CT Pixie BSN, RN

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    Mystery Baby

    CT Pixie replied to xfitrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was thinking the exact same thing. I don't work NICU but a heart defect came to mind immediately when i read your original post. I think it popped into my head because we just had a lecture on...
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    At what body weight percentage is a person dead?

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

    never mind, read it wrong (what I mean was I posted something about how I normally weigh 100lbs, and I went down to 80lbs during an illness and i was still alive. But I read the OP's post wrong and...
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    Please help! Questions I haven't read here yet....so curious!!!

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

    1) I read here about people passing meds to a gazillion patients----ON TIME---which I give you major kudos for! My question though------what about the crushing, the ones who need to take their pills...
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    Whats the difference?

    CT Pixie replied to alihoff93's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    An LPN is a licesned practical nurse. An RN is a registered nurse. (a title) A BSN is a bachelors of Science in Nursing. (a degree) An RN can be an ADN or a BSN (and some are diploma
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    Digital voice recorder for nursing lectures?

    CT Pixie replied to Jaynie_Marie's topic in General Students

    Instead of spending money on a recorder, use your phone. If a recorder doesn't come as a standard app, its easy enough to find a free app that is a recorder (I just downloaded one on my phone). I...
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    Witnessed unsterile procedure and feeling terrible about it

    CT Pixie replied to cblake4293's topic in General Nursing

    As I said in a previous post, I work LTC and our P&P is STERILE technique for caths. We have sterile cath kits that contain everything needed to do a sterile technique. My mouth is hanging open at...
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    Pearson vue trick says i FAILED but my GVN is still active????

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

    A GVN is a person who's taken and passed all the required classes of an LPN school. They have the GVN status until they take the NCLEX if they pass, then they become LVN/LPN or if the fail the NCLEX...
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    Pearson vue trick says i FAILED but my GVN is still active????

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

    Graduate vocational
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    Using Your Photo As An Avatar

    CT Pixie replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I have had THREE people who asked me if I was so-and-so on AllNurses. I give them the confused quizzical kind of look and say "allnurse? What is that?" And when they tell me all about it, I tell them...
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    Blue Ink?

    CT Pixie replied to SwissMiss28's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Black or blue but my facility prefers black. I prefer writing my notes on my paper (my brain sheet) in blue but I always sign narcs and any other documentation in black. If no black pen is handy when...
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    HELP! Please i need help with these orders

    CT Pixie replied to Mrs.Boochie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, our MAR has pr not PR or per rectum. I read it as per
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    HELP! Please i need help with these orders

    CT Pixie replied to Mrs.Boochie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I've seen it written that way (per rectum) on my MAR at work. Although it does read like one for each rectum
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    Witnessed unsterile procedure and feeling terrible about it

    CT Pixie replied to cblake4293's topic in General Nursing

    I work LTC and we still perform caths with sterile technique (cath kits have the sterile gloves in
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    Worst start ever

    CT Pixie replied to thelema13's topic in Emergency

    Worst start to a shift...well that would be this past Saturday. I live in CT and got slammed with 36 inches of snow plus snow drifts 5 ft high and winds 50+mph. Yeah, that really was the worst way to...
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    Would you give a drug someone else pulled from a pyxis?

    CT Pixie replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Medications

    If its still in the blister pack with all the info on it (drug, strength etc) and I had the MAR I'd be fine with it. I've given meds pulled by another nurse that were still in its individual pack and...
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    Habits you picked up from work...

    CT Pixie replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Ahh, than that makes it make sense now hahaha. I bet your description of exiting said cest pool is the same way I do it. Never knew my body could bend and twist the way it does when I leave public...
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    Habits you picked up from work...

    CT Pixie replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    People find it odd you wash your hands after using the bathroom?? I'd be looking at them sideways if they DIDNT wash their hands after using the bathroom. I don't know, my Mom taught me from the age...
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    What are the basic pre rec requirements?

    CT Pixie replied to jdailey06's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    pre-reqs for A&P I at my school was College level Algebra and chemistry and general bio. pre-req for A&P II was A&P I pre-req for Micro was A&P I as the others have said, what you...
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    Experience with PRIVATE student loans

    CT Pixie replied to cjr2619's topic in General Students

    I had a Sallie Mae that I paid off and then I got another for my LPN schooling (which is currently on hold b/c I am now in an LPN to RN program so I don't have to pay the monthly amount. I do make...
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    general surgery clinical question

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

    Yeah, not too sure why that is listed as a
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    data sheet

    CT Pixie replied to asma6's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Did you really just call GrnTea dude? Really? SHE was only trying to help (she IS a nursing instructor, if anyone can help it is GrnTea). I'm assuming its a paper you need to fill out with the...
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    Would you put in notice while on orientation?

    CT Pixie replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Career

    Orientation or not you really should give them notice that you are leaving. If you didn't, what are you going to do, just not show up on your scheduled day? THAT would really go over like a fart in...
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    That awkward moment when....

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

    You have no idea how embarrassed and mortified I was! OMG! I felt terrible. Luckily my sharp as a tack (as I later found out, as was her momma!) little lady quickly forgave my faux pau and she and I...
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    That awkward moment when....

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

    ~~that awkward moment when your new 89 year old patient is insistant that she is going to see her "momma" and that the new patient assessment can wait. Bringing up flags of possible dementia...asking...
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    Weekend NCLEX results???

    CT Pixie replied to jessicak627's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took my NCLEX on a Thursday, my quick results were posted on Saturday. At the time I did not know about the PVT so I can't answer that. However, my name and license number did not appear on my...