Elleann

Great, thanks! :)

Hello. I'm interested in hearing from RNs working in Wellington, particularly in LTC facilities as this is where I am looking for a job. Can anyone tell what it is really like? Any kind of information would be great, as I am just trying to build up...

Sorry, didn't mean to offend. So, are you saying that within retirement communities, there is no specific facility where a resident would be admitted on a permanent basis for frail care, that such a person would have to live in a private hospital?!?...

Maybe I should clarify! :) By LTC (long term care) I mean eldercare or geriatric care within residential retirement facilities - patients would be in either the frail care or dementia units, or even in assisted living units. Would that be the same th...

Hello. I'm starting the process of getting registered with the NZNC. When I contacted a medical recruitment service in NZ, the consultant said that registration usually takes 3 - 4 months if all the paperwork is correctly submitted. I noted from read...

Thanks for the reply, sorry for the misposting of the query!

This may sound like a silly question but I really need to know! I'm in South Africa and took my NCLEX in June 2006 as part of my emigration process and passed first time. I did it through the VT Board of Nursing. My VT license was renewed and expire...

Thanks. Yes I do know about retrogression (the factors beyond my control I mentioned). I'm just feeling pretty devastated at present as I recently learned that my I-140 was denied, and it's not my fault!!! I was working with a small CA agency throu...

Rachelle, I am still in SA... my I-140 application went in to the INS in January this year and we are still waiting for that to be processed, but it IS underway. Apart from that, though, apparently there is a huge backlog in terms of the priority dat...

I took my NCLEX in London on Friday morning at 11. The test was actually great - same as most of you, I got TONS of priority, lots of infection control, 6 or 8 select all that apply, NO calculations, and very little psychosocial / therapeutic communi...

Hi Rachelle Wow, it seems like such a long time ago now - I took my test last year in June! :-) I allowed myself a week in the UK but I had family I wanted to see (which also meant I had a place to stay!). I flew in on a Sunday morning, took the tra...

I started reviewing clinical content last year in Nov or so, but only got serious about studying in Feb this year and wrote in June. If you are confident in your clinical content - your academics etc - the BEST thing you can do is first learn about ...

I believe that eating a high protein breakfast will keep your brain in better shape for the test than eating a high carb breakfast - so I'm going for the scrambled eggs on toast instead of just fruits and grains. Is one allowed to take snacks into t...

That's weird. I also bought the online testing product but it worked perfectly for me without the need to phone them for ID or anything. And I live in South Africa, so a call to get ID would probably have double the price of the product, hee hee!! ...

Hey guys, I'm taing the nclex in less than three weeks, but right now I'm trying to cope with some major stresses on the home front . I was originally scheduled to take the exam in London on June 1st (flying over from Cape Town) but two weeks ago, my...

Very cool post, C Rosella! I'm due to take mine in three weeks time and am very encouraged by this! Thanks for sharing! Elleann

I'm working thru the P.A.S.S online review and I keep bumping my head against questions like this one, where I pick the wrong answer. I don't always agree with their rationales and I need to know if it is my thinking that is skewed here!! The questi...

Eric, have to say I love the tent flap quote. :-) On a more serious note, the answer to the question was given a while back, Katie. PASS indeed said to give the antibiotic first, then do all the other stuff.

Sorry, my error! Elleann

Looks like a typo to me, too. And btw, as far as I know, it's perfectly fine to copy practice questions on this forum - it's only actual official questions off your own nclex exam that you may not repeat word-for-word anywhere ... I'd ignore this an...

Sorry, I'm none the wiser either ... :-)

The most helpful book I have worked with so far was the Kaplan NCLEX-RN book, the one that teaches you all about the NCLEX and how to go about answering NCLEX questions. It is NOT a content review book - I'm sure there are plenty of those out there. ...

Amy, what's the context of this statement?

First off, I'm thrilled that most of you followed the same course of reasoning that I did in both these questions! Unfortunately, according to the answers, most of us were also wrong. The answer to the second question astounded me: 4. Give personal ...

Another P.A.S.S question: I also got this one wrong! (Two of the answers are as best as I can remember them - I only have my wrong one and the right one saved to my PC) A woman who is a victim of suspected rape arrives at the emergency room. What is ...