CT Pixie BSN, RN

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    What was the hardest part for you?

    CT Pixie replied to guest042302019's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm the opposite of Mama Cashew, I do very well with the tests on the lecture side of the class. Lab exams kill me. I got a B+ in A&P I as a final grade (lab and lecture combine grades to get one...
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    Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2012

    CT Pixie replied to CJ223's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    For all the ones I know of you are required to have the Hep B series OR have titers drawn to show immunity to it. Some require both proof of having been vaccinated AND have titers drawn. It's really...
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    Want to know what the number of questions you got means?

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

    the probability is better than not that you pass. 85% of 1st time NCLEX takers..pass it..those are pretty good odds. So as RNsRWe said, take a breath and try not to over analyzie it. Best of luck to...
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    Is this an appropriate nursing diagnosis?

    CT Pixie replied to lovecorinth's topic in General Nursing

    A normal, uncomplicated labor and delivery doesn't mean she doesn't have issues. Did she have an episiotomy? If she did that's impaired skin integrity. It's also risk for infection. Is she sleeping...
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    Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2012

    CT Pixie replied to CJ223's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Don't you need a physcial done now that you are admitted to the program? At St Vincent's once you recieved your acceptance letter you needed to get a complete physical done (at St V's expense at a...
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    My Teacher Hates me!!!!

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

    Sadly, there are plenty of people this immature and clueless. If you doubt it, feel free to join me in any of my current classes. I don't know where some people get such a sense of entitlement..and I...
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    Want to know what the number of questions you got means?

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

    What she said!!! And something else-------> Getting a ton of SATA does not MEAN you passed nor does it mean you failed. The TYPE of questions you get does not determine if you are passing or not....
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    My Teacher Hates me!!!!

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

    This is the OP's first and only post. For the love of all that is good..please tell me this is a troll!! Mad about having her phone taken from b/c she's always texting in class so she can avoid drama...
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    Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2012

    CT Pixie replied to CJ223's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I'm reading through all these posts and I can totally remember all the anxiety, anxiousness and excitement about the letters going out..stalking the mail carrier..thrilled when I saw the post mark...
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    Help with physiologic diagnosis for genital herpes

    CT Pixie replied to Monster A GoGo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Without more info on the patient other than they have herpes how about Sexual dysfunction (according to Maslow sex is one of the core basic needs that must be
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    A&P 1 Question

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

    You won't just be learning the bones names/locations, if your class is like mine was you'll also need to know all the different structures on those bones (lateral malleolus of the fibula and the...
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    How do nurses practice giving shots?

    CT Pixie replied to sakiohma's topic in General Students

    Life like 'dummies" with 'skin' in the labs (for LPN school) then trial by fire on the floor by giving injections to live humans. Talk about nerve wracking! No one practiced injections on each other...
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    A&P 1 Question

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

    I'm in A&P 2 now and we did/will do endocrine, lymphatic system, urinary, repro, digestive, special senses, resp system and some genetics In A&P 1 it was integumentry system, skeletal system,...
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    What can I do to these scrub stains? Help Me!!!!

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

    Peroxide has always worked well for me. Blood, grease, ink, food stains on all sorts of fabric..all out with peroxide. My daughter was in her 1st communion dress and somehow got a big black ink mark...
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    Do hospice nurse visit the patient who passed away at night?

    CT Pixie replied to 50kn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    At my facility, the floor nurse calls the hospice nurse. We also call the doctor and the family and the funeral home that had been chosen by the patient and/or family. Normally the hospice nurse...
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    LVN license

    CT Pixie replied to mibrow81's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It all depends on the State that is issuing you that license. I hold a Connecticut license. I saw my name on the BON website with a license number about 2 or 3 days after I got my quick results. It...
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    I'm Stuck. SHould I get my LPN or go straight for my RN

    CT Pixie replied to cjones89's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The job market is tough for new grads be they LPN or RN. I don't think it will be any easier getting an LPN job as a brand new grad than it will being a brand new RN grad. In this economy employers...
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    class of 2012-14 ... Stand up!

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

    1. CT 2. LPN to RN bridge program (grad date May 2013!) But will probably continue on to the RN to BSN program that they have. 3. St Vincent's College 4. My husband and two children. And the...
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    How long after licensing?

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

    I was hired 2 weeks prior to taking my NCLEX as a GN. On the condition that I DID pass my NCLEX I had a position as a 3-11p floor nurse, if I didn't pass the offer was resinded. I will say that was...
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    What disorders did you diagnose yourself with in Nursing School?

    CT Pixie replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    For me I think it would be easier to list what I didn't self-diagnosis myself with. :) I would be willing to bet I even diagnosed myself with conditions/illnesses/diseases that there would be...
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    Using Creative Charting...

    CT Pixie replied to luv2rsq's topic in General Nursing

    butt cleavage? Or maybe it's more correct term...buttock
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    Is the LPN program the same as the first year ADN?

    CT Pixie replied to countrygirl1234's topic in General Students

    I am currently an LPN who is in the LPN to RN bridge program. Upon completion of a 3 credit online course and a 1 credit clinical/classroom lecture course we (LPN's) are then admitted into the second...
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    bridge program to RN

    CT Pixie replied to mibrow81's topic in LPN to RN

    Well speaking only from my experience in Connecticut I can only offer this..First you have to be accepted into an LPN to RN program, once you complete that schools requirements they send notification...
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    Would it be OK to wait for the time to run out on SATA??

    CT Pixie replied to Gena_g72 at yahoo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you were 'for sure' on a passing level the test would end, it would not keep giving you questions. Once the computer determines you are at the passing level or the failure level it shuts off. It's...
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    What gives with the unsupportive spouses?

    CT Pixie replied to dragonfly414's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Stories of unsupportive spouses remind me how very fortunate I am. My husband has always been 100% behind me in everything I have done. When I doubted myself he was the one cheering me on and telling...