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This is the whole question.... I am so confused also. Hope someone gets it lol and can explain it

You have a patient and remove 130mL from their NG. They are ordered fluids at 50mL/hr. Fluids are running for the past 4 hours at 75mL. What do you set the infusion at for the next 4 hours??

I got my letter of acceptance to the lawrence campus LPN program today but never got a denial for the RN program.. Did anyone get a letter of denial? Im wondering because how do they do the waiting list?? Just curious but thankful for the LPN spot :)

Has anyone heard anything about being an alternate? I got my denial letter from Lawrence last week and congrats to all those who have been accepted!! However no one has mentioned being an alternate and it has me thinking. Also do any of you know what the Lawrence cutoff ended up at being?

I just called and asked if she had a rough guess and I was told no. But she said it was a lot, whats a lot, I do not know.

I think 176 is good!! Congrats to you Im sure you will hear great news in early June!!!

Hello to all. I have been reading a lot of threads and everyone is trying to get a sense of what scores/points people have got. Here is a place for us all to compare. This is for Ivy Tech's Lawrence Campus, fall 2011. let me be the first to spill my beans---> I have 160 points of the 190. No, not the best, but I am going to stay positive and see what God has in store for me . I know they are taking 90 students for the RN program, so maybe that will help... last semester it was only 60. Good luck guys!!

Any body on here know how many people turned in app's for the lawrence campus? I will call and ask today, though the girl who answers the phone is not always the greatest. I think she has good and bad days. Who can get mad at her when she probably gets the same question 90 times a day!!! I would be short to Im sure :)

Hello to all!! First off I want to wish YOU ALL the best in luck of getting accepted to the school of your choice!! I also hope that those who have nursing in their heart are those that get in. With that being said, I am here to spill the beans on what I applied with. I know it's ridiculously sad, my hope is it make someone else's day. I have A's in all four pre requirements and a 71.3 on the TEAS (Yikes:eek:). Reading was 85, Science was 75, Math 60, and English was the worst with like 56 or something. I am a lifelong reader, hence that grade, I LOVE science and have taken advanced courses in all areas but Physics, Math I ran out of time on, and English I underestimated (My only language is English, so I studied more science then the others). BIG mistake people:banghead:. My points...dun dun dun 160/190:igtsyt:. I hope and pray that my desire to be a nurse is smiled on by :bowingpurGod and I get in, but I'm not going to get my hopes up. I do hope though that it gets your hopes up. Also they are taking 90 RN students due to no PN this year!!! I have an associate's degree from IU med for radiology, I thought I wanted to do that but once I left my CAN position I realized that my heart and soul are with nursing. I like radiology, I do, but I cannot be a patient advocate in that field. I snap a picture and send you on your way, the end. I want to hold the hand of a sick patient again and be there throughout their stay. I want to heal physically and mentally. I miss the sad parts of nursing when you get to hold and cry with the family of a patient who has passed, I like to help make their last moments the best. I miss the happy times of seeing someone heal and move on with life. I don't get that in radiology. I wanted to get into Ivy tech because it is a 2 year degree, not 4 like IUPUI. I have a family to care for and am in large debt due to my current degree. I needed to be able to get in, get out, and work. I have my back up plan, IUPUI. My GPA is 3.93 and all I need is Anatomy 261, which I am now taking this summer session 1 at IUPUI. Once I complete that I am eligible for their program and the advisor guaranteed me admission with my GPA and experience. So I am not at a loss, I just don't know how I will make it 4 years. I will also retake the TEAS this summer and work on my math time and my English. I wish Ivy Tech had a better process for selecting candidates. I have worked as a CNA for 4 years and in radiology 1 year. The TEAS should be thrown out. When I applied to radiology, which is harder to get into than nursing, they looked at your GPA (which Ivy could use instead of the TEAS), you then had to write an essay on WHY you wanted to be a rad tech and about your experience with volunteering, you then had to actually volunteer a certain amount of time (a wonderful way to get people to see what the field is like). All of this was added up to points. You could get extra points for volunteering more than the needed time, for working in the medical field (PCT, CNA, you can do this without an actual MA or CAN certificate), and then for reapplying. After this was all in and points decided, 75 students were chose to be interviewed, and you got points based on your interview, 30 of the 75 get in. I think this way BY FAR surpasses Ivy Techs current admission policies. As of now, someone who has no clue of nursing but good grades can get in, decide it's not for them and drop, leaving a seat empty that a student really wanted. Also, right now Ivy Tech is only looking at book smarts, and let me tell you in the medical field, you need commonsense also. Most people I know with book smarts, lack all common sense. What about the many many people who are only poor test takers, but would make amazing nurses? They get left out because of the TEAS. Ivy Tech needs to look deeply at their process. It's not good enough to weed out those who should be nurses and those who shouldn't be. If they want the TEAS then use it still, but they need to adapt OTHER measures as well. The TEAS makes or breaks you, and it shouldn't. I am not knocking the TEAS because I did poorly, it was my fault I ran out of math time and my fault I figured English is my language, I don't have to look to hard at that section. I controlled my outcome on that exam. However, that exam should NOT be the deciding factor, can I get an AMEN!!! Good luck to YOU ALL who deserve to be nurses:nurse:!!! I hope my bad scores give you a smile, seriously I do:redbeathe:redbeathe:redbeathe:redbeathe. I have backup plans, my life is not over:). By the way I applied only to Lawrence as I cannot afford the travel time to other locations. If anyone agrees with me that they need a change on the admission guidelines, please follow me in emailing them my concern. Thanks guys and congrats to those who did AMAZING on the TEAS, you beat its difficult but and put A LOT of your time into it, congrats to you. Prayer to all who deserve to get in this fall!!!

HI, I am wondering how you guys did on the actual TEAS test compared to the practice test that they have not only in the book, but also online. I have studied my but off with the TEAS prep book, Kaplans, and McGraw for over a month and I took the practice test once before I started and got a 61%. I just took the practice test again online after all the study'in and only got a 67%!!!!! I take the TEAS V on Monday!!! I am sooo freaked out from my grades on these 2 practice tests. I have a 3.9 GPA in college and have taken advanced A&P, Chem, and Phy. Got A's in them all and now cant get a good grade on this for the life of me. Pointers please??