CT Pixie BSN, RN

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    Job Hopper, concerned

    CT Pixie replied to ~Shrek~'s topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Oh, but it will. Are you not going to include your positions as a LVN? Those potential employers you are apply to as an RN will see those positions. Just because you were an LVN at the time will not...
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    Embracing Night Shift

    CT Pixie replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I get a shift diff for NOC as well, I get an additional diff for weekends :) Can't wait for a holiday to fall on a weekend
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    How far would you commute for awesome salary?

    CT Pixie replied to Noahj's topic in General Nursing

    So, its 1.5 hr commute one way...thats a lot of gas per week as well as wear and tear on the vehicle. Will that $12/hr extra in pay make up for it gaswise and vehicle upkeep? Is that 1.50 hrs one way...
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    got my first pair of scrubs

    CT Pixie replied to Chesterton1's topic in General Nursing

    You think you look like a blob in scrubs..try being the opposite end of the height/weight spectrum..LOL. Standing under 5 feet tall and 'tipping' the scales at 100lbs makes finding scrubs just as...
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    Embracing Night Shift

    CT Pixie replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I had thought of a 7-7 shift but even then, you can't possibly be done with everything that has to be done in a 12 hr shift in 4
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    Embracing Night Shift

    CT Pixie replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused. Nights are generally 2300-0700 (give or take). How are you done with everything at 2300 which should be the start of the night shift? What shift do you
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    Carrying insurance

    CT Pixie replied to AngelaHarvey's topic in General Nursing

    The thing about the rumor, 'if they know you have insurance makes you a target' always confused me. How in the world would anyone know you have personal malpractice insurance if you don't tell anyone....
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    Board of Nursing Results.

    CT Pixie replied to jayyy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you went directly to the State Board of Nursing website, I'd say its 100% accurate as the BON is who PearsonVue reports the results to. The BON is also the department that issues you your license....
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    Embracing Night Shift

    CT Pixie replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the odd one..I don't ever have to fight to stay awake during the shift or the ride home..but man oh man! driving INTO work is a rough one for
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    Embracing Night Shift

    CT Pixie replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I was going to hate nights when I started my first hospital position not too long ago. Surprise, surprise, I PREFER them! You couldn't pay me enough to work days or evenings. I did all my...
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    About the "do not crush" medications

    CT Pixie replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    Working in LTC for years, I've frequently come upon do not crush/chew meds and patient who can't swallow pills. (yet they can swallow food no problem.) Depending on the person I would put it either in...
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    Online application redundancy?

    CT Pixie replied to guest707142's topic in Nursing Career

    It depends on the facility. Some REQUIRE all that stuff filled out on the online application even if you attach your
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    Are Nurses First Responders?

    CT Pixie replied to ScrubADub12's topic in General Nursing

    No, I don't consider nurses first responders, unless the nurse is a flight nurse. Or on that rare occasion if you come upon a person in need of help, you may be the 1st responder then, but usually we...
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    42 thinking of going to LPN school am I crazy?!

    CT Pixie replied to malahini1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I started LPN school a month before I turned 38. (I had a 1st grader and sophmore in high school at the time) Graduated a couple months after turning 39. I went back for my RN and graduated a month...
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    New Grad Nurse: Help on Job Offer Dilemma

    CT Pixie replied to sassynerd's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The one thing that jumped out at me was ---> Penalty of leaving in first year is $3,000. I will not sign my life away to any employer for anything. My former employer would have paid a good portion...
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    Poor Nurse

    CT Pixie replied to lilhemc's topic in General Nursing

    This nurse does :) I also use black, red and green. It all depends on what I'm needing to write. And it happens to be the pen shown in the picture. WAYY back in the 'olden days', blue or black ink was...
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    Carrying insurance

    CT Pixie replied to AngelaHarvey's topic in General Nursing

    I do and have since I was an LPN student! One of my teachers (around my age) pulled me aside early on before we started clinicals. She said, "I'm going to put this as bluntly as I can. I see the cars...
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    Changes in language

    CT Pixie replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    Esme, My daughter (8 or 9 at the time) came running down the stairs on day..eyes all wide and curious, bouncing out of her skin..."Momma...how many songs are on this CD?!?! It must have thousands of...
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    Changes in language

    CT Pixie replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    says every generation of the next. :) (I'm not being snarky) I remember my mom saying the future was a little scary with all the changes that were happening..and she remembers her mom saying
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    how many careers have you had?

    CT Pixie replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    No other degrees. All of my other positions since I was 16 years old (some may say career some may say job) were health care related in one way or
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    bridgeport vs gateway

    CT Pixie replied to lorenti99's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Ughh, that just sounds so grammatically incorrect! It should have read like this...there are many reasons that people don't finish. those reasons don't necessarily indicate a bad
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    bridgeport vs gateway

    CT Pixie replied to lorenti99's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    All programs lose students. Even programs with very high NCLEX pass rates can have high numbers of people who withdraw/fail out. I'd be more worried about the NCLEX pass rates than how many people...
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    Wear gloves during assessment?

    CT Pixie replied to future_nurse11's topic in General Nursing

    Generally I don't wear glove for VS. For an assesment I normally will. My hands are a mess from the constant hand washing and an allergy to the gloves and add in a case of eczema. My hands are split...
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    I LIED to a professor

    CT Pixie replied to Peonies n posie's topic in General Students

    I'd keep quiet. you DID learn from this! You learned not to lie. I think you've gotten yourself into such a tizzy that you are doing far more punishment to yourself than the instructor
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    Stopped me at 115 questions

    CT Pixie replied to maybe-rn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    question 1, answering your last question correctly or incorrectly is not indicitive of a pass or fail question 2 getting a SATA as your last question does not mean you passed Wouldn't #2 automatically...