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I worked under 1199 for 2 years before becoming an RN. Based on my experience, as well as my coworkers, they are an absolute disgrace of a union. They make it impossible to claim most benefits, even something as simple as health insurance - they ALWAYS give us the run around on bills. They should be destroyed and replaced with a real union that actually cares about its members instead of profit. I could write pages and pages of things they've done and reasoning, but I'm just going to leave it at my opinion. You'll notice that 1199 represents very few nurses, and usually only in LTC facilities. Damn near every nursing union in NYC is lightyears ahead of 1199. /rant.

I've always heard of night shift staff being younger, and that seems to be the case where I work. Now I'm confused! Most of you see the older nurses on nights?!

I was unbelievably lucky. Graduated an ADN program and received my license just a month ago. I was one of the last ADN nurses at my hospital (worked a desk job there while in school) to be grandfathered in (BSN now required for all new hires). I applied for an ICU opening, went down there unannounced and hand delivered my resume to the nurse manager. Got an interview the next day and was hired on the spot, at a level 1 trauma center in NYC. Planning for CRNA school in the future myself. Sorry I sound like I'm bragging - I just realize how hard this is and never expected to get right into the ICU, let alone on the first interview.

Hello, I am looking for interview advice, as well as opinions on this choice. I am a new grad RN (ADN), the ink on my license is still drying I am finished with the majority of my BSN. My GPA is around 3.9. Since the beginning of nursing school I've wanted to work ICU for various reasons, and I feel that I am best suited for that specialty. It is where I excelled in school. I have been extremely lucky in being grandfathered in as an ADN nurse in my hospital, a level 1 trauma center in NYC. I'm interviewing soon for an ICU position (half time to start, because they won't do full time for a new grad). I have a bit of an aversion to med-surg because of the sheer number of patients (8:1 here). I do much better with a few very complex tasks compared to numerous simple tasks. I'm looking for tips about interviewing, as well as thoughts on going straight to ICU out of school. I know many of you will say that I may be biting off more than I can chew. This particular ICU is known for hiring new grads and 'molding them'. Appreciate any advice!

265 questions being a "bad thing" honestly depends on your expectations. The more questions you get past 75, the closer you are to the boarder. So 265 questions does mean that you were skirting right on the edge. It certainly does not mean that you fail though! Now, on the other hand, 75 questions could also be a bad thing - it would mean that you failed hard or you passed with flying colors.

If you made it to 265 both times, that means you're not failing miserably. You are right on the boarder. It's the best one could hope for, if they fail.

Once you've waited 48 hours and it's still on hold, it's time to call NCSBN / Pearson and light a fire under them. My palm vein scan also failed - they use (at my test center anyway) one of the cheapest palm vein scanners, so I'm not surprised. Very annoying.

Mine were placed on hold due to palm vein scan too - it wouldn't read my hands. I asked the TA, after the exam, if this would cause a "hold" and she insisted it wouldn't. They use very cheap low quality junk palm vein scanners where I tested. I'm not too happy that I have to experience stress because of their inadequate equipment.

I haven't taken the NCLEX yet, but I have been doing NCSBN and I researched this quite a bit (probably to procrastinate studying). 60s - 70s on NCSBN questions is GOOD. Their questions are said to be VERY similar to NCLEX, but harder in general. The best predictor exam for NCLEX success (and I say this after having looked at scientific papers written on it with graphs showing predictor scores vs. NCLEX outcomes) is the ATI predictor - it's nearly spot on. The studies showed that overall the predictor is off by roughly 3-4%. That is, 3-4% more students pass than the predictor anticipates - so it's slightly conservative. This naturally does not mean it is a guarantee. You will find people here who got a 97% chance of passing on the predictor, but failed. This is exceedingly rare though. Remember that on the NCLEX you WILL get 50% of the questions wrong. This is how the test is designed. It will adapt to the skill level at which you get 50% wrong, whether you are well below passing or well above. My source for that statement is a letter that was written by one of the NCLEX authors.

RSV is a real freaking pain in the butt!! ATI, in their NCLEX review book, says that RSV is contact, droplet, airborne. I give up. Yes, I know im reviving an oold thread.

Thanks for your help. The state is NY. Unfortunately, we cannot submit that portion of the form ourselves. It is required that it be sent from the college with the bursars stamp and sealed in a college envelope and mailed from the college itself. There is no other method offered. As far as my own end of the paperwork, I had it submitted 3 months ago, and the state was kind enough to cash my check way back then. Not only did they make this clerical error, but they waited 2 months to even send it the first time, and it's a fairly simple form with a class of 70 or so students. A copy of the students transcript is not even required - they just check a box, put in our info, and stamp it.

Hello Everyone, I'm posting to ask if anyone has suggestions as to what I can do and where I can file a complaint about my school. The graduating class was eligible over 2 months ago to have our certification forms submitted to the state in order to receive ATT letters. To this day the college has still not submitted them to the state. Recently, we learned that the college did submit them, about 2 months late, but they filled out the forms with the wrong information (wrong SSNs, DOBs, etc) for the students. Naturally we have been trying to get a straight answer from the college about what's going on, but no such luck. They have said they'll send it "in another two weeks". This is causing a huge delay and headache for many of us, especially people who had positions lined up after becoming licensed. Lost wages. Is there any recourse here? Is this negligence on the part of the school? Are there any regulations that the school is breaking by delaying like this? Thanks for any help.