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I graduated my ADN program on the 8th, got my authorization to test email from my state’s BON on Monday, and there was an opening for a test 2 hours away the next morning. I figured, what the heck, and scheduled it. I didn’t do any extra studying. I looked at some meds the night before and the antidotes, and looked back over therapeutic levels and critical values really quick, but I didn’t buy any extra resources and I really just listened to some free YouTube videos in the car the night before. I passed in 85 questions. All this to say, if you feel confident, go for it! don’t listen to the haters who try to knock down your confidence! Now I have 2 weeks to relax before I start my new job instead of thinking I need to study for the NCLEX every free moment of every day. :)

Disclaimer: I did pretty well in school and I’m usually a good test taker. I scored over an 1100 on my last two exit HESI exams, the one at the beginning of my last semester and the end. But if you’re doing well and you feel confident, don’t let anyone ruin that for you!

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… should I be surprised to be offered a position that would pay me 215k annually? No start date yet. They will train me for 6 months. 14 pts max. 5x8s. Specialty clinic. VA LA. Are they that desperate? I would take it for sure. What’s your experience? 26 days PTO 13 Sick Time 11 holidays. This is a dream offer. Imposter syndrome is kicking in.

EDIT: I spoke too soon. They rescinded the offer. Back to Indeed! 🥺🥺🥺

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I got into the only RN program I applied to!!! I’m a mom in my 30’s. I took prerequisites just over 5 years ago and this is the only school that accepts them all so I was stressed!! I took the teas 4 times (64,66,62 then 77.3 ) they needed at least 60 but only takes the top 80 teas score . I’m just so grateful to God

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Hi! I'm a hs senior wondering if the better path to bsn is a direct admit private school (costs about 30k for the four years) or a public city school (provides refund after all my financial aid). The public school is hunter college in nyc, which is so hard to get into. However I am willing to work as a cna during school, and have heard that hospitals will sometimes cover tuition - not too sure how reliable that is though.

I'm really stressed rn and would be so grateful for any advice!

I’m not an NP but am an allied health professional with a story to share. My brother had some routine labs drawn by his primary care nurse practitioner a few months back. His bilirubin came back elevated (its familial) and his NP was exceedingly thorough and ordered an abdominal ultrasound just to be safe. This ultrasound incidentally detected a likely cancerous mass in my brother’s kidney. He had a partial nephrectomy today and is awaiting biopsy. There’s a high chance it’s a cancerous mass but due to the size of the mass(from early detection on this ultrasound), there’s a 99% chance the nephrectomy was curative. His NP likely saved his life by trusting her gut and reviewing his H&P thoroughly. I truly believe that your profession has such distinct value and that this may not have been caught by other healthcare professionals. I know many of you work in thankless jobs with unrealistic productivity expectations. I just want to thank you all for what you do and tell you that you truly do make a difference

I know people always say don’t go to NP school for money. Well I went to NP school cause I was burnt tf out from COVID. But surprisingly I landed an outpatient RN job at the end of my schooling.

I’m located in Cali.

I make close to $80/hr as a per diem staff. Then I got a second job, $65/hr as part time RN staff outpatient.

All the NP jobs near me are ranging $60-70/hr which is crazy.

To see 25+ patients a day. No thank you.

As an outpatient RN, I do mainly admin stuff and vaccinations… chill most of the day. I tried an NP job and that was crazy. Seeing patients back to back, people noncompliant, endless notes… why do people even go back for NP school now and days.

I even know many case managers who are outpatient making 150k a year who get to work from home. It’s crazy.

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6 year old came into the ER after a car crash, clutching this little paper crane. Kid wouldn't let go of it for anything, not for the exam, not for X-rays, nothing. He kept asking "Where's Mama? Is Mama coming?"

We didn't know. Separate ambulances, different hospitals initially. All we could tell him was that we were trying to find out.

Three hours later, she gets wheeled in from the other facility. Banged up pretty good, broken ribs, concussion, lots of bruising, but stable. The second that kid saw her gurney come through the doors, he jumped off his bed and ran straight to her.

Still had that paper crane in his little fist the whole time.

Found out later she'd made it for him that morning before school. "For good luck," she told him.

Guess it worked.

I’m curious about people’s opinions on this. A new grad rn on my unit can’t take care of any male patients because of her religious beliefs. She cannot approach or talk to male patients alone and especially can’t help them with using the restroom or cleaning up. The only (kind of major) issue with this is we work on a trauma ICU. At the very least our unit is 50% males and 99% of the time they need assistance with cleaning.

My unit has bent over backwards to accommodate this nurse to the point where they’ll give another nurse a heavier, less safe assignment or switch assignments mid shift in order to not assign this nurse a male patient. This nurse also won’t respond to codes or patient emergencies if the patient is male because of the risk of seeing them in a state of undress. Not to mention just simple tasks like asking another nurse to help with a cleanup or calling on a buddy to lay eyes on your patient is made more difficult when this nurse has an assignment next to yours.

I have really mixed feelings about it and everyone on my unit seems scared to talk about it and risk coming off as a bigot or insensitive. What are your thoughts on the matter?