Can I resit NCLEX or do I need to train again? over 5 years passed since last sat exam

Hello allnurses.com... I need some critical advice! I finished nursing school in 2009, sat down to take boards and I was so nervous so of course I failed.. I lived in VA, but now in NC & want to know if I have to retake the PN course to sit for t

What is a Nurse Career Battery test?

I was invited to take this test before my interview and I have no clue of what sort of question they going to throw on me.this is my dream job and I don't want to kill my self If I failed this one..Please can anyone give me a little hint on this one

Advice for new preceptor please

I've been an RN for almost 2 years. 1 year on my current unit. I'm currently precepting for the first time. I'm precepting a nursing student doing her senior preceptorship for 160+ hours. I hope I'm doing it right. She hasn't killed anyone. I gu

Burned Out and Have an Interview at Dillard's This Week...

2 to work in retail sales. I know that it won't be all fun and games, that I'll make much less per hour, and that the holiday season will be very crazy and busy, but the very idea of working somewhere that people actually want to be and where no on

Interim Permit

Hello,
I just have a quick question. From what I understand, I have to apply for an interim permit when I apply for my license, does anyone know how soon it takes for the IP be issued? Also, during the time that one is working on just an IP they are

Nurse Thinking About Management Consulting

I have been an RN for 5 years in a large hospital system and currently completing an NP/PhD program.

After graduation, I was thinking about management consulting as a possible career to get insight into hospital CEO/CNO/COO roles. My goal is to be i

Nurse patient ratio?!??

Hello, I'm well into my first year of nursing. I live in South Carolina where we have no nurse to patient ratio laws. I work on a general med surg floor where we are set up in pods. There are 8 rooms to a pod and we often have 8 Pts to one nurse and

Columbus PSA pay

I am moving to Columbus, Ohio soon and looking at PSA pay. I was wondering who pays more, Mount Carmel or Ohio Health and what people think about working for the two. I am in nursing school and would like to get hired on as an RN someday too!

Wait or start looking?

I graduate next week. I was promised a job where I work right now with hours that would work perfectly with my hubby's night shift job and the kids. Today I was told that my hours will flexed and will likely be night shift a lot of the time (this is

Ways to Prepare Me For Nursing?

If you have seen my past discussions, I'm a 16 year old girl in a medical program at my high school. I have been noticing that my interest in nursing has slowly been declining, I'm not sure if it's because my class is too easy since we're doing C