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  1. Negotiating pay

    krisiepoo replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in General Nursing

    your friend works there so she can give you an idea of what nurses make there. If you go too high, you might outbid yourself from a job. Is there anyway you can find out what the general hiring...

  2. Struggling with being my own dads Hospice Nurse

    krisiepoo replied to foudini's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry that you have such guilt about this. You were there for your dad at the end, what an amazing daughter you are. I think you would do well seeking some professional counseling. Not for...

  3. Kaplan and Nclex Pass Rate.

    krisiepoo replied to DixieGrace's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I, for one, thought NCLEX was harder than Kaplan but I was also innundated with SATAs and alternative format questions. Your scores are good with Kaplan. Like PP said, relax the day before. I got...

  4. It has begun, my road to NCLEX domination!

    krisiepoo replied to Kaliboy06's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    check out NCLEX 3500 in addition to Kaplan because it's all alternative style questions... Kaplan doesn't provide enough of those Use every QBank, every trainer and every question possible. The more...

  5. Helpful extras

    krisiepoo replied to carey7795's topic in General Students

    Saunders Comprehensive Review, helped with exams There is a PDQ RN that I used during clinicals that was nice to have handy I also bought NCLEX-RN made easy, it was basically a book of questions and...

  6. kaplan content videos

    krisiepoo replied to AngelofSeduction's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The videos go along with the book, kind of. The book is written in outline format while the videos go more in depth so I would watch the videos and take notes in the margins of the book I got...

  7. wrong vs really wrong !!

    krisiepoo replied to nurselori77's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    nope, it's all or nothing did you get partial credit during nursing school for choosing the next right

  8. Confused about how one year experience is calculated?

    krisiepoo replied to rhp123's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like it sucks, but start looking for another job while still working at this one... get your year in, you made it 11 months, you can make it one more. Don't shoot yourself in the foot at this...

  9. Salary Discussion with Potential Employer

    krisiepoo replied to jr2915sn's topic in General Nursing

    once you're in salary negotiations (ie talking about offer, not the interview process) then yes, you can ask, but be aware if they're union there may not be much leeway on

  10. Adult nurses- please weigh in on bedside rounding!

    krisiepoo replied to enzati's topic in General Nursing

    I just have to giggle because everytime I see the topic of this post I think, "how can children be nurses" ... oy my brain hurts

  11. Kaplan decision tree

    krisiepoo replied to AngelofSeduction's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    IMO, the decision tree is nice for content related questions but once you get to the higher level learning, it's always step 5, make the best choice I don't know how to help you learn to figure out...

  12. Are PAIN AND DISCOMFORT THE SAME?

    krisiepoo replied to nette1022's topic in General Nursing

    Funny you should ask this. I just had a minor procedure done to remove a very large cyst and they kept asking me if it was *painful*. I wasn't IN PAIN, but I was UNCOMFORTABLE. It was important for...

  13. Nursing diagnosis question

    krisiepoo replied to EMTPRNDR's topic in General Students

    r/t

  14. Question to all surgical nurses?

    krisiepoo replied to nursesallyy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm not a surgical nurse but I recently, in clinicals, had someone who had just come back from an angiogram and had scheduled SQ heparin. We (my assigned nurse and I both wanted to make sure) talked...

  15. Attitudes of nurses who don't work in ltc

    krisiepoo replied to lauriepat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LOL, You used the word "stuck" then talk about the stigma of ltc

  16. How to study for pathophysiology

    krisiepoo replied to Bluebell.'s topic in General Students

    In addition to what GrnTea wrote, I'd like to add you will be so amazed at what you actually remember, too, once you start learning it again. I had my "aha" nursing moment when I was able to teach a...

  17. Thoughts for your NCLEX day :)

    krisiepoo replied to nurseprnRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    HA! I had a battered woman question on

  18. First Question (for those who took the NCLEX already)

    krisiepoo replied to RN59217's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Mine was SATA too... I had so freaking many of those. My heart dropped and I wanted to cry and I thought, holy crap, I better stop at 75 with all these hard

  19. Kaplan QBank and QTrainers

    krisiepoo replied to pthomas89's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    just keep on keeping on

  20. Kaplan QBank and QTrainers

    krisiepoo replied to pthomas89's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats,

  21. Kaplan QBank and QTrainers

    krisiepoo replied to pthomas89's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I found the NCLEX to be harder than kaplan, however over half (it seemed) of my NCLEX was SATA and Kaplan doesn't have much good prep in that regard. However, doing Kaplan helped me understand HOW to...

  22. job offer--can I ask this?

    krisiepoo replied to sassyann8585's topic in Nursing Career

    absolutely... I've done this with non-nursing jobs, and they appreciated the up front

  23. Is Brunner's Med Surg 13e much different than the 12e?

    krisiepoo replied to JasonKa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I can't answer about this book specifically but I can tell you that I used all old editions of books when available and saved hundreds of dollars I would take a photo of a friends new edition table of...

  24. Kaplan QT

    krisiepoo replied to rnaria's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    No, they would not be floating around online because they are protected copyrighted material. Trainers 1-3 are content material which will not be a predictor of NCLEX Trainers 4-7 are higher level and...

  25. Gloves or not for IV meds?

    krisiepoo replied to Shibby3's topic in General Students

    I don't wear gloves when doing IV meds (caveat, I've never done Chemo drugs and might then just because they're so