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We call it flexing someone at my facility. We typically flex pool employees first; full time very rarely gets sent home. You didn't post about nurse/patient ratios like most people on this thread, so if that's satisfactory, I'd deal with a shotty scheduling system... That or suggest an on-call system.

I can't believe people would call and ask about the trick! That's like calling your cable company and asking them if you are supposed to have extra channels your not paying for! BTW, did the trick, got the good pop-up, paid for the quick results and passed two days later. This was on the 31st. Worked on my PN one too last year. Very accurate trick!

Trick works! I passed!!!!

Bring a barf bag for afterwards... still anxiously awaiting my results.

As much anxiety as that tests causes... I truly believe I'd spend the $7.95 to get my results 20 minutes earlier LOL... Getting the "good" pop-up is great, but nothing really makes it real until you see it.

I took the NCLEX and I'm still convinced I did absolutely horrible. I felt like throwing up after I left... Been freaking out all day until I heard about this trick. I got the "good" pop-up! It seems fairly reliable... I hope it holds true. Wish me luck!

I like the idea of intraoperative care, however, I don't know any pro/con arguments about nurses in the OR. For the next class, I think I will do the pros and cons of paper charting vs. electronic health records.

This confuses me too... If you have 10mL vial of 50% MgSO4, wouldn't you need to know the mg per mL?

I have two APA-style research papers due for two different nursing classes. The first class is ADULT NURSING; focus is on technical skills like IVs, foleys, NG tubes, OR procedures, sterile fields in the OR, etc. with theory focusing on Med-Surg complications, lab value interpretation, etc. The second class is a 1 credit NURSING IN SOCIETY class; focus is on legal, ethical, and professional responsibilities of an LPN, as well a little bit of the history of nursing. I have to pick a writing topic for each class and it can actually be anything I want; so long as it pertains to that class. My problem is that with so much freedom to choose my topic, I'm absolutely stuck!!! Any cool ideas?

Psychiatric nurse practitioner isn't just an MSN, I believe it's a post-Master's certificate. Which equates to 4 years BSN, another 2 MSN, another 1-2 post-Master's certificate. 7-8 years in total. I think it's an awesome career choice though. My ultimate goal is RN, then BSN, then join Army Reserve, then go for CRNA. The great news is that if we shoot that high in our career goals and fall short, we still have an RN license w/ a Bachelor's to fall back on... pretty much guaranteed work! Aim BIG, miss SMALL.

I have over 10,000 pages of nursing books at home in just two semesters! Just realize most of your stack is reference (drug, medical dictionary, nursing diagnoses, pathophysiology). Then you have your study tool books (med calc, handbooks, study guides). Then your actual textbooks; these are the big boys with 1500 or more pages most of the time, probably FUNDAMENTALS or MED-SURG. and a DRUG THERAPY book. Good luck! Hopefully your school is like mine and will give you what page numbers (an in which books) relate to what section you are covering in class. Digest it in small sections....

I haven't experienced any discrimination at all. To the contrary, everyone tells me how smart I am to get into this field. The "awkwardness" of being male that I anticipated couldn't be further from the truth. I feel sorry that there are still instructors holding to the traditionally female role. My grandfather is a nurse as well; imagine how bad he had it!

Take a CNA class. That'll get you the most basic concepts in class, some clinical experience (probably in LTC), and if you decide its just not for you, at least you have a CNA license as a "fallback" career.

I'm 27, started doing pre-reqs around age 25. Will be LPN at age 28, RN at 29.

The way I learned is simple: D - X U =Amount to Give Patient H D=Dose you want H= What you have U= Units you have Example #1: If I want 50mg of Fakeicilin, and I have 25mg TABLETS on hand, this is how I set up the problem: D - X U H 50mg ----- X TABLET = 2 TABLET 25mg (It's a simple math problem; be sure to realize that the units [mg] cancel each other out.) Example #2: If I want 100mg of laxrickomycin, and I have 20mg/5mL solution, I'd set the problem up like this: D - X U H 100mg ------ X 5mL = 5 X 5mL = 25mL 20mg These problems are incredibly easy, but the formula works with nearly every (first semester) nursing school med calculation problem. Now I'm no expert, but I'm going into my second semester of LPN school and this math trick had me smash nearly every drug calc quiz I had. I haven't done IV medication or unit dose medications, so I have no idea if this works there since I don't have too much experience with it. DON'T FLAME ME FOR TRYING TO HELP!