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    2 year night shifter thinking about days need help!!

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Smartash89's topic in General Nursing

    I’m glad you posted about your struggles as I’ll be starting on night shift after I finish my new grad orientation. Thanks for sharing! As for your predicament, your health is so important! Like...
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    Failed Capstone clincial....

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to sophia_29k's topic in General Students

    I agree that you should appeal and remain honest and focus on the fact that you believed you were doing well as per your early evaluations and are now blind-sided by the fact that you have failed. I...
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    NCLEX-RN March / California

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to uknowulovemexoxo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Diane, yeah CA doesn’t have the quick results, but they are typically pretty fast with posting licenses, so it will probably not take 4-6 weeks for her to find out! Tell her to keep checking the BRN...
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    Interesting case of the spilled pills

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to KCMnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Gross, what if the other substances, like BLOOD from the diabetic lancets or other syringes contaminated the pills? I would have told them there’s no way on earth I’m putting myself at risk by...
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    Nursing School Burnout/Rant....Help

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to nursingstudentwannabe's topic in General Students

    You have to take a day to relax, have a bath and a glass of wine (or whatever you’re into) and pick up and keep going. It’s early in your program, so make sure you find a study pace that works for...
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    Transitioning over to Nursing

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to LoadingMedic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was not an LVN or paramedic before nursing school, but a guy I graduated with was a paramedic for like 10 years before school. He had to start from the first semester with all of us, it wasn’t a...
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    Written Up

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

    I have actually seen a lot of these orders in the hospital where I did most of my clinicals. Like another poster said the pharmacy requires each PRN reason to have its own order, even for the same...
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    New Grad with Mixed Feelings

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to nurse_bri's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Aww man the comment about pay and your BSN is just not nice. In my area our ADN programs actually have more clinical hours, so new grads pretty much look the same. The BSN is more theory and...
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    CNA to RN

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Mary3010's topic in General Nursing

    Ooh so true! I’m only getting into learning how to delegate and all, but it’s nice that I can easily look back and remember, “hmm, now how long did it take me to weigh people, give a full bed...
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    ABSN Gpa

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to ToBeMSNNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Whoa that is so not normal. Our state BRN would shut my school down if any of our professors had offered any type of open book test. They have to test us according to the standard and in a way that...
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    Pre Nursing looking for ABSN program - low gpa

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to lifesaver808's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Like other posters have said, an ABSN may be very difficult to get into. The one I was looking at before I went to nursing school told me to not even bother applying if I didn’t have a 4.0 in the...
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    safe staffing legislation

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Persephone, have you really seen it go down that way? That is terrifying! I am in California with mandates nurse-patient ratios. It sounds crazy to me when nurses say they have so many patients since...
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    CNA to RN

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Mary3010's topic in General Nursing

    My nursing school required us to be active CNAs for admission. I think it’s great because I got a taste of what working closely with patients every day was like before committing to nursing school....
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    NCLEX-RN March / California

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to uknowulovemexoxo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats to you
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    NCLEX-RN March / California

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to uknowulovemexoxo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Got it. Well either way Breeze will have the license posted so check tonight and come back here to let us know if there are any new RNs in
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    NCLEX-RN March / California

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to uknowulovemexoxo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yes log in to your breeze account, and you can also simply search breeze for your name too. But once your license posts you will be able to see it on Breeze. Sorry I don’t know if I’m losing it...
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    Does your school's coursework include anything on educating the students about the increased risk of substance abuse for nurses?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to RecoveryNurse2015's topic in General Students

    Oh my! That is good info to learn, thank you for this. I am also that person, super Type A and starting off my first nursing job in the MICU. I don't feel that I would ever be the type of person to...
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    Vaccination for clinical

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Grad 2020's topic in General Students

    Nurses must provide education to patients that is based in evidence, and the anti-vaccine position is unfortunately contrary to the evidence, as has been proven many times over. Also, we must be able...
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    NCLEX-RN March / California

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to uknowulovemexoxo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Actually no I did not! My friend did and obviously I wasn't waiting too long or else I may have succumb to the temptation. The main reason I didn't was because I have heard that rarely it has been...
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    NCLEX-RN March / California

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to uknowulovemexoxo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hey there, I took my test in SoCal Monday 2/4 and my license posted to the board at 11:30pm on the night of 2/5. I know of a couple people that took it a couple days before me but didn't have their...
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    "ASKholes"

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Humor

    I’m so with you! I’m almost 30 and there is a huge difference between myself and my younger brother (21) as to what we grew up with in school and at home. Cell phones have played a huge role I...
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    Why is it "legal" for patient to decline male nurses?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to carti's topic in General Students

    The hypothetical scenarios are getting tiring. Yes, when people are not competent to make healthcare decisions, or they are unconscious, or there's an emergency, obviously we are talking about...
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    "ASKholes"

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Humor

    Lol, sorry, I think I opened this can of worms (or bag of toilet paper..)
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    New grad job offers....what do I choose?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to SoontobeNewGrad2019's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I just wanted to say way to knock it out of the park with job offers before graduation! The hospitals around me will hardly talk to us before we have that license in hand, so congrats to you and...
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    "ASKholes"

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hahaha Ruby, I was just thinking that! Like, does it count if I ask my husband if he knows how to put the toilet paper on the roller, and if not would he like me to demonstrate? Or other similar...