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1. Lpn Student Questions???? Help

   sierranic replied to studentLPN's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Get one of those NCLEX-PN review books. Saunders is a really good one. This will really help you understand the format of some of the test questions you may get in class, as well as why that answer is correct. Nursing test questions are much more dif...

2. How are you "paying" for school???

   sierranic replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Ummmm... I'm not ...... Yet! :) I took out max on student loans, and qualified for grants (which really helped) Alot of the Hospitals around my area will pay back some of your loans once your employed, so that will also cut back on my future paymen...

3. Need help with homework!!!

   sierranic replied to annabrooke93's topic in General Students

   More Diagnoses: Disturbed body image Risk for injury Impaired physical mobility Disturbed self-concept Ineffective sexuality patterns Self care deficit in toileting Interventions are always the easiest.... just think of... what are you going to do fo...

4. Priority question

   sierranic replied to Purlple's topic in NCLEX

   I'd have to say the 3 y/o boy

5. For those of you who passed NCLEX-PN

   sierranic posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   What did you do after graduation but prior to boards to prepare yourself for the exam? If you studied from the review books, on average how many questions did you do each day and for how long? Thanks

6. Physical before entering LPN school?

   sierranic replied to chachacha's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Our school required a physical and once I got into the office I got very upset. I assumed with this being a health care program that I would only have to answer some questions and possibly prove that I can lift, push, and pull heavy objects. However,...

7. Anyone (or someone you know) fail clinical?

   sierranic replied to SirJohnny's topic in General Students

   I had one of those "weed em' out" teachers and most students lasted the first 10 weeks of this semester and then the teacher turned evil :angryfire We lost about 5 out of 25 students within a 2 week period, it was pretty rough. One student was drop...

8. how much time each night to prep for clinicals?

   sierranic replied to lifeLONGstudent's topic in General Students

   Our instructors required us to have our careplans done prior to clinical, except for the Q&A sections. He needed to have the Pathophysiology, and labs listed, we were also required to have our diagnosis listed with interventions etc. (so we would...

9. Has anyone ever done the ERI Testing?

   sierranic posted a topic in General Students

   Our instructor has decided to use the ERI test for our final for our clinical/theory class. It is supposed to be somewhat similar to the NCLEX. Has anyone ever taken this test before? And if so how would you compare the questions to the questions you...

10. 1/3 of class in danger of failing first semester

    sierranic replied to gerry79's topic in General Students

    We lost quite a few of our students the first semester, some just didn't feel that it was the right career choice for themselves, others were too overwelmed with the information. When we got into second semester it was like the transition from presch...

11. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    sierranic replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    - By second semester you realize that the three alarm clocks you had are no longer waking you up, so you go out and buy two more! - Your dinnerware now consists of plastic silverware, plates, bowel, and cups! - You can't remember the color of your ca...

12. personal portfolio

    sierranic replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Students

    We also have to make a portfolio and don't get graded on it. We were told that we need to include our first and last careplan from each semester, as well as any papers that show our pre-nursing test scores, such as: the NET test, etc. We are only in ...

13. year wait untill i START clinicals, any advice?

    sierranic replied to krissypoo's topic in General Students

    Krissypoo, I see that your here in Iowa too. I started out last year applying to my first choice CC, and after receiving a letter stating that they were revamping the selection process I came to the conclusion that I wouldn't be accepted. This of co...

14. Nursing for the wrong reasons? (long)

    sierranic replied to Soonstudent's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you have yourself in the perfect position to make a move! My recommendation would be to see if it would be possible to shadow a nurse and see how you would like it. Over 50K a year is a big some of money to be giving up if you aren't 1...

15. Period 8 days late...neg HPT!!

    sierranic replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You may be stressing yourself out. I once went through this after having two children, I was a day late and almost had a breakdown, I wasn't ready for #3 to come yet. I stressed myself out so much "Thinking I was". I went and bought two tests both ca...