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  1. GCS verbal response

    THank you for the help
  2. GCS verbal response

    Hello, im a still a fairly new RN in the ED I had a pt come in to the ER with a mass in the third ventricle that was increasing ICP (confirmed by CT), my initial gcs was 11 (E2,V4,M5)and I was during neuro check every 30 min. Beside being Bradycard...
  3. GCS verbal response

    Yes, without any stimulus the pt would either lay in bed without any response or move around in bed every few minutes. Yeah I pray that he was able to get it drained in time. This has me double thinking my GCS scores. Would you give him a 3 then? rea...
  4. Need Refresher and Study Tips

    I used 4 courses: 1. NCLEX Nursing Tools app- good breakdown for meds, labs, and diagnostics that all nurses should know. 2. Kaplan (good for help on how to answer test questions) 3. Hurst (they do a pretty good content review on the essentials to kn...
  5. Should I take this?

    I never took a pharm course before nursing school, but I'm sure it wouldn't hurt as long as you don't overdue it. You can endlessly study for pharmacology, there's a whole career on it. As a student nurse, you should be okay with what they are tea...
  6. Help!!

    A mobile app called "NCLEX Nursing Tools," I still use it as an RN in the ER. It's good free app on the mobile stores to help you with pharm, labs, and diagnostics if you need help with that. The website is nclexessentials.barcalabs.com. Best of lu...
  7. I spent no more than 3hrs/day studying/working on assignments. There is an endless amount of information in nursing and in medicine in general. Focus on the basics, and getting through nursing school. You will overwhelm yourself and burn out quickly ...
  8. What helped me the most during school

    There are a lot of resources available nowadays too. There's a good free app on the mobile stores to help you with pharm, labs, and diagnostics if you need help with that. Check it out, its called NCLEX Nursing Tools or the website nclexessentials...
  9. PRACTICE

    Good advice. What I would do, is that I would stop studying the content at least a day before the test. The last day before the test I would only do the questions that are at the end of the chapters we went over and/or questions related to the topic....
  10. Study tips from 1st semester nursing student

    My suggestion and what helped me out the most was that I spent no more than 3 hours a day studying or working on assignments and homework. There is an endless amount of information in nursing and in the medical field in general. Focus on the basics, ...
  11. Drug Card

    An advice for pharm in general is that you can endlessly study for it, there's a whole career on it. As a student nurse, you should be okay with what they are teaching you in class, the basics, you can iron out all of the small details as you go a...
  12. Pharmacology Online Resources?

    I made an app, it contains drug classes, drugs associated with the classes (generic and brand name), and all of the information school, clinicals, and the NCLEX required me to know such as MOA's, vitals, labs, common/severe side effects and nursin...
  13. Happy NCLEX

    There's a lot of resources out there, and they all have their own qualities. It mostly depends on what you feel you need the most help on, either content review, or test taking strategies, or etc. I have never heard of Happy NCLEX but I passed my n...
  14. NCLEX questions on Khan academy site

    There's a lot of resources out there, and they all have their own qualities. It mostly depends on what you feel you need the most help on, either content review, or test taking strategies, or etc. I never tried Khan academy, so I can't help you the...
  15. Nclex Tutor Service is anyone?...

    I dont think you need a tutor, just my opinion.There's a lot of resources out there, and they all have their own qualities. It mostly depends on what you feel you need the most help on, either content review, or test taking strategies, or etc. I us...
  16. Basic Pharmacology - Pre Nursing

    I never took a pharm course before nursing school, but I'm sure it wouldn't hurt as long as you don't overdue it. You can endlessly study for pharmacology, there's a whole career on it. As a student nurse, you should be okay with what they are teachi...
  17. Pharm distress!

    You can endlessly study for pharmacology, there's a whole career on it. As a nurse, you should be okay with what they are teaching you in class but it's always good to have good resources to help you along the way if your pharm course is not really...
  18. Best Way to Remember Side Effects

    You can endlessly study for pharmacology, there's a whole career on it. As a student nurse, you should be okay with what they are teaching you in class, the basics, you can iron out all of the small details as you go along. There's a free app on t...
  19. Failed nclex 11 times.

    I wouldn't call yourself a failure, I think you might be overthinking it all . There is a high percentage of first time passing rates for the NCLEX, something over 85%. Getting through nursing school is a much tougher task than passing the NCLEX, a...
  20. Advice needed for second time nclex taker

    I wouldn't call yourself a failure, I think you might be overthinking the questions. There is a high percentage of first time passing rates for the NCLEX, something over 85%. Getting through nursing school is a much tougher task than passing the NCLE...
  21. Los angeles county " hospital fire and safety card"

    This is the link directly from the fire department. It has the list of the most up to date fire safety instructors in the area, give them a call or shoot them an e-mail and they will tell you all of their dates. Hope it helps. Healthcare Facility Ins...
  22. been out of rn school for a year and a half...help!!

    Being out of school for that long you might benefit from taking review course that covers the basics all over again. Other than that, I would say to focus on familiarizing yourself with nursing style test questions. That helped me out the most. Nurs...
  23. Kaplan review Med Book

    You can endlessly study for pharmacology, there's a whole career on it. As a student nurse, you should be okay with what they are teaching you in class, the basics, you can iron out all of the small details as you go along. I made an app, it conta...
  24. Help! Pharmacology roadblock

    You can endlessly study for pharmacology, there's a whole career on it. As a student nurse, you should be okay with what they are teaching you in class, the basics, you can iron out all of the small details as you go along. I made an app, it contai...
  25. I passed with 75, my experience

    Disclaimer about myself, I graduated with a 3.5 from nursing and I am the type of person who needs to know the reasoning behind everything, which as many you know in nursing is an impossible task to accomplish during our schooling. I used 4 courses: ...