BonnieSc

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  1. Kaplan free practice exam

    BonnieSc posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Anyone else taken the free practice exam that Kaplan offers? I took it recently, and I was a little surprised that my score showed I was "borderline" passing, since I did well on the ATI...

  2. Kaplan free practice exam

    BonnieSc replied to BonnieSc's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Well, it IS definitely a marketing ploy; the guy who ran the test and discussed the results was a salesman, not a nurse. But thanks for your response. I agree, that might be one of the dangers of...

  3. Protocol for infectious processes?

    BonnieSc replied to kcangel's topic in Camp

    Note that the BRAT diet is not evidence-based. I wouldn't include it in the protocols, personally. Also, my understanding is that it is better to keep impetigo sores uncovered. My camp is extremely...

  4. What do you think of Sacramento?

    BonnieSc replied to m_chatelaine's topic in California Nursing

    The area around UC Davis Med Center (which, for those who don't know, is in Sacramento, not Davis) is known as a pretty bad, unsafe neighborhood, though it is gentrifying somewhat. On the other hand,...

  5. Frustrated with the California Board of Nursing

    BonnieSc replied to silly1982's topic in California Nursing

    I got through to the Board quite quickly by telephone, first thing in the morning CA time, for what it's worth... I think it was a Tuesday. Good luck! They didn't answer my emails, either; but...

  6. What do you think of Sacramento?

    BonnieSc replied to m_chatelaine's topic in California Nursing

    What field of nursing are you in? Each of the hospitals is well known for different things. As for areas to live... I'd never live anywhere around here except within Sacramento itself. I agree,...

  7. Protocol for infectious processes?

    BonnieSc replied to kcangel's topic in Camp

    I wish I had our protocols here! I know exactly where they are... hanging on a hook in a very cold, snowbound health center... We seldom send kids home; the longest the girls stay is eight days at a...

  8. Is it customary to give clinical instructor's gifts at the end of a rotation?

    BonnieSc replied to lizmatt's topic in General Students

    It's tradition at my school, too. As long as no one is made to feel that they HAVE to contribute (which, I think, is often a problem), I think it's fine. I had one rotation after which no one seemed...

  9. Treatment Protocols?

    BonnieSc replied to AFCampNurse's topic in Camp

    Laughing--I definitely know what you mean. No one else in the camp probably REALLY cares, or understands, right? Could you contact a camper's parent who is a doctor and might be willing to help you...

  10. Camp suggestions in NY MA or NH

    BonnieSc replied to MelissaJaneRN's topic in Camp

    I think it depends on whether you want to integrate the five-year-old with camp activities--I do think that would be fairly difficult with such a young child--but if you have permission to simply keep...

  11. Treatment Protocols?

    BonnieSc replied to AFCampNurse's topic in Camp

    I don't know as much about Boy Scouts, but I can tell you there's absolutely nothing relevant in any of the Girl Scout badge books. The physician associated with the camp wrote our protocols years...

  12. Anyone taken ERI or ATI tests in your program?

    BonnieSc replied to quaffsn's topic in General Students

    It's easy to figure out which questions you missed--look at the "topics for study" at the bottom of your scorepage. Each one of those represents one question you missed, so you just have to think...

  13. Acclerated BSN programs in CA

    BonnieSc replied to saral_123's topic in California Nursing

    (Julie, those "fail"/dropout rates are normal or good for Sac State's regular BSN program--so you're right, that's definitely not the reason ELM has changed to accelerated BSN. I think a large part...

  14. What's your experience with doulas?

    BonnieSc replied to EnergeticRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, I think those are great questions. I'm just saying that I know those ARE seen as pushy by some nurses and

  15. Licensure question

    BonnieSc replied to BonnieSc's topic in Travel

    Yes, thank you, but I'm not planning to travel until I have experience--as I said in my first post, I'm looking long-range

  16. Licensure question

    BonnieSc posted a topic in Travel

    I'm a BSN student, planning to travel as soon as I get a couple of years of experience. It would be more convenient for me to take the NCLEX now, rather than wait until after I graduate this May, but...

  17. Licensure question

    BonnieSc replied to BonnieSc's topic in Travel

    Thanks! That's exactly why I asked the question--I'm SURE I won't always live and work in CA, and I wanted to know how this licensure issue might affect my plans to

  18. Licensure question

    BonnieSc replied to BonnieSc's topic in Travel

    There's not much more I can say about this. You can work anywhere, and the hospitals do hire people with this license, while they're in school. Here's a link about it from Chico State (not my...

  19. Licensure question

    BonnieSc replied to BonnieSc's topic in Travel

    Thanks for the advice. I know it must sound like I'm in a hurry to those of you who live where this isn't common, but it isn't so much that; it's just that for various reasons it would be more...

  20. Licensure question

    BonnieSc replied to BonnieSc's topic in Travel

    YES. I am absolutely sure. People do this ALL THE TIME at my school and other state schools here. NCLEX RN. I don't identify my school, but it's a state university in California. Our last...

  21. Licensure question

    BonnieSc replied to BonnieSc's topic in Travel

    Nope, it's fairly common here for students to take the NCLEX before they graduate. We're eligible after our second-to-last semester and can then work as RNs during our last semester if we

  22. Lompoc, CA?

    BonnieSc replied to Selke's topic in Travel

    I know this was posted a while ago... just in case you're still looking... Lompoc is a nice small town very near the coast with lovely weather. But it's definitely SMALL, with a small-town mentality....

  23. What's your experience with doulas?

    BonnieSc replied to EnergeticRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think those standard doula phrases "Can you tell us more about that?" and "Did you have any questions [for the doctor] about that?" can come off as the doula "pushing" the

  24. What's your experience with doulas?

    BonnieSc replied to EnergeticRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    (It's funny, everyone says they've worked with doulas like that... but every single doula on every doula mailing list / message board / whatever claims they're NOT that kind of doula... my guess is...

  25. Bored in clinical?

    BonnieSc replied to FNPhopeful's topic in General Students

    Beepeadoo, yes, more than likely your clinicals will be great! I think clinicals where you just stand around are much more the exception than the norm... but I agree, OB tends to be the place where...