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pinboy3niner

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7. Congratulations to her!

Reply to Ikonoklast (Original post)

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 10:23 PM

Sep 2014

Nursing is one of the most rigorous majors one can have, and I've heard the boards are exceptionally grueling. Nurses are appreciated by patients and families, but even they have no idea what it takes to become an R.N. Not to mention the continuing ed requirements afterward...

As Joe would say, that's really a BFD!

(Can you tell that I LOVE nurses? One literally saved my life in Vietnam. )

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My Daughter Passed Her Nursing Boards Today. [View all] Ikonoklast Sep 2014 OP

Congratulations to your daughter, my dear Ikonoklast! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #1

Thank you so much, Peggy. Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #3

Congrats to your daughter! mnhtnbb Sep 2014 #2

We'll certainly have a little celebration this Saturday. Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #5

Good for her! Aristus Sep 2014 #4

I knew she had it down cold, her study habits border on brutal. Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #6

Congratulations to her! pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #7

We have a long history of nurses in my family. Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #8

Hats off to Martha! pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #12

I know that sense of pride. Congratulations. My sweet niece just passed her RN boards a month ago auntAgonist Sep 2014 #9

Good on her! Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #10

Exciting times and more hard hard work ahead! Nurses have drive or they'd never have gotten where auntAgonist Sep 2014 #11

Congratulations to your niece! pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #13

Congratulations! TeamPooka Sep 2014 #14

She so wants to get busy working, she wants to get a year in and then start school again. Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #16

My wife is a nurse and is still getting degrees underwritten by her hospital. nt TeamPooka Sep 2014 #25

Congratulations to your daughter! Solly Mack Sep 2014 #15

Thanks Solly. I am so very happy she passed on the first try. Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #17

YAY! discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #18

Hard work and dogged determination, refusal to accept failure. Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #19

Hooray!!! Tribalceltic Sep 2014 #20

She got recruited pretty hard by several hospitals. Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #23

Congratulations! mucifer Sep 2014 #21

The boards were anywhere from 75 to 300 questions, luck of the draw. Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #22

my second day of testing the student to the left of me mucifer Sep 2014 #27

Wonderful news! femmocrat Sep 2014 #24

I shot her a text this morning and asked if she slept at all last night. Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #26