Deedle5358

Hi everyone out there stressing over their NCLEX. I was an LPN for almost 30 years when I graduated in Sept. 2008. I thought I would be able to take the NCLEX RN with just "a little" studying. However, I took the test in early November. I had 75 questions and failed. I was so afraid to re-test. A friend of mine, who had had little clinical experience as an LPN, passed her RN exam with 75 questions. How did she do it? She took an online review course provided by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. This is like getting the infomation from "the horses mouth" so to speak. What better resourse? She opted for the 3 week course. I, however, took he 5 weeks. I re-tested the end of December. Granted, they gave me the entire 265 questions, but I passed. Both of us also used the Saunders book and did as many practice questions as possible. I had the Kaplan book, found the information about the "types" of questions helpful, but useless if I did not remember the "nursing things". The website is learningext.com. It has a review for RN and LPN. The cost: $49/3wks, $69/5wks, $99/8wks and $159/15wks. It is a complete review of "everything imaginable" and plenty of test questions. I figured if the NCSBN could not help me then no one could. Good luck to everyone!

I had been an LPN for 30 years and have been going to school like forever. I had to switch gears and think like an RN, plus I had to study all the things I had forgotten over the years. I used the Saunders book and CD. Plus, I took a 4 week online course through learningext.com. This course's website is the NCSBN (National Council of State Boards of Nursing). A friend of mine did this and passed the first time with 75 questions. I made the mistake of not doing it the first time,so I failed with 75 questions. I retested on Dec. 29th, had all 265 questions and passed. My advice is to study and do all the test questions you can get your hands on.

Hi, I recently got a job at an assisted living facility. I am the charge nurse and the meds are ususally passed by a med tech. We have 60 residents total, 40 upstairs and 20 downstairs. I know the techs have a rough time with the pass. I did not know how bad it was until I did it this past weekend. It took me 4 hours just to do the 40 upstairs. There are so many BP's, pulses, weights, eyedrops, nose sprays, inhalers........you get the point. I do not feel this is an ideal situation. For one you are definitely out of compliance with the time. I got downstairs to give am meds at almost noon. Does anyone have any idea what would be considered a safe nurse/patient ratio for a med pass. My gut tells me that 60 is way too much. I need to convince my employer that it is unsafe for me as well as the techs. I am not sure if the regs for assisted living stipulate this. Thanks for any info you have.