irish6363

irish6363

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  1. Took NCLEX without studying. Anyone else?

    After reading this thread I think the message he was trying to send is we all tend to get obsessed with this exam and lose our perspectives on the rest of or lives at least I did... and forget that it...
  2. Having trouble finding a JOB!!!!! HELP

    I am sorry about your situation , it actually scares me a bit because I live here in Los Angeles and I take my NCLEX next month and I am already concerned too about job placement. Seems to be too many...
  3. I couldn't have done it with out him!!!!!

    I am so so so happy for you, your post touched me because I could see you were very down.
  4. Wondering if 50 is too old to go to RN school

    GO GO GO!!! I am 45 and waiting to pass my NCLEX next month and hope to be an RN at 50. Even if it takes me past!!!! But I do understand the concern, sometimes age can be seen as a limitation by...
  5. Hello, well it has been a few weeks since I have been to the site as I have been studying and doing my review. My question is to what degree are you fellow nurses studying the drugs? Do you memorize...
  6. Completed Suzzane's 1st Tip!!!!!!!!

    Good Luck. She is the best to offer her FREE help in this day and age! ...I am also on the
  7. How I passed Nclex on 3rd try

    Congratulations! and thank you for the tips they are very
  8. I Passed!!! Yes!!!!

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! No more
  9. Any other CA nurses taking the NCLEX on June 27th?

    I am one ..I test on Sept 12th in the Gardena location here in Los Angeles. I am a little apprehensive but we must remain POSITIVE either way whether we pass or not on the first attempt is not failure...
  10. I finally Passed on the 8th Try !

    You deserve a HUGE HUG!!!! I am sure you will be excellent at nursing after so much review each time you probably are quite informed with all the
  11. The worst part of nursing?

    GREEN PHLEM...OCCASIONAL CHUNKY VOMITUS...gets me everytime. As another person said trach suctioning also changing trach dressings GAG! I just cannot cope with PHLEM. Any other procedure is tolerable...
  12. Dry Drowning?

    This story made me very sad. I couldn't help but imagine him as the story states, playing that day at the pool and then walking home and not feeling well and then falling asleep....it broke my heart...
  13. Medical assistants and LPNs

    Please just refrain from the name
  14. Medical assistants and LPNs

    AMEN TO
  15. Medical assistants and LPNs

    Please excuse my ignorance again but..... ASS?......degree? Please help me here? I am aware of ADN, AS, AAS,
  16. Medical assistants and LPNs

    Please excuse my ignorance but, in my lowly opinion I do consider myself a NURSE as the title indicates LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE. Whether people like it or not...I would also like to add that by...
  17. stomach contents in my eye and mouth!

    same exact incident happened to me in school i was giving a meds to a man via his g-tube, and he coughed mind you this was a very very big fellow so his cough was a huge big bellow...he was also a...
  18. Amen to that. You know my father thinks that one condition for a green card is joining the army if you are able, LIKE HE DID and went to Vietnam that is how he was able to get his. He says no one will...
  19. This issue is so complex that it will never be resolved. But I do wonder why it is that if we can send a man to the moon we can't tie the major govermental agencies together to share data and solve...
  20. Failed the nclex!

    I am sorry...I know that doesn't really help much but just do not give up. Keep on trying. The way I see it is you are 99% there you just need that 1% to be a Nurse. Do not dwell on it regroup and...
  21. ASSET test....has anyone taken it?

    There are 2 versions one is short and tests overall ability in math, geometry, english, grammar, history, even geography. It is scored overall so basically skip and go on to the next if you don't know...
  22. Very good..A sense of humor is always the best way to unite people. That is something we can all agree on :chuckle. You know my parents were like " I Love Lucy "in reverse Dad Irish, Mom Cuban. It is...
  23. This is so interesting. Our diversity is what makes this country so great. *********But there are conditions to enter and live here************. Just because you are able to live in a country where...
  24. Just food for thought.... Yesterday on my only day off I spent it sitting at the Social Security office attempting at resolving a SERIOUS problem.. .identity theft... someone has used my husbands...
  25. aeauooo, I do agree. You do point out some valid and very serious other problems this country also has, but one one of them IS illegal immigration whether we want to accept it or not..and yes it has...