our staffing allows 1:3 on day and night shifts. Very rarely do we take more than that -- like once a year or so. Our hospital considers that is giving a nurse 6 patients and that's
I think if you ask 100 different nurses this question, you might get a 100 different answers. I work at a little hospital in Southeast Idaho and I love it, however, I've worked at a bigger hospital...
Tricia, I graduated also from the same program that Vkubiak graduated from and even though it was intense, it was so worth it. There were plenty of people who lived more than 3 hours away that...
I got about 4 or 5 SATA. Two dosage questions and a few priority and delegation. Everyones test is different, though. Keep that in mind. I had two friends take theirs the day before and one had...
Just wanted to say I took my test Tuesday and passed, first try with 75 questions. It was a mess when I got in there. There was another girl, with the same first name who was checked in under my...
I have to do all my math by dimensional analysis... I can't remember all the formulas anymore. Here's a shortcut. We all know that there is 60 minutes in 1 hour. 500 mL x 5 mcg x 91 kg x 60 min...
I've been keeping my fingers crossed for you!! It sounds like you did all the right things and you're right about studying for everything. There is a little of everything in this test and you have...
HA! I totally hear you!! When I took my LPN boards, I don't remember it being this nerve-wracking. I'm taking my RN boards on the 26th. Nervous doesn't even seem to cover what I'm feeling. I...
Actually since there are 1000mcg in 1 mg, the answer would have been 3.665 or 3.7. It's so easy to mess up on conversions though. Our RN program had a 20 question math test every semester. If you...