March 2011 Test Takers Support Group

lacreme1972 · Mar 9, 2011

sickle cell crisis is caused by obstruction of blood flow by the sickled red blood cells,hypoxia and deoxygenation of the red blood cells are the most common cause of sickling. so administration of oxygen is the priority intervention. pain management and hydration are also important. think abc and always treat the cause.

sickle cell crisis hydration must come first because oxygen can't even reach the cells once the sickling has begun.

lacreme1972 · Mar 9, 2011

Sickle cell crisis hydration must come first because oxygen can't even reach the cells once the sickling has begun.

(Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, Hockenberry & Wilson, 8th edition, 2009, p.919-920).Severe hypoxia must be prevented because this causes massive systemic sickling that can be fatal. Although oxygen may prevent more sickling, it usually is not effective in reversing sickling because the oxygen is unable to reach the enmeshed sickled erythrocytes in clogged vessels

ann_08RN · Mar 9, 2011

(Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, Hockenberry & Wilson, 8th edition, 2009, p.919-920).Severe hypoxia must be prevented because this causes massive systemic sickling that can be fatal. Although oxygen may prevent more sickling, it usually is not effective in reversing sickling because the oxygen is unable to reach the enmeshed sickled erythrocytes in clogged vessels

yeah, you are right, in sickle cell , hydration will be done first to prevent sickling crisis...

mydream123 · Mar 9, 2011

Mydream take the NCSBN course, I promise you it's worth it! I took the 3wk course and I pass the the RN NCLEX. The structure of the questions on NCSBN are similiar to the NCLEX questions. True story: I convience a close friend of mine who was studying for the LPN boards to take the NCSBN 3 wk course. She notified me today that she PASS!!! She thank me for introducing this website to her. NCSBN site is awesome!! I highly recommend it to all who are studying for the NCLEX!

Wow! That's good news! Congratulations! How many questions do you answer per day? Is it unlimited access 24/7?

hopeful310 · Mar 9, 2011

hi everyone! its good to know that a lot of u guys have already passed.. please keep on praying for us who are not done taking the nclex yet..
anyway, just wanted to share this infection control mnemonics to you guys. this was posted in one of the threads here before. credits given to december2905.
transmission-based precautions: adc
a - airborne
d - droplet
c - contact

airborne precaution (credit goes to the one who posted this on april thread, sorry can't remember your name)

my - measles
chicken - chickenpox
hez - herpes zoster (disseminated)
tb - tb

private room
negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges per hour
uv
mask
n95 mask for tb

droplet precaution
think of spiderman!
s - sepsis
s - scarlet fever
s - streptococcal pharyngitis
p - parvovirus b19
p - pertussis
p - pneumonia
i - influenza
d - diptheria (pharyngeal)
e - epiglottitis
r - rubella
m - mumps
m - meningitis
m - mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia
an - adenovirus

private room
mask

contact precaution
mrs.wee
m - multidrug resistant organism
r - respiratory infection - rsv
s - skin infections
w - wound infections
e - enteric infections - clostridium defficile
e - eye infections

skin infections:
v - varicella zoster
c - cutaneous diptheria
h - herpes simplex
i - impetigo
p - pediculosis
s - scabies, staphylococcus

private room
gloves
gown

i just wanted to tell any future test takers make sure you know this! i got about a dozen infection control questions and about 5 sata were about infection control too. make sure you know what type of ppe to wear for each disease. i went over these exact same infection control mnemonics in my car before going into the test center. i am so glad that i did... although my official results won't come for another few weeks i still have hope that god will see me through. i'll keep everyone in my prayers as well. good luck to all of us :)

lacreme1972 · Mar 9, 2011

Wow! That's good news! Congratulations! How many questions do you answer per day? Is it unlimited access 24/7?

The site is unlimited access. I would spend 2-3hrs a day doing questions.

Hotflashn · Mar 9, 2011

Congrats to the good pop-uppers! Good job. Hopefully you will have official results soon.

nursechelle2010 · Mar 10, 2011

I will be taking my the n-clex in the morning @ 8am my study tools were

Kaplan Strategies

Saunders Comprehensive

NCSBN review course

.....................will inform you guys on the outcome...............after i try the Pearsonvue trick :)

2126 · Mar 10, 2011

I will G-d willing be the last of the March test takers!! I'm hoping to take it March 31st!! I'm doing Exam Cram questions right now! Did anyone do questions from here? How did you score on it the first time? It recommends 85%...I'm getting around 71%!!! I'm reading through every single question though!

hopeful310 · Mar 10, 2011

I will G-d willing be the last of the March test takers!! I'm hoping to take it March 31st!! I'm doing Exam Cram questions right now! Did anyone do questions from here? How did you score on it the first time? It recommends 85%...I'm getting around 71%!!! I'm reading through every single question though!

I used exam cram (the book not the cd) my scores were 73%,75%,75%,78%,75%... just read the rationales for every question and you'll be fine:)

crazynurse21 · Mar 10, 2011

Thanks for the reply. I will go for IVF for sickle cell crisis. I might get a question about this. I will be taking my exam this friday. Good luck to me and for those who are about to take the exam. This March is our month. We Got this. Nah mean!? GOD Bless

yani23 · Mar 10, 2011

hey Guys,

i don't know if it is anxiety, but i was taking the last qtrainer from kaplan and everything seem foreign, even the stuff i know.

i am now wondering if this is a good sign or i am just stressing too much.