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hi. i notice that many people say that they passed the NCLEX with 75 or that they had all 265 and passed. i am curious as to what other scores people passed with. is there hope for people who get 190-230 questions? just wonderin'.

i hear a lot about passing the NCLEX with 75 questions or passing with 265, but what about all the numbers in between? if someone gets around 200 or 220 questions, is that a good thing or not? it is hard to believe that the number of questions doesn't matter when so many pass at 75. just wonderin'.

congratulations! i too just passed my associate degree nursing program. i have decided to enjoy christmas, spend time with family and friends and after the new year i will hit the books studying for the NCLEX. everyone in nursing school deserves a break over the holidays. :Snow:

# 11 after my golden retriever ate an entire easter bunny nothing happened. most people think that chocolate will kill a dog but when i asked my vet, he said that there is a chemical in chocolate that if the dog is allergic or sensitive to that chemical, then the chocolate is dangerous. if not, chocolate will not hurt them. my dogs love some chocolate now and then. i am too selfish to share though.

i LOVE to talk to my patients!! if i could have an hour each morning to sit and visit with my patients, i would love it. i remember being somewhat nervous at the beginning of my first semester, but it will come naturally once you get going. talk to your patients about little things. ask them how they slept the night before. look outside and talk about the weather. look up at the tv and talk about what they are watching. ask them if they have family close by, grandkids, kids, pets etc. talk about sports. with each patient that you talk to, it will get easier and easier. just relax and realize that most patients are more than willing to have someone there to listen to them and talk to them. and for some patients it may mean the world to them because you may be the only person in their life that they have to talk to.

i assume you are asking if my feet swell too and the answer is yes. i find that my ankles are swollen too. this is not an everyday thing, but mainly after i have been on my feet for some time.

Hi. I am currently in my 4th out of 5 semesters of my nursing program. I am loving every minute of it. I have noticed that after being on my feet for the entire morning of my clinical day(usually by the 5th hour), my fingers on both hands are slightly swollen. Is this anything to be concerned about? I do sometimes sit down for a break for about 15 minutes, but other than that I am up and about. I don't want to overreact, but I also don't want to overlook something that could possibly be wrong. Please feel free to share any ideas of why this is happening.

This is hilarious!!! :rotfl:

hi. my 15 year old son had a EP study/catheter ablation done in december. he had a wonderful doctor who we were very confident with. the worst part of the entire day(for me) was waiting for the doctor to do the procedure. once they took him downstairs, it took roughly an hour and a half for the ablation. my son said it was a piece of cake. he drifted off sleep(not a general anesthetic) and woke up hours later cured of his SVT. he was on his feet about four hours afterwards and we were back home roughly 6 hours from start to finish. he followed up a month later with a holter monitor and a visit with the doctor two weeks ago and it is all behind us. looking back now, i am glad we made the decision for my son to have the ablation.

no tics or tourettes here either

hi. when my daughter was 8 she had about 6 bouts of strep in a 6 month period. this followed the previous winter of a few bouts of strep too. i believe her tonsils were carrying the strep bacteria. the doctor would start her out on amoxicillin and it did not touch the strep at all. when she gave her something stronger it would take care of it. she even had strep at the same time she had the chicken pox. she was miserable. my daughter always had what i called her "classic strep symptoms". if she complained of a headache, stomachache and had a fever with her sore throat, she would have strep. i even named her breath, "strep breath". she would also test positive for strep without having any signs at all. i still remember the time that i took her to the doctor because i wanted her checked for strep because i thought she had it and the nurse sort of laughed at me saying she did not have strep and sure enough she was positive. finally, i took her to an ENT who went ahead and removed her tonsils. it has been 9 years since then and she has never had another case of strep. i know that they frown on removing tonsils, but in a situation like my daughters, i could not see any reason for leaving her ugly tonsils in her throat anymore. if your daughter gets strep again, i would make sure to ask for something stronger than amoxicillin. that would be a good place to start. i hope that this helps. i know i used to hate to see my daughter so sick and miserable time and time again.

Thanks for your responses. The doctor my son went to see actually taught the ablation procedure at the Cleveland Clinic. I am leaning more towards having the procedure done. My husband is concerned as his father died having a heart cath performed. I understand 100% his concern regarding the procedure. The doctor allowed us to come in after hours to explain things to my husband. If we go ahead with the ablation I am hoping he can have it done over Christmas break or at least sometime before January 20th, the day I begin my adventure in nursing school. My lifelong dream to become a nurse is finally here.

my 15 year old son was recently diagnosed with SVT. he has had three episodes of tacchycardia(190+) in the last three months. he went to see a top notch electrophysiologist and he recommended a catheter ablation. he is confident that this will cure the problem he is having. he said he would perform the EP study and precisely determine where his problem is and take care of it at that time. i am very confident in the doctors ability and i know that my son would be in good hands. the question i am asking is whether we should try medication first or go ahead with the ablation. i understand that there are risks associated with the ablation. any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

I will begin nursing school in January. I read somewhere that using a NCLEX review guide is a good study tool. Has anyone found this book useful and are there other books that one would highly recommend to use along with my regular textbooks? to be in five semesters.