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Thanks for the responses! I feel so much better now. I actually tried posting a reply before, but it didn't seem to take, so sorry if it duplicates! I think the Flash Card book I have is also supposed to prep you for the TEAS and some other tests, so I'm kinda really glad I'm taking the NLN PAX instead! I just wish it was over already, so I can know if I'm in or not. I think my school makes you wait for the results by mail, which is going to make me nuts! Thanks again, and congrats on your score angelina726!

Hello! Has anyone taken the PAX-RN recently? I'm studying to take it in November, and I'm a little worried about the physics part. The thing is, I have two study guides - one is the Flashcard book from REA and the other is the NLN study guide from Jones and Bartlett. The flashcard book has sample questions that require you to memorize pretty advanced formulas, specific heat, free fall acceleration, gravitational potential energy!!! Then I look at the NLN study guide practice questions, and there it seems you need to know physics concepts but not solve complex word problems with wild formulas you have to memorize. Formulas I haven't seen in 15 years! Please someone tell me that the physics questions on the actual test are similar to the NLN guide sample questions??? Thanks!

Hello all! I am just starting the process of applying to nursing school, and am starting the pre-reqs in a few days. I'm a little concerned, as I had addiction issues many years ago. I've been sober for over 8 years, but before sobriety I was in outpatient rehab programs, a methadone program and in a psychiatric facility. I was also arrested a few times, with only disorderly conduct charges as a result, no misdemeanors. I contacted the BON to ask about the disorderlies, and was informed that they are only concerned with misdemeanors and up. However, are they able to access my medical records (in NY at least), or do they request them? On paper, that time frame in my life looks like a train wreck, so I was hoping it would be protected by HIPAA. I'm not asking for legal advice, just people's experience with the application, or the process. Are medical records asked for on the application? Can they somehow access it? Any feedback would be appreciated, as I would hate to spend the next 2-3 years working on this dream, to have it shattered by my past! Thanks.