alicia_rae122

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1. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

   alicia_rae122 replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

   Everyone on here who passes the nclex says the trick worked for them, but I've yet to see someone who did receive the 'good' pop up and Failed. did anyone experience this? I took the nclex pn today and wont be able to access my quick results until mo...

2. getting past a horrible clinical experience?

   alicia_rae122 replied to alicia_rae122's topic in General Students

   no medication was given to him immediately before he was cleaned, but as a first semester student i can't give medication or even suggest that a supervising nurse do so. at least, that's what i'm told. during the whole bathing process a CNA was prese...

3. getting past a horrible clinical experience?

   alicia_rae122 replied to alicia_rae122's topic in General Students

   lol no all this i understood! another post said that a colostomy is not a procedure that is performed just for the convenience of the staff. that would be unreasonable. i knew what you were saying, i found your post helpful :) thank you

4. Really Frustrated

   alicia_rae122 replied to >--stethoscope--o's topic in General Students

   I have always had a very short attention span, and in high school I barely ever studied because I didn't need to- I still came out in the top 10%. this became a huge problem for me when I started college and when I didnt study during my first year, ...

5. getting past a horrible clinical experience?

   alicia_rae122 replied to alicia_rae122's topic in General Students

   yeah i didnt think a colostomy would be a realistic solution! i thought that the staff was being lazy for just not dealing with it. and no one i talk to about this seems to understand that this person was barely functioning, besides the fact that a ...

6. getting past a horrible clinical experience?

   alicia_rae122 replied to alicia_rae122's topic in General Students

   there was a dressing on the wound, but it was definitely drenched in feces. it just seems so wrong that he had to lay there in it. even while we were trying to clean him up, it just kept coming out. is there really no solution to that other than colo...

7. getting past a horrible clinical experience?

   alicia_rae122 posted a topic in General Students

   I've always thought I had a stomach of steel, so I really surprised myself today. My clinical group and I were asked to administer a bed bath to a patient on a ventilator, and I've given bed baths before so I thought it was going to be no big deal. A...