Jammindude

Sorry for the late replies, and thank you for all the insight and encouragement. I thought this topic was buried already until I looked in my junk email inbox. Just a little update: A Friend of mine referred me to her hospital in an observation unit. Nailed the interview and got the position, and with new grad status just because I requested it. I actually start this week! Thanks again!

Yes, I have my BSN already. Would have had it for a year this May.

Alright. So I'm in a bit of a predicament. After I got my RN license, I started out as a home health RN (only place that was hiring at the time). I kept that job because I started an ADN to BSN program and the flexibility of HH was really great. I got comfortable and stuck with this home health agency for a little over a year. Now I want to get a full-time hospital position to start learning new things, and change things up a bit. The thing is, I've been applying to a bunch of local hospitals, and I either get rejected, or I get no follow-up whatsoever. Do hospitals generally not want to hire people with only HH experience? And if I did get hired, would they treat me like a nurse with 1 year experience? Because I feel like I would need some training/orientation at least. Any insight/ feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Ah I see. Thank you for your explanation. Sorry, I wasn't sure how these things were suppose to work.

Thanks zibi. I hope you are right!

Hey guys, I have a simple/stupid question. I recently took my NCLEX in CA. We don't have quick results here, so I just want to make sure if I passed or not. I took the exam on 3/26, and my name/license # popped up on the board of registered nursing website two days later. Does this mean I for sure passed? They wouldn't give you a license number if you didn't pass right? Sorry in a weird denial state at the moment.

Hey guys. I met with my instructor today and pretty much all of the ones I got wrong were careless mistake. These questions were so easy and straightforward once I went over it with my instructor(makes me so mad that I got these ones wrong). I pretty much over thought some questions making them harder than they were. I also unconsciously added complications to some of the patients in the exam, which led me to stray away from the right answer. It totally sucks that I missed some of these really basic questions this far in the program. BUT it is better late than never to learn from your mistakes. @ GrnTea, I am going to meet with my instructor again, so she can check up on my studies. Hopefully it'll help! I'm still recovering from this depression, but I will not give up! thanks for putting up with my venting (even though there were like 2 peeps here :)) Well, if anybody has any test taking tips or any tips in general, please post it!

Thanks again Ladyfree28 Great job on getting in Athariel! You'll love it! (except the tests haha). I totally have that answer changing problem also. Sometimes it works, most of the time it does not. Its a horrible habit, but I tend to always do it during tests.

To ladyfree28 Thank you so much for replying. I believe I am a kinesthetic learner mixed with a visual learner. For studying, I read the assigned readings and jotted down information that had to do with the whole ADPIE situation. Well, last semester I didn't really understand the whole concept of nursing questions, and it didn't help that I had some major test anxiety. So I spent the majority of last semester correcting my anxiety issue, and I managed to do OK on the exams. Fast forward to the first test of second semester. I went to the wrong building for our test and ended up showing up 15-30 min late for test. When my instructor sat down and reviewed the test with me, it seemed like all the questions I got wrong were careless mistakes. We both agreed that showing up to the test late probably heightened my already anxious self and ended up clouding my judgement. For the second exam, I showed up 20 minutes early and drank some warm tea to calm my nerves. I entered the class feeling pretty darn confident and left feeling pretty good too, but all that confidence went down the drain when I checked my grade. It really made me feel crappier knowing all my classmates did fine also. I know I shouldn't compare myself to anybody, and I know wallowing in despair doesn't help at all. But I cannot shake this uncomfortable and sad feeling I feel in the pit of my stomach..

Hey guys and gals. Let me introduce myself and give you guys a bit of a background before I begin. I am a 22 year old male nursing student currently in my 2nd semester. I struggled during my 1st semester, but managed to make it through. The only problem I really had were the exams. I would study almost everyday, but never got anything higher than an 80% in any of my exams. My second semester has two rotations. Med Surg and Mother baby. Each rotation has 3 tests. So that makes a total of 6 tests. You are allowed to fail only 2 exams throughout these two rotations. I started on the Med Surg side (the harder one), and I just failed my 2nd exam yesterday. You need a 41/55 to pass the exams, but I got a 40/55 on both of them. I am going to review my test this week with my instructor and be put on a learning contract. I just feel so down right now.. I went through the exact same thing last semester and told myself I would never repeat the same mistake again.. but here I am..a few weeks in, and already failing. Fortunately, I do get the option to repeat, but I have financial aid and loans that will get all screwed up if I fail. In addition to that, I have great friends that I made. Well, any encouragement or words of advice would really help. Thanks