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“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”

— Terry Pratchett

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“It’s been said that love finds you when you’re ready.”

— James Patterson

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“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

— Rosa Parks

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“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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poetic-sanctum |cr. Virginia Woolf

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“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

— Rosa Parks

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“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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“When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable.”

— Martin Amis, Other People

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“The Celtic understanding of friendship found its inspiration and culmination in the sublime notion of the anam cara. Anam is the Gaelic word for soul, cara is the word for friend. So ‘anam cara’ means soul friend. The anam cara was a person to whom you could reveal the hidden intimacies of your life. This friendship was an act of recognition and belonging. When you had an anam cara, your friendship cut across all convention and category. You were joined in an ancient and eternal way with the friend of your soul.”

— Anam Cara, John O’Donohue

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“Process of learning would always be slow and painful. But it makes arriving at the finish line so worth it. All that time, all the wounds, all those worry and doubt - spent and bought and borrowed - to finally be paid off and left in the dust the moment you step in to receive your winning moment. Immense pride you feel in that one, shining, fleeting second, how you’ve won against all odds, and against yourself.”

— aumirah

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“Tonight, I realized that nobody’s lives really just fit together instantly — magically. As a matter of fact, love isn’t always enough to make things work. Just because you two are in love doesn’t mean things will now be happier than ever. You need to work smart and hard to prolong that happiness. It is essential to sacrifice some of your best pieces for hers to fit. You need to give up some of your oldest dreams so you can fully hold her hands. It’s really stupid and unbelievable, but who cares, right? You love this idiot and this idiot loves you too. You know you two will be fine. Well, for the moment at least. Day by day, you must remember why you choose her and how she makes you happy even when sometimes you don’t realize that it is her that gives your gloomy days a little bit of sunshine. Choose her today, tomorrow and the rest of the days to come. Because maybe forever isn’t really “forever”. Maybe forever starts today and everyday.”

— 𝓭.𝓻.𝓷

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“I wanted to be, then, the one you could not have.”

— Sandra Cisneros, from Woman Hollering Creek; “Eyes of Zapata,” c. 1991

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The "MUST KNOW" Labs for the NCLEX

It is common to see “normal lab values” that differ slightly from what you see in your textbook or at the hospital. Laboratory reference values often vary among reference sources and are highly dependent on the analytic methods used.

The NCLEX will not ask you to identify lab values with only slight variations from the norm because of this widely-known fact! Instead, questions on lab values will be obviously “off” or else you will be told about an abnormal lab result and then tested on your understanding of the implications of that result: can you anticipate the manifestations, the risks associated with it, or how to intervene?

Don’t focus on memorizing every reference range, but do learn the ones that are likely to show up on the NCLEX.  The following labs are specifically listed on the detailed version of the NCLEX Test Blueprint:

• pH: 7.35 - 7.45

• PO2: 80 - 100

• SaO2: 95 - 100%

• HCO3: 21 - 28 mEq/L or 21 - 28 mmol/L

• BUN: 10-20 mg/dL or 3.6-7.1 mmol/L

• Creatinine 0.5-1.2  mg/dL or 44-106 µmol/L.

• Cholesterol (total): <200 mg/dL or <5.0 mmol/L

• Glucose: 70 - 110 mg/dL (fasting) and  ≥ 200 (casual) or  <6.1 mmol/L (fasting) or ≥ 11.1 mmol/L (casual).

• Critical glucose levels are <40 and >400 mg/dL or <2.22 and >22.2 mmol/L .

• Hematocrit: 37-52% or 0.37-0.52 volume fraction

• Hemoglobin: 12-18 g/dL or 120-180 mmol/L

• HbA1C: 4-5.9% (nondiabetic), < 7% (good diabetic control), > 9% (poor diabetic control)

• Platelets: 150,000-400,000/mm³ or 150-400 x10⁹/L.

• Potassium: 3.5-5.0 mEq/L or 3.5-5 mmol/L.

• Sodium: 136-145 mEq/L or 136/145 mmol/L.

• WBC: 5,000-10,000/mm³ or 5-10 x10⁹/L.

• Critical WBC: <2,000 or >40,000/mm³ or <2 or >40x10⁹/L.

• PT: 11-12.5 seconds (normal) or  ≥1.5-2 x control (with anticoagulant therapy)

• aPTT: 30-40 seconds (normal) or  ≥1.5-2.5 x control (with anticoagulant therapy)

• INR: 0.8 - 1.1 (normal) or 2 - 3 (for A - fib) or  3 - 4.5 (for prosthetic valves)

NCLEX Mastery provides lab reference ranges from Mosby’s, 5th Edition (2013) and Mosby’s Canadian (2012). In a few instances, SI ranges have been sourced from Stedman’s Online or conversions made from Mosby’s conventional values, calculated using the AMA Manual of Style SI Conversion Calculator.

For a complete lab resource, broken down by gender and age group, consult any of our nursing apps.

Carolyn Mallon, RN

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But the sense of urgency that comes from wanting to experience life and love to the fullest can force decisions that are not always in your best interests or anyone else’s, for that matter.

- Tonya Hurley, Ghostgirl: Lovesick

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“Perhaps it’s true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. An that when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvaged remains of a burned house–the charred clock, the singed photograph, the scorched furniture– must be resurrected from the ruins and examined. Preserved. Accounted for.”

— Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

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“The world is full of people running.”

— Elizabeth Swados, Runaways

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