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When I purchased mine, I honestly didn't even look at the edition...whoops! I do have the student edition, 7th edition. I highly doubt they vary that much. I'm sure whatever you purchase will be helpful!

So I've been browsing this forum for a while now...just reading what people had to say about the exam, etc. Well, I just found out I passed the exam! I'll just share what I studied (not any new study tips, I'm sure...but here ya go anyway!) -I did buy the Royal Marsden Hospital Manual from Amazon. The quizzes were useful. -My favorite NCLEX study materials. It's a bit repetitive studying NCLEX and the Royal Marsden...so I suggest just look at whatever material helps you brush up on patho/medsurg/clinical skills. I refreshed my knowledge about all patient populations (geri, mothers/infants, psych, etc). -Blueprint....what a nightmare! Most of the links don't work and it's just overwhelming looking at that thing. All I did was skim whatever webpages did work. Just remember to always try to apply The Code. The exam wasn't "difficult" it was just wordy sometimes. Many times I was stuck between 2 answers. I feel like I was familiar with everything on it, like nothing caught me off guard in regards to substance; just sometimes I didn't know what answer they wanted from me. I'm sure if they still enforced the essential questions, then I wouldn't have passed. Good luck to all resitting or taking the exam for the first time! Nurses rock!

Hey Guys! I am a junior getting my BSN right now. I am really interested in doing a summer nurse externship in 2012. I am currently a PCA/tech so I am looking more for a program where we work with an RN preceptor. I'd like it to be paid, and preferably provides housing options for students. Any experience doing an externship program? Any suggestions? PS I live in Ohio and I'm interested in maybe going to the Portland area for the summer! Thanks so much!!