Chrispy11 ASN, RN

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    RN's are you happy with your career, why or why not?

    Chrispy11 replied to anjoku13's topic in General Nursing

    Second career for me! First job! I'm giving myself a year to not feel like a total incompetent. I have to get out of my own head. I like the job, but beat myself up every other
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    RN, ADN being obsolete

    Chrispy11 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    Yep, the hospitals reimburse the RN to BSN up to a certain
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    PEDS/OB- not passing

    Chrispy11 replied to amynursing's topic in General Students

    When I was in school, we were given a study guide. Pretty much if you could answer the study guide questions, you knew the subject. Reading the book was required, but just look to answer the study...
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    Just grin and bear it!

    Chrispy11 replied to mi_dreamin's topic in General Nursing

    Bingo! Worked in a LTC wing of a local hospital. I wondered why a vegitative patient received a certain procedure. Was told, "Wife did not want him to die near Christmas." Come to find the wife never...
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    New Grad Nurse - step down or oncology?

    Chrispy11 replied to jlp10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's kind of funny since I posted in here in the past (on a few forums here) that probably half my class was interested in the exact fields you mentioned. There is a lot of competition. You received...
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    No friends in my class?

    Chrispy11 replied to BJA98's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I was older and kept to myself. I would help people without being asked, but didn't do the study group thing. Turns out it was better for me since I found the study groups became more of a social than...
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    Is this fair move for my immediate supervisor to report me as noncompliant?

    Chrispy11 replied to dehlnmaria's topic in General Nursing

    My job keeps a list of all employee certification expiration dates and we receive reminders several months before with a list of available classes. Reminders state disciplinary action up to and...
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    Urgent question

    Chrispy11 replied to Name9335's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. True. When I was an aide, we had someone habitually call out for the overnight. I was in school at the time and other aides had certain responsibilities on certain days. We listed the days we'd...
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    Call a waaaaambulance!

    Chrispy11 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget
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    Phone Interview w DaVita

    Chrispy11 replied to BlueHearts53's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    If it's the Star program, for people new to dialysis, that's definitely 12 weeks. After the phone interview, the next step is an in person interview. During the training period, there's classroom...
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    Just accepted the job.. then this...

    Chrispy11 replied to Anonymous877's topic in General Nursing

    I had two Varicella vaccinations and my titers came back same as yours. Didn't affect my starting. Relax. Just schedule any vaccine after you know for certain. Good luck with the new
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    not wanting to do bedside nursing

    Chrispy11 replied to mhurn's topic in General Nursing

    Dialysis. No Sundays, major holidays or overnights. No major lifting. More standing than walking. No major
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    not smart enough

    Chrispy11 replied to amynursing's topic in General Students

    I was a 4.0 student until nursing school. I was told by my Professors it's meant to be hard. Like others had said, a lot of your classmates would love those grades. Most of us felt that the amount of...
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    Denied Nursing School.... Again

    Chrispy11 replied to kkb91's topic in General Students

    Coming from a community college, it's very competitive. Mine had three applicants for each available space. A lot has to do with lower tuition cost. The minimum GPA is 2.5 but they give more weight...
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    PLEASE HELP ME?!? PICO question

    Chrispy11 replied to kwilliams1509's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Lippincott has a great med
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    Help! Done with ASN program since July and still not able to take boards.....

    Chrispy11 replied to LPN_SLIM's topic in General Students

    Accreditation can be taken away. Heard rumors of an expensive private college losing theirs due to the small % passing the NCLEX. Can Schools Lose
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    First Nursing Job Dialysis Am I Stuck Forever

    Chrispy11 replied to Biology2Nursing's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Nurses have left chronic HD to go into transplants and ICU. HD is a love it or hate it thing. I think it depends on a lot of different
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    Best car for home visiting nurse in New England?

    Chrispy11 replied to PHNinNE's topic in General Nursing

    You're going to need a Jeep. It gets deep. You need clearance to not get stuck. Serious 4WD and not
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    New Grad Position: Advice Needed ASAP

    Chrispy11 replied to vo777's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Congrats on two awesome choices. What I did myself was pick an area that was growing. Also did a pro and con
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    7 Ways to Increase Your Patient's Health Literacy

    Chrispy11 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    I had a whole chapter on this a part of my orientation learning. The more involved the patient in their care, the better the outcome. Only thing I'd add is the learning styles: visual, auditory and...
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    UPDATE on "At a Crossroad"

    Chrispy11 replied to Jas10's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Woohoo! So happy for
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    Two weeks notice?

    Chrispy11 replied to kelbeljo's topic in General Nursing

    Usually 14 calendar days after date of notice. Your employee handbook should spell it out. When I've given notice in the past I've referenced the page number of the handbook. Good to copy HR. It's...
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    Hospital nursing or bad management?

    Chrispy11 replied to JocelynM's topic in First Year After Licensure

    All the hospitals in my area do a 10 minute huddle, then hand off is done in the room in front of the patients. The 3am wake ups will stop as soon as the patient surveys come back. The keeping you to...
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    NO MORE pre reqs to the pre reqs!!!

    Chrispy11 replied to Elleveein's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Can't you just test out of the Algebra? I did that with a few subjects. Middle States
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    Terrified... need advice

    Chrispy11 replied to kellynn74's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Maybe erase the posts. Sorry but not the sort of thing I would put