nursemomruns

nursemomruns

Member
  • Content

    389
  • Visitors

    4,253
  • Followers

    0
  • Likes

    12

All Content by nursemomruns

  1. what to expect as new faculty?

    It all depends on which school you are teaching for. I taught for a school in Indiana that was just starting a program at a satellite campus. It was a horrible experience. Look at who your program...
  2. PHS pay rates in Alabama

    CMS just got the contract for Alabama. I am an HSA with them. Don't do it with them! PHS was here before CMS took over and I hear it was a much smoother operation. I am not sure about the pay in...
  3. PLEASE don't do it!

    I agree with you. You have to think about past, present, and future activities. I work in a mail facility. Some of the prisoners have told us they attract women because they pay attention. They...
  4. Mrsa

    I agree - Bactrim and Rifampin are working well for us. Also, talk to operations about wiping everything down on the dorms, weights, weight room, etc. Also, see about educating the prisoners and the...
  5. Question about hs meds...

    At my facility, unless the prisoners are on the infirmary they get meds tid. Some meds are allowed to be kept on their persons, but controlled substances and meds with a high potential for abuse are...
  6. NCLEX urban legends

    I would add that no certain state has a harder or easier exam than any other state. Candidates used to call in all the time saying they heard such-n-such state had the hardest exam, or such-n-such...
  7. NCLEX urban legends

    I did work for them, and you're right - it's
  8. Question about how to do math for NCLEX

    raremoon is right. There will be instructions that tell you how many decimal places to use. If you put in too many decimal places you will get a prompt to use the correct number of decimal
  9. are "select all" questions the upper level type?

    :yeahthat:
  10. Generally, the priority questions are harder, but remember: Priority questions are at a higher cognitive level, but not necessarily more difficult. It all depends on how they test out...
  11. can you get old nclex exams?

    No, it's not true. Doing so would compromise the integrity of the test pool and that is something that NCSBN takes very VERY seriously. Like Eric said, those questions get used over and over again....
  12. STATISTICS on PASSING or NOT the NCLEX?

    the pass rate is lower for repeat nclex candidates. the longer you wait to take the nclex, the lower your chances of passing are. ncsbn did a study in 2002 that showed that. by the time you get to...
  13. Percentage to pass in your state?

    The people working in the testing centers have nothing to do with developing the exams or setting the passing standard. They only assist in making sure the exam is administered in a consistent...
  14. study guides and actual nclex questions????

    NCSBN owns and develops the NCLEX exams, so it stands to reason that the NCSBN review questions would be the most similar. The style of the review questions will be the same as the style of the...
  15. study guides and actual nclex questions????

    No. Items with long stems (the question part) are not written anymore. If there is a long stem item that is being reviewed, it usually gets shortened. In the exams of days gone by, you'd get a...
  16. What are the New Pilot Questions?

    The pilot questions come from item writers. The questions can be about any number of things. Item writers write the questions based on what is needed from the test plan. The test plan comes from...
  17. Infection Control ... how to study for this???

    It's random, but if alot of infection control questions have been written recently, you'll see them alot in the pilot
  18. Infection Control ... how to study for this???

    Go with the CDC
  19. Infection Control ... how to study for this???

    Make sure you know the difference between droplet and airborn. Alot of candidates mess those
  20. About the NCLEX questions

    Eric is right; However, I can give you a little more information on how the questions are developed, since that used to be my job. The questions are never totally "changed out." They are reviewed on...
  21. Correctional Nursing Moral, Attitude

    The morale is OK, the attitudes range from very negative to very positive. The staff are much more challenging than the
  22. Scary story!

    Everyone's a beauty queen to a
  23. How hard is Statistics?

    I hated math in high school. I LOVE statistics. I have made an A in every stats class I have ever had, and I am in my 4th stats course at the graduate level - 3 of which have been on-line. I...
  24. Taking the California NCLEX

    Well said, Meghan! You can download a test plan for free from http://www.ncsbn.org that will give you the types of things you will be tested
  25. Soon-to-be LPN with a question...

    PHS used to have the contract in Indiana, but they lost it. That's about all I can tell you about them. The nurses I know that worked for them complained alot, BUT, PHS was the first contract to...