dollphyn

dollphyn

Plastic surgery and Med/surg

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  1. Questions about test day...

    I was surprised when I found out that I would not be able to chew gum in the testing center. That is the way I handle stress is to chew on gum during the most stressful test of my life, the NCLEX. I...
  2. LPN from the underworld

    You guys are our backbones. You should not be taken advantage of. If it was me, since I was a tech not too long ago, if it continues, I would have to make a complaint. I know you only work with...
  3. Trach and showers

    I take care of trache patients, but I am with a hospital that has something called Comfort baths. It is cloths that have soap already on them and you don't have to use water to give the patient a...
  4. Is the NET (nursing entrance test) hard?

    I felt the NET was pretty straight forward, but I did have a friend that failed it 3 times before she finally passed it. She did well on the math portion, but it was the reading that did her in....
  5. Overall question

  6. TED Hose Application

    I learned a neat trick just the other day. I have been a CNA for about 6 years, and on my first few weeks as a nurse, a pre-op nurse showed me this trick. Take the bag that the TED hose are in and...
  7. Poll for those who have already taken NCLEX..

    1. how many questions did you take on nclex? 75 2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course? i used saunders 4th edition, nclex 3000 and 3500 cd rom. i did the medspub...
  8. North Lake/El Centro - Fall '06!

    Congratulations, Mysterious One. I knew you could do it. If I could, then I had no doubt in my mind that you would be able
  9. How to study the Med's for NCLEX

    Unfortunately on my test I had a lot of drug questions and only knew two of the drugs. The others, I just read the answers and made an educated guess. It seemed like the right answer was the one...
  10. North Lake/El Centro - Fall '06!

    Congrats to everyone that has passed the NCLEX. Good luck to those of you that still have not taken it yet. I had 75 questions with 10-15 SATA's, some priority, some delegation, but a whole bunch of...
  11. Type of questions when passing on 75 QUESTIONS

    I just took mine on Tuesday and I had 10-15 SATA's, a lot of infection control, but not very many priority questions. You really can't tell what the test is looking for because it is so random. I...
  12. June 2008 NCLEX support group

    I took the NCLEX on Tuesday June 17, 2008 at 0800. I found out yesterday that I passed!!!!! I had one drug calculation, about 10-15 SATA's, a whole bunch of infection control, some priority, and a...
  13. June 2008 NCLEX support group

    I got my ATT today and scheduled my test for Tuesday June 17, 2008 at 0800. I am nervous, but excited. I did well on HESI, but I still have nerves regarding the NCLEX. My prayers go out to each and...
  14. North Lake/El Centro - Fall '06!

    Fun....check your bulk email or junk email again. I graduated with El Centro college back on May 4th and took the HESI on May 7th and I got mine just about an hour ago. The Dallas testing center had...
  15. North Lake/El Centro - Fall '06!

    I know of one before drop date at ECC, but no one else that went on to take HESI. Out of my 10 in clinical we all made
  16. North Lake/El Centro - Fall '06!

    I don't think it is a bad sign due to the fact that it is over all of the semesters. The way I got ready for the HESI was that we went to the Medpub review, did all of the questions on the HESI CD,...