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I thought i needed motivation so i came to read this thread, I failed the first time, now I am not convinced that i will pass it the second time around. I used KAPLAN and a bit of saunders. Now im focusing on Saunders alone and doing Suzanne's plan. Will be taking sometime this 2nd quarter of the year. What i noticed when i took the exam was, i concentrated too much on each item and ended 3 hours and thirty minutes for 75 questions. I have rewritten every question just to be sure and used 4-5 writing boards, and yes the attendant was kinda pissed since she needed to attend to me every now and then. Any advice on overanalyzing the exam? I usually do good in practice tests without overanalyzing. But i got too tense and failed. And now I'm even more anxious since the nclex is increasing the passing standard. Sigh

Thanks so much guys for replying. I will send my reapplication on Monday. And for now, i have to reread my Kaplan and Saunders books. I focused more on the knowledge base and wasnt able to do lots of practice tests. I know my mistakes and i will work hard on it. Thanks and more power to us nurses! God bless us all!

Hi, i have a question. I failed NCLEX last week. I want to retake asap. So do i send my state's (New Mexico) BON the reapplication? A friend told me that i could send after 45 days, how true is that? My ATT will expire nov.26, 2006. Thanks for replies! :)

In my hospital, we make RT notes that physicians look up before they do/order something for the patient. What I am saying is that, RT is more of a specific field in medicine. RT's can make suggestions to physicians regarding the patients pulmonary status, make physicians pulmo jobs easier, etc. Well that happens in my hospital, i dont know about what other hospitals' RT does. I am an RN too and i feel more confident handling the vents and all compared to other nurses. And to answer to the thread question, it depends on the institution's policy on the RT/RN job description. Ofcourse nurses can do most whatever RT's can do, if its about turning the knob or not, suctioning, pulmo rehab, etc. But an RN cant make RT's notes, nor an RT can make nurses notes. RT's also do more pulmonary analysis than RN's and that's why i agreed with what DFK said about the "physiology of it all", and sorry if i offended anyone with my post. Actually, the job is to assess and evaluate pulmo status, treat, and do rehab. We can suggest how many liters of O2 to be delivered and so with the vent numbers(and btw, ABG analysis is one of our majors in school). Be careful when you read the word "suggest" and not "order". Usually that is included in the RT's plan of care, which is later on ordered by the physician. The suggestions RT's make are found on the RT's notes where we also do assessment, diagnosis, and evaluation, which is more of medical compared to nursing diagnoses. Now im working as an RN, and i am just glad that i am an RT too, it helps in the team to be dual, and yeah cost efficient. But working as an RN will not allow me to write RT's notes on the chart now. As for my opinion, it's ok if a hospital won't have an RT, sure nurses can do the job, but with RT's on board, pulmonary care would be much easier, not just with the intervention, but with pulmonary planning, rehab, and follow ups. And just to make it clear, im talking about Respiratory Therapists and not respiratory technicians. Or to make it even more clearer with what RT's do, pls refer to this link: Respiratory therapists or Respiratory Therapist Hope this info helps. Peace to all!

hahahaha, im sick to my stomach now trying to study, or just looking at my saunders comprehensive book and the coursebook from kaplan. And i know im not that ready. i guess u just wont know if you're ready or not :)

Hey when are you scheduled on November? I'll be on the 21st.

LOL, good one DFK. Truly Yours, RRT, RN

I sent the application thats why they sent me the fingerprint cards. Followed by the authorization forms, they received my application but its incomplete, im sending them my RLE. I mailed the fingerprints through registered postal, paid P788, i should have sent it via fedex.

Hi, I submitted my fingerprinting last april after submitting my TOR and evalutation, last week, i got an email from NM BON that my credentials are incomplete and that they need my RLE. They also said that they havent received my fingerprints and payment. How do i tell them that I have emailed it already? Sigh.