Kaplan's Video about NCLEX RN test.....

I really got surprised when I saw these videos yesterday. You might be surprised with the fact that I passed my NCLEX more than two and half years ago, but I do constantly do researches for the NCLEX resources to assist new graduates and for those who is planning to give the test. These Kaplan videos by Barbara Irwin, MSN, RN will be really helpful for you all. First video is overall about the NCLEX test and will help to decline your stress and fear, and will answers lots of questions that are arising in your mind about NCLEX

How to Transfer your RN license to Indiana from other states

Recently I moved from Oklahoma to Indiana and had to transfer my Oklahoma RN license to Indiana. It was not that much of stressful but still it is taking some time. If you are planning to transfer your license to Indiana here is the "Step by Step" process that I did:

1) Indiana does not have a separate website for Board of Nursing it is under Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (PLA). And here is the link
http://www.in.gov/pla/nursing.htm

2) Transfer of license is called endorsement application. Here is the link below with instructions and it is pretty detailed in the website itself.
http://www.in.gov/pla/2506.htm

3) After you get into the link above application form is underlined as completed application which is on PDF file.

4) You need PDF installed in the computer if not you can get it from http://get.adobe.com/reader/

5) After you download the application form, application form will look like this:

you can type or print, if you decide to type you can save the data.

6) After application is filled, along with your application you need to submit $50 application fee payable to "Indiana Professional Licensing Agency" , proof of license in another state ie (Scan or print copy of your license from your state) and a photograph as described by Indiana professional licensing agency as below:

Include a photograph, approximately 2 ½ x 3 ½ inches, head and shoulders view, black and white or color, of professional quality. Polaroid type or laminated photographs will not be accepted. Please tape, rather than staple, the photo to the application. Please place your signature on the front of your photograph
 Derived from http://www.in.gov/pla/2506.htm 

7) Mail to the address :

Professional Licensing Agency     
Attn: Indiana State Board of Nursing
402 W. Washington Street, Room W072
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

8) Send your Transcript: from your college directly sent from college in a sealed envelope from the registrar's office.

9) Request license verification from your state, you have to fill out separate form for this step and form can be found in your board of nursing website.You can find the application form for Oklahoma
https://www.ok.gov/nursing/forms3.html it is all the way down in the list called written verification of Licensure and they will charge you $40 (Fee may change)

10) Wait for response from the staff that they got your application.

11) After you get the response your next step is background check you can call or register at http://www.identogo.com/

12) After all this done now just wait for the result.

Good luck and best of luck for your nursing career, I hope you love your nursing career as much as I do or more that I do (I don't think that is possible just kidding........)

Beauty of small hospital.

      Today at work, I was able to see almost every aspect of life.  I took care of an 8-months patient who is learning how to hold bottle for his survival, got opportunity to take care of 84-years old lady who has to call for a nurse even for a sip of water. I did hear a story of a veteran who served for the country. Today someone is serving for him and he feels embarrassed about the situation and really thankful for the nurses and staff for the great care. I took care of a pleasant gentleman who heard the news that he is free from cancer after part of his organ was removed. On top of all that I took care of a patient who got diagnosed with cancer which is not curable and there is nothing in this world that could make him happy today. 

       At the end of the day I questioned myself what kind of nurse I am. Today I had a surgical patient, medical patient, I had an ortho patient and surely I had a pediatric. I am a pediatric nurse but I get chance to take care of wide range of population which is the beauty of a small hospital. Although management and administration try to allocate specific area for the patients, sometimes it's not possible and floor nurse end up having fun with gathering lots of experience. At the end of the day, it does not matter where you work and whom you take care of, it matters how much you affected the life of that specific person with your good deed. 

      To all nurses anywhere in the world... love what you do, try to make a space on each and every person's heart and care like your family member, you never know when your grandmother might end up next door. 

I love being a Nurse....

I took care of 82 years old today, after working in surgical floor for a month two things I have learned is get SCDs and IS for a patient, since she had hard time using IS, I decided to ask her to do deep cough and breathing every time I enter the room, I realized, it went little extreme when my patient started coughing every time when she saw me even while I was walking down the hall. I admit sometime we do torture the patient unintentionally although it is good for them.......I love being a nurse......

Tips for NCLEX test

Here are some tips for NCLEX test for the process and for the exam itself

1) Decision Tree
Decision Tree

2) Test Taking Strategies for Nursing Students by Caralee Bromme'RN, MSN CCRN 
Test Taking Strategies for NCLEX 

3) Official website about NCLEX with detail information 
Make sure you go through every little bit of information you can find in this website especially tips for Before, During and After the examination 

4) National Council of State Board of Nursing 
If you want to learn more about NCLEX examination as a whole follow the link below 
 NCSBN  

Please Enjoy and I will keep posting, if you feel like I need to add something more let me know thank you.

NCLEX Decision Tree (Similar to Kaplan)

After a long wait and search, I am able to find the decision tree here in internet. This decision tree is almost similar to Kaplan Decision tree. It was very helpful for me. Mostly it is important to those who knows the content but unable to choose the right answer. Helps for critical thinking.

More NCLEX RN Practice questions: Free NCLEX RN Practice questions
Derived from: http://www.slideshare.net/rebeccabowman2/decision-tree-25818301?from_search=11

Top Patient Safety Strategies to implement now

Nowadays I am more interested in quality improvement in medical settings, which includes, nursing, medical, pharmaceutical and so on. Here is the great article that I found while going through Medscape.com. It is short and precise slideshow presented by Laura A. Stokowski, RN, MS. Please click the link below

Top Patient Safety Strategies to implement now

 References:
Picture: Derived from, http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/patient-safety, November 30, 2013, Stokowski, Laura A.

Made my day.....

At the end of the shift, 86 years old cute little lady asked me, " are you going to be here tomorrow, I have to leave hospital for whole afternoon tomorrow, if you are going to be here I can leave him alone,(pointing her 90 yrs old husband, who are married for good 64 years) I know you will take a good care of him, I trust you" made my day.......

Site for NCLEX 3500 is working now

Site for NCLEX 3500 was down for a while, it is working now. Here is the link
NCLEX 3500
best of luck
More NCLEX RN practice questions: Free NCLEX RN practice questions

Pearsonvue Trick for NCLEX

Just done with your NCLEX test ? Worried about the results?, I will not pay extra money to know the result, here the trick that it is almost accurate.

Try to re-register at Pearson-vue website, if you get the message 'our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. please contact your member board for further assistance. another registration cannot be made at this time. That means you passed. if you do not get message and go straight to the credit card information page, that means you did not pass.

I tried it when I tested for NCLEX and it worked, it's working for almost everyone who is giving test this year.

Good luck and have a great carrier in Nursing.

For free NCLEX practice questions follow the link you can find thounds of practice questions for free including HURST and Kaplan resources. Enjoy
Free NCLEX practice questions

Rookie Co-worker of the year.... way to go

Achievement in Nursing carrer

Picture speaks itself....

Good luck new graduates

Good luck all new graduates and anyone around the world who is planning to take NCLEX test. NCLEX is not an easy test neither horrible, you need to make sure that you read questions closely, make sure to go through all the options although you are 100% sure about the answer, don't jump to the conclusion. Every one of you is smart and intelligent because graduating from nursing school is not a cup of tea, but we still need to go through the test to prove that you can deliver safe and effective nursing care, able to prioritize the problems. Just relax and answer every questions individually, it does not matter how many questions you have to take 75 or 265, also it does not matter how many times you have to take a test, it does only matters you passed or not, and sure you all will do great.
Good luck all.....praying for all you.
Enjoy the free NCLEX practice questions: Free NCLEX RN practice questions

ACLS is Down

It's a relief after ACLS class, it's down and Smita Sharma is ACLS certified now, another step for nursing career. Still waiting for new classes and new challenge. From now I can run a code isn't it interesting and scary. Let's hope I can do it with confident in real world.

This is what a Nurse can do

All my complaints and tiresome day turned into a great day after one of my patient thanked me for all my care and patience with his tears on his eyes, I made a man cry with my good deed.... this is what a Nurse can do............

I am PALS certified

Another step for nursing carrer, I am PALS certified from American Heart Association. 

PALS: Pediatric Advanced Life Support, it is an advanced course for responding emergency situations among infant and pediatric population. Total hours of class including test was 8 hours, but it was worth worthy. During course hours you will get detailed information about CPR and AED. CPR administration by 1 rescuer and 2 rescuer, and also you will get chance to go through respiratory distress, respiratory failure, various kind of shock, and cardiac dis-rhythmia. Also teaches you detailed information about assessment, intervention and evaluation during the crisis. You will also get information how to lead a crisis or a code.
I found it as a helpful course. For more information go to American Heart Association.

Failure is not End of the World.

It had been while that I had not updated my Facebook status. Just to know how active I was in Facebook, I login my profile and went through my recent activity from last 3 months. I had updated my status for four times and quite few comments to my friend. I was not active in facebook and along with that I was out of contact with most of my friends. That means I was technically hibernating. I was trying to be out of reach with my friends, I don't remember I had called any of my friends in last three months just to talk with them and said any of my story. Some of those days I did realized that there was something wrong but was not able to realize what was that. I was into myself, I was just thinking about myself. I didn't passed my RN test for the first time, and turned my family and my love down. I was ashamed and not even able to trust myself for few of those days. But, all those unconditional love that my parents,my family, my husband and my co-workers gave to me encouraged me to think forward. I was able to think positive,I was able to focus on my study again. I learned the lesson that failure is not the end of world, it is an opportunity for you to learn something new, it is an lesson that teaches you how to handle your stress and how to prepare for the worst. Thank you so much all for continuous love and support. You all deserved for this day. Hence here is the day, day have came. I trusted on myself for the second time too, hence I was prepared for the second time, I was prepared for the best and worst. Today my parents can proudly say that their daughter is an RN, my husband can proudly say that his wife is RN. After all those childhood memories and stories, all those lonely days in school dorm, all those nursing classes, up and downs during school years, stressful moments in front of books and computer,had been fruitful today. Hence, just want to say all those who have failed for any time, please don't loose your trust, don't ever give up we all can do it, it does not matter how you did it, it only matter you can do it. So trust on yourself and trust on GOD, God will never let you down and so does your friends and family.

Why I need a butterfly to be tattooed in my body

It's been a while I asked Mom if I could get a tattoo. Her response was "no" nothing more than that. After that I had not asked mom about the tattoo. If i ever get permission from mom and my hubby, I will have a butterfly to be tattooed in my body. Why butterfly?, I think butterfly can represent me. I flied all the way from family, country when I was young. As butterfly makes people happy and fresh, I try to make people smile and want to see all happy. And not the last I want to fly freely like a butterfly where there is not any stress.
So what will be the color: I already have a color in my mind that is mixture of blue and red since, blue is a symbol of peace and red is a symbol of love. Love and peace are complimentary with each other.
What will be the state of butterfly: flying butterfly
Where in body: not decided, still having discussion with my hubby that will never end and I will never get it.

I am a Rebellion

"I am a rebellion but I still do respect my culture, religion, tradition, and my people." Smita Sharma

Got a New Motto for the Foundation

" सुनौलो बर्तमान लागी स्वर्णिम प्रयास"

SWARNIM FOUNDATION

Please comment how you all like, please give some suggestions
thank you all.