ok my nclex-RN is gonna be on Dec-22, and I am so nervous.
I have quick question, I read Saunders , did Uworld and now I am doing Kaplan but some answers are different in each resource.
for example;
the type of food allowed for diverticulosis; Kaplan and Saunders say don't eat nuts or corn, but according to Uworld that the new researches found that nuts and corn do not affect this disease.
So I am kinda confused which resource should I follow?
I took the test a couple of days ago and from my experience, I'll go by what Kaplan says. If you feel well prepared and confident with content yo are ready for the boards.
As a nurse who was sick with Diverituclitis, to the point of having a paralytic ileus, sepsis, and peritonitis.... WBC >23K, confused, etc, spend 27 days over a 3 month period of time as INpatient!!! ....
The Night shift nurse said: Don't eat Nuts.
The Day shift Nurse said: Sure, you can eat nuts.
First MD said: You know, maybe don't eat the nuts.
The Surgeon said: Evidence says you can eat nuts.
I know I ate nuts the week before I perforated.
I know I now do not eat nuts.
Once they take out the offending section of intestine, supposedly, the environment changes and the remaining (if any) diverticuli no longer react/respond with inflammatory process. Let's hope so. They took nearly a foot of sigmoid out of me. And sometimes, truth be told, I still get LLQ discomfort.... 'Tis Life my darlings.
I hope that clears things up a bit for you.
RELAX,.... you've got this. We all get nervous. It's ok.
Elianat
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I took the test a couple of days ago and from my experience, I'll go by what Kaplan says. If you feel well prepared and confident with content yo are ready for the boards.
Good luck to you all