Cherybaby

Cherybaby

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  1. Judy, I am freaking out. FREAKING. I figure, if I don't know it now...I was never going to. The thing that gets me more than anything is this. There are hundreds of thousands of medications in the...
  2. Awwwwwww Pam! You just gave me permission to lay in bed in my jammies, eat popcorn, watch chick flicks and send the children to stay at their friends houses! Yah! I think I may just review some Lab...
  3. Passed Nclex!!!!!

    Wonderful News, Doll!!!! My test is Tuesday! Pray for
  4. short cut to remember!nclex study tip...

    Oooppps. Forgot to mention... Your other tips...LEAVES and especially DANCE PAD! I loved those! I can remember DANCE PAD for an M/I because I know if I ever danced on a dance pad, I would have an...
  5. short cut to remember!nclex study tip...

    I am pretty sure Rescue in "RACE" comes first! You want to get the patient OUT of the room first and foremost, even before activating the system. IN the one minute that you run from the room to...
  6. Hey there! I take the test on the same day at the same time too! I know what you mean. My brain feels like mush. I have been studying for about 8 weeks now, to the point where I feel I am more...
  7. Hey all. I am so scared to death. Taking the NCLEX on Tuesday. Like Mino, who was at the start of this thread, I am eight years out of school and started prepping for it about eight weeks ago. I...
  8. The Results Are In But...

    Andi and NY...I have been following your progress and congrats to both of you !!!! How wonderful and what an inspiration you both her. Two more wonderful nurses entering the workforce! I take mine...
  9. Attn: RNs! Question and Suggestion Re:NCLEX.

    Thank you so much. That is what I needed to know. You take in so much information while studying that you don't know WHAT to believe any more! I appreciate you taking the time to confirm my...
  10. Attn: RNs! Question and Suggestion Re:NCLEX.

    Leilah. Thank you for your response! I totally get what you're saying. It coincides with what the answer SHOULD be, which, I thought would be test drainage for glucose. However the test ANSWER is...
  11. Results....

    Time to dish out the knowledge to the rest of us! Mine is next week! Congratulations to you! You did good,
  12. Attn: RNs! Question and Suggestion Re:NCLEX.

    Let me mention...I am taking my exam in ONE week and I am ready to faint. My brain feels like oatmeal! Is this normal? I am out of school for EIGHT years. Reading everything is making it all come...
  13. well guys..........

    :balloons: :monkeydance: :smiley_aa :yelclap: :cheers: :thankya: AWESOME! I take my test in ONE week!!!:barf01: I am happy to know that you passed despite having a gazillion questions! Rawk on,...
  14. Therapeutic Ranges

    I have consulted a few different books. Each one of them is giving me different ranges for therapeutic values for labs. The ones I am specifically interested in though are PT, PTT, aPTT and INR. I...
  15. Therapeutic Ranges

    "So whacked..." I like that! Is that a medical term? Thanks, Doll.
  16. Therapeutic Ranges

    No. I'm 8 years out of school already and about to take my boards in three weeks time. I Have been using saunders, springhouse and barrons and none of their values are concurrent with one another!...
  17. Mino, you made me cry. i am three weeks away from boards...and I am scared to death. You gave me a LOT Of hope! Congrats,
  18. im giving up..;( any advice? please

    I went to Pasco-Hernando Community College for my PN training. It's a great school. Be very careful with the tech schools. Stay far away from Keiser and Webster. All I am going to tell you is to...
  19. Advice on study materials/Lab values ?

    Those were GREAT tips, hayden! *jotting them all down* *L* Discouraged, you were in my thoughts on Monday...please let us know how you did. Hopefully, by next week, you'll be
  20. Futile Care. Dead is dead.

    It is so important to have the wishes of the patient known. My hubby and I had a LONG talk about this, in light of the Terry Schiavo case here in Florida. But you are right, it is frustrating to...
  21. Nurses leaving in droves...

    BM=Breadmaker???? *L* I would think I was on bedpan duty if someone didn't clarify that one for me. :rotfl: It's a shame that the careers that should be the most revered (nursing, teaching, police,...
  22. Wound Care & Antiseptics

    We routinely do debridements of ulcerations and non healing chronic wounds. Never ever do we use peroxide on ANYTHING except perhaps to clean off blood from a trauma laceration. (And to get blood...
  23. I'm scared

    You know, "hard" is completely subjective. What one person may find difficult, another person may breeze right through. Midway through nursing school...I stopped listening to my classmates...all...
  24. shocked at what I saw!

    Disgraceful. I have done more than my fair share of surgery on patients who need debridements of bedsores, ulcerations and non healing wounds. It kills me. It really does. And sure, pressure...
  25. NCLEX Questions

    Hooray Holly!!! Now you can put those initials after your name proudly! How was the test? Was there a lot of math for meds calculations?? *shudders* Anyway, good for you...and congrats! That is...