CT Pixie BSN, RN

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    What to do with kids during summer vacation

    CT Pixie replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Students

    I am lucky in the sense that I don't have to worry about childcare. When my older daughter was the only one we had (for her first 9 years of life) I worked full time days. The hubby runs our business...
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    hobbies to keep dementia pts happy?

    CT Pixie replied to makes needs known's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One of my more demented patients can get quite agitated and verges on the boarder of becoming violent at times. When I see her agitation rising, I park my med cart next to where she sits by the nurses...
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    Becoming an RN just for the paycheck

    CT Pixie replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not really sure at this point where I stand in my opinion on people who just go into nursing for the pay. At times it bugs me, other times, I think "hey, if they want to invest the time and energy...
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    Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

    CT Pixie replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    Uhh yeah have to respond to this LOL. I love my children to pieces and would put my life on the line to keep them safe, I'd offer my own life to protect theirs BUT... I will run for the hills when one...
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    Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

    CT Pixie replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    A few things: How many children really want Daddy being the one to tend to them when they are sick? I know, no matter how close to the dad the child is, when it comes to being sick, most kids want...
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    Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

    CT Pixie replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago, while working at a pharmacy for a National chain, I had double pneumonia and there was no way I was going into work. Add to the illness, there was a true blizzard going on, very few roads...
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    Should I take Chem, API, and Micro in same semester?

    CT Pixie replied to stormyfeathers's topic in General Students

    Don't those courses have pre-reqs to take before taking them? I can't find one school here in my State that don't require pre-reqs for AP and Micro (chem is always a pre-req for AP here). Which is...
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    Do you keep in touch with your old nursing instructor?

    CT Pixie replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just graduated 6 months ago and I do pop in to school from time to time and say hello to my most favorite instructor. She was the one to give me the push to have confidence in myself, my instincts...
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    How much personal info you do share with a patient?

    CT Pixie replied to christieb01's topic in General Nursing

    I know that working in a hospital is much different than working in LTC in terms of sharing personal info. I work LTC in the town I grew up in (but don't live in that town any longer, live 1 town...
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    Need your support guys.........I Feel like a real pansy!!

    CT Pixie replied to malestudentnurse's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Another testosterone challanged person butting into your forum...sorry.. BUT: PANSY?! Not in my eyes. You showed maturity and intellegence. Instead of throwing down, you showed the maturity of knowing...
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    What kind of learner are you?

    CT Pixie replied to RescueGrrl211's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your scores were: Visual: 1 Aural: 8 Read/Write: 1 Kinesthetic: 6 You have a mild Aural learning preference I know I am a aural learner. But I don't agree with the kinesthetic scoring higher than...
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    I have been asked to perform a procedure I have never done

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

    Yes, Jules, if the task is one that isn't too complicated, I'd rather try it myself than watch someone else. The thing is with my learning style is I learn best by listening, watching, trying in that...
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    I have been asked to perform a procedure I have never done

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

    I would have said, I would look it up in the policy and procedure book at the facility. As Jules said, if I were comfortable doing it on my own after reading the info I would then ask another nurse...
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    Question: Is there a thread that ONLY belongs to nurses?

    CT Pixie replied to sweetsounds's topic in Emergency

    actually what you first said was: to me that reads rn's only, no lpn's... then you said in post 46 and then at 9:59pm on 12/26 you said this so which is it, do you feel that lpn's aren't nurses...
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    showers

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

    A quick google search with the terms "excessive bathing and elderly" brought up a huge amount of sites that say excessive bathing is NOT good for the elderly skin. I haven't posted any links to any of...
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    showers

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

    I became a CNA in the mid 80's and in every single facility I worked at, showers were given 1x/wk. However, each resident was washed up head to toe, lotion, teeth, etc every morning (a full bed bath...
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    Would you marry any medical professional

    CT Pixie replied to Iam46yearsold's topic in General Nursing

    Like SueSquatch said, "no, my husband wouldn't like it" LOL But honestly if I were single, I wouldn't be seeking out a medical professional to date or marry but I wouldn't be against dating/marrying a...
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    I don't like mnemonics, but I like to spell the word.

    CT Pixie replied to Baloney Amputation's topic in Online Distance Learning

    While in school mnemomics at times helped me tremendously to remember things. Other times, I would remember the mnemonic but not what each letter stood for..so that didn't help at all. Most times...
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    scrubs and ironing

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

    Showing your age?? Oh I don't think so, I am 39..ohh wait, maybe its our generations who do the ironing and creasing :lol: My mom use to iron everything, towels, wash cloths, hand towels, t-shirts...
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    Question: Is there a thread that ONLY belongs to nurses?

    CT Pixie replied to sweetsounds's topic in Emergency

    How would submitting your license number and having it verified PROVE you are a licensed nurse?? Its not too hard to go to a State's BON, and grabbing any name/license number, and it would come back...
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    Question: Is there a thread that ONLY belongs to nurses?

    CT Pixie replied to sweetsounds's topic in Emergency

    Stanley! You are so bad!! Shame on you. :lol: I agree with the poster who said she will type a response and then the adult in her comes out and makes her delete it at least once a week. I am a new...
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    Christmas Babies

    CT Pixie replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have 2 Christmas time babies. My little one will be 7 tomorrow, as a matter of fact. (she missed being a Christmas Eve baby by less than 2 hours ) My older will be 16 on Sunday. My older one was in...
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    Bad weather and getting to the hospital

    CT Pixie replied to SusanKathleen, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I never asked about transportation to my facility (LTC). But I know all the others I worked at while a CNA had the security people in 4x4's come and get you should you request it. At that time I...
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    How far did you have to go to take your boards??

    CT Pixie replied to flightnurse2b's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Not sure if your kidding about that or not, but nope nothing goes into that testing room but you, nothing else. Unless you wear them as a necklace and not walk in holding them :), that way might
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    How far did you have to go to take your boards??

    CT Pixie replied to flightnurse2b's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There are two Pearsons in Connecticut. I orginally booked my test date at the one farther from me because they had available dates that weren't a month or better away. I kept checking the other...