CT Pixie BSN, RN

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    Stories of the pre-vaccine days

    CT Pixie replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My kids pediatric group has signs everywhere, no vaccines...they will not keep you as a patient. I inquired about those kids who cannot get the vaccines due to documented health reasons..those...
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    Stories of the pre-vaccine days

    CT Pixie replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It was available in the US in 1995. My oldest was 2 at the tail end of 95. She got the chicken pox in the late winter/early Spring of 95 so she was just over a year
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    "hard science" requirements for RN's

    CT Pixie replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    For my ADN, pre-reqs were: Biology Chem w/Lab sciences taking during ADN program (or you could take them before if you didn't get in right away) A&P I and II w/Labs Micro w/Labs College level...
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    Stories of the pre-vaccine days

    CT Pixie replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm a few months shy of 46 yrs old. I had a teacher in middle school who walked with crutches due to having polio. My sister is scared up pretty badly due to chicken pox. I remember when we both had...
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    Care Plan help Please

    CT Pixie replied to trudreamer_88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We had to have findings that backed up our nursing dx and they wanted them listed in order of priority (Airway, breathing circ order and Maslow). But as I said they wanted 'actuals' before 'risk...
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    Care Plan help Please

    CT Pixie replied to trudreamer_88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    And GrnTea, for what its worth....safety is always #1 in my head as I do bedside report as well as when I am in and out of my patients hospital roooms. My eyes dart around to be sure the bed/chair...
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    Care Plan help Please

    CT Pixie replied to trudreamer_88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ahhh GrnTea, normally I would accept a double-dog dare, but I do agree with you. While I don't 'write' them out anymore, they are always in my head on what I need to do intervention wise in order to...
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    Care Plan help Please

    CT Pixie replied to trudreamer_88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I do understand there is a whole section for safety-related dx. Of course safety is very important, I get that 100%. I was simply stating what my CI's drilled into our heads during my LPN and RN...
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    Care Plan help Please

    CT Pixie replied to trudreamer_88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Figured she needed it more than I did. I graduated and have had little use for it since beginning work. I can honestly say I've had no need to sit and write a care
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    Care Plan help Please

    CT Pixie replied to trudreamer_88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here blood glucose is high from the labs and she's got DM and insulin meds. You could do something on that. I can't remember off hand but there is a DX that pertains to high glucose levels. (I...
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    Care Plan help Please

    CT Pixie replied to trudreamer_88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Your care plan is based off abnormal findings regardless of whether or not they pertain to the reason they are admitted. The best thing to do is highlight all abnormal findings and base your care...
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    Connecticut RN Salaries in 2015

    CT Pixie replied to PacoUSA's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    $29 ish before shift differentials and any
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    do you wash your hair every day?

    CT Pixie replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Yes, I wash my hair every day whether I've worked or not. My hair gets beyond greasy if I don't. I typically have my hair back in a ponytail or a bun when at work. Thankfully my hair doesn't dry out...
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    Quick Results and the Weekend.......

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

    I will be up
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    Taking RN pre reqs while in LPN program?

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

    They won't take them because the LPN courses aren't considered college level. I had to retake a lot of classes I had taken in my LPN course when I was doing the LPN to RN bridge program. It was...
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    Find your Specialty Quiz

    CT Pixie replied to Sisyphus_01's topic in General Students

    Reproductive (awesome, I want to get into L&D, NICU) Pulmonary (NEVER!) Subacute (possibly, doing both long term and acute care, I think I'd like something in between) transplant nurse (something...
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    Too old for BSN?

    CT Pixie replied to forever88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Too old at 22? Then I should pack it up and forget about it. :) I was 38 yrs old when I started my LPN schooling. Graduted a couple months after turning 39. A few years later, I went back to do my LPN...
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    Nursing Scrubs and Stethoscope

    CT Pixie replied to TVMN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have both the Littman Classic II and the lightweight one. I much prefer the Classic II. My Classic II has been with me thru LPN and RN school as well as with me during as a LPN and RN. It's held up...
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    A&P 1 lecture or lab? Whats harder?

    CT Pixie replied to TIffany1579's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I found A&P II to be tiring and boring as my professor was clueless as well. She had no idea how to draw us in and make it interesting. She did nothing but read from the lab manual. Now, A&P...
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    A&P 1 lecture or lab? Whats harder?

    CT Pixie replied to TIffany1579's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I found lecture easier for certain body systems. I found cells/tissues/histology easier in lecture than in lab. The slides in lab all sort of looked the same to me. Other systems I found lab...
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    Question Of The Day!

    CT Pixie replied to Theor23's topic in General Nursing

    I've made both good and bad choices in my life...some were really really good, while others were just beyond bad. When I start the 'what if' line of thinking, I stop myself. No amount of reflection,...
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    Student Uniforms

    CT Pixie replied to lepew's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    That happened when I was an RN student, we wore navy blue top/bottoms. At the time nurses could wear any color. They then went to navy top with either white or navy bottom. Very often nures were...
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    Student Uniforms

    CT Pixie replied to lepew's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    My LPN school had ceil top and bottom with all white shoes. (hated the required scrubs you purchased from the school...cheap and ill fitting..the color was blahhh) My RN school was navy blue top and...
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    How long did it take for you to get your job after license?

    CT Pixie replied to kimmy20's topic in First Year After Licensure

    2 months? That's really not that long in this abysmal job market. I have friends who were coming up on close to a year with no job. It took me a long time to land my first RN position (and I had...
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    MAGNET Designation

    CT Pixie replied to kgg6's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I know of a local non-Magnet hospital that they made the news for the exact same