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    Am I Too Old to Start School?

    CT Pixie replied to michelegie's topic in General Students

    I did the LPN, LPN to RN and currently doing RN to BSN. I was a month away from turning 39 when I got licensed as an LPN (I always told myself I'd be a nurse by 40.) It was a month after my 44th...
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    Is this real? Vein light

    CT Pixie replied to ladysushi's topic in General Nursing

    I have one on my unit. And there are several throughout the hospital. I've never used it but have seen it used. You really should practice without using it. You should be going by feel, not sight. We...
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    Question about weekend schedules

    CT Pixie replied to melc0305's topic in General Nursing

    We do every other weekend. For my weekends I'm always on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. However, my weekends off never consist of Friday, Saturday, Sunday...they are on Friday, off Saturday and Sunday,...
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    Do I NEED to get my BSN?

    CT Pixie replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    What you feel now at 25 years old, may or may not be what you want or NEED at 35, 45 or 55 years old. And the area you live in at the age of 25 might not be the area you live in 5 10, 20 years down...
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    Found myself in quite the pickle.. (Poll)

    CT Pixie replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    My school required us to take a 2 week Kaplan in-class program. It was manditory. We could not skip any part of it. If for circumstances beyond our control occured and we had to skip a day or miss the...
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    missing pinning ceremony for dying father's birthday

    CT Pixie replied to ichiro12's topic in General Students

    I went to my LPN pinning and my RN pinning. I was not pinned by someone of my choice so it didn't mean a whole lot to me. My LPN pinning was done by an instuctor who verbally told anyone who would...
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    Employee vs Patient: Do you receive care where you work?

    CT Pixie replied to ladedah1's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    OB/GYN no. Anything related to the floor I work on, no. Mental health treatment should I ever need it, no. Anything else,
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    LPN looking for job, does anyone know anywhere in CT hiring new grad LPNs?

    CT Pixie replied to sotoashley568's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Try doing a search on indeed.com I saw several LPN positions there just
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    NPO with no IV fluids?

    CT Pixie replied to RVA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    As others have said, sometimes they get fluids and sometimes not. It depends on the patients status. I will ususally page them with a quick text saying much the 86711lh said, 'NPO after midnight. no...
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    Did you marry a doctor?

    CT Pixie replied to KayStanley's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Place me in the 'didn't marry a doctor' catagory. My husband is a self-employed small business
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    Tired of the Stethoscope, Now more!

    CT Pixie replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen her on other progams...its not a matter of RBF. For the sake of argument, lets say she does have RBF, that wouldn't account for her body language of sitting there stiff as a board and not...
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    Tired of the Stethoscope, Now more!

    CT Pixie replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    What stands out the most to me..Raven-Simone sat there stone faced and totally stiff..eyeing up and down both nurses the entire and did not utter a word the entire time and had a look of distain on...
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    YNHH Interview

    CT Pixie replied to nursinghopeful1028's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Pretty much all of the YNHH hospitals have a blurb in their job postings that the applicant must show proof of being enolled in a BSN or Masters program upon
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    Overhead Paging Banned

    CT Pixie replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What? She was mad b/c no one overhead paged her? If she didn't hear her phone ringing away in close proximity to her how in the heck would she hear an overhead
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    How does the NCLEX score?

    CT Pixie replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    I have read people say that the NCLEX shuts off at about 75Q or 120Q etc. For the NCLEX-PN, the minimum amount of questions you can get is 85, for NCLEX-RN its 75. The max amount of questions you can...
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    Do not order scrubs from scrubland beyond.com

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

    You did see that line right?..its says EXPECTED not
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    The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    CT Pixie replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    1)__ Do you take the flu vaccine yearly? If you do not, what is the reason you do not participate (if you don't mind answering this question)? I do, every year. 2)__ Does your employer have a...
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    Did I do the right thing?

    CT Pixie replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in General Nursing

    You did the right thing. You assessed your patient, informed the doc of your findings, and was told to send the pt to the ED. Thankfully, for the patient it was nothing. But had it been something and...
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    What time do you clock in?

    CT Pixie replied to justmehappy's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My facility does not allow punching in prior to 7 minutes before the start of your shift. That being said, I tend to arrive to my floor about 1/2 hr prior. If the assignement is done, I get to a...
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    Three times

    CT Pixie replied to Wardbro74's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I've always finished tests quickly...be it nursing school tests, high school, other college courses, NREMT test..what have
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    Three times

    CT Pixie replied to Wardbro74's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Its really not set to a particular time...from when you start or finish. For my NCLEX-PN, I started my test at 8am finished about 1/2 hr later. My quick results were up at neither the time I started...
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    White, puffy skin

    CT Pixie replied to PILOT3's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    So the periwound is macerted? Does this look like the 'white puffy dead skin' you are seeing?https://wocn.confex.com/wocn/2007AM/techprogram/P2467.HTM Is the patient being followed by anyone for the...
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    Three times

    CT Pixie replied to Wardbro74's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yes, your quick results are available on weekends as well as holidays. If you took your NCLEX '1 day ago' that would be yesterday..Saturday. That means your results should be up tomorrow,
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    Late on interview.

    CT Pixie replied to nursefromcali's topic in General Nursing

    People laugh at me..but I leave an hour before my shift is to start...and its only a 10-15 minute commute. There have been times, I've gotten on the floor just in the nick of time even after leaving...
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    Ebook or Textbook?

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

    Hate, despise, loath, detest, abhor...ebooks. Did I mention I can't stand them?!?! Too difficult to find info quickly. No way to mark notes on the pages. Allowed open book tests are useless b/c you...