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Thanks for the reply. She was sleeping for the most part. She might've gotten up to use the bathroom; I don't know for sure though. She doesn't have a hx of being tachy, however she does have a hx of a-fib. I'm just unsure of what to do in these situations. This isn't the first time I've questioned myself about it and thought about it after. I know I have to use my clinical judgement but at the same time, what if there is something wrong, but the patient appears stable and fine.

Have a quick question for anyone experienced with tele monitoring. I had a patient last night who was normal sinus on the monitor for the whole night. Well, one of my colleagues pointed out to me a strip that printed out of her clearly in the v-tech mode. She showed this to me after, but the patient remained sinus rhythm. Should I have contacted someone or does this happen to some patients?

Hey, It's the exam cram-RN 4th edition. :) If I think of anything, I'll definitely let you know. I've pretty much stated everything in my first response to you, but maybe if I come across something, I'll respond and let you know. If you have any questions, please ask. I love helping as much as I can. Take Care and you can do this!

Follow TootRn on Instagram. She's wonderful. Has videos on youtube you can view, and you can email her and ask her questions. Also, do as many SATA questions as you can. I feel when you get comfortable with answering those type of questions, you will tackle the nclex. However, the only way to be able to answer those questions correctly---you gotta know content!!!!!!!! Whoever says just practice questions, well, they need to ask you---do you know your content.! Knowing the content is extremely important, and I know this firsthand!! Read the Saunders book!!! It's a long book, but worth everything!!! I'm not saying sit in you bedroom for hours and read every single darn page!! NO! Go through questions (exam cram, kaplan, lippincotts, etc) write down what you lack most knowledge in!! Read it!! I mostly Read the last few chapter of the Saunders book. The adult med-surg and psych!! If you take the nclex more than 2 times, I feel your problem is knowledge!! Read the book. Knowing the content only makes you excel. Plan your time out wisely. Go through questions a couple of times, not just once. Repetition!!!! Sit down and study during the time of day when you concentrate the best!! Also, if you need some type of stimulant to help you get through-- see you doc, talk to them---maybe you're anxious---not everyone is the same. Some people go in an take the exam and boom-they pass!! Some have so many thing on their mind and are so anxious---they forget, and boom--they fail!! There is nothing wrong with sitting down in a quiet room and writing down what it is that is preventing you from passing this exam. Is it you studying? content? anxiety? not being able to concentrate? These are all questions you must ask yourself. This is a complex exam. You went through school, you paid 200$, and you rely on a career from it!! Take your time and focus on you and what you are doing that is wrong in preparing for this exam!! I guarantee you if you do this and you in to the exam room the next time--you will pass!! Any more help--email me. I also have notes I did myself to prepare for this evil exam. Also, as much as people think prayer doesn't help, I believe it does. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I prayed so much and I cried so much (lol), but it was worth it. God sees your pain and he rewards you with the courage you showed thorough out this journey. It's a tough one, but once you are done--you will smile like never before!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! :) How many times can you take the nclex? In my state, it's 6 times. Then after that, you gotta re-enter nursing school.

First, how are you with your content? If you feel you are strong, then I would suggest you purchase a book(s) with nclex style questions (ex. exam cram, lippincotts, lippincotts alternate style questions (do all the SATA questions in this book!!) and any other nclex style questions you find online). If you have the money to purchase Kaplan, do it! However, when you practice the questions from Kaplan, don't just do them once. Go over them about 3 times. Even if you know the answer, still read the rationale. If you don't know the answer, read the rationale, go over the content in the book, and memorize it best you can. I guarantee you will be happy you did. Even if you don't get a question that you went over the rationale and content for, I'm pretty sure it will help you get down to the final answer for other questions. It never hurts to know too much content!!! Saunders is also a great book for just kind of skimming through all of the red font and the little boxes and so forth they have in there. If you are poor with content, then I would suggest you take about a month or month 1/2 and just read Saunders or if you purchase Kaplan, they have a great comprehensive review book (very simple and fast to get through), however I would still read Saunders (I swear by this book)!!!! If you have instagram, follow Tootrn (the questions she posts are amazing) GOOD LUCK AND YOU WILL DO FINE!!!! DON'T STRESS AND JUST CONTINUE YOUR NORMAL EVERYDAY LIFE!!! STUDY AT A TIME OF DAY WHEN YOU CAN CONCENTRATE BEST!!! YOU WILL PASS!!!

Congratulations!!! I'm so happy for you!!! :) Hope the Nursing world brings you lots of prosperity!

Just by reading your topic, I feel as if though you are trying to just rush and take this exam. If you feel unprepared, don't take it just yet. Take some time to go over everything you feel you are weak in. Go through questions, review what you got wrong and right. Review each question individually. Set aside a notebook; write down your weakest areas. Practice questions from Kaplan not only once, not only twice, but 3 times. This worked for me. You are paying for this exam. 200$ is not a little bit of money. Even if you take a month longer to review what you feel weak in, I'm pretty sure it'll pay off. Review you SATA questions. There is great book out there that deals strictly with SATA and alternate types of questions: Lippincott's Alternate Questions Book. I feel if you know how to answer the SATA questions with confidence and knowledge, then you will conquer the NCLEX. Just don't rush. It took me a good 3-4 months to learn how to tackle the NCLEX questions. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

I took Kaplan to prepare for the nclex. I found the questions on the nclex resembled the kaplan questions a lot!! However, without not knowing the information, I would have NOT passed the nclex. I used Saunders mainly for content review. If you feel you are good with the content and you want to save money, then you may just want to purchase Lippincotts Alternate format questions book, kaplan comprehensive review (you can find it on amazon for like 15$ and it has questions in the back and on the cd), follow tootrn on instagram (she's amazing), and exam cram (also about 20$ on amazon). So, all in all, you would possibly spend about 50$. Good Luck. If you need anything else, please ask. You will do great! Just go over questions daily for about 2 hours. (and find a time in the day that you can concentrate best at)

it's a great book if you are weak in answering sata questions. It helped me pass the NCLEX-RN. I highly recommend it to new nursing grads trying to tackle the nclex. Other resources I used were Saunders-mainly for content (this book is amazing to cover content-it has pictures, fine red printed notes which point out what you should watch out for-and it's easy to understand), Kaplan-for questions (nclex-rn questions were highly similar to Kaplan), youtube videos, and I followed toot-rn on instagram (she's amazing)!!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

I passed!!!!!! License was posted yesterday morning!!!!!!!!!! :)

I would highly suggest you do Saunders (which you already bought!!!!). One of the best books for content review!!!! I swear by that book!!!!!! It is amazing! Yes, it has a lot of content review, but every bit of it is needed in order to pass that exam!!! It's a lengthy book, but if you want to pass the NCLEX-RN, you must know the content. Second, if you are enrolled in a program such as kaplan-review each question-right or wrong!!! Even if you know the question 100%-REVIEW IT!!! And if you got it wrong-REVIEW IT 5X AND READ THE CONTENT 5X! Make sure you understand every detail about it! It will help. I noticed on the exam the questions were very, very, very similar to kaplan!!! Kaplan also has a content review book, but it's about 600 pages-much less in length. It took me about 10-15 days to get through that book. Saunders-took me about 1 month!! And I didn't just sit there and read the book; I also did questions in between. With the Saunders questions- there are like over 5000 questions---and there is no way in he%% I would do all of those questions---some of them are very easy. What I did was write down what my weakest area(s) was- and I would review that section--for me it was the cardio,endo, and maternal. I would recommend you do kaplan and do it a couple of times. I did the question bank 3 times. Another book which helped me a LOT- NCLEX-RN ALTERNATE FORMAT QUESTIONS BY LIPPINCOTT'S-this book is absolute magic for people who are weak in answering SATA questions. Know you SATAs. I dedicated about 3 hours a day to studying. Before the exam; I took off about 2 weeks from work and went to the library everyday and studied for about 6 hours.

How are you with your content?

Hmmm. Interesting. I looked through my saunders and kaplan books. Kinda figured out which ones are suppose to be higer, lower....content based-lower, prioritizing-higher (I think).