LunarSkyRN

UWorld 100%. The rationales are excellent, the program is designed exactly like the actual NCLEX, and apps are very helpful for keeping you on track. We used Kaplan in our classes, and I felt that I gained nothing from the hours and hours spent in Kaplan. I stuck with UWorld after graduation, took the NCLEX a month later, and passed with 75 questi8ns,

Like those posting before me, I too bottomed out my last semester. I've wanted a career in the medical field since I was in middle school, and, after life's many twists and turns, I finally had the chance to go to Nursing School in my 30s. I lived and breathed nursing from the first semester, and then 5th semester hit. I was done, over it all. Classes were frustratingly pointless, clinical days were boring and lacked learning experiences, and my preceptorship was a big let down. I contemplated just quitting on more times than I can count. I finished my program and take the NCLEX this month. My excitement and desire to be a nurse is back full on. Take some time and really think about what made you start the program to begin with, and explore your options once you're licensed. If after introspection you know you don't want to be a nurse, simply don't. But make sure of your decision before doing anything permanent that could set you back on your path.

Really, as others have said, you do get used to it, and there will be times you don't even register that it's poop - it becomes just another task. In the mean time, practice breathing through only your mouth. Eventually you will be able to do so with barely parted lips and no one will know you're mouth breathing.

While you can get an odd number reading, the rule of thumb is to round up to the even. For instance, you get a reading of 115/62. The correct BP to document would be 116/62.