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    Capstone project on congenital hypothyroidism

    NICU Guy replied to RNIZZY14's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Does your school have access to CINAHL? You could search research articles on the subject and see what they connect it to. or try GOOGLE scholar and search for
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    Use of "BSN"

    NICU Guy replied to NICU Guy's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Here is an old thread that explains the difference
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    Help! Questions about what to do once I graduate

    NICU Guy replied to crazyemtchic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Minimum of five (5) years of ICU/ED/Trauma experience within the last ten (10) years. Current licensure and/or certification as listed below: RN license Basic Life Support (BLS) certification...
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    kaplan review

    NICU Guy replied to seriouslyserious's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Under NCLEX-RN Courses either NCLEX-RN Qbank which gives you access to the 1000+ questions to create your own tests or NCLEX-RN Review On-Demand which gives you access to Qbank plus the 7 Qtrainers....
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    Nclex #3 in 10 days. Need words of advice.

    NICU Guy replied to anursedad's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I had to do the same thing on the practice tests and NCLEX. I took my hand off the mouse and read the question several times to make sure I knew what it was asking before looking at the answers....
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    Too late to take NCLEX? 4 years! Help!

    NICU Guy replied to Dream2BeNP's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I agree with RNsRWe and take the Kaplan classroom course plus online access. It comes with a 600 page book, mostly content. Also get the Saunders book for content. Prioritization, Delegation, and...
  7. NICU Guy

    Is there time for extracurricular activities while in Nursing school?

    NICU Guy replied to arh77's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would say that it would be possible. Odds are there are going to be times that you will miss a martial arts class due to clinicals, test the next day, research paper, or other class commitments....
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    NCLEX Exam 75 Questions asked

    NICU Guy replied to ChhayaY's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I started freaking out when mine stopped at 76 questions. Think about it logically, Did you do very well in school, graduate from a school with high pass rates, do very well on practice questions?...
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    Second attempt approaching

    NICU Guy replied to 89**11's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Your scores are very good. Keep up with the questions, maybe 50-100 per day to keep your brain fresh. You should dominate this test, just relax when you start the
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    Taking my exam tomorrow.

    NICU Guy replied to labourenurse14's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There are only 2 possibilities for the test to shut off at 75 questions. You either did very well, kicked butt, and passed or you did horribly, the computer thought you really sucked at being a nurse,...
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    How to get NICU new grad job?

    NICU Guy replied to boyee418's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have applications in about 4-5 states (numerous in Texas). I will pretty much go any place that will give me a job in a
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    I PASSED

    NICU Guy replied to NICU Guy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My q Trainers were: 1 62.7 2 70.7 3 61.0 4 60.7 6 68.5 Your Q trainer scores are better than mine. But, you can't correlate your scores to mine and say "If my scores are better than...
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    How to get NICU new grad job?

    NICU Guy replied to boyee418's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I graduated in August, did a capstone preceptorship at Level IV NICU and haven't had an interview yet at any of the NICUs I applied
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    My first question was a SATA

    NICU Guy replied to romioust's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That is the old PVT trick that does not work
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    I PASSED

    NICU Guy replied to NICU Guy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think the online Kaplan questions were very helpful in passing. The fact that you can see why they chose the correct answer and how many questions that I chose the correct answer but changed to...
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    I PASSED

    NICU Guy replied to NICU Guy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Half of them were SATAs. Prioritization and Delegation is the key to the test along with content to know why it is a priority. Knowing that you see a child with a bee sting and difficulty swallowing...
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    I PASSED

    NICU Guy replied to NICU Guy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Kaplan Q bank, Kaplan Q trainer tests (1-4 and 6), Kaplan in class 4 day prep, Saunder's book. We were required to do >2000 questions in the final semester of school. If you went to a school with...
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    Taking my exam tomorrow.

    NICU Guy replied to labourenurse14's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    RELAX. You are more than prepared to take the exam. You need some PMA (Positive Mental Attitude). You need to convince yourself that it is not a matter of you passing, but how many questions will...
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    NCLEX this week!!!

    NICU Guy replied to NurseKateC's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Do some soul searching and ask yourself these questions. 1. Did I go to a school with a high NCLEX pass rate (>90%)? 2. Did I do very well in my nursing classes (especially Med/Surg)? 3. Did I do...
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    Please help with HW enteral feedings

    NICU Guy replied to nerdyjulia87's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Amanda Barnes has a small bore feeding tube in place and is receiving continuous full strength Isocal formula at 120 ml/hour via a feeding pump. Isocal comes in cans containing 240 ml. CLUE: What is...
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    MEN, dont come into nursing

    NICU Guy replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in Men in Nursing

    Somebody has nothing better to do at 4 am, 5 threads in 13 minutes all saying "Men don't go into nursing". I guess you women can waste your time in nursing. He doesn't care about
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    I took NCLEX 2 days ago and I failed

    NICU Guy replied to l34rn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Did you get official results that you failed or Pearson Vue
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    Benefits of Clinicals w/ partners vs. without.

    NICU Guy replied to RookieRoo's topic in General Students

    My cohort suggested to him last semester to pair us up and be assigned to one nurse (I think that is his plan for your clinicals). That allowed us to get a feel for being a Med/surg nurse and have...
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    CPAP on the unit

    NICU Guy replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    GrannyRRT, At first glance at the hospital and on the Respironics website, the masks look identical to the home CPAP masks. Respironics evidently use the same masks in the hospital and for home use....
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    265 q's = pass??

    NICU Guy replied to hellomello's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    No it means the results are unavailable. It takes 24 hours to validate the