Smartferret

Used this book throughout my nursing program. Excellent!

Congratulations!

I learn more from the questions that I get wrong than the ones I get right. Reading the rationals for why the correct answer is correct and the wrong answers are wrong teach not only content, but test taking strategy. Also, recognize that questions from an NCLEX book may ask about content not covered in NAC I. Don't worry so much about how many you miss as long as you are learning something from the ones you answer incorrectly. M. PS. Just my $0.02 (I was in NAC I last semester), there was not one test question that was not covered in lecture notes. Make sure you UNDERSTAND the concepts covered in class backwards and forwards. If you have questions on something get the number of a SAC tutor and give them a call!

In question #1 it would need to be 40mg in 250ml to get an answer of 18.75ml/hr.

could be the same reason that they won't let me give blood. i was stationed in the uk for more than 6 months in the late 80s. they are worried that i'll give someone cjd. this is from a blood bank web site: [color=#002249][color=#002249]england - cannot donate if spent time that adds up to 3 months or more in the u.k. from 1980-1996 (england, n. ireland, scotland, wales, isle of man, channel islands, gibraltar, falkland islands) europe - cannot donate if spent time that adds up to 5 years or more in european countries since 1980 (including time spent in the uk during 1980-1996)

The last published numbers from the LSBN website is for 2007. Perhaps they are giving you numbers from 2008 or 2009. These would be different from those from the LSBN and correct for their last graduating classes. M

Congrats!

Your allowed to have phones during an exam? If a student were found with a phone during our exams they would get an automatic zero! We are allowed nothing but a pencil and picture ID that must be turned in at the door and picked up from the proctor when we leave.

I use the palm centro smart phone. Have drug book, medical dict., lab values, etc. It also has my calendar on it and I can put mp3s of lectures on it to listen to on the go. M

From the information bulletin: Acceptance letters are mailed by mid December for the next Fall class and by the middle of June for the next Spring class.

Our entire semester takes each test at the same time on the same day from 1330 to 1445. At 1500 we have review. Each test question is projected on the screen with the correct answer and rationals for all answers. We can have nothing with us and are not allowed to say a word. Its a little nerve wreaking watching everyone with one, two, three etc. fingers held up counting up our wrong answers. It is, however, nice to know immediately how you did.

Unless it has recently changed, (like since my husbands last paycheck) they debit your check $24.00 a month for garage parking. M

According to this page on the CSN website: http://www.dcc.edu/campus/charity/admissions/checklist/ , you must have completed the lab for your application package to be considered complete. M

All above are good suggestions. Mine? Go to Walgreens and get a pill splitter, a really good one with a blade. I found I often had to split pills and could NEVER find one at the hospital (My CI carried one with her). Now I have my own! M

A surgical tech is going to gowned and gloved during cases so no worries about exposing tats to patients then. Otherwise, we usually inhabit areas of the hospital where patients aren't wondering around. M