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  1. Took NCLEX Today & Don't Know How To Feel

    wildmountainchild replied to steph_RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took the NCLEX on Monday and I'm in the same boat. I keep checking the CA BON website to see if my name is there. My test cut off at 75 questions. Which to me seems crazy because 15 of those are...

  2. Need help, Not Insults..

    wildmountainchild replied to MaleNursesRock's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    First of all, you've got to find a way to relax. Being so stressed, and believing that there aren't any answers or solutions to your problems will just bring you further down. Now repeat after...

  3. So I took NCLEX this morning... need to vent

    wildmountainchild replied to RacheloneRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I took the NCLEX this morning as well. I totally was not expecting the CAT to shut off at 75 questions and it did. So, I'm in the same boat. At first I felt O.K. about it but now I'm positive I...

  4. Come in here if you are taking the boards this week!! Feb 11-15

    wildmountainchild replied to ava'smomRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I just took the NCLEX-RN this morning. I was nervous and had to do some deep breathing exercises while I was being checked in. I honestly can't remember a thing about the test. I was wishing and...

  5. Curious About Those Sata Questions In Nclex-rn

    wildmountainchild replied to qtmarvel's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Whoooaaa people....the OP specifically asked for SAMPLE questions. I was not under the impression that she was asking for specific remembered questions at all. Sample as in a sample (not an actual...

  6. Glen Beck's hospital experience

    wildmountainchild replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    Here is the e-mail I sent Mr. Beck: Mr. Beck, I read your rant about your experience after what I assume was surgery for hemorrhoids. You have some valid concerns. However, you praise your doctors and...

  7. RN vs. LPN: Need lot's of help, please. LONG!

    wildmountainchild replied to FinderKeeper's topic in General Nursing

    I'm doing it the other way. B/c of a BS in another field I didn't want to back track by getting an ASN or an LVN. For me and my educational goals it wasn't right for me. I opted for an entry level...

  8. Smelling Cancer?

    wildmountainchild replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    I've smelled it. But only when the cancer was very advanced. It has a musty, sweet/rotten odor to it. Quite distinct. If you ever have a pt w/ fungating cancer; it's that

  9. Any MEPNs having 2nd thoughts?

    wildmountainchild replied to kaibey's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Stick it out, you'll regret it if you don't. I'm in an accelerated program myself and I'm loving it. I even like floor nursing. I'm learning soooooo much. My patients have really touched me, and I...

  10. How Your Life Can Change in the Blink of an Eye!

    wildmountainchild replied to chase4myheart's topic in General Nursing

    Swtooth is right. Demientia does NOT occur overnight. However, delirium does. Your mother's PNA is a likely cause but so is fecal impaction, medications, dehydration, sleep deprivation, and a whole...

  11. Teenage Obesity (long)

    wildmountainchild replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    Have your daughter keep a food diary. There are some good ones available on amazon.com that really help lay everything out in an easy to analyze forum. I've been keeping one for about a month now and...

  12. Ethical dilemma

    wildmountainchild replied to GooeyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not only is it humane, it's absolutely legal. At least in terminally ill patients with intractable pain. The court, at least in California, has ruled that providing adequate pain relief to dying...

  13. Nurse with hip replacement

    wildmountainchild replied to tatarn2b2007's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I haven't had hip replacement (yet) but I did have microfracture surgery w/ cartilage resurfacing of my left hip last April. I couldn't walk for three months. I still have issues w/ my hip and am...

  14. Why are RN's so fat!

    wildmountainchild replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    The comments about this being a car culture and a fast food culture repulse me. I have a car in this car culture and I drive twice a month, I walk or bike everywhere else. My husband used to bike 32...

  15. Why are RN's so fat!

    wildmountainchild replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've always been relatively thin. When I turned 20 my metabolism slowed and it slowed again when I turned 30. Both times I had to make adjustments in my activity level and eating habits to lose the...

  16. Agency Nurse doesn't know how to start IVs?

    wildmountainchild replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    UCSF in thier Master's Entry Program does not teach how to start an IV! This is a very respected, difficult to get into program. These nurses will graduate with a MASTERS in nursing and will not know...

  17. Pt demanded a stronger pain med

    wildmountainchild replied to AstrosFan's topic in Emergency

    I'm rather disgusted by this post myself. I too have had my ankle "sprained."..it was very, very painful. NSAIDS have never worked for me, not even for muscle aches or headaches. That sprained ankle...

  18. any comment?

    wildmountainchild replied to unwanted RN's topic in General Nursing

    If you've been married for 10 years you are entitled to HALF, half the house, half the car, half the savings, and half the income....for the forseeable future. Find a good divorce lawyer....once you...

  19. Feelings as a new NP

    wildmountainchild replied to canoehead's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm in an entry level MSN program to be an FNP. I'm one year away from RN liscensure and then another 2-3 years away from FNP. I just can't wait. I'm learning so much every day. I just shadowed an NP...

  20. Going To Nursing School

    wildmountainchild replied to sissyboo's topic in General Nursing

    I want to work in the emergency department. I have since day one and every experience I've had so far in nursing school and in clinicals has reinforced that desire. I love the pace, the craziness, the...

  21. Flirtatious student

    wildmountainchild replied to quinze's topic in General Students

    I think Daytonite and others have a valuable point, always look to yourself first! BUT...I too have a classmate who drives me batty. He is a compulsive liar. He will lie about anything. Everytime...

  22. Looking after Brother in Law

    wildmountainchild replied to Sabby_NC's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure to take time for yourself. Whatever you have to do to relax and not worry about everything. Go get a massage, or go for walks by yourself every evening. Make and keep date nights w/ your...

  23. Personal Dilemma...Need Advice (long)

    wildmountainchild replied to arizonanurse's topic in General Nursing

    You're only 20, you've got plenty of time. Take a break. Enjoy your work. Make a decision in a couple of years whether you want ot go back or not. It doesn't have to be for MW. You could go back for...

  24. You're a nurse! How unfortunate

    wildmountainchild replied to Anesthetize's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new student nurse who just started clinicals, and therefore, butt wiping. I was afraid, very afraid, at first. But I knew it was part of my job so I volunteered to be the one to it every chance...

  25. making enemies

    wildmountainchild replied to loridoo's topic in General Nursing

    I had a pt complain about me b/c I kept turning them. "She was always in here flipping me from one side to the other. I just wanted to be on my back. I could never get to sleep!" She had a stage four...