any passers out there????

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Hi all,

Feeling very, very discouraged here. Waiting on an ATT and reading past treads for tips and strategies but very, very rarely here good news on first time passers. Why is that? Are there any first time passers out there?? ( I am sure there are.) I am just not seeing it very often. I have almost told myself, "well, nobody passes on the first try." I do not want to go in to the exam with this attitude. I want to pass the first time. One reason is the expense. After all of the money we have all spent getting to this point $200 a pop is rough!! School has nickel and dimed me to death!!!! Any tips from anyone to help boost my confidence level for a first time pass? Would like some feedback.

Thanks,

Alisha B

Specializes in SNU/SNF/MedSurg, SPCU Ortho/Neuro/Spine.

93+% pass on mymclass 1st try and more than half with 75 questions

Remember to read the infection mneumonics and the LaCharity mosby book,! Great luck to you!!!

I passed on my first attempt with 238 questions.

Passed first attempt,NCLEX-RN 90 something quesions

Specializes in SNF / med/surg-tele.

I spent two hours and had bt 180-185 questions, the pc cut off before I looked up again lol, and I passed. I wasn't really fond of saunders but Kaplan was the best decision I ever made and the book NCLEX Made Insanely Easy was actually alot of fun and easy to pick up and use with questions on the left/answers on the right and a lil lady in the middle of the page every 50 questions or so cheering you on :D

What is the infection control pneumonic, if you don't mind answering. Testing in 4 days and not feeling prepared but need to get this over with!!! Thanks

@alisha - good luck! here you go...it definitely helped me out!

infection precautions has 3 types:airborne,droplet and contact

airborne (my chicken hez tb)

measles

chicken pox

herpes zoster

tuberculosis

management:

-private room

-negative airflow pressure, minimum of 6-12 air exchanges per hour

-uv germicide irradiation/ high efficiency air

filter is used, mask, n95 mask for tb

droplet (spiderman)

sars

s carlet fever

sepsis

streptococcal pharyngitis

pertussis

parvovirus b19

pneumonia

influenza

diphtheria

epiglottitis

rubella

mumps

mycoplasmal/meningeal pneumonia

adenovirus

management:

-private room

-mask

contact (mrs.wee)

multi-resistant organism

respiratory syncitial virus

skin infections (e.g:vchipss- varicella zoster, cutaneous diphtheria, herpes simplex,impetigo, pediculosis, staph infection and scabies)

wound infection

enteric infection (clostridium difficile)

eye infection (conjunctivitis)

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