RnStarvingstudent88

Hi! I applied on 4/11/2023 and received my acceptance letter on 5/16/2023. I also did not get confirmation after I applied so I called to confirm receipt of my application.

Update in case anyone was curious, I spoke to an NP in a Women's Health clinic from a large hospital ( in which I work) and she said the rumor was absolutely not true! So happy to report!

That's great & I'm happy for you. I can relate, Im happy in OB and that's why I want to build on it instead of steering in a totally opposite direction. Take care & thanks for your input!

Hi! Thanks for your input! I just received acceptance to two WHNP programs but panicked because I did not apply to any FNP. In case you are in the same boat as I am, I spoke to two very wise nurses and this is what they told me: My nurse educator urged me to follow my passion because she has a good friend that went for FNP instead of what she really wanted which was Pediatric NP and said that she always looked back and wished she did it. A senior L&D RN told me that I was in a good position ( since I am not in a rush to leave L&D bedside nursing yet) to go to school for what I want because I am in the position to have a good paying job right now and the luxury to wait for the right job to come up. Are you planning on going for your NP as well?

Hello, I am determining wether or not I want to go back to school for either Family Nurse NP or Women's Health NP. I live in California and I noticed there are not as many WHNP programs as there are FNP. I am Labor & Delivery nurse and would like to work in Women's Health such as GYN. I'm hearing rumors that it is better to get into FNP because there are more "job opportunities". However, I don't see how that would help me in my goal to work in GYN considering that is not the population I want to work in. Does anybody have any information on this?

Thank you so much Ladyscrubs. Yes that was exactly what I was asking. I wasn't sure if it was possible to connect two primary lines that way. It was just verbalized but never demonstrated. I had been researching with no success.

Sorry, I didn't realize that, I wasn't seeing it pop up so I was wondering if my post was going through due to my slow connection. But thanks for answering. Can you clarify if we are able to connect the two primary tubings together at the lower y-port closest to the patient. ( I have a skills test for class).

Can either of you explain how to piggyback Magnesium while using two channels? For example: Lactated Ringers in Channel A and Mag in Channel B. I know they are suppose to connect but i cant figure out how. Thanks for responding.

I was told that LR and Magnesium are run into their own separate channels. But I was also told that it it supposed to connect at the lowest control port. What does this mean? Im having a hard time imagining how this would all connect because a Piggyback tubing would not have that blue stretchy part that clips into the Alaris to set the rate. Unless i use two primary tubings but how would those two connect at the lowest control port?

Why is magnesium ran with lactated ringers? Also, I know that Mg is ran through one channel and the LR is ran through another channel. But where do they connect because I was told and I read that " Piggyback MgSo4 solution to lowest port of control IV line." What does this mean? I thought that Mg runs in one arm and that LR runs through another arm so that they never mix.

Ive heard different things from different people. so Please help: I am used to patients having Normal saline already infusing continuously so when an order for an antibiotic piggy back comes in, I just add it as secondary because it doesn't matter that the NS was already infusing. BUT... What if a pt. does not have have an order for a Primary infusion but you DO have an order for an Antibiotic piggy back. Do you still prime the primary line with NS first? Or do you let the antibiotic prime all the way down to the primary line (while hanging the antibiotic as a secondary)? I hope that wasn't too confusing and its so hard to ask around because some people don't understand what I'm asking. Thanks

I know how students go to these sites for advice so I should have responded sooner. I re did the CPE and passed! I can now answer my own question. The answer to #1 is Yes. Although you will never receive the same question twice, the CPE uses similar types of questions based on that topic. The answer to #2 is no. I did not find that ATI book very helpful for the CPE. However, it is a good source for quick reference. There are lab values and general information on some topics.

I am embarrassed to say that I missed the passing score by 2 points. I took both online Practice exams and even the one in RN system 2.0 but the real CPE was nothing similar to them. I studied all those medications and re-did them twice each. I have to do something different to study for the re-take. So I have two questions: #1 Do you know if the retake CPE is anything similar to the first? I know the Retake will not use the same questions but perhaps they have similar areas. I am asking because I don't want to focus on the wrong areas again especially when I do the Focused Review in case the retake is totally different. #2. Is the NCLEX Review book that we received during the ATI Live Review very helpful for the CPE? I heard it was not and that it is better used for the NCLEX and not ATI style.