Awesomocity0

Awesomocity0

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  1. Newborn care plan

    Awesomocity0 replied to hlnorrn's topic in General Nursing

    I like this wording a lot more. I feel like OP's 'interventions' seem a bit like a regurgitation of hospital's policy, and 'following hospital policy' doesn't seem like a good, specific intervention....

  2. Volunteering Locally

    Awesomocity0 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry if this is in an inappropriate part of the forum, but I couldn't quite figure out where to post this. My search showed a lot of questions from students asking about volunteering in hospitals...

  3. Help me answer this question (please)

    Awesomocity0 replied to paul3489's topic in General Nursing

    D. If you have bleeding, suction isn't going to control bleeding. Logically, I can't even see how sucking on something bleeding could possibly stop it. You know what's going to control bleeding? Your...

  4. Becoming a nurse is no longer an option for me?

    Awesomocity0 replied to KAThftf's topic in General Students

    Reading a lot of these comments, I think people missed the part where the OP said she wasn't 18 yet. Making any kind of decisions, whether it's getting a job, joining an organization, etc. is hard...

  5. New grads in specialties without the basics

    Awesomocity0 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    It's good to start it in nursing school if you get the opportunity though. In my class, there were a lot of "stay back and watch" people. I was hands on and ended up starting maybe 50-75 lines. Most...

  6. New grads in specialties without the basics

    Awesomocity0 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Reading through a good chunk of this thread, I feel like there's a lot of bitterness between new grads and more experienced nurses. What I think everyone should take into account is the difficulty in...

  7. I passed NCLEX (and here's what I did)

    Awesomocity0 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I graduated nursing school in December, took my NCLEX-RN Monday, and found out I passed today. I took the exam at 2PM in Texas and finished 75 questions in 40 minutes, walking out at 2:42. I thought...

  8. Is my GPA good enough?

    Awesomocity0 replied to dsingh24's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Definitely work hard to bring your GPA up. I hate to say it, but at the beginning of your college career, you should be getting 4.0s. Your classes now are going to be easier than your nursing classes....

  9. Online classes: Who? What? Where? Why?

    Awesomocity0 replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I took a couple of pre-reqs online, and... I didn't find them to be that different than campus classes. I couldn't imagine nursing classes to be a good idea online though initially. Not until you...

  10. I passed NCLEX (and here's what I did)

    Awesomocity0 replied to Awesomocity0's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    @charlique_13_RN: That sounds like an ad if I've ever seen one.

  11. I passed NCLEX (and here's what I did)

    Awesomocity0 replied to Awesomocity0's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Exactly! It sticks in your memory when you do it. I know more about medications I've given than about ones I simply studied. That's why I found clinicals so important, and I never understood why some...

  12. I passed NCLEX (and here's what I did)

    Awesomocity0 replied to Awesomocity0's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I've gotten a few people asking me if by the Lippincott I mean the Q&A, and I don't! I meant this: http://thepoint.lww.com/Template/RenderTemplateByInstanceId/-9 If you go to that, and then click...

  13. EKG on NCLEX

    Awesomocity0 replied to lucynewmama's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took my NCLEX the other day, and it had a lot of EKG strips on there. I counted about 7 out of my 75 questions. And umm... not a single one asked about what drug to give. So I dunno. I'd focus more...

  14. NCLEX-RN Reference Books (not study books)

    Awesomocity0 replied to Tylena's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    OP was asking for textbooks, not study guides. For study guides, I like Saunders as well

  15. Anyone else struggle with HESI speciality exams?

    Awesomocity0 replied to Guest11/16/14's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    Umm... the hardest one for me was the med-surg one. We had to take fundamentals, med-surg, mental health, gerontology, maternal-child, and exit. The first time I took my med-surg one, I only got an...

  16. NCLEX-RN Reference Books (not study books)

    Awesomocity0 replied to Tylena's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Umm... Ignatavicius: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition, Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 6th Edition, Potter & Perry: Fundamentals of Nursing, 7th Edition, Jarvis: Physical...

  17. Reflect on this! IMPORTANT!!

    Awesomocity0 replied to WeAreOfPeace's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Dunno why. At my school, you had to make an 850 or above on your HESI just to move onto the next class. And the people who didn't make that were the ones who weren't safe, imo. At first I thought it...

  18. Help

    Awesomocity0 replied to ac2meang's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Are you doing practice questions? I mean, you can think you know the content, but if you're not testing yourself, how do you really know? I'd invest in a question bank or a question book. I used...

  19. Took NCLEX today (in Texas)

    Awesomocity0 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi. I feel like a bundle of nerves, and none of my non-nursing friends seem to understand, and all my nursing friends are bundles of nerves themselves, so if you don't mind listening, I'll share a bit...

  20. does the ncsbn review online course help...

    Awesomocity0 replied to hansef's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I feel like I'm the odd man out here. I paid for it and hated it. I found it to be similar to the material in my textbooks, except instead of flipping the page, I clicked 'next.' I got through... like...

  21. Reflect on this! IMPORTANT!!

    Awesomocity0 replied to WeAreOfPeace's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'll say that on my boards, there were only a handful of questions at which I guessed. Most of my questions had to do with simple things, like not killing your patient. Especially the prioritization...

  22. Took NCLEX today (in Texas)

    Awesomocity0 replied to Awesomocity0's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Good luck, good

  23. NCLEX-RN Reference Books (not study books)

    Awesomocity0 replied to Tylena's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Erm... hate to be the one to say it, but... if you're looking for textbooks, what's wrong with the textbooks you had in school? Don't you have a fundamentals textbook, a med-surg textbook, a mental...