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Just got my first nursing check yesterday, and I paid off my credit card. And my first real purchase with money that was leftover was... an umbrella. A really nice one though I must say! It's been raining hard all week and all day here and believe it or not I didn't have one because they either broke or got lost somewhere

Hi guys, I just started working on a med-surg/neuro floor and on orientation currently up to 3 patients. There's just so much to keep up with, orders and meds, and I'm wondering if any of you guys make any organized cheat sheets or certain way of writing things down so you remember everything? It's so overwhelming right now, and I don't want to miss anything, but at the same time I feel like I'm drowning with only 3 patients! I know it'll get easier as time goes on eventually, but as of right now I'm just wondering if there's any way I can better organize myself?

Oops! Thanks, will do!

Hello :) I am currently working on a med-surg/neuro floor. I am still on orientation on days on my 3rd week, but in 3 more weeks I will officially be starting on nights because I am night shift. Truthfully, I was not very fond of it, I really wanted days until my director had to give it away to a more senior nurse (I was a nursing assistant on my floor prior to becoming an RN) so I was left with no choice because I absolutely love my floor and coworkers. However, it's now growing on me and I'm looking forward to it. But what are your top tips? Anything at all. Sleep related, health related, nursing related, etc what not. Would love to hear 'em!

Thank you everyone! If I can do it, so can you! Good luck to you, @luluaspiringRN! You got this ♡ And @nurseinthemakin01: I personally found UWorld very similar to NCLEX. Like the style and format of the questions were the same in difficulty. I've tired doing questions in my Saunders Q&A book, and those were way too easy in my opinion. But still good rationales. UWorld really makes you critically think, which really really helped me for NCLEX because it's very similar. Especially those SATA. I thank GOD for UWorld's SATA's. Because I don't think I would have been able to conquer the ones on the NCLEX without it!

Hi guys! So I found out I passed the NCLEX yesterday, 75 questions. Of course, I was so sure I failed. LOTS of SATA. But, I passed so thank GOD! I used Uworld and Hurst, + Saunders Comprehensive NCLEX Review. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND it personally. The core content book from Hurst was wonderful. Clear outlines, condensed with the important need to know information. I did okay on the Qtests as well. Then I would use UWorld to practice questions. I would get frustrated sometimes, because UWorld would present information I could not find in my Hurst content book, but that's what taking notes was for! And when I could not find something in my Hurst, I'd look it up in my Saunders comprehensive review, and take notes from there. The Saunders book is a GREAT BOOK, has everything you need to know with every detail. It's like 2 volumes of medsurg textbooks packed into one. If I had the time and patience to read the whole book I would have. But it was a GREAT GREAT GREAT resource to use and read from as needed, especially the Fundamentals section which reviewed lab values and tubes (chest tubes, NG tubes, etc). I agree with everyone not to get caught up in the average % for UWorld. Some days I did hot, and some days so NOT. I finished the QBank with a 53% average, so nothing too special! What matters is READ THE RATIONALES. They can get detailed, but that's the best part. Sometimes I'd find myself too tired or impatient to read them, that's when I'd stop and take a break because the rationales really need to be read. They're really really helpful! So, don't get too hung up or doubtful on your score. Just learn as much as you can/take notes from the rationales! For those anxious/nervous: I GET IT. I totally get it. But you can do this! Study hard and have faith in yourself and take deep breaths. Sometimes, I'd stare at the computer in the testing room and feel myself getting choked up because of anxiety. But close your eyes, take deep breaths, or ask for a quick break. YOU GOT THIS!

This is actually good to hear. I know everyone's different, but I'm praying tomorrow that the NCLEX format isn't as detail oriented as UWorld's questions!