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    APA format software vs. Free Downloads

    Music in My Heart replied to BMORE-CSU-RN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Interesting because PERRLA is really just a big, fancy Word macro that uses a database. I don't know how or if VBA is enabled in Apple land,
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    APA format software vs. Free Downloads

    Music in My Heart replied to BMORE-CSU-RN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I bought PERRLA and think that it's OK but it's really a pretty clunky piece of software that relies on Microsoft VBA. The good news is, if you're somewhat facile with the old computer, it's easy to...
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    Good time to be finished with nursing school

    Music in My Heart replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Students

    I don't know about "that easy" but I've met very few 21-year-olds who present themselves nearly so well in an interview as do those a bit more seasoned. They also have precious little outside of...
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    Where do you put your stethoscope?

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

    I do have to adjust it on occasion. It's mostly problematic when I lean over. It's not a great solution but, as I said, I *hate* the feeling of that thing around my neck.These days, I mostly leave it...
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    Good time to be finished with nursing school

    Music in My Heart replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Students

    I'd love to see some stats pertaining to age-at-graduation and new-grad hiring. Somehow, I'm guessing that the 31-year-old new grad gets hired before the 21-year-old new
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    Job Hopping as a new grad

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

    fI took a job that was far from my first choice simply because it was the first one offered to me. I have declined to interview for two different positions during my first year because (a) I believe...
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    Why is it ...

    Music in My Heart replied to SwimRN10's topic in California Nursing

    I've been visiting these fora for years and I've not noticed that to which you're referring. I've also worked with a number of Filipinos - and my very first instructor was one - and haven't heard this...
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    I think nursing isn't for me.

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

    Quoting for emphasis...I'm with llg on this one; very different animals are the
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    Where do you put your stethoscope?

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

    I HATE having that thing around my neck, though I still do it sometimes. I usually flop it over one shoulder with the earpieces hanging down my back and the bell/diaphragm on my chest just below the...
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    Good time to be finished with nursing school

    Music in My Heart replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Students

    Yes, it's much, much too old to finish.Signed, Someone who graduated from nursing school at the age of
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    Has anyone else been catching up on the "Meet the Parents"

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

    Huh?Gaylord 'Greg' Focker makes us look pretty good,
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    Post op Admissions During Shift Change?

    Music in My Heart replied to All4Seasons's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I just camped on a patient in the ER for 4 hours just to provide the M/S nurses time to get caught up on everything else they had. I did warn them, though, that if something came in she might have to...
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    Dear Precepting Student:

    Music in My Heart posted a topic in General Students

    While I understand that you're proud of your clinical skills derived from your prior experiences, if they are beyond the scope of the license for which you're currently a candidate, they have no...
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    He's a nurse, let's get him to do the IMs

    Music in My Heart replied to NurseDaddy2006's topic in Psychiatric

    Even with an order, unless his employer OK's it, he could be in trouble with
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    He's a nurse, let's get him to do the IMs

    Music in My Heart replied to NurseDaddy2006's topic in Psychiatric

    If your employer's protocol does not permit you to do anything invasive then you need go no further: You simply cannot give injections while there in that
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    Nclex Pass rate for your school

    Music in My Heart replied to CNM2B201?'s topic in General Students

    Very good point... the NCLEX pass rate is only half of the story; the other half is the graduation rate.Realize, though, that even if the pass rate is only 56% (as in the earlier example), it still...
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    Sister is a nurse,need some help :)

    Music in My Heart replied to Shapeofmyheart's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    With all due respect, you have no idea whether the hospital "minds" or not.Name across the back? Uh, no. Funny saying? Uh, definitely no. Sis may get a chuckle out of things like that but I guarantee...
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    Pay increase when switching departments?

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

    They're giving you the opportunity to enhance your skills and you believe that that warrants a pay increase? Once you're fully trained and independent, and have proved yourself for a few months in the...
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    New RN needs advice

    Music in My Heart replied to car2614's topic in General Nursing

    Here, I agree. Focus on the here-and-now; do the job that you were hired to do and in a year or two, see what options open up. Here, however, you're way, way overgeneralizing. A year ago, I was a new...
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    Student Nurse - interested in E.R.

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

    Know where *everything* is... Know enough to predict what people need *before* they ask for it... and have it at hand immediately *when* they ask for it... Consistently do *more* than is required or...
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    HIPPA for employees?

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

    This has nothing to do with HIPAA since you're agreeing to the release of information to the employer. Regardless, I doubt that any mention will be made of the scars, either in person or on the...
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    What is the longest long day anyone works???

    Music in My Heart replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    They always schedule me 3 straight so I do stay in the vicinity. Even at that, the drive is a bit much sometimes but it was the first option I had upon graduating so decided to go with it. In the long...
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    What is the longest long day anyone works???

    Music in My Heart replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I takes me 3.5 hours to get to work... added to the 12 hours gets me to 15.5 on my "bookend days" but only 12 on my middle day. 2 hours of OT is not unheard of so the day can get to 17-18. I've pulled...
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    Why do some people assume NS is easy?

    Music in My Heart replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    By comparison to the hard sciences, nursing school is just not that hard. *Real* organic chemistry is the one that ends with the American Chemical Society standardized final and *real* o-chem is...
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    Why do some people assume NS is easy?

    Music in My Heart replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    Some people may assume that nursing school is easy because they have run across nursing students or graduates who did not find it to be particularly challenging. Nursing school is no different than...