Many boards won't provide you with information but will make an ambiguous statement about "each case being judged on its own merit" or some such nonsense. California is notorious for that sort of...
In what way did you "Fail"? Grades? Clinical mistakes? What? Normally if a student doesn't make grades they are given a chance to retake that semester, as the school wants to keep its attrition...
In any type of "Human Services" field, it's tough, many times, to separate the 'human' from the 'professional'. We've all been guilty at one time or another, so don't let the more sanctimonious among...
The term "Nursing Shortage" is a misnomer - it doesn't mean that there is a 'shortage' of available nurses (I mean, how can there be....with hundreds of schools graduating full classes of new nurses...
A group of other students and I got together the day after our last day of Nursing school and burned our Dove uniforms in a bonfire. The uniforms are horrible - stiff as a board, ugly and horrible as...
I haven't taken the NCLEX for several years, but it used to be that either the individual states (whichever state you're applying in) or the NCSBN allowed you to pay like $7 and get your results two...
A couple of things here. First off, do your own LiveScan prior to the one requested by the California BRN, and see what's on there. If something is not there - do not, I repeat DO NOT report it....
I realize the original post is old, but I'll write this reply for anyone else who searches for 'Vanguard University'. Vanguard is one of those schools that no one has heard of, even people who live in...
Josie, RN/LCSW replied to Crystal360's topic in Florida Nursing
I definitely agree with many of the above posters: If you live in an area where it's difficult to get that first job, you might have to move and take whatever you can, get the experience, and then...
Josie, RN/LCSW replied to cpmom's topic in Retired Nurses
First of all, I am not aware if any states that give you more than 3 chances to take the NCLEX. Second, if you can't pass it, you're not qualified to be a nurse.....school or
The point isn't to figure out ways to quickly find out your score - that's lame. You will know within 48 hours by going to your State's BON site. Rather than freaking out about knowing if you passed...