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I used the KAPLAN CD Rom to get ready. I only used the practice tests. I kept redoing them and redoing them until I had them memorized. That was my only studying. When I took my NCLEX, I had what I thought was a rocky start, and then suddenly, the questions were almost the same ones as on the CD ROM. I just started clipping along and after 64 questions, I was done. You can do it. Get your money back (guaranteed success) and get the KAPLAN. You will do just fine.

When I worked in a nursing home, we used the wrist cuffs all the time. They work great as long as you position the arm properly. The elderly people were more compliant with B/Ps when we used the wrist cuff. They thought it was a bracelet. We would confirm accuaracy by taking B/Ps with a regular cuff and then the wrist. 99.9% of the time, they were dead on. Just show them it works. (It also works well on the really small arms to place it just like a regular cuff above the anticubital) As for the nurses who cursed at you, tell them flat out,"Hey! I don't speak to you that way. Don't you ever speak to me like that again." If it happens again, report them. You do not have to work in a hostile environment. It is illegal and if administration allows it to go on, document what was said, when it was said, when you reported it, and what was done. If it continues, you have grounds to leave your position and report the organization for allowing a hostile environment. You need to stand up for yourself. There are people who are so unhappy in their own lives, they like to make everybody else miserable.