SoxfanRN

SoxfanRN has 12 years experience and specializes in Psych, education.

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1. Yale hospitals-can one be competitive as an ADN or should I complete an RN-BSN?

   SoxfanRN replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Connecticut

   The nice thing about CT is that it is not terribly difficult to get around. Middlesex Hospital and the hospitals in Hartford are doable from the New Haven area depending which town you settle in. If you are interested in LT rehab, Gaylord is a poss...

2. Yale hospitals-can one be competitive as an ADN or should I complete an RN-BSN?

   SoxfanRN replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Connecticut

   Any hospital on the Magnet journey gives preference to BSNs. So, if you have your heart set on Yale, then I would say it is a worthwhile endeavor. If you do not want to do that, there are plenty of other hospitals in the area that provide excellent...

3. Common Curriculum - CT Community Colleges

   SoxfanRN replied to Serenity2010's topic in Connecticut

   If the book contradicts the exam, then that is something to follow up on with the instructor or your advisor. At the very least, you could get an answer as to why one or the other was correct pending the clinical situation in the question. At worst...

4. Common Curriculum - CT Community Colleges

   SoxfanRN replied to Serenity2010's topic in Connecticut

   Part of learning to be an educator is learning to develop tests and other evaluation tools. Nursing programs look to evaluate students' knowledge in all areas of the nursing process and the ability to critically think. Often times, the only way to ...

5. Is an ADN worth it in CT?

   SoxfanRN replied to CTGuy's topic in Connecticut

   One of the few barriers you will face as an ADN grad is with Magnet institutions that require a certain percentage of BSNs+ to retain their Magnet status. In CT, Middlesex is magnet; I'm not sure if Hartford still has Magnet status. Other institutio...

6. Connecticut LPNs

   SoxfanRN replied to altirn's topic in Connecticut

   a. Check NCLEX-PN pass rates for the schools you are looking into. They are available. Ask former students what they thought of the program. b. Your license is transferrable through each state's DPH. Some states have an agreement where their licenses...

7. Disgruntled ex-employee

   SoxfanRN replied to debi49's topic in General Nursing

   This person is most likely anxious and feels she was wronged. Aggressive people don't care about anyone else's rights except their own. Now come the threats to try and intimidate you into giving her what she wants. Many people choose to file wrong...

8. Can Addiction be "Cured"

   SoxfanRN replied to longhornfan1's topic in General Nursing

   Jack, I agree that the data speaks for itself, and I agree with it. However, I think it is crucial for us to understand why people do not prescribe to that data. Here are some thoughts, ideas, and beliefs that I have witnessed myself. Nurses and do...

9. New Nurse Grad with no prospects of work

   SoxfanRN replied to nurse2009's topic in Connecticut

   Not only are people not retiring, veteran nurses are not moving so they don't lose their senority to potentially get laid off at another company. Take what job you can no matter the setting. I believe we can have really positive experiences no matte...

10. I have a question for a nurse

    SoxfanRN replied to philippians4:13's topic in Connecticut

    Being "snowed" usually refers to increasing a patient's medication to the point where the patient becomes unconscious. It does not refer to medicating a patient to expire. In psych, you will hear of patients being "snowed" after they had been agitate...

11. $$ RN liscence $$

    SoxfanRN replied to Rascal1's topic in Connecticut

    Contact your representatives. Our license fees go into the general fund. That money will probably not go back into nursing. When they did this last year, it was a last minute addition to a bill, and we did not have the warning to combat it. We h...

12. Connecticut Nursing Shortage

    SoxfanRN replied to nursingwriter60's topic in Connecticut

    Another factor is that CT is a pretty small state. Even if you live in CT, it is easy to travel into NY, MA, or RI to work.

13. Can Addiction be "Cured"

    SoxfanRN replied to longhornfan1's topic in General Nursing

    It's a chicken or egg question. Some people start using for a variety of reasons: to fit in socially because the drug crowd accepts everyone as long as you do what they do, to stifle psychological pain and trauma, to take care of physical pain and i...

14. Can Addiction be "Cured"

    SoxfanRN replied to longhornfan1's topic in General Nursing

    Addiction is a holistic disease. It effects people physically, psychologically, socially, and spiritually.

15. About to take Anatomy & Physiology.........need input!

    SoxfanRN replied to Shawn7997's topic in General Nursing

    Don't take these classes lightly. If you can get A&P down, it will be much easier for you in the nursing classes. Good A&P knowledge will allow you to figure out disease process, symptoms and symptom management, medication effects, and ration...