AOx1

AOx1

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  1. Passed by 1 question!

    AOx1 replied to ExpBrittany's topic in General Students

    Test Success authored by Nugent & Vitale has helped many of my nursing

  2. What was your most difficult ATI or HESI exam?

    AOx1 posted a topic in General Students

    Our students are taking their ATIs this week and many of them have mentioned that some ATI exams are really easy, and some are incredibly hard. What was your must difficult ATI or HESI subject

  3. Industrial Piercing

    AOx1 replied to jessadarling14's topic in General Nursing

    HouTx, portholes! I love it, and will now never be able to think of it by any other

  4. Industrial Piercing

    AOx1 replied to jessadarling14's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly what I would think. Hope you don't plan to work in ER or

  5. atitesting

    AOx1 replied to patricia.hamblin's topic in General Students

    Now, if WASH your hands had been an option, I would have picked that. I suspect the correct answer must be a funny hat and a wig. How could that ever possibly be the wrong

  6. Failed reentry exam & feeling HORRIBLE!

    AOx1 replied to minlou's topic in General Students

    Why on earth would I want my graduates to repeatedly have to take NCLEX? Each retake is expensive and draining emotionally for the student. I hear this from students all the time, that instructors are...

  7. Help! Bought an online test bank not sure what to do!

    AOx1 replied to NicolleM's topic in General Students

    OP, I pity your situation but also understand the school's position. I don't fault you if others shared what you honestly believed were study questions. Some publishers, including Elsevier, have both...

  8. Watch what you post on Facebook

    AOx1 replied to classicdame's topic in General Students

    I have seen several things that shocked me: people posting pictures of themselves giving birth (as in baby crowning) and their kids undressed for various reasons (ex- on the potty, in a kiddie pool)....

  9. April 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    AOx1 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    They eat their food standing up and disgust the other patrons with their clinical

  10. Dear incoming class of nursing students...

    AOx1 posted a topic in General Students

    I just watched you all walk in to orientation and am already excited to meet you. As I watch you enter, I can see the hopes, dreams, and nervousness on your faces. You feel uncertain and scared. You...

  11. Failed clinical. Feels like the end of the world...

    AOx1 replied to ari1's topic in General Students

    If only it were that simple! Unfortunately, the student was tested prior to the program, as are all students, and then developed a bit of a problem with

  12. One thing I learned today is that honesty will get you nowhere in Nursing School.

    AOx1 replied to guest08/05/2014's topic in General Students

    OP, sorry to hear of your misfortune. There are several issues at play here. If this is in the handbook, by becoming a student you agree to abide by it. As an educator, I believe that there should be...

  13. Failed clinical. Feels like the end of the world...

    AOx1 replied to ari1's topic in General Students

    If this is indeed the only thing that caused you to fail, I would discuss it with the next person up the chain of command if speaking with the instructor isn't helpful. The only reason I would fail a...

  14. Shocked by facial piercings at work

    AOx1 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't see in the OP that the healthcare professionals were dirty or wore messy scrubs, only that they had piercings. Many of the posts made so far strike me as a straw man arguments. The presence or...

  15. Totally discouraged by clinicals

    AOx1 replied to KellyMLS's topic in General Students

    If you are bored, that means you have already: looked up all patient diagnoses and the related patho performed a comprehensive health history and physical and related your findings to pathophysiology...

  16. Family members

    AOx1 replied to CWONgal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would warn them first, then I would have immediately called security to remove the family member. The patient wanted them out, and out they shall go. Otherwise, if the patient had not sent them out,...

  17. Bizarre/funny things patients do

    AOx1 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had the funniest thing happen. Yesterday, my relatively young (early 30s) patient took two tiny pills separately, flinging back his head violently while taking each one. Yesterday was the first time...

  18. Need Advise ASAP....

    AOx1 replied to Saalbunch's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I hope this went well, OP. Honestly, I would not feel comfortable working at a place where an academic team could so easily overturn departmental procedures. Additionally, "not knowing" isn't a valid...

  19. Give It to Me Straight: Will I get into Nursing School?

    AOx1 replied to JayCimone's topic in General Students

    Will you get in? Good luck, OP, you will know soon

  20. Question about IM vs IV injection, when to aspirate, what to look for

    AOx1 replied to jeshicuhx3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Gee, thanks, GrnTea. Now all I can focus on is

  21. Bizarre/funny things patients do

    AOx1 replied to AOx1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Really? Do you have issues swallowing food as well? I ask this sincerely, as someone with no issues swallowing food or pills. How does it help to do the head fling thing? Does the pill otherwise feel...

  22. Rule of thumb on asking questions in clinicals..or new job orientation

    AOx1 replied to clarinets's topic in General Students

    Timing of questions is also important. Looking for cues as to whether someone is frazzled/overwhelmed/preparing to code a patient before asking the question shows social insight. I've had students try...

  23. Nursing Hunger Games

    AOx1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, one more spin-off thread! On the stupid hospital tricks thread, we've discussed using trackers to monitor nursing activities throughout the shift. I find this so demeaning, and don't think...

  24. Nursing Hunger Games

    AOx1 replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    But, of course! Every game must have a

  25. Nursing Hunger Games

    AOx1 replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    Lol, I have "been there!" We once considered a bladder scanning competition at the end of a long shift to see who had the most full bladder. Reminiscent of our "guess the blood etoh