Finally landed my first job as a RN and couldn't be more excited to officially join the nursing world! I love critical care and hope to one day attend CRNA school. Cheers!
NiftyNurse7209 replied to NiftyNurse7209's topic in Florida Nursing
Congrats blue1015! It's seriously the best feeling ever knowing that you're DONE studying and officially a Registered Nurse! And good luck allerina with your interviews and taking boards! I just...
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blue1015, I have heard nothing but good things about Baptist! Hopefully you'll hear back from them soon after you apply! I actually also applied to FH Fish Memorial and never heard anything. I know...
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Have you looked into Baptist Health's GN residency programs? I actually looked into theirs and I think they have one that is opening at the beginning of September. And you should be just fine getting...
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Thank you allerina! I definitely think it's smart to not put all of your eggs in one basket considering how quickly Florida Hospital seems to be filling a lot of their spots for GNs. And blue1015, it...
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That's good that you've been using the QBank. Do as many practice questions as possible and then remediate between now and when you take NCLEX because I think that's the only way to really become good...
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If you've done Kaplan, you should be good to go! Just do as many practice questions as you can from the QBank and I'm sure you'll pass NCLEX with no problem! Good luck! Also, I don't know for sure,...
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Also, about your licensing question: it can be a couple of days or a week or 2. It just depends on how quickly the board processes your scores and information. Mine is taking forever for some...
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Yeah I'm pretty annoyed, to say the least. I applied through the main GN program, then got called for an interview for EDNIP. My friend did the same thing and just got called for a Peds interview at...
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Yeah I've heard it's pretty expensive... I was lucky and our school actually provided the funding for my class to take a Kaplan course. I definitely think it helped. Kaplan questions are very similar...
Thank you so much!! I'm nervous, but I'm just going to go in with a lot of confidence. I've definitely been trying to prepare as well as I can and I've already been thinking of some questions to ask...