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i think so. I learned a lot about drugs from Judy Miller's DVD. I didn't buy the DVD. I work at a hospital and borrowed the DVD. I think you can check with hospitals who you do clinical with.

I would like to share what I used to study Nclex-RN,hopefully it will be helpful to some people.. I am a visual & audio person,so: Audio tape: Feur Nursing Review. I bought the CD set $399?when I studied for Nclex-PN in 2009,but I bought RN version not PN version, so I have studied the material thoroughly once before. I study again this time. It's easier for me to study because I still have notes I wrote 2 yrs ago on the study book for me to review. The instructor explain scientific reasons that cause each symptoms, so I don't have to memorize. I can re-play CD until I really understand the rationale. The instructor also give tips on how to take the test. After finish studying the materials, I learn so much more than I learn from school. It's a great content review. The 1200 questions booklet is okay. True, there are some error answer, but only a few. The booklet don't give lengthy explanation for correct answer and few to no explanation for wrong answers. Drugs are mentioned in the study materials,but not enough in depth s/e or how to administer drug info. But, like i said, i bought the set 2 yrs ago, maybe they change is now. Visual/Audio DVD: Nurse Tutor Video by Judith Miller. If you don't like study a book, you may try this DVD. The instructor is also so good at explaining the rationales and gives tips on how to answer questions. I can re-play the DVD until I understand the material. I didn't finish listen to all DVD, I use it as a refresh review 4 days before I took NCLEX. The DVD has very good information on drugs throughout every DVD. Drugs are repeatedly mentioned,so help me remember. The content is not as complete as Feur Nursing,but honestly Feur Nursing is a bit over-whelming to study because there is too much info. The set may contains a workbook for questions,but I didn't use it. I borrow the DVD from my hospital's library. Last time I check,the DVD set cost 599. Finally, I use Mosby's Q & A books not the cd to answer 800 M/S Q's + 278 Drug Q's. I only answer M/S Q's because I have answer Feur Nursing's 1200 Q's which contains 300 Q's for each subject and My score for M/S is low 60-68. The Mosby book has very good questions and rationales for both right & wrong choices. The questions are applicable questions,not straight forward questions like Saunder. I also read each rationals whether I got it right or wrong. Overall, I think I over study for Nclex. There are many people using only one resource to pass. But, I am glad I over study,because I can always apply this knowledge later on. Sometimes, I feel I know more than some senior RNs who I am working with. Hopefully, I have helped answer your concerns for those who are as confused & stressful as I was before I pass the exam. Gook luck!

Thank you all for replying my thread.......I will speak to my mom and tell her friend to find dr online...I know it's a complicate feeling when ppl come to you for medical advices. I mean I am happy ppl value my advices but nurse doesn't know everything. Nobody knows everything, not even the doctors

My mom tells her friend her daughter is a nurse, and for the two years that I have been a nurse I have been asked to do things beyond my scope of capability. Today, a friend of her ask my mom to ask me if I know any good orthopedic doctor who can fix a loosened hip replacement pin. I told her I don't know any doctors, because I work in an out-pt clinic inside a hospital and I have only been a nurse for 2 yrs. I am willing to ask more experienced nurses when I rtc to work on Tuesday after the holiday. But, her friend is in such a great urgency and my mom wants me to make phone calls to nurse friends. I told her my nursing friends are all young and inexperienced like me I doubt if they know. Then, she start talking to her other friend on the phone right next to me about her "sensitive and passionate" her daughter is when it comes to help people she doesn't even know. ...sign.......Have any of you have similar experience? Actually, I am very unwilling to refer any doctors if I don't know them personally, because if the surgery goes wrong I will be one of the people been blamed for. What will you do if you are in the same situation?

I think i will request a transfer to the med surg floor, work as an LPN,and earn some floor experience as much as i can. So, after I get my RN license, i can either find RN job elsewhere or in the same hospital. To find RN job elsewhere, I do need floor experience. I agree with you I don't trust my employer. I am better off finding RN job myself. Thank you for your opinion.

Hi, I am a LPN working at a clinic of a city hospital in ny Mon-Fri 8-4:30 pm. I am also taking LPN to RN courses and my last semester is 9/2010-12/2010. Recently, the outpatient clinic is undergoing a re-design, PCAs are let go, and remaining LPNs have to take vitals for all patients. It's a busy clinic and staffing are short,so all day LPNs are busy doing "just" vitals. I feel I am wasting my time working in the clinic. I graduated in 2009 and the clinic is my first job. Before re-design,RNs & LPNs do inj,assessment,and teaching. It was not much to learn, I didn't care, because I had plenty time to study at work. But, i am seriously thinking about transferring to the med-surg floor because: 1. I will learn new things and sharpen my skills 2. I need hospital floor experience for finding jobs after become RN if I don't stay in the same hospital 3. Many LPNs or PCAs who passed NCLEX-RN several months ago are still waiting for RN position opening in my hospital. If I graduated in December, take board exam in Feb, I may need to wait another few months until RN position opens. So, I estimate maybe from now to the time a RN position opens in my hospital, I may need to wait about a year. I don't want to waste another year just doing vitals. But, one LPN working on the floor told me to request the transfer after i get my RN license and just keep working at the same place until there is an opening. So, what you think confused:

A year and half ago, i was a new grad and got hired by a hospital clinic as a LPN. Since i am only 30, all other senior nurses told me to transfer to floor to get experience. I agree with them, because working in a clinic is boring after you have learned what you need to learn to do the job. Everyday i am doing the same thing and saying the same thing to pt. The RN's job duty is more challenging, they have to do triage assessment to walk in pt, present the case or make own judgement call whether to send pt to ER, being squeezed in to be seen by any avaliable MD today, or give pt another appt to come back. To do Triage, you really need to have adequate experience and knowledge. In my clinic, most RN are in their 50s and have worked elsewhere before and they have worked in the clinic for at least 5-10 years. The clinic is a place for them to retire. There are many PCAs who have worked in the same clinic for over 10, 20 years. The clinic job is really easy. You sit in front of your desk, give inj, and do teaching. Often there is plenty time to chat with your colleagues. It's MON-FRI and close all holiday. The paid is lower because you don't get extra paid for working holiday, evening, and rarely there is chance to do overtime. It is a nice job and the basic paid rate is the same with LPN working day shift on the floor because it's a city hospital. Sometimes I struggle too. If it's the same pay, why not staying in clinic because it's lot more easier. I enter Nursing career mostly because i want a stable job. Now i have one, is it really necessary to work on med-surg floor just to make myself feel more like a "real nurse".

Hi, I work in an outpatient clinic. Today, after I gave IM Ceftriaxone 500 mg/2ml sterile water to a young male's lt gluteal maximus, immediately after pt states feeling not right, thirsty, dizzy,and want to vomit. No, the pt denies allergic to penicillin. He is allergic to pollen and has asthma. He did states he is afraid of inj (but many pt said that also). I got basin and water for him while another nurse stay with him. When i came back, the patient pass out right in front of me. Code was called, many nurses, MDs came to help. Pt regain consciousness after calling his name and shaking him. Vitals and BS done within normal, but pt is perspiring a lot. Rapid response team came and send pt to ER. According to ER's diagnosis, pt has vasovagal reaction. The other day, another pt perspired a lot and feel dizzy after receiving Hep B inj by another nurse. The nurse didn't call code. After check vitals, nurse asked the pt's doctor to re-examine him, and pt is discharged home. In doctor's note, it says pt is afraid of needle. In both instances, pt afraid of needle, but didn't reveal their fearfulness through their body languages before receiving inj. It's after inj, they react to it. Do you have similar experiences with your pt and what did you do about it?

i just took NCLEX today and felt so horrible afterward. I literally trembled on my seat in testing center. It took me about 2.5 hr to answer 85 questions. I wasn't sure about 98% of my answers. Only 1 % of the answers I am sure of, and the remaining 1 % is........? The remaining 1 % questions are drugs that I have never seen or didn't study. The questions asked for adverse effects which I had no clue what they are. So, I guessed it! Although some people said that people who got cut off at 85 quetions most of them passes. But, I am still so worried. :sniff::sniff::sniff:

I am going to take the test on the upcoming Monday. It's driving me nuts. I have tachypnea, tachycardia, insomnia, anticholinergice effect, and mood disorder for the past few days. I really need the praying from all of you. Thank you!