HELP!!!!! PLEASE

itsmejuli · Nov 16, 2009

So at this point are you eligible to sit for the NCLEX?

You can review the Saunders NCLEX book as well as Prentice Halls NCLEX PN review book.

bumble bee 15 · Nov 17, 2009

Hi!!! itsmeJulie, how are u? Yes I am able to sit for the NCLEX.Thank you for the info I will definitely look into these books although I've read several posts on here that Saunders isnt so helpful do you know about any review course that I can look into

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Nov 17, 2009

but, in the end, the essential red tape did get completed, didn't it?

almost every student worries that they may never pass the nclex-pn because they have forgotten a lot of the material they learned whether they had an excellent or a horrible school experience. the cure for that is to get a nclex-pn review book and work through it systematically up to the day you take the exam. if, per chance, you do fail, you'll know what the test questions were like, you sign up to retake the test again and keep studying. you keep moving forward not cry about what happened back at school--that's water under the bridge now. complaining about it only uses up energy you should be using to study to pass the nclex-pn.

this is the most current student booklet from the ncsbn (national council of state boards of nursing) that writes the nclex exam that you will take. it is 60 pages long and details exactly what is covered on your nclex-pn exam so you will have some guidance of what you need to be reviewing: https://www.ncsbn.org/2008_pn_detailed_test_plan_candidate.pdf. it is from this website: https://www.ncsbn.org/1287.htm

oh, and after 30 years of working as a nurse i can tell you this. . .you can always expect that some of the time you will spend fixing problems and things that never went right. some will be real humdingers that will make your don look like a saint. when i was a manager i told my new graduate orientees that much of their day would be spent stamping out fires. we are problem solvers. that is what we were trained and are paid to do. constant change is a given for our profession. so, get ready because it's going to be a bumpy ride. this is not a profession of boredom or constant routine. if you want that, become a bookkeeper.

good luck on your nclex-pn.

bumble bee 15 · Nov 17, 2009

thank you so much daytonite for the information and for the encouragement. I needed that sometimes that is all it takes to realize it isn't the end of the world. And true indeed why cry over spilled milk and exhauste my energy on the past, after all The hardest part of my journey is over. Thank you once again and God Bless you.

bumble bee 15 · Nov 17, 2009

Hi!!!! Daytonite its me again. I have a quick question I'd like to ask, have u ever heared of Helen Feuer review course? Or do you know anyone that has taken this course. If yes was it helpful.

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Nov 17, 2009

no, i do not know anything about it.

i would copy the candidate booklet that i gave you the link to onto your computer and use that as a guide for subjects to review for the test. the questions you will be asked will be asked of all lpn students in the u.s. so they will be very broad and general and not as specific as you think. know principles and rationales for why we do things. know major or the outstanding side effects of specific drugs and treatments not every drug in the drug book. ex: gentamycin is notorious for causing the loss of hearing; pt has to be monitored when the patient is getting coumadin; pulse needs to be checked before giving digoxin; a urinary drainage tube should be to straight gravity drainage and not allowed to hang in a loop over the side of the bed; sterile to sterile maintains the sterile field.

bumble bee 15 · Nov 18, 2009

once again thank you soooo much for the information it is greatly appreciated. Gob Bless you