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Hi, I am working in preop in an out patient surgery center. I am interested in going into the OR. Is there any periop training program available in the bay area?I saw periop 101 in AORN website but i understand that the hospital has to be registered with AORN. My surgery center is not registered for that. Is there possibility for doing periop 101 course in some other hospital/center registered with AORN for periop 101? Please advise......

Hi rnanm, Thanks for the reply! I was on rotation duty in an 810 bedded multi specialty hospital in India and I was predominantly in the ICU ( medical and surgical). I am living in the east bay. Any advice you give me will be greatly helpful to me! Thanks.

Hi, I am an International nurse(graduated in 2004) and I have 2 years experience in India from Jan 2005 to Jan 2007 . I cleared my RN exam in August 2007 and I am also licensed but I am having difficulty finding a job. I am trying right now for new graduate programs. Is it a good decision? Should I take Nurse refresher course? How good is it? Does it guarantee that I'll get a job?Please advise and thanks in advance.

Hi suzanne4, I am an Indian nurse. I finished my CGFNS and IELTS and I have a valid CGFNS certificate. I also cleared my NCLEX-RN from New Mexico board of nursing. I dont have my EAD( Employment authorisation) and social security number at present. But I've applied for my EAD and my case is pending. I would like to register with california board of nursing. Can you please tell me what I should do! Iam new to USA. So it will be helpful to me if you can explain to me in detail. Thanks.

Hi lily, Thanks for the message! I completed the exam with 75 questions and I took 1 hour and 40 minutes. I strongly feel that Saunder's comprehensive review is the best book for review of content.If you are thorough with saunders(front cover to back cover including the test taking strategies)- you r damn sure to pass. But it is very difficult to remember everything especially pharmacology.So I used to a lot of memory tips/mnemonics to remember facts. For eg, The adverse effects of Anti psychotics can be remembered using this: SHANCE S-SUNLIGHT SENSITIVITY( Use hats and sunscreen) H-HEPATOTOXICITY( Monitor LFT) A-AGRANULOCYTOSIS( Characterised by fever and sore throat) N-NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME( Characterised by fever and muscular rigidity) C-CIRCULATORY PROBLEMS( Leukopenia and orthostatic hypotension) E-EXTRA PYRAMIDAL SYMPTOMS( Administer anticholinergics and anti parkinsonian agents) You can finish reading Saunders even in a month. But the important point is how far you are able to use the elimination techniques and how efficiently you make intelligent guesses.. I stress this because not all questions in NCLEX are from what you learnt.For this you must do as much practice questions as possible. That is y I've mentioned in the thread that you'll need atleast 2 months time( full time) preparation say 10 hours of study/day. Sincere and dedicated preparation is necessary. Please remember- Nothing great is achieved without hard work. Sincere effort always pays in the case of NCLEX-RN. Yes I do come from India. ALL THE BEST!

Hi Lily, I got the book back in my country when I attended a review session. I dont know the exact price of the book.

Hi Lily, Thanks for the message! I hope and pray that you clear the Nclex-RN exam. My best wishes for you. I would like to clarify your doubts. 1) I took my Nclex-RN from New mexico board of nursing. 2) You can get R.A.Gapuz's ABC's of passing foreign Nursing exams in the following website:http://www.ragapuzreview.com/publication.php ( go to the second page in publications and you'll find a yellow book). 3) As you mentioned the total number of questions for CGFNS is 260(150+110). There will be two sessions-one in the morning and one in the afternoon. THE total score is 800. Pass score is 400. You'll have approximately few seconds less than a minute to answer each question.(Make sure u keep up with your time). 4) I did clear IELTS with an overall band of 7.5. The requirement is that you get an overall band of 6.5 but a mandatory band of 7 in speaking. 5) You can use Cambridge's books for IELTS. I found it very useful. If you are not a native speaker of english please watch english news channels and try to listen carefully. This will be very useful for the listening part of the exam. 6) Additional info: IELTS is conducted by the British council and have four aspects of testing- Listening, Reading, Writingand Speaking. Please let me know if you want any other info. I'll let you know as far as I know. All the best! Hope for the best!

Hi everyone, I got my quick results today and I've passed! I would like to give some general rules regarding psychiatry drugs: 1) Cannot be taken with alcohol, stimulants,depressants. 2) Cannot be given to pregnant, lactatingand patients with glaucoma. 3) Cannot be abruptly stooped but mus be tapered slowly 4) All are given after meals except anti anxiety agents( because food interferes with their absorption) 5) All psychiatry drugs have anti cholinergic side effects: Dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth, constipation, urinary retention

Hi everybody, GUESS WHAT? I PASSED!!!!! I am a foreign educated nurse and I've cleared CGFNS earlier with a score of 536( pass score is 400).I took my NCLEX-Rn exam on July 31'st and I got the quick results today. I finished my NCLEX-RN exam with 75 questions. I was sure that I'll pass and was eager to post this thread. Here I give some tips and method to prepare for the exam. I think this is a very effective method which will surely bring success. Please try this and I hope this thread will be useful to all of you who are preparing for the exam. 1)TIME REQUIRED FOR PREPARATION: Full time:2 months Part time:3 to 4 months 2)BOOKS REQUIRED: a)Saunder's Comprehensive review for NCLEX-RN b) Lippincott's Review for NCLEX-RN c) R.A.GAPUZ's ABC's of passing foreign Nursing exams 3)METHOD OF STUDY: a) First study the content of a particular chapter in Saunder's( for eg-endocrine system). Do the questions behind that particular chapter in Saunder's. Watch out for the test taking strategies mentioned at the end of each question. Saunder's review book is relatively easier than other books- so make sure you get 80% of the questions right at the end of the chapter.( You can use either the book or the accompanying CD) b) Next go to the same topic in Lippincott(eg-Endocrine system) and do the questions as a self evaluation test. These questions are harder- so make sure you get atleast 70% c) Likewise keep completing all the chapters in both books at a time. This makes you a master in answering both easy and difficult questions. d) At the end when you have only 1 to 2 weeks for the exam take R.A.Gapuz's book and read through the book 2 times.All the important information will be given in this book in a nut shell. e) ADDITIONAL STEP: When you have finished all this do a comprehensive test with Kaplan CD( one test is enough). The mark you get here will surely tell you if you will pass the NCLEX or not.(Make sure you get around 65-70% or above) I hope this information was useful. I want to share a quote to all of you. " SOONER OR LATER THE MAN WHO WINS IS THE MAN WHO THINKS HE CAN!" ALL THE BEST!

Hi, I dont know what to say- if it was easy or difficult. I didn't know answers for few questions so I made guesses. Few questions I was sure of the answer. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Hi, I appeared for the exam today and finished with 75 questions. Got lot of questions on priority. Looking forward for the results.

Hi dear, All the best for your exam. Iam taking my NCLEX-rn exam on tuesday. I'll pray for both of us.

Hi everyone, can anyone please tell me whwt do you get in the test result form..... I mean do you have any marks printed on the form or is it just pass or fail.............Plzzzzzzzz clarify this

Hi everybody, iam a new member to this forum. Iam going to take up the NCLEX-RN exam on 31'st of this month.... Please give few advices. Iam an Indian nurse and came to USA just few weeks back