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i was like that too. start slowly. study for 30 mins or 1 hour a day until you gain the momentum and the will to study builds up again. also read notes that doesn't have much written on it first since you'll just be bored reading too many things per page if you read a comprehensive book.

i attended excel before. the live discussion is ok but the notes left so much to be desired for. it's not really that polished but i always read it first when i want to start studying again...

saunders, la charity, mosby's pharm notecards, and med-surg made incredibly easy. got saunders and davis nclex question book too but i prefer the cd for a mock exam. i'll drop by to your thread for fact throwing or we might get mod here since it's a different topic...

forsty - you slapped me and brought me back to my senses....thanks for the story jojonightengaleGN - goodluck to us! same day as you...if i'm ready by then...

just those 2 items if there's no problem from the bon. you just need a generic envelope used for mails.

yeah you're going / supposed to receive a letter that they evaluated your application blah blah and you are eligible to retake the exam... i don't know if it's because of the consecutive holidays that things are slower over at the bon because usually it only takes a week for them to send the letter. if i send them on a monday, i'll get the letter by wed or thurs the following week. my recent took 18 days for me to get the letter...

if my technique works, my guess is metabolic acidosis

please pm me if this study group thing is going to materialize. as long as it's accessible by public transportation is fine by me...

daly city too...

can i join the study group you guys are planning to conduct?

if you still have lots of time and you think it's enough for 265 questions (nobody knows when will the computer stop right?) then take a break. i tried w/o any breaks and staring at the computer screen hurts my eyes that i'm having a hard time reading and kept wiping my tears. got a bid bored and anxious too to move away from the crampy chair cost some mistakes for me...

depends. nobody knows what questions you will get anyway. some people study like for a year but still failed and some like a week or two or even didn't even study w/c some thinks it's suicide but passed... if you're comfortable taking it asap or prepare for it a bit longer then choose your path...

i did that and i dunno why i my application won't stick to just one evaluator. took me more or less 1 more month than the 6 month estimated process time just explaining to at least 3 evaluators that i'm an immigrant and doesn't have an interest to practice the profession back there that's why i'm challenging the nclex. lots of mails have been thrown back and forth to me and the board... i didn't understand what i typed when i read it now...haha! i'm gonna use myself (california) and my classmate (texas) as an example. the bon requires a local board from the country of origin as a requirement but you can still take the test provided that you explain your situation (not sure if applying for all states are the same). in california, if you passed, you can practice the profession. on the other hand in texas, you can't still practice because they still requires a license from the country of origin. my classmate passed but didn't take the oath so he just went back to the phil. just to take the oath... you are a registered nurse if you pass the nclex. but you can't just practice in any state that easy as some states needs more requirements for international grads (ielts, toefl, cgfns)...

some states requires a license from the country of origin and some don't both as a requirement for nclex application and reciprocity in case you are a rn now. i'm in the same situation as you so i know...

i think you can delegate it. i don't know how to elaborate my answer much but someone told me that anything that isn't that complicated, very routine, has an expected outcome, and falls in adl can be delegated to an ap...

i'm taking mine on august too. thank God i'm not alone for purchasing ncsbn :) my reviewers are: - my excel review class handouts for starting up and refreshing everything - ncsbn for my main study guide - saunders cd for mock exam training - saunders book for reference i'm want to try what my brother and 2 co-workers did by training themselves more on answering questions than reading books and cramming everything inside their brains but with the help of ncsbn to boot... :)

write everything that you can still remember on the cardboard before taking the exam especially the values. you never know when are you going to need it and you might get a mental block later on since you're thinking too much...

tried it and it's good. the speakers are very knowledgeable, supportive, and nice but the handouts were not that really polished. the handouts is simple but still lacks elaboration but i think it's a good start up when going back on study mode coz i still use it from time to time when i'm resuming my study session from a long stop...

my brother passed it with only using the saunders cd and my co worker passed too by using the exam cram cd. they said practicing a mock exam is better since it's next to impossible that you can remember every bit on those very thick books. i guess they're right as i relied too much on the books but seldom tried the simulated exam... but i guess it varies from person to person but i can say it's possible... i'm planning to use their style of studying while i still keep on trying to get back the momentum of religiously studying again...i hope it works for me...

Re: My patient fell, am I gonna get in trouble remember the patient rights. the patient have the right to refuse any treatment or assistance as long as his/her decision making isn't impaired. the patient refused any help and you should respect that. anything that happens to the patient for declining an offered assistance is already the patient's fault. you offered help to do something but the patient doesn't want you do to it, he/she is liable for themselves... what will save you in this situation is that that patient is ASSIGNED to you and you tried to do your job by offering help. just don't forget to inform your supervisor about the refusal asap to protect you if something bad happen about the patient's refusal...

incident report is just part of a protocol. it is needed to have a written data on what happened and to inform it to the people involve to the patient's care for them to know what interventions to do to prevent it from repeating next time... you're not in trouble since the patient is still somewhat ambulatory and the pt. didn't ask for your assistance...

hello silverdragon! i always see your post whenever i post ^__^ LOL:D it's kinda hard to explain especially if things oppose one another as one cannot relate to the other... we get to practice by talking to non tagalog speaking people. i think the situation of us filipinos kinda like how majority of native latin americans preferred to speak spanish too to their fellow latin americans even at work because they're more comfortable and feels easier to express things...:) if it is a policy, i guess it should be followed. but because it is rude? i guess it depends on the person. me and my coworkers use our native language (filipino, spanish, african) and we don't get offended if we use it in front of each other...we use taglish mostly so the others can get the gist

i understand that it's not proper to speak in the native language during work. but you are in the break, it's ok as you are not "working". it's rude because they don't understand it and get intimidated thinking you're talking bad about them. some people may see it as rude but those people too doesn't understand the reason behind it. in a filipino culture, people tend to put a high standard in using the english language. if you're going to speak it, it should be perfect in pronounciation, grammar, accent, and right terminologies or else you are just humiliating yourself and thought to be a trying hard wannabe. some races have are not that good in english too and some even don't care if you aren't fluent in language. but the filipino culture is like that so we tend to just use the native tongue in speaking with fellow filipinos to avoid humiliation and understand each other better...

that's life. nursing isn't a walk in the park that's why the pay is better than average although somewhat not worthit at the same time because of stress. you just had a bad experience and maybe you need some time from the trauma and stress you got from what happened. but nursing is a good profession to give up so if i were you don't walk away...

just tell that it is against to the facility, your school, and even to the profession's ethics to have relationship beyond the client-nurse (aka work) relationship. giving personal infos is a no-no. if he gets discharged, it depends to you to give it...