peds4now

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  1. Living poor to living middle class!

    peds4now replied to rn2bn07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Living poor means living in fear: fear of not being able to buy food, pay the rent, do the laundry. The thing I'm looking forward to the most is being able to not live in fear. As new grads with...

  2. How many drugs to memorize???

    peds4now posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi all. I just finished Kaplan, was in the passing range before and after Kaplan, and have taken the first 2 question trainer tests with 70-76% right. But pharmacology (and endocrine, which I must...

  3. Am I selling myself short?

    peds4now replied to peds4now's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you everyone for your replies. You know, I am going to have my interview suit cleaned and call the recruiter back at the higher-paying job and see what my possibilities are. xxxx4life and...

  4. Am I selling myself short?

    peds4now posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    :uhoh3:I've been struggling with this for months and it won't go away. I figure other new grads will understand. Please give me your take on my dilemma. Background: I have a big family with lots of...

  5. How Soon to Test?

    peds4now posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi all! I graduated last week and received my ATT Saturday via email. I did well on my exit HESI (1170) and start Kaplan tomorrow for a 2 week in person course, plus I'm up to chapter 52 of...

  6. New Nurses-Length of Job Search?

    peds4now replied to abundantjoy07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just graduated, and it's such a mystery the whole job search process. I hear what the previous poster said. Some hospitals interview very early (Feb-April) and make offers then, snatching up the...

  7. Has anyone failed using Suzanne's plan?

    peds4now replied to luv2shopp85's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm still working through the posttests, entering chapter 48 (!), but most I'm getting 86% the first time. I'm wondering, should she change the % to 80, since I think NCLEX has raised their...

  8. What is life like on Infectious Disease Unit???

    peds4now posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    I really want to get into pediatric nursing (I'm a new grad i June) and have a chance to interview in and infectious disease unit (pediatric). I didn't pick it at first, because it kind of scared me....

  9. how do you know when you are ready to take the NCLEX?

    peds4now replied to RNmaria's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you are doing kaplan and have done the qbank (qtrainer?) tests, then it tells you step by step whether you are ready after the last tests. You'll never feel 100% ready, but if you are consistently...

  10. Unprofessional Behavior

    peds4now replied to peds4now's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks Daytonite (and everybody else btw) for your reply. I appreciate that you appreciate the difficult social situation of a new grad nurse but don't accept slipping into bad habits. Like I said (I...

  11. Nurses who are MOMS, what job would you take?

    peds4now replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I am graduating, have kids and am taking a night shift. It's my understanding that a 3.5 night shift job (i.e., 7 shifts every 2 weeks) ends up the same hours as a 5-day week, and actually more money...

  12. Rx4NCLEXsuccess or KAPLAN????

    peds4now posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi. I'm graduating right now and must decide between Rx4NCLEXsuccess and Kaplan Complete or Kaplan Complete Online to take as prep. They're all about the same price for me. Anyone have experience...

  13. Unprofessional Behavior

    peds4now replied to peds4now's topic in First Year After Licensure

    TY Amy and Chicago RN. I agree with you completely. Right now I am still just a student, graduating in a month or so. But I am really disturbed by nurses not applying such basic knowledge about...

  14. Accepting a job and then changing mind?

    peds4now replied to kimora's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you all for your advice! I'm in a similar situation with deadlines to accept of decline offers but not offer or headway with my chosen facility. I feel so sad that I may have to accept "second...

  15. To the new grad ADN nurses...

    peds4now replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I only have 2 classes to take before I can apply to and RN to MSN program (B.A. in History). If I start a new grad program mid-july, I'm not sure, but I will probably have to put off more classes for...

  16. new grad and preceptor

    peds4now replied to happymaole's topic in General Nursing

    Your preceptor may be quick, experienced, and smart, which makes him a great role model, but that is not his only role. He needs to teach you skills: you need to be assertive and tell him you know...

  17. LA hospitals

    peds4now replied to chacmool's topic in California Nursing

    I think pay at UCLA and Cedars if roughly comparable. Benefits at UCLA may be a bit better (does each person get a defined contribution, a 403bmatch, AND the defined benefit plan? at Cedars you...

  18. Best Peds/PICU reference books???

    peds4now posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm a student graduating in June and about to do my preceptorship in a PICU. I really want to go into Peds and work in a PICU environment as a new grad or eventually. My 5-week Peds class in school...

  19. Hold Out for Critical Care?

    peds4now posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all. I always post about my job dilemmas. Now I have 2 offers. 1 is on an adult floor, great floor, good hospital, specialty transplant unit, but not an ICU. But I really prefer peds. I...

  20. Has anyone gone to school with a new baby?

    peds4now replied to alliestar's topic in General Nursing

    My 6 kids were 10,8,7,5, 2 years, and 3 months old when I started and I managed good grades. It very doable. I had the culture shock and stress everyone has, but I think my multiple duties and full...

  21. How were you recruited?

    peds4now replied to fabdana's topic in General Nursing

    I'm also a graduating student. Here's what I think works, from my perspective and the recruiter's: Online applications: allow me to know I'm in your system and and you to prescreen me. Makes me see...

  22. Good Advice for nubs.

    peds4now replied to first_lobster's topic in General Nursing

    TY crystal, although I think I'll just spare everyone the torture of my singing, it's nice to have permission to relax and be me. That can be so hard when you are new and nervous. Then people just...

  23. Dominguez Hills CNS?

    peds4now replied to Myethpio's topic in Online Distance Learning

    My CC nursing program administrator is recommending this program to all the students. I have a B.A. and will soon be an RN. I just have to take statistics (why didn't I do that while waiting to get...

  24. Anxiety Prob/3 months into job

    peds4now replied to keludtke's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When you wrote in the original post "it's starting to affect my life" that was a red flag for me. That is a sign that your anxiety attacks (that's what the butterflies and hyperventilation coupled...

  25. delegation

    peds4now replied to lovesthebeach07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is a hard one and something a lot of RNs struggle with I think. Try to forget the previous incident ever happened. It is your job to delegate to her, so you have to do your job. Do not ask her...