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Thank you all for the great information!!!! I only wish I had it during school... haha! Taking my boards in 9 days. Lets keep this thread going please! More med information PLEASE!!!! Just reading this now, is making it all stick again:)))

Hi Mermaid, great post! Could you give me the mnemonics for the delegation type questions? I also struggle with this sometimes. Thank you!

Congrats Glam! Also, never give up everyone else; Ill be in your shoes soon enough! Could you please send me the study guides you have? Greatly appreciated! [email protected] Thankyou!!

Hello everyone, I'm a nursing student in my 3rd semester right now and my third test is coming up and it is on the following topics: CABG, Pacemakers, Cardiomyopathy, Mitral/Aortic Stenosis & Regurg, Swanz-Ganz Cath, Congenital Heart Disease, Pulmonary Embolism, Cystic Fibrosis, COPD, Emphysema, Bronchitis, Asthma, Lung Cancer, and MOOD Disorders (bipolar, mania, depression). This includes the pharm on all of this too. The test has only 50 questions and the material is SOOOO MUCH as any nursing would know. Please any important information related to any of this that you think would help, would be greatly appreciated. I learn by others knowledge!!! My teachers have not been great with this material. Also, there are 3 multiple multiple and I have know idea what they could be because there is so much important information! I know 1 will come from the Cardiac material, 1 from the Respiratory, and 1 from the Mood disorder material... I am alittle nervous, but have studied my butt off! I just seem to get alot of the cardio stuff confused... My second issue is I'm stuck with 2-3 questions I have on this practice test. I want to know what you guys think and please explain why (rationale). Thank you all. 1. The client is a 64 yr old man with small cell lung cancer being cared for in the home. Which of the following nursing diagnoses has the highest priority for the home care nurse in caring for this client? A. Altered nutrition r/t fatigue and increased metabolism. B. Constipation r/t decreased activity and medication regime. C. Depression r/t to dyspnea and fatigue. D. Pain r/t to metastasis. I think the answer is A b/c physical symptoms are more important than psychosocial according to maslow. Other people have picked D. What do you all think? 2. The nurse prepares to discharge a patient receiving Coumadin 5 mg orally daily. It is most important for the nurse to include which of the following statements in the discharge teaching? Which two are correct? 1. Youll need to have your blood drawn for a weekly PT/INR weekly. 2. Check with your PCP before taking a vitamin supplement. 3. Eliminate all green vegatables from your diet. 4. You can expect occasional cramping from this medication. A- 1,2 B- 1,3 C- 2,4 D- 3,4 I think its B (answer 1 & 3),but are you supposed to avoid ALL green veggies? and is INR/PT weekly or monthly? This is hard... 3. Which of the following are common elements of chronic airflow limitation? A. Respiratory Acidosis B. Left ventricular hypertrophy and pulmonary hypoinflation C. Coronary Artery Disease and abnormal gas exchange D. Elastic Alveoli and Ciliary Dysfunction I picked A. Some others picked D. Alveoli should be elastic, but hyperinflation is bad, right? Thank you all for your help!!!!:):)

Hey Deuce, still around? Did you get my messages? I started the program... I'm already 3 weeks in.

Hey duece, get my last message?

Hey, I was gonna use amazon... A friend of mine who is in his second year at CCP told me to do so. I haven't gotten any aid or scholarship at all that's why I ask if your selling them cheap I would rather save what I can, ya know. I can send you my book list.. I think there's about 5 books that are required at most then the recommended which I'm not getting. I wasn't sure if your books are taking up space..LOL.. Thank you so much for writing back though, it's very supportive :) That's awesome your working, cause everyone is so negative about if you only have your ASN you won't fond a job... no, you will but you also have to get you BS to further move on if that's what you want or depending on the hospital. I'm sure you have heard it!

Hey Deuce, how are you? Thanks for getting back to me. After my first semester, I should have a tech job lined up for myself, b/c my girlfriend is a tech now and her boss said once I get some clinical experience, she will hire me! I'm super excited about it!! Can I buy your books off of you? Hopefully you still have them. It would be great... Are you working? Have you gone back for your bachelor's anywhere?

duecedts, how are you? I'm starting ccp's program in 2 weeks... How was it? Are you working? Any advice on teachers?? Thanks

Mdonna1, are you in CCP's program now?

Hey, any former, current CCP nursing student, I have a question about the health requirements that you have to turn in... I have to still turn my requirement paper in this week, b/c I haven't gotten a few of my vaccines done, b/c I have Ulcerative Colitis. Well, I was gonna get them done, but I just found out that if you have this condition, you should not. I'm gonna call my GI doc tom and have them write a note for me, but does the school actually look into everything, say is I just wrote I got it, but didn't? I have them all done, with exception of 1. Has anyone ever had an issue? Either way, I'm gonna call and get a note, but was just curious, b/c it's just one of the shots (meningit), but the last thing I need is another issue, you know! This disease sucks as it is. I ask this, b/c I didn't want the shot to begin with to be honest, b/c I'm not living on campus, but after a friend of mine who also has colitis said that his GI doc said to never get the flu shot or meningitis shot (any vaccine) b/c our immune system are already out of wack, this really made me worry... I did research and it's actually true!!! BTW, the school does not know I have Colitis... but they're definitely adamant about getting all the shots!!! Thanks

I got accepted last week too!!!! Congrats to everyone!!! Just got my papers in the mail too!

hey all, im new here! Just got accepted to Jeff FACT and im so nervous and scared. Im overwhelmed... Im taking my last 3 prereqs and all are labs. Bio-Chem, A&P2, Microbio. Jeez... Hows everyone else?