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I can understand where you are coming from. I am both a Nurse AND a Dialysis patient and have experienced and witnessed many of the issues you mentioned. When I am working I on occassion run into patients who do Dialysis and various centers in the area. It both amazes and at the same time doesnt surprise me to hear these same concerns from all of them! When I first started Dialysis in October it was hard enough to wrap my head around what was happening to me (Kidney Failure was unexpected) but what made it worse was the general condescension of some (not all) of the staff I encountered. My biggest peeve in any environment are adults who speak to other adults like they are children. I couldnt figure out if it was because they were used to working with a general demographic (elderly, dementia, nursing home patients). But either way it bugged me and I had to spend a lot of time tuning it out. On a personal level, it was tough being young and a medical professional going through Dialysis as well. Some nurses upon learning I was also a nurse were immediately on the defensive. I was pretty ignorant about Dialysis (being an orthopaedic nurse) so I would ask alot of questions about settings on the machine and labs, just so I can educate myself. Some nurse would immeiately defend themselves and get pretty rude with me as if I was questioning why they were doing things a certain way. I constantly had to explain I am just trying to learn, NOT question them. Anyway...I give credit to those nurses who treat me with respect and speaks to me as a thinking adult. And those who are just rude and nasty and typically try to stay away from and dont have much to say to them in return. After a few months, I made the choice to do Home Dialysis and LOVE my PD nurse. I hope to stay away from the HD world for as long as possible. If my experiences have done anything, it helps me relate to my patients so much better. BTW if any of you are interested in a forum where alot of Dialysis patients frequent...check out ihatedialysis.com Its not as negative as it sounds and There is a wealth of info on there :) It literally helped me as I was beginning this challenging journey.

You did fine, but I will say her question was COMPLETELY innapropriate and I am not even sure they are allowed to ask questions like that during an interview. Your relationship status is completely irrelevant to the actual job and I probably would have stated that. Ugh, How unprofessional. But considering her lack of tact and professionalism I think you gave a fair answer. Good Luck to you :)

Make Monday your last day to study and spend Tuesday and Wednesday relaxing and find distractions. You will just freak yourself out if you study up to the last minute. Get a good nights rest (if possible) the night before. During test take deep breaths and make sure you are calm before you start. Take your time. Thats the best advice I can give. I am sure you are going to be fine! Good Luck!!!

I had to wear DOVE apparel in school and hated it. I followed the size chart guidlines and yes their products run really big. I just stuck it out with my oversized uniform though (looked like a clown). No they dont shrink. On the label it states not to use chlorine bleach and I ignored it, but I could see why because the uniform began to get a yellowish tinge to it and looked really dingy pretty early on. Some classmates used Chlorox 2 and it seemed to keep them looking nice..we also used to walk around with the laundry sticks to treat stains as we went along. After my experience with bleach, I started using Oxyclean and lemon juice and it helped whiten them. Overall their products are durable.

What was the end result? Probation? Time served? Charges Dropped? Is it considered a misdemeanor? It may or may not affect you. I know thats vague. In terms of getting a job, there are many employers that will still consider you. The problem may be when it comes to applying for licensure. Your state Board of Nursing may deny your application because of it. In FL if you have an arrest you have to accompany your application with a letter in writing explaining the situation and documents from court showing outcome and stuff. Depending on situation they can still allow you to sit for your boards and become licensed (but only for misdemeanors). But they also reserve the right to deny you all together. But for Felony charges they will not let you sit and become licensed at all if you have had a charge within the last 15 years (this legislature was passed last year). So the best thing to do is check with your Board or Nursing to see what their rules are. Alot of people have arrests in their history that are practicing nursing. I am sorry that happened to you though. Sometimes we do things in the heat of the moment and I cant imagine how you felt learning about your husband. Good Luck though.

The answer you put was correct but the answer eat right for your age group is MORE correct. In Saunders review it discusses an "Umbrella" answer. An umbrella answer is one that is VERY general. So eating right for your age group is very general. The one you put is very specific. What makes the general answer correct is because it encompasses the other answer (its so broad that it covers everything, like an umbrella). So in your case eating protein and Vit A is just "one" part of eating right for that age group. Remember the most basic answer is sometimes good enough, dont always have to be too specific. Dont know if Im making sense.

I know this is an older post and you have been a practicing LVN for 5 months now...but I just have to say I admire your perseverance. You never gave up and kept trying when many would have called it quits. The fact that you let nothing stop you from achieving your goal is a great testimony and I know you must be an amazing nurse. Congrats to you and thanks for sharing your amazing story.

Using Maslow...lets say a question was asking about a care plan and what would be a priority intervention or diagnosis. Using Maslow you would want to pick the option that addressed the most "basic" needs. For example, you wouldnt want to pick the response that states risk for isolation over Impaired gas exchage. Why? Because oxygen and the ability to breathe is a basic need and must be met before a person will worry about being isolated. Same goes for If the choice was between difficulty breathing and risk for injury. Again basic need (airway) must be met before worrying about a patients safety. This applies no matter what level the question is asking. Memorize the Maslow pyramid and remember those at the bottom are most important (PRIORITY). So using that put answers in order. Ask yourself what would this be...physiological need? safety? love & belonging? etc... Put them in order and you will know what the priority is. I hope this helps :)

I completely understand how tough it is to apply the wealth of knowledge you have from studying the material. For me what it came down to is ABCs and Maslows heirarchy of needs. This doesnt work in every circumstance but for many questions this did help me. Not sure if you are an RN or PN test taker but I also tried to stick with the actual "functions and scope" of nursing. Some answers just seems so "medical" but then I said, would doing this or saying this be within the limits of "my" position? So in those cases I just stuck with the simplest answer (like positioning a pt rather than some other response that sounded right like apply O2). I dont know if any of this advice is helpful, but that is how I rationalized my answers on questions that I had no clue about. After all that if I just still had absolutely no clue i said well you cant go wrong with response #3!! I passed with the minimum amount of questions (85 NCLEX PN).

You are totally not overthinking it. I understand that things get busy or that resources are limited but I think its very important to maintain a Pts dignity at the very least. When I did clinicals in LTC I observed similar things. If I grabbed an extra towel, I would get yelled at by CNA not to waste towels (only 1 wash cloth and 1 towel per pt is allowed, regardless whether the other ones were too soiled to use). They even would get on my case about wasting gloves and say, you dont need it. Im sorry, but even in that circumstance I was like I am not putting myself at risk simply because you cant afford gloves. Anyway, I am sorry you had to go through this. LTC is a tough place. Good luck though and I hope your experiences get better.

You know what, just wait til tomorrow. Sometimes I think the pvt causes too much anxiety. Just go out try to distract yourself (see a movie or something) Then tomorrow you can check your results. Good Luck to you :)

Good Luck to you and I will def keep you in my prayers. Dont freak out, you will be fine and are well prepared. What I do before I start answering questions on a big test, is I will stop and take some deep breaths and then say a prayer for me to stay focused and calm. I dont start until I am completely calm. I know you will be just fine :) Good luck.

You know...I dont even live in Ca and I am agonizing with you all. What up Ca? I know there is a faster process and frankly Im a bit annoyed that they torture their nurses like that (especially when Pearson knows the result immediately). Anyway, i feel for you all. I remember agonizing for the 72 hours I waited, but I cant imagine 6 weeks. Either way good luck to you and keep your heads up :)

Im in FL...I did notice that those who the trick did not work for though are in Ca. Perhaps because the state does not offer quick results. Who knows. All I know is it worked for all of us so far :)

I would say yes. Out of the 22 people in my class who took their NCLEX-PN the "trick" worked for 100% of them. Everyone who got the good pop-up passed and the one person who failed got to the CC page. I had a friend who just took NCLEX-PN on Thursday May 20th and had 190 questions and was positive he failed. Tried the trick and got good pop up and today found out he passed. So...