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Thanks for this support stickie, I am a new grad nurse going on 6 months on a med/surg floor and still feel overwhelmed. We have team nursing where we have 10 pts., 5 of them are RN pts and the other 5 go to the LVNs but I am still in charge of all 1...

Hi everyone, I have a question. I'm new to HH and just started seeing this pt. The first 7 days, I had to see her for IV antibiotic therapy. Then she was to be seen by an LVN after the IV therapy was done, but she refused and requested me to do the f...

Thanks Cookie102, I called my agency and was told to discharge her from my care as she is no longer homebound. Thank you for your advise. Now I just have fill out the oasis. :typing Have a great day.

]Hi everyone, ]Just wanted to find out what is a typical time frame for new grad orientation at other hospitals. I am in california and I am working in a med/surg unit which I previously worked on under my IPN. When I passed my RN boards this April 2...

Thanks for this post. I too am a newbie RN. I am on a med/surg floor with team nursing and TPC. When I have Team Nursing, I have a total of 10 patients and if my LVN is not from my floor but a floater, I have to assess and chart on 10 patients. As f...

Thanks for all the advise here. I am a new grad and I too work in a med/surg unit with 8-10 patient ratios . We do team nursing, but even with team nursing, I still have to assess all 8-10 patients that night, give ivp pain meds, charting, etc. It ca...

Sorry about my post. Trying to type too fast and did not proofread.:loveya:

I live in California and I also want to work home health, but everyone company I have called has told me home health RN's must have a year's experience before they can do home healthy. I don't know what state you are in (forgot to look), but this is ...

Hi everyone, Appreciate a little input. I am a new grad nurse and on my second week of orienting. Started my third night this Friday (yesterday) with a preceptor. We had a total of 9 pts., with an LVN, and nurse tech. My preceptor told me I was read...

I work on a med/surg floor. Acuities run from 3-4. My duties are IV's IVPB and pushes, do new admits, update charting, call mds as needed. The LVNs give po meds and dressing changes, accu checks, call meds regarding BS. The techs are vs, passing out ...

Hi, I'm new to home care and discovered this site. What I want to know is: 1. Does the company give you supplies or do you have to purchase them? 2. Did anyone start out with a preceptor for orientation and how low did did the orientation last? Any ...

Congratulations!

I failed the NCLEX my first time (190 questions) using the Hurst Review. Some of my classmates used the Hurst review and passed, but Hurst just did not work for me. Then I went on the allnurses website and read about Suzanne's Plan. Followed her st...

Suzanne, Received your pm. Oops a little ---> :brnfrt: regarding copyright laws. Again thank you. :bowingpur

i too failed the exam on my first try. then i found out about ms. suzanne's plan and used this to study for my second time. thank you a million times ms suzanne!! i also used the following strategies from kaplan. some of these strategies do work fo...

I had a classmate who went through the same thing. She took the test and did not know if she passed or failed. She then contacted the california boards and was told the same thing (transcripts not in, etc.) A month later, she received her license th...

congrats angelsparks!

Congratulations Cajun :smiley_aa

CONGRATS !!! :anpom::dncgbby:

You are not alone. I too did the Kaplan review along with using Suzanne's Plan (Saunders book). I would do the Kaplan question trainer and qbanks. Each time I did them, my results always varied. 50% - 80%. Don't get discouraged. You are doing well. ...

King James. I took the NCLEX the second time on April 19 and passed on April 21. I studied Saunders using Suzanne's Plan. I also did ncbsn learning extension and practiced questions after questions. Reviewed rationales on the questions whether I got ...

I too am sending positive thoughts to all who took the NCLEX. Good luck to everyone!

I too recommend Saunders for a review book and doing Suzannes Plan (see her sticky). I also recommend doing lots of questions from the learning extension. I did this 3 wks before I took my test and passed with flying colors. Good luck

Dear gdschild, I took the NCLEX on October 2007 and failed the first time. I then went on this website and found Suzanne's Plan (she has a sticky forum on this website). I highly recommend this review course. It's free and everyone who has taken it a...

Hi NyemaII, Just wanted to let you know that Suzanne's Plan works. I graduated in June 07 and did Hurst Review. I took the NCLEX Oct. 2007, had 190 questions and failed. I then went on allnurses.com and found Suzanne's Plan. Dedicated myself to stud...