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I am an associate professor of nursing for Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. I received my Master of Science degree with an adult nurse practitioner specialization from the University of Wisconsin. I have been a registered nurse for 25 years and have worked in Medical-Surgical nursing, the operating room, and as a medical paralegal. As a nurse practitioner, I have worked in a variety of “free clinics” serving the uninsured. As a nurse educator, I specialize in medical-surgical nursing as well as health care ethics. I seek to inspire my students to be competent compassionate professionals.
Read: The F-Word and the Nurse
I am a graduate of University of Missouri-Columbia and am now located in Lincoln, Nebraska and work for The Physicians Network. My background in critical care has brought out a passion to help patients make lifestyle changes before a hospital admission is needed. I have been a Registered Nurse for a little under five years and it is amazing to look at how much healthcare has changed in that short amount of time. I’ve learned that there are endless possibilities in nursing and it is well worth keeping an open mind about my future and where I’ll end up professionally.
Read: Give a patient a fish he eats for a day. Teach a patient to fish he eats for a lifetime
I’m a graduate of the Northern Caribbean University-located in Mandeville, Jamaica. The benefits of studying in a Caribbean Country have afforded me to change my outlook on the international standards by which Nursing is taught and how exact curriculums are. I made the decision to decline scholarship opportunities afforded to me at private colleges and to pursue my passion elsewhere with the added mix of sun, sea and sand. I currently hold a Bachelors of Sciences in Nursing and I’m also a Registered Nurse in the Country I studied in. The transition is now upon me to cross the threshold and to be certified under NSCBN-thus I have afforded myself to taking the time out to review for my NCLEX licensure. It is my hope through this blog I will make an Impact and not an Impression upon your mind, for the soul benefit of reaping success in the future.
Read: Staying Ahead in Nursing School while preparing for the NCLEX
I am a junior nursing student in the BSN program at the Catholic University of America. I have been on the Dean's List every semester here at Catholic University. I am very involved in our Student Nurses Association and am the Vice President this year. Last year I was the newsletter editor and I love writing and helping others. I am a very good test taker and I think others would benefit from my tips for studying and controlling stress.
Read: Pharm tips and tricks to learning drugs and everything that goes along with them
My name is Kimberly Holloway and I attended Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. On May 13, 2011 I graduated with my Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. After an intense battle with the NCLEX-RN exam I became a Registered Nurse on October 18, 2011. I am now working as a General Surgery/Operating Room circulating RN. I love my job and it is so rewarding to provide care for patients undergoing surgery, and it provides me with new challenges each day.
I want you to know that taking and passing the NCLEX is a journey in itself. I hope that something said in this blog will ease some of your anxiety about the exam and provide some imperative information about how to prepare yourself for a successful attempt. My motto: "I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do." ~Edward Everett Hale
Good Luck and NEVER GIVE UP!!!
Hello! I am very excited to be the first guest blogger on Sue’s Blog, and I look forward to engaging in conversation with you. At NCSBN, I work in the Regulatory Innovations Department as a coordinator for the Transition to Practice study. In this role, I help to plan and monitor the Transition to Practice study, focusing especially on answering questions and troubleshooting problems that come up from the individual sites participating in the study. I earned my Bachelor of Arts in 2008 from Tufts University with a double major in English and Community Health. Passionate about public health, I am grateful to be a part of this important, multi-site, multi-year study that will investigate how systematic changes in the way we transition new nurses from school into practice can have an effect on quality of health care and patient safety.
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As a divorced mother of five, I went to college in my late thirties and became a teacher. As I never found my niche in teaching, the requirement for more education in order to keep my teaching credentials caused me to wonder about whether or not it was too late to get a degree in nursing, something I had always wanted to do. I did! I graduated in July, 2011, and now work as an RN in an assisted living community, which I find to be a richly fulfilling position.
Read: Job Tips for New Nurses
