CT Pixie BSN, RN

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    1st Semester Nursing Student FAILED my first exam

    CT Pixie replied to mcpvilchis's topic in General Students

    Below 80 was 'failing' for my class. The incoming nursing students need an 82! Don't fret the first test. nursing school exams are a whole other animal. They aren't like tests you've been taking since...
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    What is the proper way to address a resident who was a titled health professional?

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

    In my facility when new residents are admitted there is a form they fill out on how they would like to be addressed. mrs so and so, or first name, or whatever it is they want. We had one cute little...
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    Are you a RN or LPN???

    CT Pixie replied to LH...RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm actually both :) Until my birthmonth next year, I hold both an LPN and RN license, both of which are recorded on the State BON as active. I was hired at the LTC/SNF facility I work at as a new...
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    Some people have no common sense!

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

    Hey, think of it this way, the less common sense and class that she had, the better for you! :) I wish every other candidate for a position I'm interviewing from would come like the one you described....
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    How much time per test question?

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

    I'm not an educator but have recently been a student. A 50 question test was alloted 60 minutes for us to
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    Are you required to get a flu shot in the nursing program?

    CT Pixie replied to cee cee g's topic in General Students

    Our school is connected to a hospital so I'm not sure who requires it but we have two options (this only applies if you are in clinicals where you will have patient contact) 1. Get the flu shot 2....
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    Teacher uses a different textbook for tests

    CT Pixie replied to smilemore78's topic in General Students

    The way it was explained to me is that they don't mind people sitting and reading for a bit, but when the same people come in day after day, sitting for hours reading the same books and obviously...
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    any LPN to RN bridge people..? about Charter Oak

    CT Pixie replied to CT Pixie's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I had a total of 12 LPN who started the program when I did. Some had 10+ years as LPN's, others had 2-5 years (I'm in that group), and there were several who had just gotten their LPN license not long...
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    Nurse Scrubs for Hallowe'en

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

    They aren't relly 'pantyhose', what they are is (hahah) white tights from the chilrens section. Being that I have the same size and weight of an average 12year old, I can go into their section, they...
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    Nurse Scrubs for Hallowe'en

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

    I dress as a nurse every Halloween. I wear the 'old school' traditional uniform (no scrubs), white dress, white hose, white shoes, white cap :) My geri patients love it. One Halloween my husband...
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    thank you email after interview

    CT Pixie posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I had an interview yesterday late afternoon. The interview was over around the time the NM who interviewed me was set to go home. As a matter of fact, she walked me to the elevator (with her things...
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    thank you email after interview

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

    Thanks for the reply. I ended up just emailing a short thank you as well as stating I was looking forward to my shadowing experience. Figured it was also a way of confirming the shadow time and day....
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    Skull Help - AP 1

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

    I went to youtube and searched for videos on the body system we were working on. Many times I found videos that were using the exact same lab models as we had in class. Also, many times there were...
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    Teacher uses a different textbook for tests

    CT Pixie replied to smilemore78's topic in General Students

    I go to B&N frequently, many times i've looked for a particular book and did not find it in the nursing section (even after checking online to make sure it was in stock). That had happened...
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    Writing multiple times?

    CT Pixie replied to loriangel14's topic in General Nursing

    GrnTea normally I totally agree with you but with this comment you are very mistaken. It is not common fallacy nor a "new wives' tale' about the fifteen items that are being used for possible...
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    Did I pass finally????? pearson vue

    CT Pixie replied to snowyeyes2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You are 100% correct in thinking those thoughts...since there are only two options...pass or fail. :) I'm happy to tell you, that little blurb you got was the 'good' pop up. And it DOES indicate a...
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    Rehab hosp asked me to shadow for 1 1/2 hrs and meet afterwards

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

    I went to an interview yesterday and was then scheduled for a peer interview immediatly followed by shadowing a nurse on the floor for 4 hours on Monday during the time frame the position I applied...
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    any LPN to RN bridge people..? about Charter Oak

    CT Pixie replied to CT Pixie's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    My experience was fine. I was placed into the 2nd year nursing classes of a 2 year program (associates) I worked as an LPN in the LTC/SNF capacity, no 'acute' per se. Honestly, I didn't feel like i...
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    Online surveys when applying? one question is driving me

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

    are you in CT? I took an online 'test' for a hospital that had the exact same question on it! Drove me crazy too. Actually many of the questions drove me insane because some questions answers depended...
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    ABC's "old school"?!

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

    I guess I'm old school ABC but ABC for me. Maybe the rationale for assessing for skull fracture before airway was if during the assessment you know there is a fx, you need to know which airway would...
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    When do you usually finish your tests?

    CT Pixie replied to bluesky94's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was almost always the first one to finish, but never the first to hand it in and leave. I'd say I was one of the first 5 or 6 to hand it in. Either I know the material or I don't, simple as that. I...
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    Where do YOU sit in class?

    CT Pixie replied to Caribbean Character's topic in General Students

    Front row, at the end by the aisle. Why? Because I'm short and if I sit behind anyone, usually their heads block what i'm trying to see on the board or the Power
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    Saw a nurse yelling at a patient in ICU

    CT Pixie replied to inspiredbynavy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I wasn't a nurse at the time but something similiar happened to me as a CNA but I wasn't the observer, I was the observed and could have lost my job and my CNA cert from the State as well as possibly...
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    How Many people did your program start out with?

    CT Pixie replied to Philly_LPN_Girl's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    LPN school-for profit techinical school RN-private
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    How Many people did your program start out with?

    CT Pixie replied to Philly_LPN_Girl's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    For my LPN schooling we started with 65 or so, ended up graduating with 34. Of those 34, 3 were were people who had failed in a previous class and were repeating the section. The first two weeks they...