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Innurse78

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  1. Kaplan Scores and Passing NCLEX

    I am currently taking the Kaplan and the instructor informed us that if we do not consistently get a 65% on all, re-book it and don't take it. After coming back to the real world, I have read many...
  2. The only wait list that I have ever heard of is after you have taken your TEAS and applied to school. Either you get in or are ' wait listed" until one of the other students decline that position. It...
  3. LTC salaries for RNs

    Depends on the facility but for the ones that I have had contact with are anywhere from 18/hr to 23/hr for an RN. They have offered a piddly .50 more an hour for evening and no w/e diff. Some have...
  4. Hi! This is for the ones who have already taken the NCLEX RN and studied both Saunders and Kaplan. Are the actual NCLEX-RN questions presented more like the Kaplan questions or the Saunders qustions?...
  5. Hm.........I have read on other posts where people have said the focus was on infection control, no OB, one math question and some critical thinking about certain body systems. Other posters have said...
  6. How many questions did you get? How long did it take you to do it? What was the main focus of the questions? Any math? Sorry for so many questions......I am just scared
  7. Dreadlocks?

    Your hair must be above the collarline, off your face and be neat. Other than that, they can not say anything about an ethenic culture hairstyles. Good
  8. How many times to take NCLEX-RN

    If someone has taken it six times in the past 18 months and can still not pass it, in my opinion, they need to return to school. Obviously they do not grasp the nursing concepts and are unable to do...
  9. Are there Jobs for New Grads?

    Not sure about ILL. Perhaps someone could answer that on the ILL state nursing board
  10. Are there Jobs for New Grads?

    If you apply at those hospitals, you will need an ILL license.
  11. Are there Jobs for New Grads?

    One girl from our traditional class is from Chicago and she also found employment at a large hospital there. I, personally, hate those on line apps. Perhaps if you phoned them, bugged them, spoke...
  12. Are there Jobs for New Grads?

    Our class started job hunting in February. Out of 22 transitional students, 21 all have new jobs and the local hospitals ( Clarian, Methodist, St. Francis, Bloomington) started their interviews way...
  13. Relocating to Indiana

    Hi, Greenwood is a great place to live and even better is Whiteland, In just down the highway a bit. Columbus and Bloomington are also good but about a 45 minute drive to Indy. The housing prices are...
  14. Which campus to take ANP 102?

    I would go with Maher in Terra Haute. Great teacher and easy to contact if you need
  15. license renewal if fired from LTC?

    Hi, There is a question on theIndiana RN NCLEX application for State Boards that asks if you have been terminated from any nursing position. You MUST answer truthfully or you might as well kiss any...
  16. Taking NCLEX-RN - March 3, 2009

    Ok, color me dumb.............whats SATA
  17. 75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

    Ok, color me dumb.............whats SATA
  18. Saunders package needed for NCLEX?

    Thanks for the reminder but I will be buying used.........and need to know the most current edition available IE which edition they used for recent NCLEX tests. Thank
  19. Saunders package needed for NCLEX?

    Hi and Congrats!!!! What Saunders edition did you use??? I have pm'd you a private question.
  20. Ocala Info please :)

    Hi. We are heading down to Ocala next month to tour the city and hospitals. We will be moving a few months after that. We want to rent instead of buying to make sure we like the area 1st and not get...
  21. Used Chem book

    I took the summer 8 week course and managed it fine. The bad part ( if you call it that), you can take the tests over and over until you get the grade you want,( I discovered that around the 6th week)...
  22. RN or LPN?

    Not only are LPN's not being utilized as they once were in the past, the Bloomington Ivy Tech has been discussing dropping the LPN program due to decreased enrollment. Not sure of other IT's are the...
  23. Ivy Tech financial aid refund ?

    It takes 7-10 business days from the date the loans are dispursed till you get a refund. Check your Campus Connect online, go to FA section and the check student account. Got mine yesterday and it was...
  24. Pre-Nursing Ivy Tech Bloomington Question

    I did my ANP 2 on line out of Terra Haute. Had an excellent teacher and we had one lab day there where we had to do a disection of a fetal pig. It sounds horrid but it was so amazing to me to see all...
  25. Pre-Nursing Ivy Tech Bloomington Question

    Where I used to work in a huge medical facility in B-Town, they had MA's do all the same things as us LPN's. Scary thing is.............some do not even have any medical certificates at all; never...