NCLEX-PN study group!!!

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Everyone getting prepared for the NCLEX-PN...I have an idea! :idea:

Let's use this thread to start our own study group. We can share random information, advice, work on questions, etc. I was looking at the "anyone up for random fact throwing?" thread and that has a lot of great info but it seemed more geared towards RNs, so I thought..lets do one for PNs!!

We can do it totally randomly or we can work by systems, diseases, meds, etc... I have plenty of study books to get me prepared, but I thought this would be a great way for us to help each other and hopefully increase our chances of being successful at NCLEX. :grad:

Who's interested??

What is the purpose of chest tubes?

If there is continous bubbling in chest tube chamber what could not mean?

If bubbling as stop what could be the reason?

Why is it normal for there to be a rise and fall on the water seal chamber?

Which delivery system provides precise FIO2?

Hope this help and is not too basic.

When is the best time to obtain a sputum culture?

Why would the physician be notified after bronchoscopy?

What is placed at the bedside for a patient with chest tubes?

How would you position a patient with pleurisy?

pH 7.30; Pco2 50; HCO3 24

hey...im taking mine sept 14!

hi sa girl , am thinking respiratory alkalosis for the abg

best time to collect sputum is in the morning

after bronchoscopy the physician should be notified regarding posible pneumo thorax characterized by uneven breath sound of the right and left lung or treachial deviation

a bottle of sterile saline solution should be place on the bed side for a client with chest tube in case of sudden dislodgement of the tube. just trying my luck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for the post

oh jeez am sorry! i misread your question regarding the abg, just woke up at 3 am in the morning to start my review ABG should be respiratory acidosis !!!!!!!! what do you think!!!!!!!!!!

Specializes in ASC, Infection Control.

Look what i found on another thread...hope they don't mind us using it :coollook:

"Some brilliant soul posted a series of mnemonics about infection control sometime ago. I'll pass it on because it's the only way I was able to correctly answer infection control questions on NCLEX!

AIRBORNE

My - Measles

Chicken - Chicken pox

Hez - Herpes zoster

TB - Tuberculosis

DROPLET - Just remember SPIDERMAN

Sepsis

Scarlet fever

Streptococcal pharyngitis

Pertussis

Parvovirus B19

Pneumonia

Influenza

Diptheria (pharyngeal)

Epiglottidis

Rubella

Mumps

Meningitis

Mycoplasma

Adenovirus

CONTACT - Remember MRS. WEE

Multiresistant drug organisms (MRSA, etc)

Respiratory infections (except those listed previously)

Skin infections

Wound infections

Enteric infections (C. Diff., etc)

Eye infections (conjunctivitis)

SKIN INFECTIONS - Remember VCHIPS

Varicella

Cutaneous diptheria

Herpes simplex

Impetigo

Pediculosis (lice)

Scabies

Remember! Persons on airborne precautions must be in a negative pressure room and the door must be closed at ALL times! Persons on droplet precautions can have their room door open, however."

Specializes in ASC, Infection Control.

Hell to the no! haha..well I know pretty much all of the top stuff, except for the breakdown of the Big 4's. it's good to know but I don't know if its necessary to know all of it? I would def think the ABGs and F&E levels are probably a good thing to commit to memory, but I can't really say...I dunno if on the test they throw lab values at you and expect u to know whats up???

Specializes in ASC, Infection Control.

(this may be a silly ? but I've seen a lot of ppl get it wrong!) - pulse oximetry measures the % of ____ hemoglobin saturated with o2?

Select all that apply

Factors affecting respiration:

- changes in o2

- changes in co2

- changes in h+

- changes in ph

- petechiae

- compliance

- disseminated intravascular coagulation

What are the etiology and examples of closed pneumothorax? open pneumothorax? spontaneous pneumothorax? tension pneumothorax?

Thank God for this thread. I start LPN school in a few weeks but I will keep up with this thread as I go along. I already learned a few things or two :-)

Specializes in Psych.

Okay, Im in. I have been studying by system with my book(NCLEX ed3 & ADN, FON) and Alternating my NCLEX disk. I find myself just want to get through it and move on to the next system. I wonder am i missing something? I know it cant all be about positioning, right? This thread looks awsome and I am going back to the begening and write a bunch of things down. I am waiting on my stateboard packet to pick my date. Im sooo freakin neurvous... Thanx for starting this... Bye

Specializes in Psych.

Its so strange, Ive gone through 2 years of school and I feel I dont know anything. I got good grades. Off the top of my head I couldt tell u anything relitivley speaking. But when I read these threads, Im like, Oh yeah, I remember. I feel like an infomercial!!! hahaha:banghead:

Specializes in ASC, Infection Control.

LVNme, i know what exactly you're feeling. i'm amazed everytime i hear something and it awakes some nursing fact in me, and i'm like whoa! where the hell was that stored? did i really retain something from school? yes! haha... hey do you have ne good material on pharm prefix & suffix? i can't find much of anything, and i don't have my pharm book ne more :(

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