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    1/2 nursing class cut, WHY??

    Music in My Heart replied to Aka Mommy's topic in General Students

    We lost about 25% of our class from matriculation to graduation.Various reasons... A couple just never seemed that earnest in their pursuit... a couple were just not very good students... and a couple...
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    It's Not MY Responsibility to Get YOU Home...

    Music in My Heart replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    For sure.I've sent patients along their journeys with my personal food in their backpacks and a cup of my personal coffee in their hands. We've taken up collections to get patients bus tickets or even...
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    Advice for new grad applying to telemetry

    Music in My Heart replied to Vindex's topic in Cardiac

    These days, pretty much any acute-care job is a great transition out of nursing school (depending on the specifics of any given work environment). That said, I'd go in the order of 1 - 3 - 2 though...
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    It's Not MY Responsibility to Get YOU Home...

    Music in My Heart replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    You're right, it could be.The thing is, I *wouldn't* come to the ER in the middle of the night and then expect somebody else to work out for me how to get back to whence I came. The ER is for medical...
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    It's Not MY Responsibility to Get YOU Home...

    Music in My Heart replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    Kinda hard to stomach when you hear management talking about salary freezes, cutting benefits, or reducing PTO - not to mention working short-handed. Also tough to stomach when you look at your...
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    Is this true?Conflicting Info..

    Music in My Heart replied to bug2621's topic in General Nursing

    Urban legends
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    It's Not MY Responsibility to Get YOU Home...

    Music in My Heart replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    As in, "cab voucher" or as in, "here's the
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    New Grad RN CAN'T FIND WORK!! What should I do?

    Music in My Heart replied to Aubrey88RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Agreed with Mi Vida Loca and slave_diver, RN but (BUT)... I still want to point out that some people are doing the right things and still not getting hired. It's simply a numbers game. The reason that...
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    New Grad RN CAN'T FIND WORK!! What should I do?

    Music in My Heart replied to Aubrey88RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Let this be a warning to any and all: Do not be even one millisecond late to an interview and do not (not, not, not) cancel or reschedule. There are simply far too many qualified applicants and if you...
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    I just feel that I would feel in much better hands if I had nurses that were sexy

    Music in My Heart replied to themoreyouknow's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Always difficult to do an assessment over the internet but I'm thinking we need an order for a therapeutic Foley followed by a therapeutic NG... put in by one of us guys... And then maybe a bit of IV...
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    (Imagine this is a cardboard sign) Will work for free!

    Music in My Heart replied to yikib38's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have heard of such programs. The one that I'm most familiar with operates through a local community college and places "students" (read new grad RNs) in local hospitals in order for them to get some...
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    WHY.

    Music in My Heart replied to madewithlove's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    "Why" is a hard one to answer... Various things to consider: 1) How are your study skills? 2) How are your study habits? 3) How much time do you dedicate to your studies? 4) How good a student are...
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    Tragic end for dedicated nurse

    Music in My Heart replied to mazy's topic in General Nursing

    After 25 years as a nurse, I think this lady was very familiar with SI units. In fact, the cause of this error was directly related to the action *being* second nature after having done it innumerable...
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    For students with insomnia, what have you found that works for you?

    Music in My Heart replied to J-Swish's topic in General Students

    The thing I like about Ambien is that it does work reliably for me. The simple knowledge that I *can* take it and fall asleep if I *have* to (that is, I have a test in the morning for example) often...
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    Tragic end for dedicated nurse

    Music in My Heart replied to mazy's topic in General Nursing

    i think this is reflective of the punitive attitude that we have in our culture. the general response in most workplaces to serious mistakes that have serious repercussions is to (figuratively) hang...
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    For students with insomnia, what have you found that works for you?

    Music in My Heart replied to J-Swish's topic in General Students

    I use Ambien, 5 mg PRN and I find it to be effective without "narcing" me. I preferred Lunesta but it's still on-patent and therefore prohibitively expensive. Melatonin supposedly works for some folks...
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    requirements for crna and rn?

    Music in My Heart replied to lpham622's topic in General Nursing

    You are confused... let me try to help. Unless they were AP classes - and perhaps even then - you'll have to take all the sciences at the college level in order to meet the requirements for most...
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    Fundamentals before pharm?

    Music in My Heart replied to VeniVidiVici's topic in General Students

    We took them concurrently but I see almost no connection between the two classes. I wouldn't worry about it at all. That said, I'd start an independent study of pharm ASAP. I always recommend...
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    Advice for new grad applying to telemetry

    Music in My Heart replied to Vindex's topic in Cardiac

    I can only speak about my personal experience and it's been pretty atypical in regard to our facility. It may or may not represent the telemetry world at-large. 1) I don't know that you'll face the...
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    Question about "experience"

    Music in My Heart replied to akosiemong's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    If you're asking whether it will qualify you for RN positions that require experience then the answer is no. The experience that is required is RN experience. Yes, it may help you compete for a new...
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    Simple IV Questions

    Music in My Heart replied to MAL, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you regarding "sometimes you don't have much choice" and sometimes the veins just ain't there (you know the ones... the long-time IV drug users, the LOLs with the spider veins that barely take...
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    How to NOT gain weight in Nursing School??

    Music in My Heart replied to motheringheart's topic in General Students

    First off, don't accept that silliness that you should *expect* to gain weight. Rather, expect not to and then act accordingly.Bring healthy food and snacks with you. I used to pack baggies with...
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    Ok, this one hasn't been done in a while....

    Music in My Heart replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Paladins rock... though I've always favored Evish Rangers myself. Regarding Erik Erikson, I found it interesting that he changed his last name to
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    Biology instead of Chemistry?

    Music in My Heart replied to breezy7's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As long as you're *certain* that you'll be getting into that program then it's probably not an issue. The chem required for nursing is rudimentary and easily covered in a *good* biology class. The...
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    Fresh new nursing student looking for advice/direction

    Music in My Heart replied to mom22many's topic in General Students

    I would...Also, make sure your anatomy and physiology knowledge is