ctaustin

There is a book called drug calculations....process and problems for clinical practice that is very good. In order to solve drug calculations you must be able to convert grams into milligrams and kilograms or vice versa depending on what the question asked. You must also be able to change pounds into kilograms by dividing the pound by 2.2 to determine safe dose ranges. You must also be able to change standard fluids into metric as an earlier poster noted. In terms of drops per minute in IV questions or ML per hr there are formulas for that. drops per minute---Total Volume X Drop Factor _______________________ Total time In minutes Example: Antibiotics to infuse at 100mL over 30 minutes. The drop factor is 15 100ML X 15 1500 __________ ________ = 50 gtt/min 30 30 ML per hour---- total volume __________ total time example: 2000 ml to be infused over 24 hrs. How many mL per hours should infuse. 2000 mL _______ 83ml/hr 24 Hope this helps

As my earlier post stated I was freaking out on Tuesday when I left Pearsons. No amount of study could have helped with the types of questions I had. I was dumbfounded and knew for sure I had failed. After 3 nerve racking days I found out this morning that a license was issued so hope for the best.

This is an update to my earlier post. I called the board today 7-29-05 and got confirmation of a license. I PASSED!!!!! I can't believe it. I was certain I failed. All of you that are waiting for a result...keep the faith.

Hi everyone. This is my first posting and I just had to share my thoughts about NCLEX. I took my test on 7-26-05 and it was much more difficult than I had anticipated. There were many delegation, prioritizing, and check all that apply questions. There were very few questions about general knowledge on specific conditions, treatments or medications. I always did well testing in school and did very well on assessment tests given before graduation but NCLEX kicked my butt. I felt that I was guessing at a lot of them.The last time I looked I was in the low70's numbers and there weren't many questions after that and then BAM it cut off. I left Pearsons feeling like a failure. I live in NC and can't get quick results but I have checked the state board of nursing website and nothing yet. Congratulations to those of you that have passed and I am right there with those of you that are waiting for your results like I am. This is sheer torture!!!