Well, I took and passed the NCLEX-PN exam, so that major part of my life is over. Expensive part too!
I went Thursday to Albany. There were 5 other people from my nursing class and we all took the test. I finished first and then waited around for the others.
I got 85 questions. Two other students also got 85 questions. 85 is the minimum. Two students got 120 questions and one poor soul got the maximum number which is 205 for LPN.
The test is administered via computerized adaptive testing hence the different number of questions.
We all, including me, walked out feeling like we ailed and I was pretty sure I did. Then we had to wait 48 hours for our results.
I finally got mine this morning and passed. So far I haven’t heard from all of the others but the ones I did hear from also passed.
So tonight when I go in for my CNA gig I can tell my supervisor I passed and –hopefully- I won’t have more than 1 or 2 more shifts of wiping butts and then they’ll start my LPN precept’ing.
There’s a $5 an hour bump which is not great but its not bad. Newly minted LPN’s don’t eally make mad bank the first year out of school. However with night shift differential I should hit around $20/hr and with weekends, $22/hr. Once I have a year under my belt I can look elsewhere and get more.
The VA may be putting a facility here in my town, so that might be something for the future.
Now I have to think about RN classes. I was going to take a few for this semester ut I may wait a semester to get a little more money, take a break from the books and get a little more organized.
Work tonight should be very interesting!
Guess I can stop posting in the student groups for now; at least until I start RN. :)
I went Thursday to Albany. There were 5 other people from my nursing class and we all took the test. I finished first and then waited around for the others.
I got 85 questions. Two other students also got 85 questions. 85 is the minimum. Two students got 120 questions and one poor soul got the maximum number which is 205 for LPN.
The test is administered via computerized adaptive testing hence the different number of questions.
We all, including me, walked out feeling like we ailed and I was pretty sure I did. Then we had to wait 48 hours for our results.
I finally got mine this morning and passed. So far I haven’t heard from all of the others but the ones I did hear from also passed.
So tonight when I go in for my CNA gig I can tell my supervisor I passed and –hopefully- I won’t have more than 1 or 2 more shifts of wiping butts and then they’ll start my LPN precept’ing.
There’s a $5 an hour bump which is not great but its not bad. Newly minted LPN’s don’t eally make mad bank the first year out of school. However with night shift differential I should hit around $20/hr and with weekends, $22/hr. Once I have a year under my belt I can look elsewhere and get more.
The VA may be putting a facility here in my town, so that might be something for the future.
Now I have to think about RN classes. I was going to take a few for this semester ut I may wait a semester to get a little more money, take a break from the books and get a little more organized.
Work tonight should be very interesting!
Guess I can stop posting in the student groups for now; at least until I start RN. :)