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    How to become more marketable

    ashleyisawesome replied to nursenursingnursed's topic in General Students

    is there any way you can either get back into volunteering, or get a student nurse internship at a hospital you are interested in before you
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    I wasn't hired because I failed the personality test???

    ashleyisawesome replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    ughh the hospital that i go to school at uses a personality test too. i took it to apply for a pca job and passed it, but im not sure how.. it took nearly a half hour and some of the questions were...
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    Which schedule would use choose?

    ashleyisawesome replied to Gratefulprn's topic in General Nursing

    2nd job! youll be saving money with the commute, in turn making more money. and i like 10 hour
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    how to make the most of my peds clinical rotation?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Pediatric

    Aww good, im glad to hear it isnt boring, im semi looking forward to it! Ill be with
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    how to make the most of my peds clinical rotation?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Pediatric

    wow, that kinda sucks.. we get a bunch of experiences, i just went to a pediatric LTC. I kinda like that better, I would actually consider working in a place like that. monday i get to be a school...
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    Fake Nurses

    ashleyisawesome replied to Girlygirl69's topic in General Nursing

    i feel like i have read 3 of these threads
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    acceptable questions to ask nursing resident?

    ashleyisawesome replied to Barab's topic in General Students

    usually for clinical there is some kind of packet for you to fill out on the patient.. if so, just ask the questions you will need to complete the packet. i sure hope your instructor gives you more...
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    acceptable questions to ask nursing resident?

    ashleyisawesome replied to Barab's topic in General Students

    you mean a nursing home resident? anything that pertains to your assessment that you need to provide appropriate care for them.. do you have any examples of questions you were thinking of asking that...
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    Clinical Vent

    ashleyisawesome replied to bri2012's topic in General Students

    weird, my clinical instructor always pushes us off onto the other nurses and has us give meds with
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    bad nursing care rant

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    absolutely, but he was wearing one (that was soaked) when we got there.. so even if he did throw the one that was on the floor, someone had come in to put a new one on at one point and would have seen...
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    bad nursing care rant

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    i absolutely agree with you and i have myself witnessed pts claiming the call bell was on for days and no one answered it when it wasnt true. he is also in a confused state and if that was the only...
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    bad nursing care rant

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    pca and nursing
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    Clinical Paranoia

    ashleyisawesome replied to eastcoastsurf's topic in General Students

    only once, when i had to do an observation rotation at a free clinic.. some guy came in with bed bugs and walked right past the nurses station i was sitting at and i could actually SEE the bed bugs on...
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    Do you actually read the assigned reading?

    ashleyisawesome replied to windmill182's topic in General Students

    i dont even own the book. i just take notes, record lecture and read over my notes. rarely do they test on things they dont cover in lecture (in my program), and if they do, they mention it in...
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    Shaky hands while doing skills

    ashleyisawesome replied to Danielle_Nelson's topic in General Students

    we cant give medical advice here.. maybe go to your doctor and express your concerns and see if he/she thinks you need
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    How hard is nursing school for the student who is average or below at math & science?

    ashleyisawesome replied to kelkel587's topic in General Students

    if you can get through your prereqs fine you will probably be okay. the only math you use is a couple of basic calculations-- nothing compared to algebra or statistics really.. and if you can get...
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    Vaccination Waiver Please Help Quick!!

    ashleyisawesome replied to HHagedorn's topic in General Students

    i totally agree with you on not getting the flu vaccine.. never had it, and never had the flu... wish i could find some information for you, but i cant seem to find anything. possibly contact the...
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    Level 1 student; help me out if you can

    ashleyisawesome replied to tarotale's topic in General Students

    theres an ati nclex review app as well as a davis one.. they are each like 15 dollars, but cheaper than the books, and they are easy to do when you are just sitting around "on breaks, in the waiting...
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    how to make the most of my peds clinical rotation?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Pediatric

    i do know the importance of psychosocial issues, and i am trying to work on them, again it is hard to make the transistion from a busy medsurg floor where they were giving me 3 patients at a time, to...
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    Calling a Patient 'Sugar': Abuse?

    ashleyisawesome replied to Trancelation's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    seeing as im only 22, i dont feel comfortable calling my 80+ year old residents at work "sweety, sugar, honey" or anything of the like.. since i work in an ALF i know them pretty well, i call them by...
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    Med error? help im going to loose ky mind thinking about this!!!!!!

    ashleyisawesome replied to avenellpn82's topic in General Nursing

    i want those 5 minutes of my life back. just read this entire thread hoping there would be a happy ending and my head is
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    how to make the most of my peds clinical rotation?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Pediatric

    i would like to update and let everyone know peds its getting a little better for me now! my 2nd day of clinical, i had ANOTHER baby, except this one had no parents with her (mom was at work all day)....
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    Clinical Hair

    ashleyisawesome replied to VampsGal2009's topic in General Students

    im not understanding why you need to curl your entire head to put it in a simple bun?? i usually throw mine up in a messy bun, or french braid it and bobby pin it under so its not touching my shirt......
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    HELP!!!! (First Semester Nursing School)

    ashleyisawesome replied to Shandra2008's topic in General Students

    a agree with the other posters, nclex questions, and if you can, record lectures and listen to them... and dont get too worked up, failing one test is not the end of the world. ive failed several, im...
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    What IV solution is used for someone who fainted in OB?

    ashleyisawesome replied to Student2001's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    what does that mean? did she have a low blood glucose or