latinanurse4

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1. Breakfast b4 the test?

   latinanurse4 replied to culpepper1's topic in NCLEX

   The day of my test I wanted to eat breakfast but I was sooo nervous nothing appealed to me! I wanted to eat breakfast but I was soo nauseated from the food that I only ended eating two spoonfuls of my oatmeal before heading out the door. Luckily I to...

2. Where are all the hispanic nurses?

   latinanurse4 replied to NurseGreenEyes RN's topic in International

   Is this posting closed? Anyhow....Hola everybody Im am proud to say Im am 23 yrs old from the beautiful country of Panama! I came here at the age of 5 so my family and I are 1st generation immigrants...I have not met a single panamania nurse out ther...

3. SNOTTY MA claiming to be a nurse!!!!

   latinanurse4 replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

   HAHA that is really funny..Its amazing how these MA's go to school for 6 mos. and suddenly become nurses. I studied to be an MA before i went into nursing and never persued it because I felt they didnt get paid enough for what they did..but basically...

4. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

   latinanurse4 replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX

   I have a few I wanna throw out there.. 1. Amiodarone if mixed with grapefruit juice increases their levels 2. As the RN you can TEA Teach Evaluate Assess 3. LPN's can REG Re-assess, (after initial assessment by the RN is done) En...

5. question re: meds on nclex that you have never heard of?

   latinanurse4 replied to AshleyR17's topic in NCLEX

   Know the common drugs like they listed but also know your antituberculosis drugs, major oncology drugs ie)vincristine, tamoxifen etc.. and drugs for arrythmias such as quinidine, amiodarone, hydralazine, verapamil and diltiazem I wouldnt go that into...

6. Delegation book by Linda Lacharity

   latinanurse4 replied to latinanurse4's topic in NCLEX

   Thanks everyone for all the advise I took the NCLEX on the first and I hve to say that this book is godsend..I think of it as must for any NCLEX-RN test takers bc ALOT of the nclex q's are on delegation and prioritization.. I really dont know if th...

7. Advice for the NCLEX-RN

   latinanurse4 replied to nurse4hearts's topic in General Nursing

   I would suggest getting Saunders do exam questions and see how you scores are from there. If your scores are higher than 75 your ok..but if your scoring less than 75 on individual sections read the chapters and anything you dont understand and try ag...

8. To use Kaplan or not?

   latinanurse4 replied to alsrn10's topic in NCLEX

   I personally wouldnt do it.. I would just do the Linda Lacharity book and saunders or liipincott (your choice). I say this bc of your scores and bc your a US grad, and mainly bc your fresh outta school

9. Developing a Plan for taking the NCLEX-RN

   latinanurse4 replied to pers's topic in NCLEX

   I just took my nclex almost a year after I graduated and although it wasn't 10 yrs i still felt overwhelmed bc I felt as If i didn't remember anything. I studied for 1 1/2 mos hardcore I mean 12 hrs a/day and passed with 75q. My advise to you is sti...

10. 75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

    latinanurse4 replied to Lurksalot's topic in NCLEX

    Yeah well guess I didnt eat my words..Test wasn't as what I expected..Thought it was really easy..I've had harder tests in nursing school..and sorry to sound as if i'm bragging but when I walked out of the test center i kinda felt confident that I pa...

11. 75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

    latinanurse4 replied to Lurksalot's topic in NCLEX

    Hi everyone I just took the NCLEX today on April fools day!.. Anyhow I too received 75 Questions and 10 SATA Q's with No calc, no drag-drop questions, very straight forwards. I have to say that I studied for 11/2 straight after being outta school sin...

12. Anbody Else Gain a Ton of Weight in Nursing School?

    latinanurse4 replied to CandyGyrl's topic in General Students

    Hey guys I'd Like to share my story! Im 5'7 and in college i was carrying 20 pound extra...lost the weight while waiting to get into nursing school....Got into nursing school gained it allllll back! I graduated on June of 08...lost the weight....an...

13. Delegation book by Linda Lacharity

    latinanurse4 replied to latinanurse4's topic in NCLEX

    This book is really good but sometimes i think it contraindicates Kaplan.. For example a priority in a sickle cell client in this book is to give oxygen.. (which is my ithought as well) but a Qtrainer question said fluids is the priority.........Ughh...

14. Delegation book by Linda Lacharity

    latinanurse4 posted a topic in NCLEX

    Hello everyone out there. Im studying for my nclex and I test the 1st. Ive been using the Delegation prioritization and delegation book by Linda Lachirity and getting very discouraged.. My scores range from 50's! to high 80's and i feel so discourage...

15. April 2008 NCLEX test takers, COME ON IN!

    latinanurse4 replied to MMARN's topic in NCLEX

    Hi my name is Jeanette I graduated in June and im barely taking the nclex April 1. I didnt take it earlier for personal reasons and after studying for 1 month an a half i feel completely fried. Is anyone else in here taking the nclex after being out ...