CT Pixie BSN, RN

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    New vs used books vs renting

    CT Pixie replied to Kimynurse's topic in General Students

    Lighter, cheaper and more portable yes...now, what happens if the device you are using that these books are stored on crashes? Then what? You're SOL. I've gone through LPN school and I'm currently...
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    Class Load

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

    I start the 2nd year of a 2 year program in two weeks. While the student handbook has an outline of the courses taken during each of the four semesters of the program, it has non-nursing classes...
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    Last Free Weekend

    CT Pixie replied to rubato's topic in General Students

    I start back on the 27th! I have this weekend and next. I am also on vacation from work starting on Monday. That time will be spent cleaning, getting the house back in order, getting last minute items...
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    New vs used books vs renting

    CT Pixie replied to Kimynurse's topic in General Students

    I def don't buy from our school bookstore! Way to expensive. I've gotten all my books through Amazon and have saved a ton of money. I go for new books since I don't like seeing other people's...
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    To the nurses: do you not like shy/quiet nursing assistants?

    CT Pixie replied to chariot's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think its a matter of disliking shy/quiet CNA's. It may be more of timing. Not that, that is an excuse for being rude or short with anyone. I've found myself on several occasions giving a...
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    I don't want to work in a nursing home...

    CT Pixie replied to ProudStudent's topic in General Students

    I think this was where it sounded as you were discrediting LTC nurses and this is is also how its different than saying you don't want to work in oncology or peds --->I find it depressing,...
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    I don't want to work in a nursing home...

    CT Pixie replied to ProudStudent's topic in General Students

    I'm a LTC/rehab LPN. Gone are the days of the long term chronic patient. Due to the changes in insurance coverage etc, many (MOST) patients, especially the elderly, are discharged out of the hospital...
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    What shoes are you getting for clinicals?

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

    Check with your program before you buy clogs. Many programs do not allow clogs of any style (closed back or not). That being said, I have two pairs I alternate between. I have my Nike Shox which I...
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    How many Prereqs will I need for my BSN?

    CT Pixie replied to Mrsearly2009's topic in LPN to RN

    I'd say before you start taking classes you think you might need, check out the schools you are interested in and find out for sure what their pre-reqs are. It would be such a waste of time, energy...
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    Insuffecient work experience to bridge?

    CT Pixie replied to tanna898's topic in LPN to RN

    For what its worth, I attend an LPN to RN bridge program with 12 other LPN's. Of those 12, 4 have ZERO experience in working as an LPN in any fashion (LTC/SNF or othewise) the ink is still literally...
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    Study Groups: Help or Nuisance?

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

    During my LPN schooling I kept as far away from the study groups as humanly possible. It was nothing but an hours long opportunity to bash fellow students and teachers, complain about how bad the...
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    Be Careful When Posting

    CT Pixie replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    Exact same thing happened to me. Wanted to hear nothing about what I was saying..okee dokee, leave your full name and city/state in your bio, the ramifications of doing that will then fall on you....
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    Pay Off My Student Loans In Full or Make Monthly Payments?

    CT Pixie replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    Not a fan of wiping out the savings account..then again I'm not a fan of debt or paying more than I really have to (interest, interest, interest). If paying it off would totally wipe out my savings...
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    lpn to rn-how different is it?

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

    In my State there are a select few LPN to RN bridge programs. Each of those programs allow the LPN to be granted the credits for the first year nursing classes in an ADN program and you start at the...
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    Issues...

    CT Pixie replied to AlexCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Esme I was also wondering about the ketamine. I even posted my questions about giving ketamine in the LTC setting. However due to my computer being all wonky that day, I was having a hard time posting...
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    Issues...

    CT Pixie replied to AlexCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Two questions...how exactly could you tell she gave a the wrong dosage strictly by sitting at the nurses station and watching her give it? How do you know it was the wrong dose pill? And why were you...
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    Shot Records

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

    Getting my records was half the battle (I was born in 1969! My peditrician has been long since dead..office no longer in existance. Thankfully my high school still had my records. As luck would have...
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    Would you be scared of 6 foot 3 male nurse.

    CT Pixie replied to mumbojumbo's topic in Men in Nursing

    Its not that tall? According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average height for an adult male in the United States is 5'9" as of 2006. I wouldn't be scared of a nurse your size at...
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    Shoes ....

    CT Pixie replied to angeltech's topic in General Students

    I'd say they mean no clogs. (nursing style or
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    Shoes ....

    CT Pixie replied to angeltech's topic in General Students

    For tennis shoe/sneaker I love Nike Shox and for an actual 'shoe' I love my Dansko's. The thing about shoes/sneakers is each persons foot is different and while some can wear one type another person...
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    Should I take medical terminology as an elective?

    CT Pixie replied to i♥words's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It can only help. I had taken a med term class for a Health Claims Analyst course I was taking years prior to starting my LPN schooling. I'm in my LPN to RN bridge program now and I feel bad for my...
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    How is A&P 2 different from A&P1?

    CT Pixie replied to EMT89's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Like Jennie K, my A&P I and II covered the same systems to the same extent we had the anatomy and physiology of the system at once. My A&P I and II only differed in the sense that they were...
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    Feeling guilty about starting school with 4 yr old.

    CT Pixie replied to gumbi_12's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I started my LPN schooling about 2 months after my youngest turned 5. It was a 15 month long M-F 8hr/day course, no traditional college breaks and days off. I graduated and started working as an LPN....
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    Human Development and A&P II in a semester is this EXTREME???

    CT Pixie replied to inquiringRN2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I didn't take A&P II with Human Development but I didn't find Human Development hard at all. I would have taken them both together if I had to. I took A&P II with an Ethics class (which was...
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    Stethoscope problem!

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

    I paid $60-70ish for my Littmann Classic II (its the two sided one, one side bell flip it over for the diaphragm) when I started nursing school in 2007 and I still have it (keep an eagle eye on it so...