kitkat83

I was wondering what creative ideas people had to raise pts blood sugars when IVs aren't possible. I have heard of pudding mixed with sugar, orange juice mixed with sugar, and of course adding a protein snack with one of the above. Any other creative ideas?

My advice: 1 answer as many practice questions as possible 2 relax when taking the test 3 have a strong drink or two AFTER you took the test to calm the nerves Good luck!!!

To me the HESI was just more practice questions preping me on taking the NCLEX. My first score I "barely missed" passing the score set by the instructors (600 something). My profs told us not to study for the retest (but I was graduating in several months) so basically I just studied my weak areas and my score was over a thousand points. But after taking the first test I studied a lot from NCLEX review books...took the Kaplan review course and studied more... I passed the NCLEX easilly on my first attempt. I think the HESI was a good scare tacket (sp?) to make a person study more. I honestly don't know if you should have a minimun score set. I knew peers that got under 400 and passed the NCLEX on their first attempt. Hope I helped :)

I sorta did. I graduated in May got a job at a smaller hospital. I worked on the med/surg floor. The floor I worked on had a very high acuity I worked at this job for 5 months. I just couldn't handle it. I quit before I had a second job lined up. I interviewed at 4 different LTC facilities and had a job offer at each. I have been working in LTC now for 3 months and love it.