I failed my boards because I could not hear the actors heartbeat during the apical pulse, he said his doctor has trouble finding it and he is on meds that affect it too, my observer tried to listen...
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there were other students testing after me, and the observer said she needed to leave immediately after testing. My head nurse said that there should be some kind of time limit on something like...
hi I also live in Oregon and took my test on the 20th. I failed apical pulse, because I could not hear the mans heartbeat anywhere on his chest!! Neither could the observer or the actor. We had 35...
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this was for cna, and we took 2 written tests plus the boards where an observer watches you and checks off a list of step-by-step procedures you perform in front of her. We had 5 tasks to complete in...
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thank you!! i live in Oregon, and this was my first time taking the boards. I have found an apical pulse many times on residents and others, and as you know the whole procedure is a little over a...