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Everyone getting prepared for the NCLEX-PN...I have an 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??
How do you do that! I have been in school for the past 2 years and a stay at home mom. I am so ready to gat back to work. Now, I will have my LVN soon, hopfully, but i want to be an Rn and go into L&D, post partum. I got hired for a caregiver positon, turns out its like an agency. I have to hurry up and wait. Oh yeah, im turning 30 on monday can things suck any harder? We have a RN bridge program over here, West Coast. I am deb ating, shouold I go ahead and do it. IDK>... Sorry study-ers. I had to dump!! bck to the study group!!:typing:redbeathe
HEY PNS!!
I JUST took my NCLEX last weeK! we were told you really can't study, and to some degree it's true...IF you didn't pay attention and do the work all along! There were a few in our group who took shortcuts w/ homework ie: giving answers to each other for assignments. DON'T DO IT. It took a toll and they flunked..and they DID NOT DO REVIEW before. I did review...not a TON, but my lab values*** and I was GLAD I DID. I reviewed medications...took the CD given w/ my saunders NCLEX and did Pharm track..so glad I did. You just need to review stuff. I will say it DID help me.
GOOD FOR YOU GUYS! I PASSED!!!!!!!!!! :yeah:Now I need to get a job....
Thats how I feel. I dont want to waste time on things I already know. Yeah, we the "cheaters" in our class too. Somehow they all managed to make it through. I did an nclex review free through my school. nclexmadeeasy.org and I got some awsome power points and lots of info. I just get lost in the info.
followingmydream said:Brandi - my prayers are with you that you are successful this time around!! by the sounds of it you are putting 150% effort into it, so I imagine you will get through it this time![]()
I am studying with: Kaplan (online course + Qbank), Frye's 3300 nursing bullets, ExamCram, and miscellaneous things I have gotten from other people and old notes. If you like, you can PM me with your email addy and I can send you some stuff. I have a ridiculous amount of stuff now that I look at it...I'd probably need a year just to read through all of it! :chuckle
Here's some random antibiotic info:
- Narrow-spectrum abx (PCN, erythromycin) are only effective against gram(+) bacteria
- Broad-spectrum abx (tetracycline, cephalosporins) are effective against gram(+) and gram(-) bacteria
- Long term abx use can result in superinfection (occuring in mouth, resp tract, intestine, GU tract, or skin) and is more common with use of broad-spectrum abx
- A severe anaphylactic rxn to abx can lead to vascular collapse, laryngeal edema, bronchospasm, and cardiac arrest. SOB is usually 1st sign. Tx with epinephrine, bronchodilators, antihistamines
- Staphylococcal bacteria are resistant to most abx except vancomycin
Sprain versus Strain:
- Sprain - ligament injury Strain - muscle tear
- Sprain - joint instability Strain - swelling, local tenderness
- Sprain - pain, swelling, discoloration Strain - sharp or dull pain
- Sprain - increased pain w/joint use Strain - increased pain w/muscle contraction
Compartment Syndrome: usually occurs within 48h after injury; signs & symptoms - THE 5 P'S: pain unrelieved by meds, pallor & decreased capillary refill, paresthesias, paresis (weakness) or paralysis, and pulselessness
okay, thats all I'll do for now. let me know if this way of giving info is how you guys want to do this? do I need to simplify the info and just post the main point?
regarding sprains, remember RICE
R-rest
I-ice
C-compress
E-elevate
*******Hope it helps
please feel free to add anything i missed. i hope this helps and is not too elementary :wink2:
system respiratory disorders
1. sudden infant death syndrome (sids ) best describes as unexplained death of an infant.
2. premature infant with low birth weight is an increased risk for suden infant death syndrome (sids )
3. risk factor is related to suden infant death syndrome (sids ) is stomach sleeping.
4. home apnea monitoring is recommended for infants with increased risk of sids
5. if child with sids brought to the emergeny department which question is appopriate for parents? how did the infant look when you found him?
6. feeling of blame or guilt is the first reaction usually exhibited by parents after infant death.
7. which procedure confirmed the diagnosis of sids? autopsy
8. nurse should need to home visit as soon after death as possible after sids
9. few days after sudden infant death syndrome (sids ) disorganized thinking behavior the nurse expect to observe in a parent.
10. after sudden infant death syndrome (sids ) allow parents to see their infant.
more comming soon working on it:typing:typing:typing:typing
Hey everyone, first off i would like to thank the person that had the idea for this thread. I am an lpn grad from bronx,ny i did not pass the nclex on my first attempt and it frustrated me. I have story of people who have taken it up to six times with no success. I really don't want to be one of them. After my first and only try at the nclex i started doubting myself and im scare to death to try again, but i know i have too cuz i love nursing. Anyways i found a lot of great info here, thanx everyone i would do my part
CharleeJo.RN
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i was in a ladder program, which if you pass everything in the LPN program you can go straight through into RN program without having to pass boards 1st. you can still get licensed if u want to and work while in rn program, but it's completely up to you.