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I would also have to say NCSBN! The questions and the rationales helped me out a lot and I noticed that NCLEX asked me some things that NCSBN had and Hurst didn't. Good luck!

18 weeks in the OR with classroom/simulation/lab. This is a Versant program.

I love your advice bombae09! I will be starting my OR orientation 2 weeks from now and I would love to know what books, if you used any, that helped you with the OR?

Graduated May '14 NCLEX June '14 Job Offer April '14 Texas

1) TX 2) 23.50/hr base, +11 (3am+ on-call), +3 (weekends) 3) New Grad BSN

Highly recommend doing Lacharity! It's what saved me from all the delegating and prioritizing questions on the NCLEX.

You're welcome! The questions are the very end of the section, where it lists 1-10, 11-20, 30-40, 40-50 and pharmacology questions are 50-55.

I believe that Hurst is the best for content. Marly explains it in a way that makes you remember the content. I also used PDA, which is very very important. I purchased the 3 week course NCSBN and just did the questions (They have about 1100 questions) and viewed the rationale. Passed with 75Q. In my exam, I found the PDA to be very, very helpful*** NCSBN touched upon some content that was actually in the exam and the questions really did help! Unfortunately, Hurst didn't help me in my exam but it might have been useful to other people. Good luck! :)

Congratulations everyone!! :)

Same! Quick results shows I passed ? You can do it JustBreathe! Remember to stay calm and use that test taking skill. Good luck!

Thank you!

So took it this morning at 0830.. finished by 0930. Ended with 75 questions (I was honestly hoping for more to increase my chances; felt that I did horrible and didn't know most of the content there). 30 min after taking the test.. did the pearsonvue trick.. got the good pop up. Relieved some of my stress but I know for sure I won't celebrate until I officially got the email/letter. I told myself I did the best that I could and prayed to god. Good luck to everyone!

Will be testing this Monday! Prayers for everyone here. We shall pass this!

Hi Ash! I will also be taking the NCLEX tomorrow early morning. I completely understand how you feel. Right now I just want to get this exam over with and I even gave myself a migraine yesterday night because of this. Here's to hoping and praying that we will pass it! I used NCSBN questions (about 400 per day I read the rationales but I honestly don't remember most of them now), Hurst for Core Content, and PDA by LaCharity.

I received an email from them today stating: "Thank you for your continued interest in Parkland. Your resume has successfully moved to the next stage for review for the . The Hiring Manager is currently reviewing your resume against the minimum requirements for the position. You will receive an email after they have reviewed your application and recruiter will inform you of the appropriate next steps." I have yet to log on to Parkland and cancel my application, will be doing that later today. I also received a rejection letter from Methodist and JPS. I received an email from UT Southwestern for an interview but I had to decline it. Good luck!

I accepted an offer for the OR position in FW. For those still waiting, don't give up! I honestly did not think I was going to get this due to me being late to the interview and bungling some answers so it was definitely an unexpected call I answered. Good luck and wish Y'all the best!!

Definitely know how you feel Briterz! I practice and practice but when it's the actual interview, I can't string together a quality sentence. Sigh.

Checking for an update :) Has anyone gotten an interview for Parkland, THR, Baylor, UT Southwestern or Methodist?

Hi What Nurse? ! Welcome. From what I have heard and seen, the trend is now going towards BSN or above. I'm graduating in May 2014 and a lot of the hospitals that are hiring require a BSN or if you currently have an ADN, they require you to obtain a BSN in the next # years. I have heard from some of the hospital managers in my area that they instantly throw out the applications that are ADNs. I also read that most of the management positions or anything above that require at least a BSN or an MSN. These are the things I've seen and heard. Hope this helps! Good luck!

SSRM.. from what I remember in mine, I had routing to folder right after I applied. So routing to folder went before considering. I don't know if this is the same for everyone or not but from my experience, that's the order it went. I checked every day 3 times a day, lol, and saw all the status change.

Hi there! Under Review is better. For THR, I believe it goes like this.. Considering > Application under review > Forwarded to hiring manager > Interview Scheduled Good luck!

I love your post!! Definitely true, especially the part of the 'You graduated valedictorian. .. When did you become so dumb'.

Started Prereqs age 18. Got accepted to the BSN program age 20. I am now 22 with one more semester left. Will be 22 or 23 when I graduate, depending when graduation will be. Ackkk, time flew by fast! Excited, nervous and definitely scared!

I'm not a nurse yet but my family consists of nurses! Here's who they married. Two nurses married other nurses where they worked at. One nurse married a physical therapist. Another nurse married an electrical engineer. One nurse married housekeeper. Now from my nurse friends. One married a racecar driver. Another married a store worker. One married a business guy. Two married other nurses. Me - Not married but there's just something about a guy in a uniform (Military, FD, Police, etc) LOL.

Thank you all! Congrats MommaTY! That sounds amazing and wow, yours took only a short time for the interview and hiring process! Since it's been 2 1/2 weeks already, I think I'll call the HR and ask them.