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pt name, who's pt it is (dr. whom-ever), what procedure, allergies, drains, caths, urine out (especially if you did an i/o), dressings, machines (av foot pumps, scds, ect...), family and belongings and then i always end with... do you have any questions? at our facility we are so short on recovery nurses many times i'll hook the pt up to the monitors, o2, bp etc.. untill one gets to me...but i never leave my pt until report is given and that may mean a long wait, and a slow turn over.

Congrats! I know how you feel...Just enjoy the bliss. I let my 5 yr old have an ice-cream sandwich for breakfast! (at least its dairy lol) Good Job :)

Ok this is how I got my results, I went to the PearVue site: http://www.pearsonvue.com/nclex/ Then on the left where it says Sign In, I signed in with my account name and password that i got when I registered for the NCLEX. It had my name, date I took the test, and a link I could click for "Quick Results". I did have to give my Visa for a charge..like $7.95 or something but it was worth it! I did try to get my results free from the NC BON... but they were not there yet, so I paid at PearVu. I hope this helps you find your results.. Let me know if you get them now I am exceited for you!

Congratulations Kathykaye. I know you must be all :).

I took mine Thursday too, at 9AM, but in NC and my results were just on the PearVu site, keep trying...refresh your screen. Good Luck!

I am just so happy I had to post. I took mine in NC, on Thursday (July 6). My Locker number was 6, and my computer number was desk 6! Too many 6's to pass...but I looked and got the unofficial results on PearVu web site and it said status PASS :) I felt like I guessed everything. At first the test seemed like it was taking forever and when I looked down it was only on question 34. Then all of the sudden the computer shut off, I think I was at 75...but I didn't look so I don't know for sure. I only had one "alternate type question" but that didn't matter because the entire exam scared me. Just want to thank everyone on this site for their tips and encouragement. I love having complete strangers for friends!

OMG! I was thinking the same thing! I had a guy, and he put his hand on my shoulder when I raised my hand to leave....as if to say..."It will be ok,you can always retest." I am freaking out, I will not sleep till I get my results. Glad to know I'm not alone.

classes were: A&P I : learned all muscles and all bones Intro to Computers: learned there are to many people out there that dont know how to use a computer. Fundamentals: our program is integrated therefore we have no Pharm. class. which means every semester we learn the drugs that go with the lectures, so aside from a bunch of drugs, our clinical was mostly CNA stuff, bed baths, vitals etc...

I like the interactive lecture with PP slides also. Just an idea, if you get into a same old same old: one day our Prof. handed us each copies of three slides, for the first 30 min of class we had to learn as much as possible about our 3 slides and then one by one we taught eachother. Our Prof. drilled some of us, and encouraged classmates to ask questions. It was a nice change of pace, walls got broken down and we learned the material, as each new piece was presented in a unique voice.

I am sorry to you dedicated OR nurses who use this board for serious topics but I had no where to turn. Usually I do my posts on the student forums, because I'm a second semester student in an ADN program. I just am overwhelmed with all the areas of nursing and I was hoping I could get some insight. Do OR nurses have a group of patients to care for or are they strictly in the OR and where the patients come from or go to is of none of their concern? Do they make incisions, sutures, do surgery??? I have so many questions. Where can I get these kinds of answers? I don't know any one who is an OR nurse. Thank for your time.

We've got this rule too, and when one of our students (who never takes out her diamond stud from her ear) asked why not girls best friend? her answer was "the bling bling can stress out patients and they are distracting".

My school is insane, anything below 80 is a D and you are out of the program, and their no return policy is 3 years! 94-100 A 84-93 B 80-84 C Sometimes people make things harder than they need to be! Wish me luck!

I'm not sure if its taboo to respond to a thread that you start but I just wanted to say, when I posted this, my theory was cat anatomy doesn't equal human anatomy. I'm not in this to be a vet. But a few of you pointed out that you got to learn some basics when working on cats, and I hope I get to also. My school does offer you the choice of not disecting a cat but the alternative is a 10 page research paper for each system, no thanks. For JenRN2B, our A&P class is highly integrated with our nursing class so that what we learn in one class , we use in another. I would love to only have a nursing class each day, but I do like that A&P AND NURSING info will be fresh in my mind for the NCLEX so when I do review for that test I don't have to think back to something I learned in A&P four years ago. There are pros and cons to both.

Ok this is my 3rd day of the ADN program and I was just wondering is anyone else out there disecting a cat? I remeber fetal pigs in high school, but thought that cat disection was kida odd. Maybe its just me.

At our school you can take another course at another school and get credit for it if it has been completed with in five years. However if it is a science, your grade has to be a B or higher to transfer. Our nursing program fails anyone lower than an 80 average, so you might want to check on that too. Good luck in school.