to be enough for me to memorize and learn all the instruments. That said, I wanted to ask what is the best way to learn/ memorize all the different instruments? Do you guys recommend any texts or apps? Originally I was just going to make flash cards with the picture of the instrument on one side and the name, specialty, and usage on the other. Thanks in advance!

Woo! Just got a phone call about acceptance. You guys will hear from Nancy soon! Good Luck

@thunderstruck1397--We are totally in the same boat, no LVN work experience whatsoever. I just got my license in January and when I told the prof that she was like "Wait, THIS January?" . As for not getting admitted, we'll have to go through the application process again for Fall 2013. Truth be told, I think it'll be more competitive in the fall since that's the typical college application time. @dianakim--Definitely apply. Interview questions everything thunderstruck1397 said. At the end she'll ask you to write a statement about how you'll pass the program. Don't worry, you can't do worse than my two sentences. Good luck! @mzmae--Adding to what thunderstruck1397 said, 7 semesters full-time without any transferable general education units. Just for the Holy Names LVN/BSN programs, all the classes are between 3pm-11pm and the clinicals are on the weekends

Hey, I had an interview too :) It went alright but mine went on longer than the person before me so...Anyways, the prof. said we'll get notified by phone or an acceptance letter by mail in about 2 weeks. As for classes, from what I got at the interview it seems like they're around 2-3 hours long but it's once or twice a week. Don't forget clinicals from Friday-Sunday. She also told me we can take 2 clinicals a semester if we want to finish faster. Also almost every class is available every semester (Huzzah!). I'm not too sure about the general education courses. Oh, and first semester we have to take Transitions to RN then we can try to test out of Foundations. Also we only have 2 chances to pass a class or be kicked out of the program...Yea, that's all I got. BTW, for the "statement" thing, how long was yours? I literally had like 2 sentences.