Tacocat ASN, RN

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    Help with school assignments & disability

    Tacocat replied to RedRocket's topic in General Students

    Gotcha, I misinterpreted your original comment. I feel the same way, I have some conditions and it's my responsibility to manage them to practice safely and
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    Help with school assignments & disability

    Tacocat replied to RedRocket's topic in General Students

    That doesn't seem like a fair assessment. It's not that they don't care much about disability, but you're not going to get certain accommodations as a nurse. Recording in clinical would be a HIPAA...
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    Expelled from RN program, looking for options

    Tacocat replied to cjprenurse's topic in General Students

    Is the 97 on the final a realistic goal? Like do you actually foresee yourself obtaining that grade? If it's a longshot, maybe that's not the best
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    Help with school assignments & disability

    Tacocat replied to RedRocket's topic in General Students

    I'm finishing my second semester ADN and my program is the same way -- all based on exam grades. Why are professors commenting publicly about a classmate's performance, or is this hearsay? I'd be...
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    Nursing student and overhead costs

    Tacocat replied to pi.student's topic in General Students

    I work an office job full time during the day and take evening classes. I'm lucky that my job is flexible when I need to leave early for classes or
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    Picking Clinical Sites

    Tacocat replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in General Students

    It depends what skills you're allowed to practice as a first semester student. Are you passing meds? Just doing fundamentals like vitals, hygiene,
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    Push myself to get started quicker?

    Tacocat replied to bighead77's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Can you take transfer credits elsewhere? My local CC offers different classes through the summer where the courses are shorter -- it's a semester of material crammed into six weeks, but maybe you'd be...
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    Pre-Requisite Nursing Course with LAB?

    Tacocat replied to NursingStudent11's topic in General Students

    Please make sure whatever program you're trying to get into will take the transfer credits -- no class with lab is going to be 100%
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    Upcoming TEAS exam, what to expect!?

    Tacocat replied to tianatanner's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    I took my TEAS using the Mometrix book and it was great -- I got the score I needed and now I'm halfway through my
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    Vaccination for clinical

    Tacocat replied to Grad 2020's topic in General Students

    The school may be fine with it but clinical sites won't be. You need clinical hours to meet the requirements to sit for NCLEX and you're at the mercy of whatever clinical sites work with your
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    Why is it "legal" for patient to decline male nurses?

    Tacocat replied to carti's topic in General Students

    Gotcha. I will say, this has been an eye-opening example of male fragility. "Why should a woman be able to refuse giving a male access to her genital area?" It's almost like women have bodily autonomy...
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    Why is it "legal" for patient to decline male nurses?

    Tacocat replied to carti's topic in General Students

    Transfer them where, exactly? The mythical hospital that only employs same-sex
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    Implied/actual 'Right' for nurses to 'Do' Hands-on Procedures.

    Tacocat replied to James W.'s topic in General Students

    I don't understand why someone would insist on performing care on someone who is requesting services from a different provider. If the request can be accommodated, sure. If not, inform the patient of...
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    Who got in to the nursing program with a lot of C's?

    Tacocat replied to sunkistwist's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's going to depend on your how competitive your program is to get into. If there aren't a lot of applicants, the minimum requirements might be enough to get you in. If there are a lot of...
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    Advice for taking Math 125

    Tacocat replied to sunkistwist's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What is Math 125? Algebra? The math classes at my school have a different
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    CDC Data Shows Strong Relationship Between MMR Vaccine and Autism

    Tacocat replied to familymrl3's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    "Lie dormit"
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    Obese Nurses Risk Their Patient's Well-Being

    Tacocat replied to Kandikay's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Did you know that you can be obese AND a marathon runner because weight is not indicative of
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    Teas VI exam (Anatomy & Physiology)

    Tacocat replied to Sim19's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    I took the TEAS in the spring. From what I remember on my exam, it was weirdly specific things, not a broad overview. Brush up on your chemistry and your A&P -- know body systems, where stuff is...
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    proof reading

    Tacocat replied to Leo77's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It sounds...elementary? Bedside nursing should be about patient-centered care. If the patient is requesting that information but the family is resistant, what would be best course of action be? Could...
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    Failed A&P 1... idk what to do

    Tacocat replied to cardenas_a's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What is your school's policy on retaking courses, including eligibility for the nursing
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    Appealing a grade

    Tacocat replied to Hdrodlady's topic in General Students

    In literally every one of your posts you sound bitter and misogynistic. As a future nurse, that makes you arrogant at best...dangerous at worst. What is it about nursing that appeals to you, if the...
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    Appealing a grade

    Tacocat replied to Hdrodlady's topic in General Students

    There's nothing to disagree about. What you're proposing is unethical and illegal. That's not an opinion, that's fact. How can you use illegally obtained video footage of patient care to "prove your...
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    Castlebanch drug testing facility

    Tacocat replied to beardeddragon123's topic in General Students

    Am I the only one nosy enough to wonder if the OP
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    Appealing a grade

    Tacocat replied to Hdrodlady's topic in General Students

    Do you not know what HIPAA is? Because that's an absolute violation. You use video from your clinical sites to "prove a point" and they can absolutely destroy you for that alone, and it would be 100%...
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    Going Back to Nursing School. Advice?

    Tacocat replied to alexis71's topic in General Students

    I'll admit, the hardest thing was seeing my former classmates graduate and pass the NCLEX without me, but honestly it was my own fault. I doubted that I'd be able to pass a TEAS/HESI exam to enter a...