lizlafoe

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1. Nursing Diagnoses: Useless Statements secondary to Professional Insecurity

   lizlafoe replied to Fribblet's topic in Professionalism

   I occasionally used nursing diagnoses for paperwork purposes in the ICU, never in the ER. Also, my hospital has new grads taking the PBDS, which I found much more challenging than the NCLEX. What I liked about the test, however, was that it accepte...

2. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

   lizlafoe replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX

   Trick worked for me. 75 questions, 1 math, lots of SATA, passed! I tried it the same day of the exam (and I took it on a Saturday), the computer knows whether you passed or failed as soon as you hit submit. If Pearsonvue won't let you re-register,...

3. If you can ...

   lizlafoe replied to Crumb's topic in NCLEX

   Eat a big breakfast the morning of the test and get plenty of sleep the night before! Try not to stress. The test will be hard but you ARE well prepared after nursing school :)

4. What have I done?!

   lizlafoe replied to PreRN Katie's topic in General Students

   I am in my last semester of nursing school...I have about six more weeks of class. Here is how I got through the first and second and third and fourth semester. Do Your Best, but realize you will NOT be able to complete all of those readings. Rea...

5. starting off the 2nd semester in a rough way

   lizlafoe replied to Nurse Allison's topic in General Students

   It sounds like this is a very challenging time for you. Here is the best advice I have to give you: 1. You do have a connection with the other nursing students - You are a Nursing Student. That said, I did a group paper by myself once...it was ju...

6. Need some encouragement... It could be over for me!!!

   lizlafoe replied to CandyGyrl's topic in General Students

   Go see your teacher in private during office hours. Calmly explain that you have test anxiety and see if you can work some problems together with your teacher, or maybe just do the problem you missed, instead of retaking the entire test. I am excell...

7. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

   lizlafoe replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

   I believe there was an editorial in AJN (sometime in 2008) called "Death to Care Plans." I think they are on the way out. Still, I agree completely that professional writing is a crucial skill.

8. Dysrhythmias

   lizlafoe replied to gaajr1's topic in Student Assist

   I was taught that technically arrhythmia = asystole (flat lining) and dysrythmia is any type of irregular rhythm. Typically, they are used interchangeably in the clinical setting.