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    Humiliation and embarassment after NCLEX failure

    truern replied to FML431's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ok, pick yourself up, give yourself a break, and get ready to test again. Remember that 15% of testers fail NCLEX the first time. You just happened to be in that percentage...but I can assure you...
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    What good veins should feel like

    truern replied to vmoh18's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Good for you!! Remember, too, that you might not always use a tourniquet...some sticks actually go better without
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    What good veins should feel like

    truern replied to vmoh18's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    First practice with veins you can SEE...put your fingers above the vein to get it to plump, then gently push up and down on it with your fingers...I tend to use my ring finger on my right hand because...
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    For those considering Canada, read on...

    truern replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in Canada

    Horse racing?!? :sstrs: Is horse racing vital to Canada's
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    Things you would love to tell your management and get away with

    truern replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks a LOT for talking me into working Christmas Day only to find out YOU were scheduled to work it if I didn't!! Oh, and my family thanks you, too!! Thanks for having my back when the docs won't...
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    "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

    truern replied to missjennmb's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    RNs make more money because they have a higher degree...as to why a LPN would agree to do that same job for less money only the LPN can answer. One of the most thoughtful and educational nurses I...
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    Need info on pinning ceremony tradition

    truern replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    We had the lanterns with a candle that we lit when the lights were lowered with the flame from the person's candle next to us....it was beautiful!! We also recited the Nightinggale Pledge. One...
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    Things you would love to tell your management and get away with

    truern replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    J-, thank you for helping me with my first GI bleed...you jumped right in there with me and helped clean her up. Thank you for sharing your story about your first GI bleed. You were great!! J-,...
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    Info on Greenville please...

    truern replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Wildcat, hello from a fellow Kentuckian!! Born in Paintsville and raised in Wayland One of my former NS classmates is at Pitt and LOVES it!! She's with L&D and recently experienced the hospital...
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    Nervous... I think my instructors want to get me out of the program

    truern replied to Laura77598's topic in General Students

    where to begin?? i don't think your rosacea has anything to do with this...i wouldn't focus on that if i were you. you charted meds and "stayed out of the way" before getting late report on your...
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    Unit Secretary....Answer the call light for pete's sake!!!

    truern replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    On my unit the secretaries answer the call bells and then forward the calls to the appropriate person. Saves the nurse from stopping her med round to go give ice, for
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    Pediatrics Question

    truern replied to Lily C.'s topic in Pediatric

    Not a peds nurse, but did my peds rotation at a major pediatric hospital. We used a treatment room for ALL "owies" and parents were never expected to hold the child. I can't imagine starting an IV...
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    how much are you expected to know about your drugs before you pass?

    truern replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    Me, too :) If I ever got "stuck" on a test question I could visualize my notes and see the information I needed for that question. Something about the hand to brain
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    how much are you expected to know about your drugs before you pass?

    truern replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    shrimpchips, if you make a template for a med sheet it would take you minutes instead of hours. I saved all my med sheets on the computer and changed the pertinent info each
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    First Medication Error.....feeling horrible!!

    truern replied to rach2103's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    rach, this thread almost caused me to have a heart attack last night!! I had just snuggled down in my bed ready to snooze the night away when my eyes popped open, my heart jumped out of my chest,...
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    Med Errors: Share Your Stories

    truern replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    which is why adding a zero after a decimal isn't allowed
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    First Medication Error.....feeling horrible!!

    truern replied to rach2103's topic in Patient Safety Issues

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    how much are you expected to know about your drugs before you pass?

    truern replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    NOT saying that you did, but don't you see that you could have been viewed as argumentative? She was within her right at the primary RN to give the meds herself if she didn't think you were prepared...
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    Having an ethical dilema

    truern replied to meluhn's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Personally I think it startes with a graduation ceremony for preschoolers and trophies for everybody on the teams no matter which team
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    Should a nursing instructor tell a student they are not nursing material.

    truern replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    the op *assumed* the instructor told the student that this was because of her weight!! it seems that the instructor spoke privately to the student...also once again the op is interjecting her...
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    Should a nursing instructor tell a student they are not nursing material.

    truern replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    We don't know what the instructor really said, do we?? We're getting this information third hand with assumptions thrown in for
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    Should a nursing instructor tell a student they are not nursing material.

    truern replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    how sure are you?? did you hear the instructor actually say that?!? i have a friend that is a clinical instructor and one of her complaints about ns is that students are passed semester after...
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    NCLEX medication

    truern replied to sainsbury's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    When I took NCLEX I couldn't tell by the names what classifications the meds were and had questions like "What education would you provide the patient taking XYZ medication?" and the answers were...
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    the time you spend with each NCLEX question affects your result??

    truern replied to marikris's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I spent 45 minutes taking 75 questions so I most definately didn't spend a lot of time on each question. They were pretty straightforward, I thought. Two answers could be eliminated first thing and...
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    Lasik Surgery and Nursing

    truern replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    How many times did you almost poke out your eye from pushing back glasses that weren't