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When I took the NCLEXRN I noticed a whole lot of questions dealing with scope of practice & delegation, two areas which I would think would differ at least a little bit between RN & LPN. I would think this might cause a little bit of a problem when you are studying for boards.
Good luck, and be blessed!
Lou
Convicted of placenta previa & serving time on couch arrest ~Day 11
Get a book for each.
Each one is different from the other. The Lpn book is more intuned to scope of practice of LPN where a RN Nclex is not. Those are key points. Dont miss them, plus both will have great care plans, diagnosis,signs and symptoms, and information on the disease process, needed for Rn school.
Zoe
Just make a note of this... And not to be negative in any way.
I asked my counselor about sitting for the PN when I would finish my first year. She advised me to be careful and if I was going to sit for it make sure I would pass because if I didn't they would make me take the entire year over. Those are my school's policies.
Good Luck in taking the exams. Both books would be helpful in my opinion.
As an LPN currently in RN school...definitely study from 2 different books. I had to answer several questions on the NCLEX-PN "Get the RN or report it to the RN"...where as what I have seen from the NCLEX-RN books I'm studying...there is a lot more prioritizing patients, who would you delegate this task to, etc.
Good Luck!
nursing 101, I can absolutely believe what you are saying. The school I attended had a sort of similar practice. We had to take the MOSBY test which is supposed to be a predictor of sorts of how a candidate will perform on the NCLEXRN. It was not a factor in your grade for any class, but you had to pass the test in order to graduate & in order for the school to clear you to take boards.
TeresaRN2b
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Ok, my RN program works like this. There are 4 semesters in the program. After the first 2 semesters you can sit for the LPN boards. Then the last 2 semesters are for the RN boards.
Well, I was planning to go ahead and start buying some NCLEX study books and my thoughts were to buy all RN NCLEX books, but now I am wondering if I should buy some PN NCLEX books as well. Since I plan to take the LPN boards half way through I am wondering can you use RN NCLEX books to study for the LPN boards? Or do I need to buy seperate books and study for them seperately? Confused.