I posted this thread in another forum, and then I realized that I would probably get a better response if I posted this in the "students" forum..... I will be starting nursing school in about a month, so I recently purchased a laptop that came with M...
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Looks like we all got too busy getting caught up on things....maybe we can all get together over the summer. Surely things will be more relaxed by then. Good luck to everybody in their second semester....and the couple of you starting your firs...
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Hey ladies! Wow.....Fall semester went by FAST for me! I can't believe it's already over. They are supposed to post the final grades for Rome today. I'm waiting.....not patiently waiting.....but I'm waiting. I have my books for Spring semeste...
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Congratulations TNS and Ashley on getting in for Spring 2010. Congratulations Ashley on your baby!!!!! The advice given before is exactly what I would say also. Read your fundamentals book and start looking over the cardiac/abdominal/respiratory ass...
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We had to do all of the little tests involved: lymph nodes TMJ capillary refill check uvula check tongue pupil size convergence PERRLA whisper test Rinne test Weber test light touch/dull tough 1 touch/2 touch familiar object test drawing in the hand ...
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I had my head, neck, skin, and neuro assessment check off this morning. I kicked its butt! I am SO glad that is over with. Now I can concentrate on the Clinical Calculations pass/fail test and test number 3. I took 10 pages of notes on Pharmacol...
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Altruistic, I don't know anybody who is in the accelerated program at Rome, so I'm not sure what their schedule is. I believe it is different from the regular schedule we are on. We go 3 days a week (2 of which are 1/2 days) and then we have an onli...
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Hey everybody! I feel like I never have time to get on allnurses anymore. Our test in Rome seemed a teensy weensy bit easier than the first one....in my opinion. I can't wait to get the grades back tomorrow. I feel like I did ok on it. I tried r...
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I ended up with an 87 on the test! I didn't know whether to cry tears of joy or drink a margarita!!! lol Woo Hoo!!!!! We are gonna be nurses....We are gonna be nurses. Congratulations everybody on passing the first test. I had made m...
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I haven't stopped crying since I got home. I didn't expect to get every question right, because I realize that we ARE learning.....BUT I think the test questions should be kept on our level. I didn't know that I was signing up for an online program. ...
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Theory was the hardest. I don't know about you guys in Marietta, but our test was not like they told us it would be. We had a lot more questions on theory than we were supposed to have. Also, I felt like a good many of the questions were unfair in ...
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Hmmm....that sounds like an NCLEX question. Let's see: Temp- 101 I believe that unless it is over 102, then it's not a first priority. Pulse- 115 Little bit fast, but at least you know his heart is beating. BP- 160/95 This is high, but they ...
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Freddy....were we supposed to be doing a genogram and I just missed that somewhere? I haven't seen any requirement for us to do one. ??? I wonder how much of this nursing history is going to be on the test?