vbarger28

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  1. Passed NCLEX...1st try!

    vbarger28 replied to merc4496's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I take my boards on the 16th, I graduated from Kaplan and had quite the adventure with their qbank lol I finished with 66% overall...Im using Saunders, and another book from Lipincott that is not...

  2. Iron with food or without???

    vbarger28 replied to snmzelle's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I graduated from kaplan recently, they say take iron with orange juice, not food. Orange juice is the most helpful liquid in absorbing the iron, not physical hard food. Iron causes constipation too,...

  3. What is the relationship of Na and Potassium?

    vbarger28 replied to swansonplace's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I remebered it this way too when I first started in nursing school: NA and K are in a bad relationship together, once NA decides to leave K, K's heart breaks, and it dies from a 'broken heart' so to...

  4. What is the relationship of Na and Potassium?

    vbarger28 replied to swansonplace's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    K and NA are VITAL for heart rhythms. They need one another, if there isn't enough NA to counterbalance the K, the heart beats faster and faster and the dysrythmias are deadly. When someone is...

  5. Bradycardia and ICP relationship?

    vbarger28 replied to swansonplace's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think about it like compensation. Bradycardia is a late sign, like in shock, if you are compensating, and you start ending up in a bradycardic heart rate, that's BAD news, means the body is failing,...

  6. Kaplan for NCLEX review

    vbarger28 replied to nursesunflower85's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yes finish that evil qbank of unsureness that makes you question what 2 and 2 equals, rofl! It gets better, my scores on other resources started going way up after I did the qbank, it just tweeked my...

  7. Took the NCLEX RN exam today....75 and good pop up...

    vbarger28 replied to missgeee's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    STOP checking, congratulatins you

  8. Kaplan for NCLEX review

    vbarger28 replied to nursesunflower85's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I graduated from Kaplan also, I can tell you from all my resources I have used, Kaplan's (which are by Lippincott) have been the most difficult. I take my exam on the 27th :) Definitely do some by...

  9. Lippincott questions

    vbarger28 replied to butterflygirl55's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I graduated from Kaplan, and the questions ARE Lipincott, lol....Lipincott is a higher level of thinking :) Saunders is easy, almost a little too easy for me, but stick with Lipincott, Saunders, and...

  10. SATA nclex PN

    vbarger28 replied to vbarger28's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    awesome. how do i get this remar

  11. SATA nclex PN

    vbarger28 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ok, so I am really hit and miss with these, I study probably 6 hours a day, and sometimes i do awesome, sometimes i dont with sata...i try to answer them as true false questions...anyone who has had a...

  12. How do people do on practice questions vs. NCLEX?

    vbarger28 replied to renardeau's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    my saunders are a piece of cake, i do up in the 80 range consistantly. I have been doing kaplan qbank with lipincott and just finished my qbank with percentil rank of 65, i hear if you are above 60...

  13. Failed Nclex PN second time, i dont know how to start again plese help.

    vbarger28 replied to Victoryismine's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I would call your state BON and ask them for a list of schools that offer the refresher course, normally after 3 fails you have to take one, but call anyway. Then, make best friends with the most...

  14. Kaplan QBank NCLEX PN

    vbarger28 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi! I am a recent graduate from Kaplan, graduating from the LPN program as of July 2013. I am doing these q-bank questions relentlessly, and am getting increasingly frustrated...I keep getting 60%,...

  15. Lvn nclex

    vbarger28 replied to Lovelyeve27's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I just graduated from kaplan myself. Their review guarantees you pass your nclex, and if you don't, they give you all of the money back. I would also go to barns n nobles or borders, whichever...

  16. NCLEX prep books

    vbarger28 replied to Jerseygirl8490's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    i just graduated from kaplan and took their test prep, it's good because it helps you with things like kaplan's decision tree on how to answer questions, and it does a review on questions. They...

  17. Does the NCLEX trick ALWAYS work?

    vbarger28 replied to cassmari09's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    just pay the 7.95 to find out how you did, otherwise you will be waiting like a month for the official results...They just re-vamped the RN exams as of April of this year, as far as the LPN goes, they...

  18. Thinking of LVN...don't do it.

    vbarger28 replied to Lifeofanurse's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I highly disagree...going through my LPN program FIRST has been the smartest thing I have done. While in clinicals as an LPN, we had fresh RN students as well. The new RN students who had started at...