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I received an online assessment test. I was wondering if anyone remembers what kind of questions they ask and if it is timed? I just want to be prepared. Thank you!

Best way to start is to go through home health (for the experienced). There are a lot of home health listings online. Good Luck!

For LVNs in CA if someone could clarify what we can and cannot do. I have completed an IV Therapy course. I am just confused because I am hearing mixed things.... Am I allowed to perform IV infusions and mix the bag if the practice allows me? Also am I allowed to do glutathione IV push? or with the IV therapy certification am I only allowed to start the IV which means inserting the needle and not starting the IV or mixing the solutions? If I can perform IV therapy can I infuse the following items? And is there a list of what I can and cannot infuse? Ascorbic Acid (Non-Corn) Magnesium Chloride PFV Dexpanthenol PFV Pyridoxine HCL PFV Vitamin B-Complex PFV Methylcobalamin MDV L-Glutathione MDV I just want to know what I can and cannot do. Just trying to practice as safely as possible. Posted on pg. 46- http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/pdf/vnregs.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article 8. Intravenous Therapy 2542. Definition. As used in this Article: (a) "Intravenous fluids" means fluid solutions of electrolytes, nutrients, vitamins, blood and bl ood products. (b) "Superimpose" means to connect a container of intravenous fluid to tubing through which another container of intravenous fluid has just been administered. © "Primary infusion line" means the line which provides a direct infusion between the c ontainer and the peripheral vein. (d) "Secondary infusion line" means a line which provides infusion through a lateral access into a primary infusion line. 2542.1. Intravenous Therapy. The Board will consider a licensed vocational nurse as competent to start and superimpose intravenous fluids via primary or secondary infusion lines who has completed one of the following: (a) A course I n intravenous therapy approved by the Board, as defined in Section 2542.3. (b) Submitted certification, satisfactory to the Board, by one of the persons specified in Section 2542.4, that the licensee has been instructed in the subject areas specified in Section 2542.3 and that the licensee has the knowledge, skills and abilities to safely practice venipuncture. For further limitations, see Business and Professions Code section 2860.5.

also important things- best answers are: always turning the patient first, checking for kinks, know your bed positions, open ended questions

https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/took-nclex-today-883897.html i posted what i used to study on this thread. most important are saunders cd and ati questions --key things to remember for the test 1. safest choice 2. priority (test wants to know what you will do before you notify the doctor) 3. know standard precautions, contact, yada ya - good luck

If your hands are sweaty I recommend washing them before scanning and or carrying hand sanitizer and paper towels

I have hyperhydrosis and I had to did it twice. By the third time you get rejected you you get a background check so dont worry. I went to an awesome live scan place here in cali and the guy accomodated my hyperhydrosis.

Did you do the questions from saunders cd? Also I recommend ati

I only used kaplan strategies book, its purple on amazon. Its just good to use to brush up and teach you the correct way of testing for this test. I dont think you need to pay for the program Just use the free online question trainers

You got this!

Oh where can I view the one for california? How long it take to show up on there?

Thank you!!!!!!!

First off I would like to thank God, my family, friends, everyone that believed in me and allnurses.com! I also want to tell everyone an important quote that the nurse at my work told me days before my test, "You never fail until you stop trying." -Albert Einstein I engraved this quote into my heart and throughout the test. Thank you. Here's my story~ I graduated April 2012 and didn't get my acceptance letter to take the test till 3 months later. I rescheduled my test 4 times! Yes.... 4 times lol. Then finally I scheduled it and gave my self a whole month to study. The reason I kept rescheduling was either because a.) I wasn't ready b.) I didn't study enough c.) I didn't want to fail my first time. Passing this test was really important for me and my family. I mean who doesn't want to pass their first time, right? We all have our goals and dreams. This was my agenda for a whole month- Wake up, go to work, come home, study. I studied for 5+ to 7+ hours daily. I stopped all my leisure activities and focused on studying and answering questions. I wanted to get in the mind set of nclex and didn't want to be distracted. IT WAS TOUGH! I had no life all over again ahah just like nursing school! Last week of my test = not easy. I almost rescheduled lol. I felt all the pressure weighing in on me- stress, anxiety, and fear had all set in. To top it off I had food poisoning at in-n-out on the weekend And nope, I didn't relax like some people the day before the test. I used all my time to study haha. My mom always said, "Pay now, play later." Day of test experience- Woke up at 6am = horrible. I couldn't sleep all night. And my stomach was upset the minute I woke up . Why me? ON MY TEST DAY!? I thought ahha. My test was at 1pm and I was planning on leaving at 11-11:30, but didn't leave till 11:45pm. It took 20ish minutes to get there. I was panicked a bit and rushing on the freeway. And luckily I slowed down right before my exit because there was a cop pointing his radar gun I finally made it to the testing center, checked in, and met nice people. The testing center was pretty nice and fancy! Thoughts during the test- Half of it was really easy, maybe too easy, and I thought "Am I failing?" And the other half was- I dont know the answer! lol or I was indifferent about it. As I reached 60 so questions, I guess 2 hours had lapsed a pop up surfaced asking if I wanted a break. MY HEART STOPPED LOL. I said NO and continued the test. When I reached 70ish questions I was saying to myself- Is it going to stop is it going to stop? It didn't and I kept going. Then I got to question #84. DUN-DUN-DUN SUSPENSE I took a breath and said please please let it end at #85 and if it doesn't that's okay I just need to take my time and answer each one to my best ability because I still have a chance. #85 afterwards - POP UP! I smile and I'm happy and rejoicing! I walk out happy and call my husband. The day before I trained my husband how to do the pvt trick. I'm driving home and he gets the good pop up! And when I get home I check for myself and get the good pop up again! No credit card page! So I'm really happy and I hope the pvt trick works lol. It worked for my friends and one of them already got her passing letter in the mail already. So I hope it's right!? Testing time: 2.5 hours #SATA- Around 20 (I HATED THESE) Material I used to study~ Nclex-pn 2013-2014 (Kaplan Nclex-Pn Exam) - read the whole thing ATI- online and books - practiced online questions, read the materinity book Saunders - green book - 4th edition and CD - read 75% of this book and practiced questions from the cd Lippincott 9th edition -practiced a few chapters from this LaCharity Priority, delegation, and assignment -practiced a few chapters from this Exam cram - Skimmed, didn't really like it Free Kaplan nclex style questions - Did 2 practice tests scored around 70s Nclex 3500 - google - Did one practice question That online notes/study guide someone made - posted somewhere on the forums Other school books/notes Tips~ You don't need to pay a lot of money to pass this test! I almost paid for Kaplan and Hurst (online 200-300$), but thank god I didn't it was really expensive! I almost bought them several times. -Study your weak areas -Be confident of yourself! -"Stay calm and relaxed and use all the time you can" -what my cousin told me -this helped me soo much! -Make sure to read the whole question and then do it again and read ALL the answers -If you know it, don't second guess yourself -If you don't know it, don't stay stuck on it, use your strengths and move on Few funny things~ GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE ELSE! AND HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY STORY OR IT HELPED OTHERS OUT THERE Ps. I jumped on my bed and cried tears of joy after I got my results.

I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully, it was due to the website being down. Don't let it get you down if you didn't make it the first time. You now have an upper hand in knowing what the test is like and you will know how to study and what to concentrate on. I wish you luck the next time if that's the case! ~Prayers. Ps. I know how difficult this can be, especially if you want to pass and be a nurse more than anything.

oh let us know how you do!! T minus 2 days