Dosage answer on nclex 0.1 or .1?

If an answer involves a decimal point, please write it in full, 0.1, so as to decrease confusion.

Lack of a leading zero (ie. writing .1 instead of 0.1) is on the Joint Commission's official Do Not Use list: Facts about the Official “Do Not Use” List | Joint Commission -- this is because the decimal point could be missed and it could be read as a whole number, increasing the dose by a factor of ten.

I would go with UWorld and always include it.

And in a similar manner, a trailing 0 (i.e., 1.0) should not be used either.

Thanks gals.

Gotten really mad i got questions on uworld qbank wrong.

Always put the 0 before the decimal point ... Prevents a med error

Follow up question.

At the testing center when im doing the test. Can i talk to myself the rationales on each question?

I do that and wave my hand n touch my body part whenever doing major tests.

Will the proctor deem suspicious of me as cheating of some sort?

Those are my mannerisms and it works for me.

Thanks gals...

And guys.

Anatomical parts pertaining to questions. Easy for me to retain memory using tactile stimulus.

And guys.

Anatomical parts pertaining to questions. Easy for me to retain memory using tactile stimulus.

I do this too.

Dont sctually speak in the test room. If you are going to mouth out a rationale do it silently or a super low whisper as not to be heard. If you are going to map out anatomy for a question, don't make major movements that draw attention to you. Making noise and waving around can make a proctor suspicious enough to write an incident report and your results will be held pending an investigation.

It it also couldn't hurt to explain to the proctor ahead of time what you do and see if they are ok with it. If they say no, then take it seriously and don't do it.

Many friend had her result held for putting her dry erase card to the computer screen to block answers because she likes to rad the question and then look at the answers one at a time. The dry erase card was blank, but the proctor asked her to stopped then flagged her.

They are are pretty serious about just about everything.