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    Clinical sites, you choose or you're assigned?

    CT Pixie replied to level1's topic in General Students

    I was assigned for both LPN and RN school. LPN school we had several places per mod (like a semester but longer) we could be placed. It always seemed like they would put people the farthest from their...
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    How do I answer "what is your nursing plan of care" on a clinical based question?

    CT Pixie replied to barcode120x's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Like enuf_already said, you got this. Think back to those endless care plans you had to do in school for an answer to your nursing plan of care. I'm sure you must have run into someone with a dx of...
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    Work as a prn LPN during nursing school?

    CT Pixie replied to lei8809's topic in General Students

    My PRN position requires a specific number of shifts worked in a month. Many places require a certain number of shifts (per month or schedule), weekends (per month or schedule) and holidays (per...
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    Becoming a nurse is ruining food!

    CT Pixie replied to Red Kryptonite's topic in Nursing Humor

    You're not alone Red Kryptonite, CNA I read it as flatus as well. Had to go back and look at the picture again after I read your post and said..yup, its NOT flatus written there
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    What kind of job can I get with an ADN but no license?

    CT Pixie replied to LM2015's topic in General Nursing

    B&N has caught on to the whole, read and study from the books without buying them thing with nursing texts and study material. At least they have in the B&N around me. ALL the NCLEX books are...
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    Males Neonatal Nursing

    CT Pixie replied to brimurse58's topic in General Nursing

    Both my children were NICU babies and both had male nurses. One had said he'd never worked in any other department. He graduated and started right at NICU. The other had some other department...
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    Esme Needs Your Prayers

    CT Pixie replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome 'home'
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    Bridgeport hospital school of nursing fall 2015

    CT Pixie replied to coachremson's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Bridgeport Hospital is posting this for the New Grad Nurse positions:NEW GRADUATE NURSE Qualifications EDUCATION: BSN or RN enrolled in a BSN/MSN Program. Think it best to enroll in a BSN program as...
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    I've got a question about pain control

    CT Pixie replied to Norepinephrine's topic in General Nursing

    I work in ortho and this comes up frequently. You had asked aside from pain medications if there is anything the nurse can do to help alleviate the pain even if just a little. First off, ortho pain...
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    Lost my IV skills

    CT Pixie replied to JJ the crit RN's topic in General Nursing

    Although I am FAR from an expert (only recently licensed as an RN) maybe this will help you...what I realized was, once I missed a few IV sticks, after feeling I was actually 'getting it' after...
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    48 hours after NCLEX and still no quick result?

    CT Pixie replied to denicola.c's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The 48 hrs is a general time frame. The time it comes up is not dependent on the time you started or stopped your test. My NCLEX-PN and NCLEX-RN quick results were both available at times that...
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    Starting Salary of Hospitals in CT?

    CT Pixie replied to aspiringtobe's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Fairfield County..I work in two of the hospitals there. Both start new grads out at $29 and change. nurse to patient ratios..depends on the unit and the shift. Since CT has no mandated laws/rules on...
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    I feel like I've made a mistake signing this contract.

    CT Pixie replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Students

    Humm...lets see.... paid tuition leaving you only your previous debt a top ten hospital a guaranteed JOB when you graduate two years worth of RN experience OR $9000 + 15% fee on top of your...
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    Bridgeport hospital school of nursing fall 2015

    CT Pixie replied to coachremson's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    and here it is...(something new I've not seen in any of their postings in the last year...--->EDUCATION: Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing. Those with a Diploma or Associate's Degree...
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    What is the pay rate for a LPN ?

    CT Pixie replied to janevance66's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Who exactly are you speaking to? I'm not selling anyone false dreams. I most certainly made the money I did as a new grad LPN in CT. However, the cost of living in CT is much higher than most places...
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    Depressed about a job offer

    CT Pixie replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    So, you've been a nurse a little over a year, with 1 child and a husband. He's going to school in the daytime and working at night. Doesn't sound like he's a slacker wanting to just live off of you....
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    Anyone skip pharm and pass NCLEX?

    CT Pixie replied to nurse1990's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You are so mistaken. The test isn't scored like a normal test. You don't get a certain amount of points off your score for a wrong answer. The test is broken up into catagories, you have to pass all...
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    50-60 SATA questions on NCLEX??

    CT Pixie replied to monica842's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    No..no..no! Getting a lot of SATA doesn't mean that at all. SATA are a type of alternate formatted question. Thats it, just a differently formatted question. No more to them, no less. They do not...
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    Anyone Only Use Kaplan Qbank and LaCharity PDA and Pass NCLEX??

    CT Pixie replied to shelby929's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My school required a two week live Kaplan course. So I did that as well as all the qtrainers and all the questions. I glanced over LaChairty. My Kaplan scores were in the 60-70s. I think the last two...
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    Conneticut hospitals and BSNs

    CT Pixie replied to RunnerD1987's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Yale is becoming VERY difficult to get into as an ADN. Doing clinicals at Yale prob had no bearing on it..but 'knowing someone' does..as well as working there prior to graduating does as well. Of...
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    Bridgeport hospital school of nursing fall 2015

    CT Pixie replied to coachremson's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I recall reading some of your posts that you are/were a PCT. And I also believe that you and I are at the same hospital :) And since you mentioned working in in one of the units we could be across the...
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    Is the LPN market good in CT?

    CT Pixie replied to WCSU1987's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    LPN market isn't good these days. When I graduated in 2008 there were tons of postions open. Only a couple years later there were less and less. Now, even more
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    Starting Salary of Hospitals in CT?

    CT Pixie replied to aspiringtobe's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    It's very dependent on what area of CT, the unit, and the hospital. Our small community hospital is paying less than the bigger ones just a few minutes
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    Bridgeport hospital school of nursing fall 2015

    CT Pixie replied to coachremson's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I was thinking the same. I know many nurses on my unit are grumbling about having to go back to school. Nothing was officially announced but it makes me think with the grumblings around the same the...
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    Bridgeport hospital school of nursing fall 2015

    CT Pixie replied to coachremson's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Hosptials most certainly ARE hiring ADN nurses whether or not they are enrolled in an RN to BSN program. I have several friends who are ADN nurses who have recently been hired by hospitals in CT. Some...