MeganStar

Hello all, I will be graduating in May of this year, and only two fields of nursing interest me. LTC and home health. I got into nursing to specifically work as a LTC or home health nurse. Since doing clinicals at hospitals, OB/Ped floors, psych hall...

I just recently graduated from nursing school and am currently sitting for state boards. One of my biggest fears about starting my nursing career is the fact that I suffer from somewhat frequent severe migraines. I was fortunate enough to make it th...

Hello all, I am a new grad nurse. I just started part time at a home health/public health agency. I may be moving to full time in the coming weeks. With that being said, I will be helping out with the flu/immunization clinics this month. I have n...

I took the NCLEX RN this afternoon, and my test shut off after 83 questions. I had around 20 SATA questions... I felt like I bombed it, as everyone does. My fellow classmates have all past so far with either 75 or 85 questions. I feel like 83 is jus...

Hello all, I'm not sure if my thread is in the appropriate place, but here goes nothing. I am a new grad nurse (graduated in June, passed boards in July). I will be having my first interview with an agency that I'm very interested in working at. How...

Based on what I have gotten so far, it would be a good idea NOT to disclose any information about my migraines to a potential employer. That's good to know because I will start interviewing for jobs soon. Also, thank you for the FMLA recommendation. ...

I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations.. My Question Trainer scores started out pretty bad, but then I ended up with a 60% and 61% on QT 6 and 7. I took my NCLEX about 44 hours ago... Waiting on quick results, and hoping Kaplan paid off :)

I'm sure I'll cry too when I find out... Hopefully they are tears of joy :) 4 hours left of waiting... eek

I also took the NCLEX yesterday!! I can relate to your pain of worry since then, lol. I also had about 20 SATA, but no math, or any other alternate format questions. My test shut off after question #83, which is a weird number because it sounds lik...

The first few questions of the NCLEX I thought were easy... But throughout the test, I had some questions that were especially difficult for me and had to make a guess. I was a "B" student in nursing school, and it was a very tough program. So I'd l...

Thank you both. I don't know of too many people who have failed in 85 questions or less, so that is keeping me optimistic. But still.. Is it Thursday yet?!

Tomorrow is the big day. I'm taking the NCLEX tomorrow. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous.... I don't feel terribly confident, however I have been doing the Kaplan Q bank and trainers, and my scores have increased over the last few weeks. I've ...

I am a new grad, ASN (taking the NCLEX on 7/28) and am interested in LTC. In fact, the reason why I wanted to become a nurse was to work with the geriatric population. I don't ever see myself in acute care. That being said, I do have some questions ...

Extremely helpful, thanks fellow Coloradoan! :) Although like a few posters mentioned, 6 months of orientation in LTC as a new grad is unheard of. Based on what I'm finding out, I would be lucky to get 2-3 weeks. I want to be somewhat picky with ori...

I just received my ASN (ADN) from a local community college. My student loan debt after the 2 years is around $13,000. I can't even fathom paying $120,000

Hi there, Change in sleep habits are absolutely a trigger for me.... But unfortunately that is only one trigger. My triggers include stress, hunger, dehydration, heat, monthly hormonal changes, among others. I cannot determine the trigger with about ...

During my home health preceptorship, we had a patient who's standing BP was 32/22. Sitting, it was 50/32. He said he felt a little "dizzy." Apparently his BP was chronically hypotensive, but never that low. He agreed to go to the ER, but was sent bac...

I just recently graduated from nursing school and am sitting for state boards. During nursing school, I had the opportunity to start 2 IV's. Both of them were failed attempts. I never had a patient during clinical with a NG tube, trach, chest tube, o...

Thanks all for the wonderful advice! I don't feel as inadequate as I did knowing that this is somewhat normal. I want to add that I have absolutely zero desire to ever work in a hospital... It just doesn't interest me in the slightest. I became a nu...

Thanks all for the advice. I do take Propranolol as a prophylactic, which has cut down my migraines from 3 a week to 1 a week. I unfortunately don't have any warning signs before the start of a migraine. No aura's no nothing. The migraines typically ...

Hello all, I'm getting pinned as an RN in June, and am looking for a good NCLEX study guide. I want to start early to prepare for the state boards. There are so many study guides, and I don't know which one to choose. For those of you who purchased a...

Thing is, I don't want to work as a supervisor. I want to do patient care. Because LPNs and RNs have the virtually the same duties in a nursing home, is there much difference in the pay scale?

Thank you both for your helpful responses. It is good to be reminded that you don't do full head to toe assessments q shift on all the residents. I've done clinicals at three different nursing homes, and two of the three nursing homes, the RN or LPN ...

I'm in my RN year of school, and will be taking a Psych class, with several clinicals at a locked unit in a state hospital. Our class will be doing clinicals at the highest level security floor in the building. I will admit that I am somewhat intimid...