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We do not check glucose on our non-diabetics before or after treatment.

I also am against RIC & have 3 intact sons. During school I (against my initial will) did watch a circ. I am actually glad I did so that I have 1st hand knowledge when arguing against RIC. It was hard to watch & I eventually want to get into L&D & worry about this being part of the job but looking back, I am glad that I have the experience.

Yes, LOVE the book. I think every female should read it! I know my daughter will once she gets her period.

I couldn't agree more with Nurseynightnight! I learned to check mine after reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility. It is amazing what we DON'T know about our own bodies!!

Need help from experienced RNs. I am a new grad RN working on a cardiac telemetry unit. I am trying to form a cheat sheet of all cardiac/HTN meds that require counting pulse for 1 min or blood pressure check before administering. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!

These are great guys! Thanks for posting.

The trick worked for me! Official results say "Passed"!! I'm an RN! Woo Hoo!!!

I took Nclex today at 12:30. I got 75 questions. I checked Pearsonvue 2 hours later & it said "delivery successful" however, I couldn't bring myself to try to register until a couple of hrs after that. Anyway, I got the good pop up & am super excited but nervous about getting too excited yet. I'll let you know when I get the "official" results!

Finally worked up the courage to do the trick.............. Got the good pop up!!!!!!! I really hope this trick is accurate!!

Thanks! I had 75 questions. 12 SATA, 13 Priority & 6 other alternative questions. I'm so glad that's over but not sure I think it went. I'm too scared to try the trick. Maybe I will later tonight.

Hello everyone! I'm scheduled to take my NCLEX in about 3 hours & I'm !! I did Kaplan review & some of LaCharity. I just talked to Kaplan & she told me that a score of 67% on the readiness test (what I made) shows a 98% chance of passing Nclex 1st time. I have heard other peple say that their Kaplan instructor told them it was the question trainers that actually showed your chance of passing. So I'm wondering which is the better guide? (Made a 64 on qt6 & 61 on qt7). I was hoping to score higher on those last 2 trainers. I think I'm just a bundle of nerves & looking for a way to freak out:uhoh3: Good luck to anyone else taking NCLEX today!!!

I take my NCLEX RN this Thursday. Does anyone know how long after completion of the exam I should wait before trying "the trick?" Thanks!!

I've wondered this also. Interested in other's input.

Thanks for the replies guys. Keep 'em coming, I'm interested in hearing about as many experiences as I can.

I am trying to figure out where to do my preceptorship. If you have graduated from Jeff State or are in your last semester at Jeff State, will you list where you did you preceptor (hospital & area/floor) & what you're experience was (like did you feel you covered a lot of skills, had a good preceptor, etc.) Thanks so much!!

This has nothing to do with your question :), but are the Vandy classes traditional classroom classes or do they offer online coures? Thanks!!

Thanks everyone for all the responses. I am able to work the rest of these problems using this method. However, if anyone out there knows another method to solve the pitocin question I would be interested in seeing it. I am a proportion girl & would love to understand where I was getting caught up. Thanks everyone:wink2:

So, we have another doseage calculation test tomorrow & Pit / Mag rates will be on this one. I'm pretty confident in saying that we never went over these & they are not in the Calculate with Confidence text that we use. Can someone, anyone, show me how to work these 2 problems? Thanks in advance!!!! Doc Orders: Pitocin 4mU/min/IV infusion Available: Pitocin 10 units in 250 mL NS What is the IV flow rate? Doc Orders: Terbutaline 5 mg/500 mL NS to infuse at 10 mcg/min. What is the IV flow rate?

Hey guys. I'm in the JS program & just wanted to let you know one of my instructors said orientation would be the week of July 14th so I'm betting you guys start getting letters tomorrow. I would have loved this info when I was waiting on letters, so I thought I'd pass it along. Both full-time & part time orientations were within a couple of days of each other when I started. Hope you guys hear soon:specs:

Thanks for the repies. I bought my Saunders NCLEX book & have started reviewing it. I'm also doing the practice exams on the ERI site. Thanks again.

I'm sure this has been asked before but.......... I'm currently in MedSurge & will be taking my Fundamentals ERI this upcoming Monday. This will be the 1st "real" ERI I have taken as the only other one was the one that tells you about your study skills. Any suggestions for how to study for it? I thought about something like the Saunders NCLEX review book but I've read so many post about ERI not being anything like NCLEX?? I'm so nervous about this test, even though I did fine in my Fundamentals class. It makes me nervous just not knowing the ERI format or what to expect. Any insight would be much appreciated. Thanks!! Paula

KateRN1 - I think you are my kind of mama:) As a mom of 4 selectively vac'd children, 3 of whom are boys & intact - it irks me when others assume I am "uninformed" when infact I'm MORE informed than the majority who blindly come in & accept the "standard." (I'm not saying that's what the op is dealing with - just stating my experience.) I've never done hep B or eye ointment at birth. Only 1 (rough LONG labor) of my babies have recieved vit K at birth.

I would be interested in the M top if you still have it. Just pm me. Thanks!!!

So, every time I go out on ebay or places like half.com, overstock, etc. & look for my next semester books, I keep seeing "test banks" for sell. What's the deal? Surely these people don't actually have the test banks from the publisher, do they? (It seems to me more likely that its the questions from the cd that comes with the book.) And wouldn't most consider purchasing them unethical? I mean, I guess if you KNEW your instructor didn't use the test bank, I could see it being a good study guide, but I don't think most instructors go into much detail regarding where their test questions come from. Thoughts?

No thoughts on the speech but just wanted to say Congratulations!! :clpty: Paula