I occasionally used nursing diagnoses for paperwork purposes in the ICU, never in the ER. Also, my hospital has new grads taking the PBDS, which I found much more challenging than the NCLEX. What I...
Trick worked for me. 75 questions, 1 math, lots of SATA, passed! I tried it the same day of the exam (and I took it on a Saturday), the computer knows whether you passed or failed as soon as you hit...
Eat a big breakfast the morning of the test and get plenty of sleep the night before! Try not to stress. The test will be hard but you ARE well prepared after nursing school
I am in my last semester of nursing school...I have about six more weeks of class. Here is how I got through the first and second and third and fourth semester. Do Your Best, but realize you will...
It sounds like this is a very challenging time for you. Here is the best advice I have to give you: 1. You do have a connection with the other nursing students - You are a Nursing Student. That...
Go see your teacher in private during office hours. Calmly explain that you have test anxiety and see if you can work some problems together with your teacher, or maybe just do the problem you...
I believe there was an editorial in AJN (sometime in 2008) called "Death to Care Plans." I think they are on the way out. Still, I agree completely that professional writing is a crucial
I was taught that technically arrhythmia = asystole (flat lining) and dysrythmia is any type of irregular rhythm. Typically, they are used interchangeably in the clinical