Related: NCLEX, refresher course

I graduated in May of 2004... \"Life\" happened and I didn\'t take the boards. I have been working in the administrative field but nursing is my passion. I find myself wondering is it too late to try and take the exam, and where do I start with studing. I took a refersher course, which was some help as far as how approach the exam...but what [...]

Related: Addiction, Drug Addiction, drug screening

I have been a nurse for over a decade and I have worked in a variety of settings throughout my career and one thing I have found to be a universal need within our profession is education about addiction, how to handle it whether it be a patient or one of our own and how to prescribe possible needed medication to that individual. I [...]

Related: Education, nurse practitioner

Hi There,

I am a 22 year old new nurse of 7 months. I graduated in December 2009. I work on a surgical floor and love it. It has its ups and downs and I am obviously still new so I get overwhelmed and still feel like I don\'t know anything, but I\'m starting to feel a little more comfortable. However, I want to go back [...]

Related: arrest, board of nursing

ok so i am currently a student for an RN and when i was 18 i commited something so stupid that i now regret. i stoled a pair of jeans and i got put into a pre trial diversion program. i completed it succesfully and they dropped the charges. i was not convicted, but the arrest is still there. what do i do do i [...]

Related: Age, New Nurse

will age play a factor if i want to enroll in the nursing program; i am 56's?

Geneva

Related: criminal, misdemeanor, nursing license

How hard is it to get an RN's license reinstated in California after having to surrender it due to criminal matter. Even if you get your license back will employers hire you?

John

Related: Failure

I failed out of nsg school in 5th level after failing the limit of classes, I repeated 4th level and then failed community health in 5th level and got dismissed from the nsg school program. I'm just wondering if any one had any ideas about what I could do? I'm thinking about writing a formal letter to the Dean and asking if I could [...]

Related: Failure, New Grad, New Nurse, Precepting

Hi fellows,
I would love to hear from new grads and experienced RNs(Preceptors), why the precetors give hard time to the new graduates and the new grads that had experienced a negative experience with preceptors.
I graduated 2 years ago, and I was fortunate enough to get a job soon. The problem started once one of my former class mate found out I was working in the [...]

Related: Anxiety, DUI

I am a musician and work on a regular basis as one in PA where i live.
In March, after a gig (In my last semester) i was arrested for DUI. My attorney assures me that I will be getting the \"ARD\" program- this is an avenue whereby i get probation, a short DL suspension, take alcohol classes, eventually resulting in no record or conviction. Thank [...]

Related: Convictions, Nurse Relationships, Opposite Sex, Patients, Professionalism

A nursing student said she felt that she could not do intimate procedures on male patients due to her convictions. I found this interesting, but I think that nursing and medical students have the right to refuse provide services based on convictions. Doctors are able to refuse to provide certain services based on consciences. Some male family practice doctors refuse to do intimate female exams [...]