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Good on ya'all!!! Not sure how I made it on the MS thread, but cool. It's a small, but big world, and now you are part of it. Voodoo in KC.

What I meant was learn the material and you will be prepared to apply your knowledge appropriately. Memorizing never worked for me either. If you have a solid base, you should be ready to tackle those fun SATA's. You will also be a better nurse. Best...

Learn/memorize what goes with the biggie disease processes: TB, MRSA, HEP A/B/C, etc.. and you should be ok. Think it through.

Starting salary for new grads is $21.50 @ KU, $21.49 @ Children's Mercy, $20.25 @ St. Luke's. Night and weekends vary. CMH does offer critical care differential. Hope this helps.

As a new male grad, I disagree with New Male Grad. Sorry, but ATI is a great tool to have. It may not be the end all, but it adds another dimension to preparing for the NCLEX. I wished I had used it more in school. I thought it trained me well to thi...

Just read you passed. Awesome!!!

I took it a few weeks ago and had 8 math questions and a bunch of SATA's. Test shut off @ 75 and I passed. My guess is you did well. The freaking out part is totally normal, but borders on cruel and unusual. I thought I'd relax after the test, but co...

I'll try not to confuse things. Start on the right side of the = sign with the wanted quantity/desired quantity. For instance, we need to know how many mls to give. So, = ? mls. Now start to work the problem backwards. To the left of the = we need so...

I think it's a good idea to know the diseases that show up as compare/contrast in the boxes and tables of our text books. Addisons/Cushings, AGN/Neph Synd., L side CVA/R side CVA, Ulc. Col./Crohns, upper/lower motor neuron stuff, Bipolar/Schz, Previa...

I took the NCLEX 5/30/08 and had 6-8 drug calcs, all requiring some conversions. Know your metric conversions ie: mcg/mg/g/kg, lbs to kgs, and oz's to mls and you should be fine. The 1 thing that sort of freaked me out a bit was having to enter my an...

I'm sure I missed something along the line... are/is Bunnyhunter and Missmykids the same person??? Anyway, whomever passed the NCLEX, good on you! And good luck to all those taking the test in the future!

Whatever method works for you. Flashcards didn't work well for me, but I know they do for most. Some of the (topic) Made Incredibly Easy were decent. I got a pathophys book used for ~$10. There's a ton available online. Thing is, pick a topic like th...

Yo, I graduated a few weeks back and just passed the NCLEX-RN. The best advice I was given was 1) Know your physiology - the content of school and NCLEX is easier to grasp if you have a solid understanding of how/why the body works the way it does. I...

I took it 5/30 @ 8 am and had my results 48 hours later at Peasrsonvue.com/nclex, though it did cost me $7.95. It was money well spent. VERY relieved.

Good thread! Took the test Friday. 75 questions. Ponied up $7.95 to find out I passed yesterday. Time to have a little fun ya'all. Good luck to all the June testers.

I had the same question during my test yesterday. Whole numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number and don't include fractions, percentages, or decimals. I had at least 6 drug calc questions and several had to be rounded. It was generally due to...

May 30th group. Good luck to all!!

Good job. I'm glad to see more people now have the opportunity to read your account of that day. It's still saved in my clinical file.

We are required to pass @ 100%. We can take the test as often as needed, but within a limited time frame. Find a method that works for you, and you'll do fine. Once in clinicals though, you have to be on target w/numbers. It's not rocket surgery....

Yep, I know what you're saying. I also know in the "real world" I won't have that shadow and I'll have to deal with things as they happen. I guess it's just the fundemental element of getting to know each patient and how they deal with me. Point is, ...

I believe it is about respect and communication. I'm in my last semester of an ADN program and have never had a patient refuse my care either because I'm a student or because I'm male. I try to take time (which I have more of since I only get 1 or 2 ...

I'm in my 2nd year of an ADN program with 9 men of a class of 59. We lost 1 guy to re-deployment and 1 to "Failure to Thrive" in a clinical situation or we would have an even higher %. Other than OB/Mother-Baby, it seems to me that there are more men...