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  1. I took the NCLEX today

    I still have a day and a half before I will know and it's driving me crazy... I took my son out to see Alvin and the chipmunks to get my mind off of it... now what??
  2. 75 ?'s going through my mind, nonstop

    Congrats to all of you that passed! I just got home from taking my test and I feel like I guessed on EVERYTHING... i feel awful. I got 109 questions. My friend was sat next to me and when i was on...
  3. Officially an RN

    :cheers:Keli I am so happy for you! I've been bragging about you to all my traditional program friends... and they said to tell you congrats! Alison (sp) is in my academy classes did I tell you that?...
  4. Kaplan

    Has anyone heard of many people failing that go through the KAPLAN course. I'm studying right now online using KAPLAN and I dont feel any more confident than i did before... Anyone out there that has...
  5. Kaplan

    Ive just finished the test strategy parts of the videos and Im already feeling better. Those are really helpfull. Thanks for your comments... I will do all the questions they offer! I also have the...
  6. Kaplan

    You sound like a big tattle tale! LOL J/K I would probably have done the same thing if it was breaking my concentration. Im not going to the test center but I start the class on Jan 14th and I am...
  7. Any Nurses worked for JCL North Campus?

    I was told a month ago that it is $24.50 for a new
  8. Is this a nursing Diagnosis?

    Thank You
  9. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

    we had to teach about "my changing body" in our public health rotation to 5th graders. We did it in groups though, the girls were in one class and the boys in another. There were about 5 or 6 of us...
  10. Is this a nursing Diagnosis?

    I understand what you are saying, but its really easy to write a diagnosis that im going to print out material and go talk to the parents about the disease process, refer them to groups for...
  11. Is this a nursing Diagnosis?

    all I have to say to that jjjoy is :yelclap: thats kind of what i was thinking when she told me i couldnt use "infection" when our teachers have always told us in the past any "risk for" can be turned...
  12. Calling All Mothers

    those are good ideas
  13. Is this a nursing Diagnosis?

    the baby was going to be discharged in a couple days so he was no longer contagious. and all of the s/s you would see in a child with meningitis were no longer present (probably because he is getting...
  14. Calling All Mothers

    R U serious? You would put a 5 year old (and 19mo old) on a playstation? We dont even own one. If Im going to amuse my child with the tv or games I would rather it was educational, because at least...
  15. Is this a nursing Diagnosis?

    I just got off the phone with my instructor. Since the baby is almost on his way out of the hospital a lot of the diagnosis I am focused on do not apply. Im going to take a different approach and...
  16. Is this a nursing Diagnosis?

    The patient is a 1 month old. Mental status: irritable, no tracking, they think there is going to be some developmental delays Fluid Volume is ok, baby had feeding tube and is now taking fluids PO...
  17. Is this a nursing Diagnosis?

    I am not diagnosing the patient has an infection. I am basing my nanda on the doctors diagnosis. the patient has an infection based on the doctors diagnosis of meningitis, as manifested by CSF...
  18. Calling All Mothers

    I have a 6 year old. I sit him at the table with me and have him do his homework, or if he doesnt have any he draws me pictures that i can display on my school binder which makes him so proud. He...
  19. Is this a nursing Diagnosis?

    The medical Diagnosis is Meningitis. I am writing nursing diagnoses based on that. I have: Infection and acute pain if it cant be a diagnoses based on it being a "medical diagnosis" than how come we...
  20. Resume HELP!

    I am trying to write my future resume (geared toward a new grad RN position) for my portfolio. Any ideas on sites for examples?
  21. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    a real good organizer with lots of room ... and use a pencil because things change on a daily basis
  22. LPN Scope of Practice?

    I have looked on the Arizona State board of Nursing (because i live in AZ) and under scope it says something about a practice committee... nothing about the scope itself... Is there a good website to...
  23. LPN Scope of Practice?

    Thank You
  24. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    i pray to god that some of these posters never get called into a courtroom... i also pray to god that their respective state boards are not reading these posts... if you are not passing your own meds...
  25. have any of you have student nurses follow you?

    and we thank you for