firegirlpj

The CEN book from ENA is probably enough for practice. Mark Boswell has free review videos on YouTube. I didn't get through the whole book and I didn't watch any of the videos. At the last minute I purchased the 150 question practice exam from BCEN, ...

You have it backwards: the take away is that some of the privileged patients pretend to be superior to the hardworking EMTs and medics out there. Your proverbial crap stinks just as much as anyone else's.

How did you prepare for the exam? It sounds like you just relied on your nursing school grades to get you through it. If that's the case, you were woefully unprepared. If you didn't prepare properly, you really need to give yourself a break and just ...

If management is not willing to supply you with the absolute minimal equipment necessary to do the job you've been hired to do, get out of there as fast as you can.

Sounds like you need to be looking for another job as well.

I'm 54, and in my first semester of a BSN program, so 40 is definitely not too old. I worked for 17 years as a firefighter/paramedic, so becoming a nurse is not that much of a stretch for me. I think volunteering is a good idea. I live in California ...