annewithane

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1. Sooooo much debt already

   annewithane replied to KG MSN RN CCRN CEN's topic in General Students

   I took out $14,000 for my nursing school so I didn't have to work during school. I wish I had just worked in school and done it debt free. However, I have no problem with my current job paying about double the minimum payment and unless something d...

2. Why do you get sick from the cold?

   annewithane replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, it's not TOTALLY a myth, a great example of why it's important to stay up to date on research. Did you catch it from last night, of course not. The link between cold weather and colds is that cold weather can indirectly make you more likel...

3. How do you feel about mandatory influenza vaccines?

   annewithane replied to ashleybrooke1208's topic in COVID

   I got the flu shot last year which caused my lips to swell up. Pretty pleasant lol, I guess if they require documentation, good thing I filed reports with the CDC and had several doctor's visit to try to treat it (I overheard them talking about me i...

4. Forensic Nursing (FN)

   annewithane replied to sirI's topic in Forensic

   Very interesting, I always thought I would enjoy doing something like this, but had really didn't know the role a nurse could play. Thank you for opening my eyes :).

5. Prioritizing nursing Dx

   annewithane replied to losilva95's topic in Student Assist

   Hmm, here is my 2 cents, sleep is also on the first level of Maslow's, but I wouldn't prioritize, for example, insomnia, over risk for falls while using Maslow's, even though risk for falls is on the second level. Sex is too, yet I wouldn't prioriti...

6. Change of Major (Stressed - Needing Advice)

   annewithane replied to Cg37387n's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hmm, I'm not sure how transferring nursing school works, but it might be difficult to transfer from an ADN to a BSN program. I went for actually a second degree nursing program (do you already have a bachelor's?) and the program originally was desig...

7. Oh! My feet! What are the best shoes to wear at work??

   annewithane replied to Yellibee's topic in General Students

   I second, third, fourth, fifth, the compression stockings! A friend of mine quit nursing school and I inherited her old scrubs and a couple new pairs of the stockings and wowwww... I still wear socks over them so if my scrubs come up I don't look li...

8. Military Nursing

   annewithane replied to Lunah's topic in Government

   Great information. Being a military lady was always my plan, but unfortunately I have keratoconus which I understand to be non waiver condition. But boy, did I have the all the right scores lol. /sigh.

9. HESI studying different than NCLEX?

   annewithane replied to cschirmer's topic in HESI

   In my experience, I thought the HESI was much easier. But, this is because the NCLEX questions will go up in difficulty if you are doing well on the test--the HESI will not. I think studying together is fine as the whole reason the HESI is used is ...

10. Kicked out of class for a "HIPAA" violation?

    annewithane replied to Trip_McNeelyRN2b's topic in HIPAA

    I'm pretty sure this is an insulin problem. At the hospitals I did clinicals in, two RNs had to check insulin dosages and sign off for each other. As in, if the needle came out of the vial without the other nurse seeing, the dose is discarded and y...