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My friend just found out she passed. Her computer shut off at 235 because she ran out of time - she used the whole 6 hours. She was pretty sure that it was a sign that she failed. We read in Kaplan that the computer will analyse that last 60 questions of the test if you run out time and base their decision on that. so for those of you who run out of time, dont despair. Good luck.

RafRN, Sorry to hear that you did not pass. Keep up the spirit and get ready to take the boards again.

why would you passing at 75 questions discourage me? Did I miss something?

i meant...one day?

wow. that was fast. on day? what time did you take the test?

I told you to check this morning. Congratulations!

I think it may be early to check yet. The board updates their website at 0430 in the am. maybe tomorrow morning your name will be up. my friend took hers on a wednesday and it did not post until 0430ish saturday morning. good luck - i hope you pass. we are in ca too.

what number did your test shut off at? After I took my test almost a year ago, I would have sworn I failed, but I passed. It is natural to feel so strange after taking the boards. I also used the Saunders book and Lippencott, they are good books. Good luck!

This is what I am seeing. It is called, "real world nursing" compared to "Pass school and NCLEX nursing". I did not see anythign wrong with you recapping the needle. We were taught no recapping after you have injected someone, before hand it would be ok, especially for what you had practiced it for.

I totally agree with you. I think she is a good nurse in some regard, there are other issues that she has done, I have observed and thought were wrong.

Did you not see where I stated that I did not bother with it and did not want to cause waves. Although I am "new" I am not going to stand by and let someone tell me what I think is wrong if I believe I am not wrong. Just because I am a student, does not mean that I know nothing, at the same time, just because a nurse has been one for a long time means she knows everything.

I am part of a internship program as a LVN to RN program. One of the RNs asked me to verify and sign off on her heparin, when I looked, it was below the 5ml mark which is indicated by a long line. She insisted that the level mark was the "dot" which is located BELOW the long line. I explained that in school we were taught it was the long line that indicated the amount. She looked at me and asked me, "So, are you telling me how to do my job now?". What the heck. I told her that I was just telling her what we learned in school. After a few rounds over what was right and what was wrong, her insisting she was right and I was wrong she left, and I did not sign off on it. While I was working with a patient she called me out of the room to inform that she verified it with another nurse and that it is to the long line and that she did not want me to learn the "wrong" way. I bit my lip, but what I really wanted to say was, "I did not learn the wrong way." but sometimes it is better not to cause waves. _______________________ Then we had a pt who had cellulitis of the supra pubic region. She told a nurse on the floor that it was because "the patient was dirty and did not wash there". How LAME and cruel.