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    STILL don't have a job?? Vent here!

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

    All you can do is keep applying. Expand your job search to other areas if you're open to relocation. I know how you feel about being down in the dumps when your applications are ignored, and you...
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    Took the NCLEX and felt nauseous after the test....256 Question Ahh....

    CrufflerJJ replied to jnmoore02's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hopefully you passed! Also...it's a good thing you didn't puke all over the keyboard.:barf01::barf01::barf01::barf01: Good
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    PDA's...do you use them in your clinical, really?

    CrufflerJJ replied to JBGC4's topic in General Students

    I DEFINITELY used my PDA (Palm TX, with Nursing Central software package) during clinicals. It's very convenient to be able to check out a drug, or look up a new gobbledygooklicious phrase in your...
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    Getting called off

    CrufflerJJ replied to pottie's topic in General Nursing

    In the ER, though, it's always seemed fairly easy to massively boost patient census when needed. All you need to do is have a newbie say out loud "Gosh - things sure are quiet tonight, aren't they?"....
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    Hit Right smack in the face with the "Nursing is a CALLING not a job" crap today

    CrufflerJJ replied to Tony1790's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Maybe just nurse managers. In my past (?care free?) life as an engineering manager, I never received my retrospectoscope. No fair! It would have made life oh so much
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    Am I too old??

    CrufflerJJ replied to kimbo11's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Crazy, I dunno. Too old, No freakin' way! I completed my BSN at the young age of 47, and will be starting my first RN job in a couple weeks. We had a lady in my class who was 57 when she started the...
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    What is the "hardest" course in nursing

    CrufflerJJ replied to k3104's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Pathophysiology & Pharmacology were both more difficult for me than A&P. It may have been the professor, but the course material itself seemed more challenging (and
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    Taking Microbiology & Chemistry Courses Together at TWU

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

    It should be "doable" - I did micro plus psych plus A&P in the same quarter (not at TWU, but at my local community
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    Here's The Plan, Here's The Problem. Any Suggestions?

    CrufflerJJ replied to Rocky09's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Given that you already have a BS, you might look into accelerated BSN programs in your area. Mine (University of Cincinnati) had scholarships for folks with decent GRE
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    Do you know what reverse sepsis is?

    CrufflerJJ replied to khawk4's topic in General Students

    MAYBE (just a guess, here), he means ascending UTI-induced sepsis. DO NOT be shy about asking your instructor to clarify stuff. Just ask him "by "reverse sepsis", do you mean blahblahblah....?" If...
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    Are nursing instructors really that bad?

    CrufflerJJ replied to Kyla.ann's topic in General Students

    There you go again - using common sense! Yes, some students can be idiots, doing their best to **** off the instructor. Then they whine pitifully about how "mean" the instructor is being to them by...
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    What should I bring to an interview?

    CrufflerJJ replied to jo716's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I like the idea of a portfolio. Much nicer looking to an interviewer than a bunch of loose papers precariously paper-clipped together. I didn't bother with a University logo-embossed portfolio, and...
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    Conflicting info in books

    CrufflerJJ replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Students

    Picky, picky, picky! You actually want the answers to be
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    I passed the boards! Also, a bit of advice.

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

    Congrats, and thanks for passing along your recommendations to folks taking the fun-filled (?)
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    scared.....misdemeanor for unpaid speeding ticket....

    CrufflerJJ replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Definitely find an experienced lawyer. If it costs you $$$$$, that's money well
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    Wish me luck!!

    CrufflerJJ replied to Ike Arumba's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    CONGRATS! That has to be a huge relief. Good luck in nursing
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    Hit Right smack in the face with the "Nursing is a CALLING not a job" crap today

    CrufflerJJ replied to Tony1790's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Sounds great! Where can I get one of those, or are they only issued to "special" nursing
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    Books you'd recommend for NCLEX-RN practice questions?

    CrufflerJJ replied to jo716's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't forget to check out what NCLEX prep books are available (for free) at your local
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    Clueless Students

    CrufflerJJ replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

    Sounds like "Clueless" reallllly wants to be a nurse! If they started the nursing program, I predict that they'd drop out pretty
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    Seriously, the apothecary system?

    CrufflerJJ replied to krenee's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen it with nitroglycerin tablets (1/150
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    lost application

    CrufflerJJ replied to jennileigh8182's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ouch! that has to be stressful. if you kept a copy of your application, that might help "prove" that you had filled it out & submitted it. rather than waiting until next wed, you might consider...
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    Hit Right smack in the face with the "Nursing is a CALLING not a job" crap today

    CrufflerJJ replied to Tony1790's topic in Male Nursing Students

    If the neck pain might have been viral meningitis, you treat it the same way as if it was an unstable sublux c-spine injury (post-fall in the elderly): grab the head, rotate it up-down, left-right....
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    Do nursing student feel like they may fail EVERYDAY ?

    CrufflerJJ replied to LeesG's topic in General Students

    I luckily didn't have any daily feelings of impending doom. In our program, the instructors (for the most part) tried to help their students succeed. Yes, there was plenty of stress from the volume...
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    Are nursing instructors really that bad?

    CrufflerJJ replied to Kyla.ann's topic in General Students

    My profs were, for the most part, decent people. I did have one, however, who was nicely paranoid. She'd pace the aisles during tests, and accuse students of cheating who DARED to bend over &...
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    Conflicting info in books

    CrufflerJJ replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Students

    Don't drive yourself bonkers about discrepancies. You will even see them within the same book. Try to get the main concepts down, and hope that on your tests, the professor won't be super nit-picky...