Jaykalkyn, BSN, RN

Ahhhh! I loved this video. Lol!

LMAO!!!! I love this one!

Ha, ha, ha, how do you know its warm and sticky if you don't first touch it. Lol!

Lol! What is a Wenckebach? I am in nursing school now, heading into last semester = critical care. We haven't learned that yet, maybe its forthcoming. I just thought it was hilarious.

Science GPA weighs heavier than prereq classes in most instances. Still GPA alone does not mean you will or won't get into a program. Just because your GPA is 3.89 does not mean you are a shoe in for a program. What is that 3.89 consisting of? A pers...

Be prepared for some smart arse to belittle you and doubt your ability to be a nurse because of this incident years ago. I have noticed folks on here tend to pass judgement and totally degrade people who ask genuine questions asking for help. It anno...

Please tell me you never missed an answer to any question during nursing school and this made you the absolute most competent nurse that ever lived. Please tell me that you know with certainty that you knew every concept on the NCLEX exam and there ...

Oh my goodness! That is awful! Your summation of the situation is exactly what I was thinking, that she had gotten you mixed up with another candidate. Instead of being professional, she opted to ignore...very unprofessional. You don't want to wor...

Maybe it makes too much sense, but that's when you apologize to the candidate and reschedule the interview. I don't think being busy is an excuse for being unprofessional. True, patients take precedence, however, if you have to pull randoms to conduc...

This was a great list. I am a 4th level student set to graduate in December 2015 and I found this list valuable. One thing I do with each encounter with a new nurse, whether at my job as a tech in a pediatric ER or in clinical, I always ask advice a...

Sounds like you are off to a good start. Organization is key, in my opinion. I am going into my final semester and being organized really helps due to the stress level. I like that you have your goals lined out, we have to prepare a portfolio, which...

I really appreciate you sharing your fears with us. I am embarking on my final semester of nursing school and I am reasonably fearful of what lies ahead as I prepare for my new career. It's nice to read about real life experiences that others have e...

I absolutely love your response. So many times the people on this forum make snarky comments as if they have never made one mistake in their life. I felt like you gave encouragement to this new nurse which is what he/she needs right now. Thank you ...

The reading part is difficult. I love to read but not my nursing books. At the beginning of my first semester, I read every page word for word, but it took up so much time I didn't get to actually study like I wanted to. I quickly learned to let the ...

You're comparing apples to oranges here. An MBA is NOT, absolutely NOT worth less than a nursing degree. An MBA is for business, a nursing degree is for nursing. You can't compare the two. I happen to possess a BS in accounting, an MBA, and am a se...

I hear the next test plan will contain significantly more SATA questions. For what its worth, I hear that the questions are more straight forward than what we've seen on Kaplan.

I agree with others that you should watch videos on CNA skills. When you get to school, they are not going to ask you to make an occupied bed, although you may have to do it or assist in the clinical setting. A lot of the skills as a CNA could very w...

How much time did you devote to full on studying leading up to the exam? I have read where some have studied for a couple of weeks, others a month, or even as little as a week before. Just trying to gauge how much time I should devote to studying. ...

Does the new job know that you are in nursing school and that you aren't quite sure what your clinical schedule will be? That is how I approached my ECB job in the ED. I let the manager know that I do not know what my schedule will look like once sch...

So you do want to be an RN in the ED that you have an interview with? If so, then go for it, get a foot in the door and a jump on the competition by getting in there and working your behind off. If you don't want to work in that particular ED and j...

Actually, you don't...it just might take people a smaller amount of questions to see that they don't know what they hell they are doing. Lol! Seriously, 75 or 265 doesn't indicate pass or failure. Its all based on how well you answer the previous ...

Getting 265 questions does not mean failure. There is a random selection of test takers who will get the full 265 anyway, whether they pass or fail. And then again some folks take longer to determine if they are passing, or vice versa. By the way, ...

This is absolutely sickening to me. My personality is one in that I will not allow anyone, coworker, boss, or whomever treat me with anything but respect. I cannot wait to become a nurse (Dec. 2015 graduate) and I refuse to allow someone who has it ...

Bullying in any situation takes someone in power standing up to it. This goes for nursing, schools, or any other situation. It takes someone to, first of all, believe that it is happening, and second, to act on it. It doesn't even have to go as far ...

To this point, I do think that you should be allowed to request that you be addressed respectfully and not like a child. I think that requiring silence while the doctor is in the room is a bit haughty and I could see myself rolling my eyes awfully h...