LS2 a difficult exam but I passed....

[chayes]

I just got home from taking the exam for LS2 and it's a very difficult exam but I passed with a C, this is only the second C that I've gotten. The first was Transitions and that was because that class was SOOOO very boring and dry. I'm normally very confident during my exams and finish them fairly rapidly but I had to take over 2 hours to complete this one! I also had to "flag" over %40 to go back and reread those questions and rationalize my answer. For those getting ready to take this exam know your anti-psychotic meds very well, also know your lab values for endocrine disorders. I hope I'm not violating academic policy but I can't be any more specific than that. There were some discrepancies between several of the text reading assignments. One specifically had to do with pain management of pancreatitis. One text states than morphine is the standard of care but another stated that because of spasm of the sphincter of Oddi that demerol was recommended, still another stated that because of the risk of seizures demerol was not to be used?! I can't say that particular question came up during my exam but there is some confusion.

I'm now moving on to LS3 which is my final Nursing assignment before FCCA & CPNE. I'll take A&P and Micro while waiting for my CPNE test date. I've seen much discussion on this forum about taking 8 week online classes for A&P and Micro as opposed to just studying the text and then testing out. Is there a particular reason for this or are these two classes that intimidating? I guess that I'll have to speak with my Academic Adviser to get a recommendation.

Anyway, good luck to everyone and keep the faith (mainly in yourself!!)

[BeachCathyRN]

Congrats - you are almost there!!! :yeah:

[JJLPN]

Congrats

[KassieLPN2RN]

For Pancreatitis Demoral is not used anymore because of the loadup of metabolites - they have went back to using Morphine, even though it can cause spasms @ the sphincter of Odi, at least that is how I understand it.

[Hotnurse06]

Congrats!!!

[dblpn]

I just got home from taking the exam for LS2 and it's a very difficult exam but I passed with a C, this is only the second C that I've gotten. The first was Transitions and that was because that class was SOOOO very boring and dry. I'm normally very confident during my exams and finish them fairly rapidly but I had to take over 2 hours to complete this one! I also had to "flag" over %40 to go back and reread those questions and rationalize my answer. For those getting ready to take this exam know your anti-psychotic meds very well, also know your lab values for endocrine disorders. I hope I'm not violating academic policy but I can't be any more specific than that. There were some discrepancies between several of the text reading assignments. One specifically had to do with pain management of pancreatitis. One text states than morphine is the standard of care but another stated that because of spasm of the sphincter of Oddi that demerol was recommended, still another stated that because of the risk of seizures demerol was not to be used?! I can't say that particular question came up during my exam but there is some confusion.

I'm now moving on to LS3 which is my final Nursing assignment before FCCA & CPNE. I'll take A&P and Micro while waiting for my CPNE test date. I've seen much discussion on this forum about taking 8 week online classes for A&P and Micro as opposed to just studying the text and then testing out. Is there a particular reason for this or are these two classes that intimidating? I guess that I'll have to speak with my Academic Adviser to get a recommendation.

Anyway, good luck to everyone and keep the faith (mainly in yourself!!)

Congratulations on passing that is a wonderful feeling to almost be done. just curious and a lil bit concerned, did you mention the decrepancies to EC or your adviser about the demerol & morphine?