I am a ICU nurse and have worked in ICU for the past 5 years. I am not ready to sit and test for the CCRN but feel that I would be able to pass the CMSRN. Can a ICU nurse test for CMSRN? My facility is requesting that all nurses become "certified" so...
I just want to get others opinions on this subject. I searched on here and saw where there were some old threads regarding this topic but I wanted to start a new one. The hospital in which I work started using a tracking device system called Respond...
Congrats! I test tomorrow! I am so nervous and trying to figure out things to look at last minute! A few of my classmates have already tested and all got the good pop up and it has been accurate for my class so far! Any last minute suggestions for ...
Please help. I am a LPN and bridging to my RN. I missed 1 question on my drug calculations competency test today and so I have to retest next week which my instructor informed us would be harder. I am a nervous wreck. Some of the questions she advise...
I am a recent graduate as an LPN though I am not new to the healthcare field. I have been a EMT-I since 2003 and have worked doing that part time. Full time I worked in a clinic with 5 physicians as a Medical Asst with a physician as his nurse. I dre...
I took my NCLEX-PN at 9:00am this morning. I was done around 11:00am and had 85 questions. I thought it was difficult and felt I guessed at a good bit of the questions. Around #30, I thought I was going to start crying because I felt they were all wr...
I am scheduled to take my NCLEX - PN on Thursday 10/20 at 9:00am. I have been studying and reviewing my review course videos and Exam CD. I still feel there is much I need to review. I dont feel that my mind is refreshed. I am worried about medicatio...
Do you feel that you were prepared for NCLEX throughout LPN school? I just finished LPN school this week and take boards on 10/20. I desperately hope that my instructors have prepared us the way we need to be for boards. I know too that you have to s...
I will finish LPN school on Monday. My instructor submitted our registration today to take our NCLEX. At the end of the board registration there was a consent form which we all have to sign and mail in, not fax, not scan & email, regular mail. Be...
I have to do a care plan on my client for this week. I am not sure which diagnosis would be considered #1. He had decreased cardiac output due to cardiomyopathy. He was in fluid overload. He was fatigued, short of breath, etc. Also he has chronic ren...
I know my diagnosis for my care plan is going to Impaired Gas Exchange. I am not sure what to relate it too. My patient's impaired gas exchange was because she was anemic. While taking care of her in clinicals she would not keep her oxygen on which w...