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I know all the factual stuff about how you can't tell if you've passed or failed the NCLEX by the number of questions, but I'm just curious if anybody knows anyone who's failed with 75 questions. I took boards on Saturday, and I'm going to be a nervo...

Hi there everybody. Anybody got some good links for FREE software apps for palm pilots? I found a couple of sites (the palm home site and another one, but I want to find more free stuff and quit wading through the 9 million programs they have that c...

I work 12 hour nights, and I wouldn't want it any other way. I absolutely love my 12s. I've got a husband who works 4-10 hour days/evenings and three young children at home, and it's just a lot easier on me to be able to get all my time done in 3 shi...

I love that Cheerfuldoer!! I'm going to put that on my locker at work.

rn2binmay. . .I was praying for some math questions. . .lol. But alas, I didn't have a single one. The vast majority of my questions were on prioritizing care of several clients and appropriate room assignments and discharges of all things.

Thanks everybody!! Such a relief to know now. MelissaCT, the nature of this kind of testing is really bizarre, and I am actually thinking about writing a letter to the board of nursing just to let them know my opinion about it. See, it's not about t...

I PASSED!!!!!! Thanks all for posting on this thread. I decided on Tuesday evening that I'd just go ahead and give that 900 number a try even though my results weren't supposed to be available until Wednesday. . . but they were there! And praise God,...

Thanks everyone for your replies. It's hard to think about anything other than wondering if I passed or not right now. It's like having a horrible itch on your back that you can't quite reach to scratch, you know? It's making me nuts!

Please tell me I'm not the only one who feels this way, but I absolutely detest doing group projects. It seems like every semester we have at least one, and they're always worth a major portion of our grade. The problem is that I am your typical ov...

Where I went to school we did not practice skills on one another, other than assessments, but I know that in some other schools this is common practice. Regardless, you have the right to refuse to let someone practice a skill on you if you are uncom...

I totally agree with what you were saying Channa about the patient in sickle cell crisis and pain. I hate it when other people want to judge someone else's pain. Man that infuriates me! Now as far as stupid things said by classmates....there is one ...

I totally agree with what everyone else is saying, and especially liked StudentSandra's comments. It's irritating to hear from everyone else how the A you worked hard to get doesn't really matter, but it would be especially disturbing to be hearing t...

OMG....I am so done!! I am just having the best week now. I had my induction to a couple honor societies and got an award from Sigma Theta Tau which was just a huge thrill to me, finished my finals on Monday, ended my undergrad career with a 3.91 ov...

Hi there Channa! I hope we do get to meet too. That would be neat. I'm taking boards in MO. I thought about doing it in IL and applying for reciprocity too, but I was just concerned that the time would exceed 90 days and I'd get knocked back down to ...

Well congrats to you meownsmile!! It feels so weird, doesn't it? I mean, getting close to the end and knowing you won't be a student anymore? Trippy :)

HPlayboyU, I can understand how you must feel with your school having a lower passing rate. When I first started at the school I attend, they had excellent pass rates. Then, just when I was finishing up all my prereqs and beginning in the nursing pro...

Everyone is right to say that grades are not all that matters, however, and this may sound awful, caring and compassion and understanding are not all that matters either. The most caring and loving person with the best bedside manner is not necessari...

What a familiar situation! I'm currently the SNA secretary at my school, and just like the situation you described, we have no one to run for officers for the next academic year. I think personally that SNA at my school has finally met its demise. It...

I think our class started out with about 60 people or so, and I think we've lost about 25 or more along the way. Some flunk out, and then others have the types of problems that snlisa mentioned with jobs, hours, daycare, etc. I can't say for sure if ...

One of my very favorite nursing diagnosis for those pesky care plans is knowledge deficit. There is always something that you can teach the patient. Was she started on any new meds that you could teach her about? Any tests or procedures that she was ...

People always have advice for you about how you should proceed with classes, but I generally just have followed my own instincts. I have three young children at home (17 mos, 3yrs, and 5yrs). I took A&PI and chem II in the same semester (both wit...

1. Graduation is May 4th. 2. Pinning is May 3rd. 3. My last day of finals is April 29th. 4. Two days after graduation I start my new job in a cardiothoracic/transplant ICU. 5. Days left until graduation = 24 :roll

Hey that's great Channa! SLU is really a nice place to work, and I'm really enjoying it there. I am staying there (I just went to St. John's last night for the free stuff. . . I know that's awful ), but I'm up on 7ICU. I'll be starting GN orientatio...

We had to take Mosby too. Just last semester. You have to pass it at my school or you don't graduate. They give three chances to pass it though, so I don't think many people would flunk it three times, but what do I know. I was just glad I passed the...

Hey that's really neat Channa! Too bad you couldn't make it. It really was a nice event. All night I just kept thinking to myself, "I can't believe they went through all this . . . " It had to have cost bundles of bucks!