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  1. classmate insists on posting her opinion

    Like my daddy says, "Opinions are like a-holes, everyone has one" She'll sink her own ship in the end so do your thing and ignore her posts (or just outright block her, which is a nice feature on
  2. PVT, DOES IT WORK

    Honestly, if you do a thread search, and even a google search you'll find this answer very quickly I was in your position on Monday, the BON had my info on their site the next
  3. I wouldnt allow her to die -Hospice

    What I don't read in your post is what the client
  4. Tips and tricks

    Carmex hydrating
  5. Yes, you will need to disclose this again and you were NOT a minor, you were 19-years-old which is an
  6. RN - $14.75/hr?!?

    Seems so incredibly short sighted... but then again, I'm preaching to the choir here You would think having competent medical professionals would be some kind of priority. Would love to keep an eye...
  7. Did you keep all PAPER notes?

    i kept them and didn't use them AT ALL... waste of space, toss
  8. NCLEX-RN nerves and advice

    one of my cohorts said "xanax and wine" for nerves, LOL If you weren't nervous, you wouldn't be normal. take your time on the exam, take deep breaths, have a good breakfast, be well hydrated (but not...
  9. Feeling Overwhelmed

    if you weren't feeling this way before reading posts on here, I'd say stop reading the posts on here :) Don't get me wrong, nursing school was HARD... but it's doable, hence the 1000's of nurses you...
  10. New here! First semester of nursing school advice

    welcome to All Nurses!! I've learned so much being here and I hope you will to there are a TON of threads where this has already been covered, a couple articles were written to I believe. Try...
  11. ABC vs CAB

    Here's my interpretation... In general practice nursing (NCLEX) we are looking at patient that is seeking medical help. We assess ABC's because they are not (in general) unconscious on the side of a...
  12. Patients Cheeking medications

    What have the physicians said when you brought this to their
  13. Supplemental Education

    start looking at fluids and electrolytes & reading EKGs... they were two of the hardes things (for me) to get a handle on because you need to know so much info so quickly and it's things you'll...
  14. OMG, good pop up

    YAY!!! Way to
  15. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    Just another vote for the PVT working... got the good pop up yesterday and my name is on the BON today
  16. How to chart I&Os

    quite honestly it depends on how busy the floor is. I like to do it as it happens, but when 100 things are happening at once, if I chart at the end of the shift, that will give the info I need in the...
  17. OMG, good pop up

    i had 1-2 lab value questions, but they weren't really lab value questions per sey. They were read the chart and pick the best answer (you had to click on a button and the pts chart came up). One of...
  18. OMG, good pop up

    I had a TON of SATA and alternative questions... I didn't have any med calc questions, though... some of the SATA are pictures now, too apparently. I took it with my hands in my lap so I wouldn't...
  19. NCLEX RN tomorrow

    I think at this point you need to stop worrying/studying and just go with it. there is nothing more you can do, you've studied, you've prepared you need to go in and be as confident as you can be. I...
  20. OMG, good pop up

    I did hundreds of alternative format questions over the past couple weeks... the chart exhibit, I've not seen anywhere that has prep questions for these, wondering if those were all the test...
  21. NCLEX RN tomorrow

    yes, exactly... you don't want to be driving home under any sobbing
  22. OMG, good pop up

    I don't know what the 400 is... I did a handful of 3500 questions everyday, just the SATA ones... quite honestly, I think as long as you do a crap ton of questions over and over that have the...
  23. TOEFL IBT

    What did they say when you contacted
  24. NCLEX RN tomorrow

    Just took mine today Take your time on the questions... I put my hands in my lap after I answered every question to slow me down and really think about the questions Get a good nights sleep... drink...
  25. OMG, good pop up

    I did the Kaplan course and did over 100 questions/day with them and the NCLEX 3500... Over 1/2 my exam was SATA, I had a ton of put in the correct order, I had to read EKG strips, I had to look at a...