SkateBetty

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  1. step-down trauma

    SkateBetty replied to nursing 101's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised you never heard from anyone. Did you become a trauma step-down nurse? I am a new grad/new nurse in a Level II trauma step-down, and so far I like it. Our unit does have patients...

  2. Big day, I passed Boards!

    SkateBetty replied to wonderbee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just saw this! Feels good, eh? Congratulations!!! :balloons: :cheers: :smiley_aa

  3. I took NCLEX today and stopped at 76???????

    SkateBetty replied to eve11's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My quick results were available after 48 hrs (pass), and 8 days later my name is still not on the BON. At least in my state they told me 7-10 days to get a license issued and

  4. NCLEX Tip of the Day 2/14

    SkateBetty posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There were no tips yesterday...sorry! I never got around to it. Anyhow, this is my last tip post, because tomorrow is my exam. Good luck to all of you! BSA is considered the most accurate method...

  5. Six months in and...

    SkateBetty replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What an inspiring message, Adam. I passed the board this week, and start in trauma step-down on Monday! Thank you for the uplifting and encouraging words. Wendy

  6. Let's introduce ourselves...

    SkateBetty replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, I'm Wendy, and I've been a frequent poster in the Student Forums, but I'm no longer a student nurse, no longer a graduate nurse, I'm a brand, new, baby RN! I found out I passed my board...

  7. NCLEX Tip of the Day 2/14

    SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thank you, friends! :w00t: :thankya: :heartbeat Still floating on a fluffy cloud 24 hrs. later, and it's starting to sink in. It feels like home. Now I can clean my desk, and get ready for...

  8. NCLEX with 80 Qs...It's killing me

    SkateBetty replied to mp478's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ah yes, the agonizing 48 hours, a feeling I know all too well. Hang in there, everybody who passes feels exactly the same way. Just find busy things to do, and stop agonizing over the one's you know...

  9. Important drugs to know for NCLEX?

    SkateBetty replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    First of all remember the major categories and their suffixes, such as -olol's are beta blockers (atenolol), and -ide's are diuretics (furosemide), -ine's are neuroleptics (thorazine), etc. VERY...

  10. NCLEX Tip of the Day 2/14

    SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You're next

  11. NCLEX Tip of the Day 2/14

    SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    i passed!!!! i am tremendously relieved after a tortuous 48 hrs, but it is all over now, and i am an r.n.! i start orientation in trauma step-down this monday! thank you, all you tip-readers, for...

  12. i passed :)

    SkateBetty replied to bigmona's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    congratulations! you made

  13. I'm an RN, RN, RN, RN, RN

    SkateBetty replied to wannabeEDnurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    you did it!!! :yelclap: :balloons: :yelclap: :cheers: now go be an ed

  14. Going crazy waiting for results

    SkateBetty replied to MacNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh, my god I can't imagine that kind of a wait. I have only 24 more hours to get my result (NCLEX yesterday), and even that seems unbearable. In this day and age it seems incredibly cruel to make...

  15. NCLEX Tip of the Day 2/14

    SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    For everybody who replied with support, thank you! I'm now playing the waiting game. Thanks again, friends, and keep saying those prayers and crossing your

  16. Skate Betty Testing NOW!

    SkateBetty replied to lmcgee86's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi Jodi! I was able to view licenses for a few of my classmates on the BON website a couple days after they tested. I can get Quick Results from Pearson Vue, I think, but right now the status just...

  17. Skate Betty Testing NOW!

    SkateBetty replied to lmcgee86's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You're a stinker, miss LMCGEE! For everyone else, I just got back from the hardest exam of my life. I got 75 questions, and one impossible question after another kept coming my way. Right now I...

  18. I took NCLEX today and stopped at 76???????

    SkateBetty replied to eve11's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Oh my goodness, you guys are scaring the **** out of me! I'm going to take with me ,tomorrow, the expectation I will not know every answer, and I'll probably feel like a wreck when it's over, and...

  19. NCLEX Tip of the Day 2/14

    SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle Thanks for the advice and the laugh! 1:b and

  20. quick drug facts

    SkateBetty replied to bigmona's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Very awesome, let's hear

  21. NCLEX Tip of the Day 2/12

    SkateBetty posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have spent the entire day reading a romance novel, but I can't help it, I needed to re-direct. Anyhow, here are the tips! Digitalis increases ventricular irritability, and could convert a rhythm to...

  22. I passed!! Review of SAUNders, mosbys, etc

    SkateBetty replied to jillba's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I don't think there is any number you have to get right in a row as you're approaching 75 or 265. Because the questions are weighted, you might have proven competency at question number 68, but it...

  23. I passed!! Review of SAUNders, mosbys, etc

    SkateBetty replied to jillba's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks for being open about your practice scores. For me, it's encouraging! I will be taking my exam on Wednesday, and the tension is building. Thanks again for sharing! I also found NCSBN to be...

  24. NCLEX Tip of the Day 2/11

    SkateBetty posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Here they are... Hirschsprung's diagnosed with rectal biopsy looking for absence of ganglionic cells. Cardinal sign in infants is failure to pass meconium, and later the classic ribbon-like and foul...

  25. NCLEX Tip of the Day 2/11

    SkateBetty replied to SkateBetty's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm sorry!!! I post the notes I've written to myself verbatim. Thanks for clarifying.