angelctz

I can relate to the different terminologies. ABX is Antibiotics at our facility. I also notice that the LVN's charting is mixed in with the RN's and the charts call all of us licensed nurses (LN). Its taking me awhile to get use to LVN's telling me what to do, but I'm a new RN and I've learned quite a bit about Nursing home procedures from them.

Hi, I'm a newly licensed nurse in the Southern California desert. If I cannot find a job where I live we were thinking about moving to Arizona. My husband is retiring soon, and wants to move out of state, so should I first look for a job and then get a license or since it takes time to get a license out of state should I get the license first? Any help would be great. Thank you angelctz

I want to thank everyone for the encouragement. I am feeling much better. I'm going to use your suggestions and start again in about a week. I need to take a vacation for a week. I have been going at this since i graduated and haven't had anytime to relax. I'm gonna regroup and do it again! Thanks you are all wonderful. I'm glad I posted!

Thank you Erin. I felt the same way my first exam. It was really strange. I totally though I would be okay with Kaplan but for some reason I was getting to mixed up with the decision tree and all the other stuff to remember that I set myself up for failing. I was using Uworld and Saunders but I think I took on too much of all these different sites in stead of concentrating on one thing. I hope it works for you and keep up your confidence. I'm still working on getting mine back. I'm gonna get out of here for a week and relax so I can regroup and start studying again. I will tell you this...i know I got stuck on the Priority and Management questions and now I see what I was doing wrong. I was concentrating on the decision tree and worrying if its assessment or intervention without just using my critical thinking skills. I have done a few today and did much better just using my head and really understanding what the question was asking and what the options suggested. I'm praying you pass. Please feel free to email me at [email protected] no matter what happens. :)

Good to know thanks. One less thing to pay for Thank you.

Great idea. I don't know if this means anything, but I have always done better with tests on paper than computers. I don't know why. Great suggestion.

Thanks Caliboy. Im not trying to single out Kaplan, I'm just saying that is what I used and had a horrible time with it. I know most of my class passed with Kaplan, and I think I was expecting too much from it. I think its a great program, but I totally agree about using the study aids. That is a great idea to use regular NCLEX questions and black them out. That way I'm not using all these other ways to process just plain critical thinking. I'm one of those that usually panics on tests but for some reason I didn't panic just numbed out. Great idea! Thanks gonna do it! angelctz

I'm so down that I didn't pass my NCLEX on 1st try. I worked so hard in nursing school and graduated with Honors, but I was so stressed and nervous the day I took my exam that I went numb. I had a great New grad program waiting for me that pays well, and now its all over in one day. I feel awful that I let myself and my family down. I took Kaplan studied all of the questions, and content review. I don't know what happened. I know others just retake the exam and I will too, but another $400 for California is a lot of money. Does anyone know if you have to be fingerprinted again to retake the test? Also, does anyone have any study suggestions I might try? Thanks...feeling so bummed