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		<title>NCSBN Board of Directors voted to raise the passing standard for the NCLEX-RN Examination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NCSBN Board of Directors voted to raise the passing standard for the NCLEX-RN Examination at its meeting on Dec. 10, 2009
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Media Contact: Dawn M. Kappel
Director, Marketing and Communications
312.525.3667 direct
312.279.1034 fax
dkappel@ncsbn.org
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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CHICAGO &#8211; The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN) voted on Dec. 10, 2009, to raise the passing standard for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HIV and its Transmission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In response to the e-mails that we have received regarding HIV and since it is a rising issue and point of argument every February, we have decided to republish this fact sheet that&#8217;s originally prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to correct a few misperceptions about HIV.
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Research has revealed a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is NCLEX-RN®?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Council Licensure Examination for registered nurses (NCLEX-RN®) measures the knowledge and abilities necessary for entry level nurses. Competency and knowledge needs to be tested because we deal with lives and it is necessary before we work on any hospital legally. It is administered by Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT), which individualizes tests to match [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Hangaroo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Game Play? PLAY GAME! How well do you know nursing? Ever heard of NURSING HANGAROO? You can now play it at Nurses Notes! The most random way to check your stock knowledge is now here! Let&#8217;s see how much you can score. Click here to play: http://nursesnotes.org/gameplay/
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		<title>The Project Management PrepCast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you dreaming of becoming a Project Manager someday? If you are, then you have to prepare as early as now because you may have to take the  Project Management Professional (PMP) exam. If you wonder what that exam is, the  PMP Exam is managed and offered by The Project Management Institute (PMI). Yes, you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nursesnotes.org/the-project-management-prepcast/</link>
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		<title>Haiti Needs Our Help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As of today, it is estimated that more than 500,000 are already noted dead in Haiti because of the massive earthquake that happened last January 13, 2010. They need our help. If we can be of any help, let&#8217;s do it. What if it happened to us or to our country? To know that there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nursesnotes.org/haiti-needs-our-help/</link>
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		<title>The Common Human Responses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vital Signs
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TEMPERATURE
■ Afebrile: Oral: 97.5–99.5F and rectal: 0.5–1.0F↑ than oral route
■ Hyperthermia: 99.5F; hypothermia: 97.5F
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 PULSE
■ Normal: 60–100bpm
■ Tachycardia: 100bpm; bradycardia: 60bpm
■ Thready:Weak, feeble; bounding: forceful, full
■ Dysrhythmia: Irregular pattern
■ Pulse deficit: Difference between radial and apical rate
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 RESPIRATIONS
■ Eupnea, normal: 12–20bpm
■ Tachypnea: 20bpm; bradypnea: 12bpm
■ Apnea: Absence of breathing
■ Hyperventilation: ↑Rate and depth
■ Kussmaul: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nursesnotes.org/the-common-human-responses/</link>
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		<title>Green Card Through a Job</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people become permanent residents through a job or offer of employment. Some categories require a certification from the U.S. Department of Labor to show that there are not enough U.S. workers who are able, willing, qualified, and available in the geographic area where the immigrant is to be employed and that no American workers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nursesnotes.org/green-card-through-a-job/</link>
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		<title>Trying your Wheel of Fortune</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all want to be lucky not just in love, health, but also when it comes to what makes the whole world busy- money. But how would we know if we are all afraid to test our fortunes? I am so sure that we have all tried playing those local games on our computers and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nursesnotes.org/trying-your-wheel-of-fortune/</link>
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		<title>The Best Place After the Womb</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Evident through surveys and to my own conclusion as well, more than 95 percent (95%) of the mature population dreams of having their own child. A baby boy, a baby girl, a healthy, and a cute one is all that we wish. And as we always try to promise to babies and future babies that [...]]]></description>
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