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I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE food. I like to cook and try new things all the time.  At the beginning of the week I decided I missed eating cereal but everytime I ate it the milk tore up my stomach. So I decided to try soy milk thinking I might have an intolerance to milk. Well, looks like I have an intolerance to soy milk too. For the record I will never drink that stuff again! So I switched to rice milk which is actually awesome and tasty. If you are interested in it you should be able to find it at your local Wal-mart. It’s cheaper than milk which is like $6.00 a gallon ( a total rip off if you ask me).

So today for the first time in my life I made Banana Nut Bread. I have always thought that is order to make breads you had to have a bread machine and I was like forget that. However, I found out that I was indeed wrong. It is so easy to make. You literally throw all of the ingredients together and bake it for an hour and 15 minutes in the oven. If that isn’t easy I don’t know what is! Here are pictures of my wonderful creation from beginning to end:

What you need: 

1 1/2 Cup of Sugar, 3 riped bananas, 1 1/2 all purpose flour, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon of vanilla, 1/2 cup of walnuts, 1/2 olive oil

             Mix everything up really good and bake at 350′F for 1 hr 15 mins in an 8 x 4 bread pan: 

 And the finshed product YUMMY:

 Tonight I am going to make these bean burros for the first time. So I will keep you updated on that. If you like Mexican food you will love this meal! Until then……..

Sarah =o)

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Okay….so your school is making you take the HESI (mid-curricular) and you have to score a certain score on it in order to stay in the program. The test covers everything you have learned up to that point….so your whole nursing career is pretty much riding on the dreadful test. Does this situation sound like your because it was mine?

I think what made it so bad for me was that I had a full load a classes on top of preparing for the test. Luckly I passed that thing the first try and didn’t have to waste my summer taking a repeart. So here is my advice for you on how to pass it the first time. First what you need to do is get the best NCLEX study guide online. I STRONGLY suggest getting this book…..Saunder’s Comprehensive NCLEX Review. Here is a picture of it:

This book is awesome! It contains a wonderful CD that contain over 2,500 question on it in many sujects. However, my HESI test only tested us on OB, Mental Health, Peds, Fundamentals of Nursing, Dosage & Calculation, and Pharm. The CD lets you pick what area you want to test on. If you get an answer wrong it gives you the rational for it. Also this book breaks down everything to a dummies level, like mine. I also used this book to help me prepare for my lecture exams.

So where can you buy it: I bought mine on Amazon.com but you can buy it off Half.com or eBay.com. I paid only like $35.00 for it and you know that is a bargin considering the costs of our nursing books. I think my Medical Surgical book was like $110 (crazy I know).

This is how I studied for it. I found out I had to take the test in January but I would not have to actually take it until April. So what I did was by this book immediately and everyday during the week (not the weekends because that is relaxing time) I did 50 questions on day that was on the CD. My professors suggested in order to pass it the first time you need to take atleast 1,500 question before the test. I think I only did about 800 question and I passed it. Also, they say the best way to study for this thing is by doing questions on the CD. Seriously if you do that you should have no problem passing it!

My tips to you: Study hard months before the test, the week before don’t cram and take it easy, get lots of sleep the night before, eat a good breakfast, get the book above, and say a prayer. This always helps me! If you have any certain questions about it ask me. I am more than willing to help another nursing student in need. Until next time……..

-Sarah =o)

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