David's Harp

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  1. Love your job?

    David's Harp replied to AprilRNhere's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm five weeks into orientation/preceptorship and loving my floor. It's a tele floor in a busy inner city trauma center, and the pace can be kinda crazy for this newbee, but I couldn't have asked for...

  2. How Does Your Facility Identify Code Status?

    David's Harp replied to al7139's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hi, newbie nurse here. Our floor is tele, and our institution uses blue bracelets to indicate DNR status. However, I haven't heard code status featured in report unless there's some discrepancy...

  3. How dressy in PA for interview?

    David's Harp replied to luv2yoga's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I'm going to third this, go with the suit. One of the best pieces of advice I've gotten is to have a set business-formal "interview uniform" that you wear to all of them, of course dry-cleaning as...

  4. is anyone from the Philadelphia area

    David's Harp replied to phillies's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I'm in the Fairmount section of Philly, graduated CCP in May (ASN), and just picked up a position at Einstein up in North Philly. I'm brand-spanking-new there, just beginning the preceptorship, but so...

  5. What does your login nickname mean to you?

    David's Harp replied to NNNikki's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Mine is from a biblical story: "Whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would take his harp and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave...

  6. CCP Student Insurance

    David's Harp replied to librarynerd's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I honestly haven't heard of such a thing, but if you contact the Allied Health office there should be someone who could confirm/deny its existence.

  7. nclex exam

    David's Harp replied to humbled's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm sorry to hear about how things have gone! Do you forsee being able to clear your schedule at all in the near future? Keep checking in here - we're a family and there's a ton of great advice from...

  8. Life is Wonderful!!!! I passed boards!!!!!!!

    David's Harp replied to Amxixi29's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations I hear ya - "life can finally go on" - it's been wierd getting used to what feels like "a post-NCLEX world". Not that I'm complaining or anything! I think we all have to get into a...

  9. 245 Questions?? and passed?

    David's Harp replied to cookster's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    This. People I graduated with passed with all numbers of questions, and that's the

  10. Just took it. Blah.

    David's Harp replied to NewGrad07's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    All this talk about looking up questions is interesting, because I came home two days ago and my short-term memory was like pudding. All I can remember is the following: -two questions on Bu-Spar,...

  11. 265 and I'm an R.N.!!!!

    David's Harp replied to Abigail25's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Awesome! Congratulations - now it's on to the next step, which is of course to celebrate!!! :balloons:

  12. 265?s anyone pass with that?

    David's Harp replied to mdavis2278's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yup. Me! Just found out! Me, with the 680 Hesi score (now I can admit it in public...), who walked out of the exam room feeling like he'd been waterboarded! 265 doesn't tell you anything, hang in...

  13. 7/11 test takers...

    David's Harp replied to Abigail25's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm too excited to type neatly, because I PASSED THE DAMNED THING! I found out the wierdest way - my friend who was testing the same day, but at a different site, called me from her work to...

  14. Did you get 265? Did you pass?

    David's Harp replied to Abigail25's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    265 here as well. This is agonizing. Somehow I felt good during the first 75, and was sure it was gonna click off immediately after, and send me on my way. Well, not so much. The topics covered...

  15. 7/11 test takers...

    David's Harp replied to Abigail25's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi, 265-club. Pleased to be one of your newest members. I checked already, too. I'm kinda glad I'm scheduled to work later, kill some time and maybe get myself used to the idea of working as CNA. My...

  16. What to do for the big day on 7/11?!?

    David's Harp replied to Amxixi29's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    265! Some of it seemed easy, some of it not so much. For the most part, it jumped from topic to topic. All of which tells me exactly zilch, of course. I wish I felt just a bit more solid about this,...

  17. What to do for the big day on 7/11?!?

    David's Harp replied to Amxixi29's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Amagine29, Not an advice post, but more of a sympathetic one. I'm on deck for tomorrow, too, but at 3PM. The only major roadway that gets one from my city (Philadelphia) to the testing site (a...

  18. Frustrated in Philly - CCP past Grads advice welcome

    David's Harp replied to David's Harp's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Okay, Dawn, let's reheorifice this again: "You should be expecting a call within the hour!" No, seriously, I'm more interested in the truth, and your actual experience, than what I want to hear....

  19. Frustrated in Philly - CCP past Grads advice welcome

    David's Harp replied to David's Harp's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Recruiter at Presby tells me that they're going strictly BSN now as well, but that Pennsylvania Hospital accepts Associate's-level candidates. I'm also told that Jefferson is "done hiring" for the...

  20. Frustrated in Philly - CCP past Grads advice welcome

    David's Harp replied to David's Harp's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    That's when I did, completely of my own accord, as our faculty didn't even start mentioning career advice until early that semester. That's good to know. I was wondering how that worked! Thanks,...

  21. Officially a GRADUATE NURSE

    David's Harp replied to SanskeetRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah, I didn't think I'd get to this point, either. Graduated a couple weeks ago, finished Drexel's one-week review course, now it's that limbo-time between graduation and the boards. Must stay...

  22. Pcu?

    David's Harp replied to LilNurse2b143's topic in MICU, SICU

    Sounds like a great opportunity. My advice would be to make it known while you're working there that you're a nursing student, and ask a lot of questions. Externships/CNA stints can very easily become...

  23. Sorry another CCP Question

    David's Harp replied to Sarah LnDHopes's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I may end up going in to use a computer tomorrow. I could care less about crossing the line, as I've already paid the technology fee to use the labs. One thought that comes to mind is that pinning is...

  24. Sorry another CCP Question

    David's Harp replied to Sarah LnDHopes's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    No clinicals this week, which stinks because I'm set to start my last rotation at Jefferson this week. Don't know if you know this, but in second year the rotations are 6-week ones, with two per...

  25. Sorry another CCP Question

    David's Harp replied to Sarah LnDHopes's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hope you did end up going yesterday, for it seems the "strike" has