studentnurse74

studentnurse74 LPN, LVN

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  1. I PASSED the NCLEX Exam...YES !!!

    studentnurse74 replied to Todie's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Way to go!!! How long from the time you took your test until you found your name

  2. School debt

    studentnurse74 replied to jesshopper12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    $16,000 in student loans, and I can't even begin to estimate what I've put on credit cards for cost of living items when short on cash. I plan on picking up extra shifts and working a lot the first...

  3. Which Saunders?

    studentnurse74 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just finished Kaplan's book- great, but a short book. I'm currently doing practice tests in Lippincott's q and a, and just ordered q and a's from incredibly easy series! (I WILL pass the 1st time!)...

  4. Which Saunders?

    studentnurse74 replied to studentnurse74's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My friend has questions on cd that you listen to. I plan on listening to that in the car all semester on my way to and from school. I'm also taking a 3 day class offered through the hospital. That,...

  5. How did you do on your practice tests?

    studentnurse74 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I've taken 2 so far in books. (I also have one semester left). BUT- I'm only getting about 50-55% right. I hear you should have at least 70% on them to be prepared. Should I just do more practice...

  6. how early did you start practicing NCLEX questions?

    studentnurse74 replied to westcoastgirl's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm getting ready to start my final semester. I just started studying a few weeks

  7. How did you do on your practice tests?

    studentnurse74 replied to studentnurse74's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks for all the info.! Preparing for the biggest test ever!!! 4 months!

  8. How did you do on your practice tests?

    studentnurse74 replied to studentnurse74's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks for the info. I have a question: what are the percentages you listed? Is that the chance you have of passing if using those resources, or is that what you should score on those particular...

  9. What are the pros of getting your BSN?

    studentnurse74 replied to browsing's topic in General Students

    About public speaking... FREAKS me out. One of the reasons I switched my major from surg. tech. to nursing, ST required us to take speech, nursing didn't! LOL That's just one reason. But anyway,...

  10. A quiz to help you choose your nursing specialty...

    studentnurse74 replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

    It told me emergency med, anesthesiology, or otolaryngology.

  11. Littmann Master Cardiology III or Ultrascope?

    studentnurse74 replied to bigislandgyrl's topic in Cardiac

    I'm a student, and just got the Littman one. I like that it also has the small side for peds or very small adults. I can hear great out of it. http://www.scopesplus.com has great

  12. I think it's finally getting to me

    studentnurse74 replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in Pediatric

    I'm a nursing student- getting ready to interview for a peds oncology position. It's the only opening at this particular hospital I want to work at. I'm a bit apprehensive, especially after reading...

  13. How often can you take the NCLEX?

    studentnurse74 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Do you have to wait so many days, and are you limited to so many times a year,

  14. Are they giving the new format already?

    studentnurse74 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    For NCLEX-RN, that is? I'm terribly frightened to take this in December with the "choose all the correct answers" format. How is it?

  15. Are they giving the new format already?

    studentnurse74 replied to studentnurse74's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yay! So I can keep my old and my new book and study

  16. Are they giving the new format already?

    studentnurse74 replied to studentnurse74's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    So the whole thing isn't going to be that way? Just some of the

  17. Shaving cream bed baths?

    studentnurse74 replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Students

    I haven't seen shaving cream used for baths, but I have seen people squirt some into a basin full of water to clean bm. It really helps with the

  18. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    studentnurse74 replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    Your car is full of clothes, books, fast food trash- it looks like you're living out of it. Wait, you are.

  19. Is it uncommon for nurses to scrub?

    studentnurse74 posted a topic in Operating Room

    I'm a student nurse, and sat in the OR last week. I loved it, but the RNs circulated, and the techs scrubbed. I would love to work in OR if I could scrub; not interested in circulating. Is it...

  20. How to prevent fainting???

    studentnurse74 replied to studentnurse74's topic in General Students

    My instructor wondered the same thing! My poor man was not even sedated, just an injection for local numbness. The doctor told him he would feel "discomfort". From a metal tube being jammed into...

  21. Is it uncommon for nurses to scrub?

    studentnurse74 replied to studentnurse74's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks- I hadn't thought about trying both! My current clinical site has a lot of roux-en-y (I think that's how you spell it!) procedures, and I'm amazed that they can do that

  22. question about foley catheter insertion

    studentnurse74 replied to sweetyjen's topic in General Students

    I see this happen ALL the time. I questioned a nurse about it, and she told me they were expensive.

  23. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    studentnurse74 replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    When your dh learns for the first time in 7 years of marriage how to find himself his own

  24. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    studentnurse74 replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    You are officially addicted to caffeine- you know b/c those headaches start when you need a fix... You have a rationale behind everything... Your 4 yr. old tells you to get out of the office b/c he's...

  25. Please recommend an NCLEX review book

    studentnurse74 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I would like one with the new format, if there are any out yet. Either way, can someone suggest a really helpful one? I'm a student for 3 more semesters; would like to start reviewing