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I had to give a report to the nurse who LOVES to tell other nurses LOUD enough for everyone around what they need to learn or what had they missed. She herself missed an order to feed a patient for the WHOLE day, missed the culture results, and didn'...

I had to give a report to the nurse who LOVES to tell other nurses LOUD enough for everyone around what they need to learn or what had they missed. She herself missed an order to feed a patient for the WHOLE day, missed the culture results, and didn'...

Which one would you send to get medical help first: 1. 70 y.o. man in Glaskov Coma level 13 2. Man with a possible collapsed one lung and exacerbations on the same side 3. Screaming teenager with broken leg (open fracture) 4. 4 y.o. boy pulseless, no...

What would you delegate to LPN or UAP: a. transport active TB person to radiology b. feed recent CVA person who is on thickened diet (risk for aspiration I guess)??

I think the collapsed lung will cause deviation or shifting of the heart on one side because it will be an empty place there. Also, the other lung will shift as well. It may cause all sort of cardiac, circulatory (think about deviated aorta) and pulm...

That's true about NCLEX questions. A lot of them ambiguous and we have to try to read into what would they really mean to ask. Also, just a thought...I checked Glasgow 13 and it can be as "inappropriate words" that gives you that score. If I had only...

Congratulations! :)

the nclex may not tie up with your experience well or so i was taught in nclex prep class. you need to think of it as an "ideal situation". the question is ... only lpn or only uap (no rns) because this is a delegation type qs. it does not have anoth...

Did you feel you did OK about the test when you finished it? I had only 75 and I am not sure... Someone told me I supposed to feel how I did but I have no idea. I don't know if this a good or bad sign (I mean have no confidence about if that was good...

if you are a nurse who did physical examination in a community. Who would need an immediate follow up : 42 y.o. man with a blood pressure 150/88 or 3 y.o. boy with no eye contact

I just found out I passed. Yeah............!!!

I passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At first I was thinking - 3 y.o. old autistic boy but than the rational for most priority questions is that you act on acute illness first and then the chronic one. The blood pressure systolic 150 put him in Hypertension level 1 and risk for stroke...

OOoopsss...

It was one answer question (not filling in space type). It was worded as "to send" to get medical help. I re-read every question before answering and tried to visualise it. So, all of them were assessed (no pulse, Glascow 13, etc) and it's up to you ...

I got 3 (garlic, ecinasea, herbal teaching) questions. I knew only answer for garlic. As well, I got a question about Progressive Relaxation Technique and how it properly done. Hmmm??? I read later that it is a specific muscle relax. technique.

I chose #2. My rationale was that he has a fair chance to be OK after a treatment and airway ahead of broken leg (#3). (I wasn't thinking about any patient helping others.) 70 y.o. may be in shock or has a confusion. As well, perhaps he has some othe...

It makes me feel better others think alike.

How long you can administer anesthesia? I didn't see any CRNAs in age of 60 or older. What type of job can they do when close to retirement?

I'm on my last year of school and applied to ICU internship (with potential employment) within one large teaching hospital. There are more people applied than the number of open spots. So, I may not get it. In a meantime I have to pick my second choi...

No matter where we work, we can see flirting is going on between people. Look around us and beyond the hospital walls. IT IS EVERYWHERE. AND IT IS LIFE. THATS WHAT LIVE PEOPLE DO. There are a lot of people who meet at work. We can probably find stati...

Thanks for your responses. I posted my message before actually seing what the PACU is about. After I had some exposure to it I see what you mean.

Does anyone work in PACU? I have an opportunity to have my internship but don't know much about it. Would you recommend a new-grad to start in PACU? Thanks

I was helping with a care for one pt in her mid thirties. She was fine until her early 20th. Then she had a stroke and a brain damage due to oxygen deprivation. She is now has pancreatitis, paralysis of most part of her body, fibromyalgia, trach tube...