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  1. Took NCLEX this morning......

    NS2SBowman posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I didn't really have a feeling one way or the other after I got done and that REALLY SCARED ME!!!! I did the pvt trick and got the good pop up, so that is the only thing that will keep me going this...

  2. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    NS2SBowman replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I couldn't log into the pvt website and had to actually call them to schedule my NCLEX. I was wondering if after I take it Friday if I am going to be able to do the PVT trick? Thanks for any

  3. Lacharity Book

    NS2SBowman posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am taking nclex next friday, the 16th and I have been doing the case studies in the lacharity book today. All I can say is WOOOOW. I haven't been doing very well on a lot of them and now I am...

  4. Lacharity Book

    NS2SBowman replied to NS2SBowman's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks for all of the advice! I thinky anxiety plus just being tired of studying has finally gotten to

  5. 8 days until I test and I'm just ready to get it over with..

    NS2SBowman replied to Robyn_wants 2 B A RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I take mine the 16th and I am still doing questions but I am not doing so well and it is stressing me out!!! I am definetly ready for it to be over with!! Good luck

  6. I am officially done with nursing school!!!

    NS2SBowman posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I took my Hesi exit exam today and passed on the first time! I can't tell you how much of a burden that has lifted off of my shoulders! I know I still have to take the NCLEX, but at least I get to sit...

  7. I am officially done with nursing school!!!

    NS2SBowman replied to NS2SBowman's topic in First Year After Licensure

    marshpit23, the best advice I can give you is to get an NCLEX book, I got the Saunders Comprehensive 4th edition and it has content with questions after each chapter and it also has a disk with a ton...

  8. I am officially done with nursing school!!!

    NS2SBowman replied to NS2SBowman's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks! It has been a long hard road, but it IS

  9. Class of 2010!! let's hear you!

    NS2SBowman replied to pinkynbd_99's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congrats everyone! I just took my final tomorrow and take hesi next thursday. Shannon 77 how did you study for

  10. Would you go to the live NCLEX review?

    NS2SBowman replied to LETRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What did you do to study for the hesi? I take it in a couple of weeks and I have been using saunder's and doing tons of

  11. Hesi exit exam

    NS2SBowman posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Does anyone have any advice on how to study for this exam? We only get three chances and this test scares me to death! Any advice would be

  12. Calculation question

    NS2SBowman replied to tigerlily345's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is how our teachers taught us to do critical drips. You have to begin by converting the lbs to kg. 98lb/2.2 kg = 44.545454 kg. Then you take the kgx60xvolume/concentration, you must convert the...

  13. Safety Glasses in the OR ???

    NS2SBowman replied to kerric511's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a scrubtech for 10 yrs and always wear goggles b/c I can't tell you how many times I have been coughed on in the face when a patient is waking up, blood squirted on me just to mention a...

  14. Hesi exit exam

    NS2SBowman replied to NS2SBowman's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    We were required to buy the HESI study book and our instructors said we needed to study a subject each week up until the test. We are supposed to have a few study sessions but I'm not sure what they...

  15. Speculum burn???

    NS2SBowman replied to silverbelle's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a scrub tech for 10 yrs and when an instrument is that hot it would have had to have just come out of the autoclave. I always cool those instruments down with saline and have refused to...

  16. bumex vs lasix

    NS2SBowman replied to iluvnoodles's topic in Patient Medications

    When we were discussing kidney failure for our last test, one of our instructors told us they give Lasix and Bumex together because the Bumex makes the Lasix work

  17. Any body else totally burned out?

    NS2SBowman posted a topic in General Students

    I am in my last semester, which is critical care, and I have a test on Friday and just can't seem to retain anything I have been studying. This semester has been really stressful, I have put off my...

  18. ID10T NS questions....... ***VENT***

    NS2SBowman replied to FLmomof5's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Our instructors in critical care have told us not to read into the question and pick your answer according to exactly what they ask and if they don't provide that extra information you mentioned don't...

  19. Patient on a Ventilator

    NS2SBowman replied to NS2SBowman's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for the reply. I finally figured it out. They would need to increase the PEEP in order to decrease the FiO2 being given to the

  20. Patient on a Ventilator

    NS2SBowman posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had a pt. on a ventilator and I am having to interpret his labs. The pt. had a high PaO2 and I am having trouble figuring out why. Pt.'s ph was 7.38, HCO3 20.1 and CO2 22. Any advice would be...

  21. what accommodations have you made in your life to prepare for a nursing program

    NS2SBowman replied to heavenangel90's topic in General Students

    I think organization is very important!! Find a system that works for you and stick to it through your entire nursing program!! I always mark all the pages with the little sticky tabs and write the...

  22. Unclogging a g-tube

    NS2SBowman replied to KatieNoelLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen a few G-tubes unclogged with Coke and it worked

  23. Does it get better?

    NS2SBowman replied to Rylee2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been a surgical tech. in a large OR for 10 yrs. and am currently in nursing school. I have to say you are going to encounter some nurses who are unhappy about everything and could care less...

  24. what nurses do in this situation?

    NS2SBowman replied to rinks2010's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nursing student and they have always taught us the patient has the right to refuse any care, treatment, or medication if they are of sound mind. I had a patient refuse a pain med last week and...

  25. What grade is "passing" in your nursing school??

    NS2SBowman replied to blessed2bfree's topic in General Students

    We have to have a 78 to