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    Ohio BON

    CrufflerJJ replied to skitzie's topic in General Nursing

    No personal experience re: BON investigation, but the general consensus on this type of thing seems to be: GET AN ATTORNEY....NOW. Contact TAANA (http://www.taana.org) for the name of a nurse...
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    Can never be to safe...

    CrufflerJJ replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    "Afraid of"? No. Prepared for, just in case...yes. I see weapons as a tool designed to offer the user the ability to solve or prevent/mitigate a problem, just like a seat belt or car insurance. I...
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    Can never be to safe...

    CrufflerJJ replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    yes!:up: alertness (situational awareness) & mindset are far more valuable than any weapon you've got in your hands. **warning**...this post contains some politically incorrect views regarding...
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    Can never be to safe...

    CrufflerJJ replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    I can imagine the "Dirty Harriet" comments that security would make, when they saw you approaching day after day to dutifully turn in your weapon, then pick it up again at the end of the shift. What I...
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    How do you overcome nervousness when with patients?

    CrufflerJJ replied to j_tay1981's topic in Male Nursing Students

    You'll get more used to interacting with/assessing/touching/speaking with patients...it just takes time, and more patient
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    2nd bachelor's degree accelerated nursing

    CrufflerJJ replied to dlammons7076's topic in General Students

    I did a 18 month accel program, and some of my fellow students worked 16-40 hours/week. I don't know about the program you're attending, but you might try to ask some current students about the...
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    Extremely nervous and intimidated by first hospital clinical - Help!

    CrufflerJJ replied to Mell Bell's topic in General Students

    Nervousness is PERFECTLY normal. I'd be more worried about you if you were not nervous! Do your best. Accept that you do not know everything. Treat your patients with respect, and try to learn from...
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    How Do You Deal With The Anxiety After an Interview?

    CrufflerJJ replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    For future reference, it doesn't hurt to send written thank you letters/cards to each person with whom you interviewed. Even if it may not be "necessary", it's just one more semi-expected form of...
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    University of Cincinnati's Accelerated nursing program

    CrufflerJJ replied to nursegirl513's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Sorry that I didn't see your post before now. I graduated from the UC Wandering Decelerated Pathway program 8/07, and highly recommend it. If you attend the program, I think you'd both love and hate...
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    EZ IO hurts

    CrufflerJJ replied to jonmedic101's topic in General Nursing

    I also wondered about this as the subject of a first post. A bit odd. The blog referenced in the post says "The last time they had to do this she didn't move her leg for over a month." I sort of...
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    Just venting about something dumb

    CrufflerJJ replied to K nurse-one-day's topic in General Students

    Back in high school, my Driver's Ed teacher chewed tobacco & spit into a cup while he was in the car with you. He'd periodically pitch the contents of the cup out the window. This worked fairly...
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    How Do You Deal With The Anxiety After an Interview?

    CrufflerJJ replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    Give it some time. It's not a bad sign that you didn't receive instant replies to your emails, or that you weren't called by the nurse recruiter later that day. It's still a good thing that you sent...
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    Grades question

    CrufflerJJ replied to nursingstudent221's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes...it made a LOT of sense for us students also. NOT. I never asked "why?", but did ask that grading scales be commonized between courses when I submitted my end-of-program evaluation. Some of my...
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    Grades question

    CrufflerJJ replied to nursingstudent221's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your mileage may vary. In my accel BSN program, some classes required a 90% for an A, some 93%, some 94%. This made it a real joy for all of us over-achievers trying to squeeze out every A
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    accelerated nursing grads

    CrufflerJJ replied to laughoutloud8's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My undergrad GPA (a less-than-stellar 2.59 in Chemical Engineering) did not predict my performance in the accel BSN program I attended. I did a program that took just over a year, and ended up with a...
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    Just venting about something dumb

    CrufflerJJ replied to K nurse-one-day's topic in General Students

    An interesting aside...in the German language, different words are used for the verb "to eat" depending on whether it's a person (essen) or an animal (fressen). It's possible to tell somebody to eat...
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    Just venting about something dumb

    CrufflerJJ replied to K nurse-one-day's topic in General Students

    i love that phrase!! your episode sounds almost as bad as when i was taking an a&p final exam. an idjit sitting behind me thought it was the perfect time to suck & krunch on mint candy. i was...
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    Question about post op dysrhytmias

    CrufflerJJ replied to SchoolNurseChristine's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Look at this article: Conduction disturbances after superior septal approach for mitral valve repair http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/68/4/1262 In some heart surgeries, the conduction...
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    Being a Robotic Nurse

    CrufflerJJ replied to JocelynChai's topic in General Students

    Speaking as a new nurse (since last July), I think that your tutors/doctors are correct that most new grads & students do not know what to do (or might "freeze" & not act immediately) in case...
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    HELP Interview Tips

    CrufflerJJ replied to rnneedy09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    congrats on getting two (two!!!!!) interviews. many people are struggling to get a single interview. some great webpages i reviewed when prepping for my job search as a new grad last year are:...
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    Taking My NCLEX-RN in the Morning! {{shaking}}

    CrufflerJJ replied to Miss Chybil RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations to you!!!:up: I know you had to feel a sense of relief when you saw your "PASS" on the state board website. And then checked again. And again, just to make extra
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    Taking My NCLEX-RN in the Morning! {{shaking}}

    CrufflerJJ replied to Miss Chybil RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You might want to look at the "Pearsonview Trick" discussion thread (all 690 pages!!!). The trick worked for me (in Ohio). It gives you a HIGH probability of knowing whether you passed or not. In...
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    Future student, looking for advice

    CrufflerJJ replied to futuremedstudent's topic in Male Nursing Students

    You don't have to get your LPN prior to getting your RN. Plenty of folks go right for the
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    Taking My NCLEX-RN in the Morning! {{shaking}}

    CrufflerJJ replied to Miss Chybil RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    By now, your NCLEX is finished. I hope you passed, along with ??85%?? of the first time NCLEX-takers out there. Hopeful
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    NCLEX RESULTS

    CrufflerJJ replied to diaz050305's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You might want to look at the Pearsonview Trick discussion thread (all 690 pages!!!). The trick worked for me (in Ohio). See:...