EowynRN

I got mine without a deity - but I got the good popup too, and passed today. Hard work and studying also doesn't fail! :yelclap:

I passed! woot! and the good popup worked yesterday. Also I got 22/75 SATA - and yes it does matter. The more you get, the higher level question you are answering.

It's their responsibility - otherwise it's HIPPA. If you saw a ex-HIV patient on the street with a partner, would you walk up and say something? Nope, because it's a HIPPA violation. At least you know that if that patient is on treatment and using protection, the risk of transmission is very low.

You sound way more enthusiastic than me on my first clincial - I was just scared. I had to do deep breathing exercises before I went in and said hi to the patient. I would say just relax, make sure you take care of your patient first. The nice thing about being a student is you have time to spend with one patient, so they get the extra care and company since so many people lack support in the hospital setting. For instance, just being present and not rushing (like someone who has a long to-do list) probably went a long way with the patient you had to feed. So just relax, you sound like you're doing great, and focus on your patient and ask your RN if you can support her when you have free time.

Yeah, I agree. I had to argue tooth and nail to have my pit stopped with baby #2 once I was in active labor, and they still refused. I finally gave up as it got so painful. I'm just going back (to only 6 months ago) and still wondering where my right to deny my medication went. It definitely was not needed at that point. ugh. My other favorite was having to be on the monitor 24/7 during cervadil when nothing was happening. Having my babies at the hospital always leaves me feeling like a prisoner. Granted I have to since I'm high risk, but still - my babies come out just fine, it's the pregnancy that's a problem.

I just took mine today and had 22/75 SATA and I got the good popup. Only very few med questions, so hope I passed.

I got the good popup!!!! I think this means I pass - I mean I know it does, but I can't believe it yet. That test was sooooooo hard.

So just to clarify mine says ready for delivery int he little corner, and I can't do this until it says delivery is successful? I live 10 min from my testing center and I just got done. holy cow that was a crazy test. 22 SATA out of 75

Ahh, the problem with posting things on the interwebs. No matter how well you try to explain things, you leave out info, and then come back to 20 nurses who all wonder what the heck is going on. With the added information, yes definitely a strange situation. I'm sorry you had to deal with it.

Yikes. Did you just say "gay looking" and you're going to be a nurse? 1. Nurses need to be more PC than that. 2. Let's be honest, if you're worrying about looking gay, you probably shouldn't be a nurse. You need to be more comfortable in your sexuality than worrying about a color choice. 3. A white top for a man is a lot less of a problem than a white pant for a woman. just sayin...

I have little experience with death and dying, but this seems within the realm of normal to me. If my husband were dying, I would want to give him as much physical contact as possible. I might not go to that level, but I would definitely try to cuddle, caress, and let him know that he's not alone. Also, I have no idea how I would act if it came on suddenly from an injury. I think as nurses it's our job to evaluate how we feel about the situation, and understand that others might react in a different way. If her behaviors did not actually injur him, I don't understand why you would go to such lenghts (raising the bed-isn't that a safety issue in itself?) to keep her away. You should probably reexamine how you feel about death/dying and the coping process, and think of ways that you can support a family member in their coping process instead of hindering it.

General rule of thumb is 60% or higher on tests 6 and 7 according to my kaplan instructor. I got 63% on test7 yesterday and I take my NCLEX tomorrow - currently freaking out.

Now I'm feeling more disheartened - I was hoping other people were doing worse with 4 and 5 too. I feel like I do better at the overall application questions, so hopefully I do better on 6 and 7 (taking Friday and Sat - all in one setting to get used to the length). my tests in order of completion are Trainer 1 : 65 Trainer 2: 52 Diagnostic: 61 Trainer 3: 54 (took kaplan course here) Readiness: 66 Trainer 4: 57 Trainer 5:56 I know my readiness score was good, but then I've done so awful since. I hate this. Taking the NCLEX on the 13th and just want to pass and be done. Does anyone want to give me any general reassurance and tell me I'm going to be ok? ahhhh

Zookeeper - ITA. I'm wondering if people who only celebrate Christmas bring stuff on Hanukkah for their Jewish patients? And how awkward for the atheist patients (16% of the US is atheist). Maybe you could check charts and see religious preferences, but it seems too complicated and unfair. I would just wish someone a Merry Christmas if I knew they celebrated when I was on my shift, and do my best to help them get better as soon as possible.

I'm not sure what you expect. First, I doubt they actually "yelled" at you, so I'm going to assume you exaggerate a bit anyway. Second, I just looked at your thread history and the thread you started just before this one was completely blasting your nursing program on a public forum. Now if I were an instructor, and I liked message boards, I would probably look at my local nursing message board and I would for sure read any threads pertaining to the program I teach. So, I wouldn't consider it stalking, especially since you put personal information right in your thread. How could she not know who the offending person was? Had I seen that thread, I probably also would have asked to talk to you and told you that your online behavior in a public forum saying negative things about our program is inappropriate, I would ask you to stop, and that if you have any concerns in the future that you talk to your nursing instructors as opposed to posting it on the internet. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.