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    how long did you wait to go from LPN to RN?

    CT Pixie replied to Mrsladysoul83's topic in LPN to RN

    I graduatedLPN school in mid-June 2008, started working a week later. I went back to school and started taking pre-reqs for the LPN to RN course in the Fall 2011 semester. Started the 2nd year nursing...
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    LPN to RN (no bridge)

    CT Pixie replied to slj27's topic in LPN to RN

    For me starting at square one in the RN program was a waste of a year+ time and lots of money. I had already done all that and wasn't about to redo it while digging into my pocket to pay for it. Our...
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    Anyone here who hate the holidays?

    CT Pixie replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    My husband has a very close friend, who is closer to my mom's age than ours. He's your typical 'biker' kind of guy. Bald (by choice), tats everywhere, long unruly beard and moustache, black...
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    What is the one thing that turns your stomach?

    CT Pixie replied to FDW630's topic in General Students

    Vomit...(hearing it, smelling it, and/or seeing it puts me over the edge) and respiratory secrections (thick nasty mucous) ewwww. Of course being an LPN on a LTC unit I have a ton of COPD pts who are...
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    Care Plan Help...Please

    CT Pixie replied to hope4ccns's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't know if teeth grinding is a symptom of Parkinson's but I've noticed that a lot of my Parkinson's pts tend to do
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    a&p II and micro in same semester?

    CT Pixie replied to mee9mee9's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Couldn't be done at my school A&P I and II are pre-reqs for
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    Anybody else tired of taking pre-reqs?

    CT Pixie replied to FaithGurl93's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    nguyency77 My sociology class went into all aspects of the norms/bias etc of different cultures and the different components of cultures (crime, marriage, family, etc). Like you, we also explored into...
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    Anybody else tired of taking pre-reqs?

    CT Pixie replied to FaithGurl93's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sociology is very important when you deal with patients from other cultures and why as a society we have the rules/norms that we do. What you as a member of one particular culture finds odd may be...
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    New Grad LPN offered a Nurse Supervisor position in Post Acute

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

    I do admits on my unit. We have an RN in house acting in the supervisory position. I do the initial assessment, the skin assessment and all the other assessments that go along with a new admit. I...
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    Have you ever caught someone cheating?

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

    There was one particlar student who comes to mind. She would use her cell phone which she had on her lap. (I had noticed what looked like her cell phone in her lap in a class we had, had together...
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    Have you had a Hep B titer?

    CT Pixie replied to Katie71275's topic in General Students

    I had my Hep series done back in 2000. I can't remember if I had titers drawn after the series. But when I started my LPN to RN bridge they required titers drawn. Mine came back with titers high...
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    Anyone here who hate the holidays?

    CT Pixie replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Hate holidays, but put on the brave face for my kids and husband who live for them. My dad died on Easter, my grandfather died on Christmas Eve and my grandmother died on Thanksgiving day. (Their...
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    Therapeutic Communication

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

    It's a cliche' type sentence which for us falls under non-therapeutic and as cliche'. But since you don't have a specific one that says that I'd say it goes with sterotyped
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    Are clinicals flexible?

    CT Pixie replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Students

    In this current semester I have clinicals at both the hospital that the school is attached to as well as at a clinical site that is a 40 minute ride from my house. (Commuting time from my home to...
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    Anyone pass the NCLEX without study/preparation?

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

    I graduated on June 12th and took my NCLEX-PN about 10 days later. I really didn't do any studying per se. Since I had been studying for my final exams and exit exam (our exit exam was pretty much...
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    Is this cheating?

    CT Pixie replied to BCurtis's topic in General Students

    We had to sign a paper that stated that we were informed that talking or writing about any quiz, test/exam etc with anyone at any time (students in the class or not) is considered cheating and we...
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    starting nursing classes in spring 2013, what should I be studying now...

    CT Pixie replied to sjc11's topic in General Students

    If you have your books, glance through the first few chapters. Also, review A&P, that always comes back to haunt
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    Unemployed-need FREE NCLEX-RN study suggestions

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

    google NCLEX test questins free. I found quite a few really great sites that have free online tests. Some have rationals for the correct answer, some don't. I not near my home computer so I can't get...
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    A nursing student's Thanksgiving diet

    CT Pixie replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    While I am a nursing student (age 43), thankfully I am not a poor nursing student :) Thanksgiving dinner...will be at my house but prepared by my Mom (68 but looks and acts as if she's MY age) with...
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    White uniform

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

    I'm lucky enough that our uniform scrubs are navy blue...I can wear any color (with or without pattern or words) and nothing shows through those bad boys. If your scrubs are white...wear a color...
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    is 25-30 too late to want to pursue a nursing degree?

    CT Pixie replied to mee9mee9's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well I hope 25-30 isn't too old...I'm 43 and currently in my last semester of my LPN to ADN program. :) No, 25-30 isn't too old. I have fellow students in my class who are young enough to be my...
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    Grading scales and number of questions on your exams

    CT Pixie replied to tb0930's topic in General Students

    Each teacher has a different number of questions for their exams and/or quizzes. But in general quizzes are 25 questions and exams are 50. Finals tend to be 100 questions. Most classes had 4 quizzes...
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    Select all that apply questions

    CT Pixie replied to kathieb66's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I attack the SATA questions by looking at one at a time (I never scan all the answers before chosing). As I read a question I ask myself is this true or false. If its true I pick it, and move onto the...
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    Nurses, how are you going to vote? 2012 US Presidential Election

    CT Pixie replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    While you may think polls are dominate by loyal Union people who may not even be nurses at all.. I am 100% positive I do NOT work for a Unionized facility (nor am I pro or con Union), I am 100% I am a...
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    Article critique help!!!!!!!!!!!

    CT Pixie replied to Mrs.Priss's topic in General Students

    This link should help with the APA format. Purdue OWL: APA Formatting and Style Guide These are APA format generators (you plug in the info and it formats it for you. Then you can copy/paste it to...