CT Pixie BSN, RN

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    Is this possible?

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

    In any of the schools I've been at, A&P I is a pre-req for A&P II. Even if I could have, I wouldn't have. There is just too much in both I and II to try and take it all one at once. These are...
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    colleague does not want to take day off

    CT Pixie replied to bellefleur's topic in General Nursing

    We just had a nurse in her early 70s just retire. You'd never know by looking at her, speaking to her, OR watching her run circles around people 1/2 her age that she was in her early 70s! She worked...
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    Can't recall a term for cast?

    CT Pixie replied to Jmarty31's topic in General Nursing

    I work ortho and I'm pretty sure what you're describing is a Carter pillow. The one's I've seen on my unit are yellow but we also have blue ones as well. When I have seen them in use is with arm...
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    Our units acuity is at an all time high.

    CT Pixie replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Count me in! Constant full census...can't think of a day I've worked in the last few months that if it wasn't full when I walked in (2300-0700) it quickly filled with admissions within the first few...
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    You are NOT allergic to...

    CT Pixie replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also have a sensitivity to iodine. If I get topical iodine on me, it makes my skin look like someone poured battery acid on it, needless to say, I avoid having iodine touch me like the plague. I am...
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    He/She Said What!?

    CT Pixie replied to BritBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard this more times than I care to count but it was spun a different way.."LPNs know what/how to do, the RNs know why.' I have heard it from RN school professors as well as RNs talking to or...
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    Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    CT Pixie replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    Maybe its just the schools around my area but the students NEVER assigned to a floor nurse and left to be taught by him/her. Both my LPN and RN schools were the same, we were assigned to a clinical...
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    That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    CT Pixie replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    I asked one of the docs I work with and he said its called the gluteal cleft, I've had other docs call it the intragluteal cleft. Either way to me...its the butt crack or the plumbers smile
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    Celebrity TV Nurses

    CT Pixie replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, that was Amy. Sadly, the woman who played her (Shell Kepler) passed away in 2008. It says from renal failure. And Bobbie! I loved
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    Clubbing is the New Black

    CT Pixie replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm pretty sure the title is a haha to the Netflix "Orange is the New Black"
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    That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    CT Pixie replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, thats how *I* remember that one...the 'on top of old olympus' one never made sense to me so I stuck with one that made sense
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    COB rollcall

    CT Pixie replied to NursesRmofun's topic in General Nursing

    Little BIT (bat in training) here CNA 1985 (trained by RNs who became RNs in the early 1940s..now those were some old school ladies and talk about CRUSTY!!) EMT 2001 LPN 2008 RN 2013 (ASN) RN to BSN...
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    What are the best Nike shoes for a 12 Hour Shift?

    CT Pixie replied to mf299709's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have worn nothing but Nike Shox since I began as an LPN in 2008...even before that actually. I wore them during nursing school as well. I swear by them. However, everyone is different. I can't wear...
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    took NCLEX under VERMONT board of nursing last Nov2008

    CT Pixie replied to catherinedio's topic in Nurse Registration

    I'm a little confused. You want to check the status of your NCLEX? You said you took it in November 2008. The status (pass/fail) would be found out by looking at the State BON in the State you...
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    Anyone else want to burn their statistics book?

    CT Pixie replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Students

    Dreaded taking it for a long time (it was actually what was holding me back from going back for my BSN right away)...dreaded when I actually registered for it. Hated ever second of it. Thankfully it...
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    Am I the only one that's done this?

    CT Pixie replied to Trama_junky's topic in General Nursing

    In Connecticut we have thee leveles of EMT. EMT-B is your basic EMT. EMT-I is the EMT intermediate and they can do IVs, they go back for additional schooling after them become an EMT-B. EMT-P is the...
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    Denied R.N. License after NCLEX

    CT Pixie replied to Erational's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Not so in my State. If you license lapses due to non-renewal and its been 5 years or longer since you've worked as an RN...guess what.... "Applicants who have been out of practice longer than five...
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    No calculators allowed as an RN?

    CT Pixie replied to dancediva234's topic in General Students

    Umm, ouch! Way to shove a dagger in my back (as well as many of us 'middle aged' nurses) :) I am middle aged (46) and I routinely use my calculator and to the disbelief of some, this old lady has and...
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    ADN vs. BSN

    CT Pixie replied to ace003's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm a little confused. Are you asking if the NCLEX is different for those holding an associate degree vs someone with a bacehlor degree? If that's what you're asking, then the answer is no. The test...
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    7:30 meds? Who is responsible for giving?

    CT Pixie replied to Manda92's topic in Patient Medications

    i work 11p-730am, days works 7a-330pm, the 1/2 over overlap is designated to giving report. The oncoming shift does those types of meds that fall in the 730am, 330pm, or 1130pm meds. If I'm not going...
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    Poll: Nurse and law enforcement couples

    CT Pixie replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    No, my husband isn't. However, I do know of 3 nurses in a facility I worked at decades ago..all were married at the time and all 3 became quite 'chummy'(*wink* also known as having an affair with)...
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    Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    CT Pixie replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    Did you possess my body?? This happened to me 2 nights ago! Flipped out on me that they were due at 2am (in reality, the earliest I could have given them was 2:20am). Soundly sleeping, snoring...
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    Do you think CT needs to add another BSN program to the state

    CT Pixie replied to WCSU1987's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I work for one of the hospitals that YNHH operates (currently Yale is Yale, St Raphaels, Greenwich and Brideport Hospitals..now we are taking L&M as wll). I was hired less than a year ago with my...
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    How soon can you take the NCLEX?

    CT Pixie replied to FutureRN-GA's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I tested 2 1/2 wks after graduation for my nclex rn. Two weeks after I graduated I took my nclex
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    How soon can you take the NCLEX?

    CT Pixie replied to FutureRN-GA's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    As soon as you do all your required paperwork for the State BON, register with Pearson Vue and the school sends all the necessary paperwork to the BON. Once all that is complete you will get...