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    how long until nicotine and byproducts are flushed from your system?

    ashleyisawesome posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello. I am a nursing student trying to get a job at the hospital that my school is affiliated with as a tech, but they do a pre employment drug/nicotine screening. Im not worried about the illegal...
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    Foley Catheters

    ashleyisawesome replied to EssaQ502's topic in General Students

    i get more nervous about finding the hole (in females), than hurting the person.
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    how long until nicotine and byproducts are flushed from your system?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    haha bingo... how'd you know? anyway it says right in their statement the test will detect nicotine from patches, gum etc... they are not lenient on the subject, if your test is positive you are not...
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    how long until nicotine and byproducts are flushed from your system?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    yes they are the only hospital in the area as of now that tests for nicotine, and if you get caught smoking on campus, or in across the street while in uniform you can be fined. however, they did not...
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    Possible to get straight A's in nursing school?

    ashleyisawesome replied to kaiasunshine's topic in General Students

    it is definately possible. it is not as hard as everyone makes it sound. as long as you have solid critical thinking skills you will be okay. just dont loose your concentration. i could have had an A...
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    i have no idea what im supposed to be doing

    ashleyisawesome replied to TinaRM's topic in General Students

    we were ALLOWED to do all of these skills first semester, but it was rare that there was a patient on my floor that needed any of these things. during the semester i got to change two sterile PICC...
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    LPN PROGRAMS, is it worth it?

    ashleyisawesome replied to RNHealer08's topic in General Students

    3 of my friends just graduated as LPNs.. two are working in LTC, one is in a hospital, and one is in pediatric home
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    How many semesters of nursing classes do you have?

    ashleyisawesome replied to prime11214's topic in General Students

    1 - fundamentals 2 - med surg 3 - Peds 4 - OB 5 - Psych 6 - Gero 7 - Professional/Leadership/Preceptorship The unbolded are 16 week semesters, the bolded are 8 week semesters. we go 20 months straight...
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    Anybody have a night PCT job & school/clinicals during the day?

    ashleyisawesome replied to 2011NursingStudent's topic in General Students

    i do per diem, so i just pick up shifts here and there when i have time.. i do mostly second shifts (3-11, or 5-9), and a couple 11-7 night shifts on weekends or when im on break.. but this is...
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    Standing out in nursing school

    ashleyisawesome replied to UumiNurseX's topic in General Students

    That’s funny because I have a feeling youa re one of those people.. maybe you don’t do it in lecture but I bet you were so pumped in pre/post conference for any opportunity to bring up the fact...
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    Working in a Nursing home

    ashleyisawesome replied to thenameismac's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    it depends on what facility you work at. but more than likely you can get health insurance if you work full time, and some offer tuition reimbursement, but not all, and there may be a waiting list to...
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    Doing real CPR as a student.

    ashleyisawesome replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    i dont think that technique applies to healthcare providers.. if you are in a medical setting, i think you are expected to give breaths, but then you usually have 2 people, one for breaths and one for...
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    any correlation between Blood Glucose and BUN?

    ashleyisawesome posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm doing a case study for class, and I was going over the labs and found that the pts BUN and Blood Glucose trend almost identically... one of the days his glucose spiked up very high (267), and the...
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    Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    ashleyisawesome replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    when the instructor says at the test review, do not ARGUE about why you think your answer is right, or we wont have test reviews any more: ****. yes your answer may have been correct, but it was not...
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    At least 2/3 of my BSN-A cohort is failing... what to do?

    ashleyisawesome replied to sertile's topic in General Students

    ive never heard of a nursing class grade on a curve :/... if you fail, are you able to pick up in the same spot you were in the next time the class comes around? maybe if you ride it all the way...
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    what do you do if your teacher crosses the line

    ashleyisawesome replied to amybear's topic in General Students

    i was in a similar situation, and the instructor ended up failing me for no reason other than she didnt like me.. i made a post about it when it happened:...
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    Anybody NOT feel like it's taking over?

    ashleyisawesome replied to OBplease's topic in General Students

    i have 16 hours a week in clinical (give or take an hour depending on if our instructors feeling nice and lets us out a half hour early), and spend maybe a half hour at home finishing up my clinical...
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    Anybody NOT feel like it's taking over?

    ashleyisawesome replied to OBplease's topic in General Students

    i guess it just really depends on how your school sets things up.. i did attempt reading for the first test, and realized they test on what they teach in lecture, so i saved myself some time and just...
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    Choosing between RACC and Reading Hospital School of health sciences

    ashleyisawesome replied to LindsG's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    yes, at racc it is more and more the farther along you go. i understand where you are coming from, it is a lot cheaper.. i dont know, i just really do not like raccs nursing program. it might be...
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    Anybody NOT feel like it's taking over?

    ashleyisawesome replied to OBplease's topic in General Students

    i rarely open my book and i have a 93 average at the moment. all the people that are slaving over their books night after night end up concentrating on the wrong things and get not so good grades on...
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    Choosing between RACC and Reading Hospital School of health sciences

    ashleyisawesome replied to LindsG's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    i went to racc for one semester, and from my personal experience i would say go to reading hospital. the people at racc that run the nursing program are heartless and purposely weed people out. our...
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    What are your clinical times ???

    ashleyisawesome replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    we go 0645-1515 wednesday and friday... i think it is always at this time throughout the program until preceptorship (last semester), which they said may or not be 2nd or 3rd shift.. it would annoy me...
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    Nursing is stupid?

    ashleyisawesome replied to AmandaTheNurse's topic in General Students

    i had a friend from russia who used to be in my RN program. she said her family was ashamed that she chose to become a nurse rather than a doctor. i dont think russians in general respect nurses very...
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    skills dvds

    ashleyisawesome posted a topic in General Students

    does anyone else have skills dvds to watch to show you how to do certain skills, like vitals, injections, ng tubes, catheters, etc? i was just watching the one on indwelling catheters and thinking...
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    Where would one go about in looking for clinical training?

    ashleyisawesome replied to okiedokie123's topic in General Students

    usually you can take a MA course at technical schools like ITT tech and stuff like that.. maybe a community college.. im not really knowledgeable on the subject though..