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    Share Your Saying

    truern replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    :hehe:
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    Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

    truern replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

    5' 2", huh?? I've been jerked back too many times to
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    I may be getting married while in nursing school- HELP

    truern replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    A resounding AMEN!! OP, take it from someone that's been married longer than you've been on earth you really should read and REread jack_rachels_mom's post. Then read it AGAIN! I think that is some...
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    Back to being an ugly nursing student

    truern replied to lovehospital's topic in General Students

    for your reading pleasure:
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    Dangerous nurses

    truern replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    apathy: Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal;
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    Dangerous nurses

    truern replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Except the one that refused to put me under this year because my BG was over
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    Would you have done the same? Recieved wrong prescription.

    truern replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused....if the medication was still in the bag then didn't it have your grandfather's name still on it?? So what would be the point of putting it in the customer pick-up bin? Is there any...
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    I spent over 600 dollars on textbooks and supplies

    truern replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    FYI: try half.com for those text books....and order the PREVIOUS edition. You'll save a LOT of $$$ and there's usually very little difference in editions. Also, try looking in your school library....
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    Failed the NCLEX

    truern replied to butterfly80's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Keep in mind if you had 75 questions 15 of those DON'T COUNT. They're there as "test" questions for future NCLEXs. Chances are some of the questions you think you missed are some that don't even...
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    So, tell me again why you suddenly want to be a nurse...?

    truern replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I think anybody that completed the pre-reqs and gained admission to the program, met standards, graduated NS, and aced NCLEX deserves that they worked for. If they're substandard or...
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    Procrstination/ Reflective writing

    truern replied to redtshirt's topic in General Students

    Redtshirt, your college is preparing you to write for conciseness and understanding...important aspects of charting and communication with other members of your healthcare team. That said, I...
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    Dental Hygienists paid more than Nurses?

    truern replied to Platypus's topic in General Nursing

    The school I attended has a Health Sciences Campus where there was a Dental Hygienist program in addition to the nursing program. We also had a full service dental facility where students could get...
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    No Work History Update

    truern replied to NewmanFamily6's topic in General Nursing

    You HAVE work experience!! Time management, conflict resolution, first aid, organizational skills, financial management...just a few of the skills of a homemaker and
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    Second languages? Third? Or more?

    truern replied to Giant Panda's topic in General Nursing

    I took the Spanish for Health Professionals in NS and used the set of CDs that were extra. But my friend is
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    Dangerous nurses

    truern replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And let's not go where a DWI might take
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    Dangerous nurses

    truern replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd say they all qualify. This is one scaaaarry thread
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    Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

    truern replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    How did it affect patients?? I can't imagine their responses were much different than expressed in this
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    SURVEY for 75 questions on NCLEX RN

    truern replied to Ng74's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    https://www.ncsbn.org/pdfs/NCLEX_fact_sheet.pdf 82.8% of first time testers passed NCLEX-RN with 81.2% of US-educated testers passing with their first attempt compared to 43.7% of...
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    Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

    truern replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but if you practice in the US then you need to speak ENGLISH, not "creole which is broken english or a mixture of frendh, english and african" so that the majority of American patients can...
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    How My Instructor Affected My Life

    truern replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Students

    I only had one "bad" CI in NS...but I wasn't her target, it was a male student in our clinical group. It got so bad that everytime I saw her headed his way I'd intercept her and get her attention....
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    Can anyone recommend a good Patho book?

    truern replied to Natingale's topic in General Students

    During one of my clinical rotations in NS the floor had a Patho book that was so clear, concise and easy to understand that I bought one: Pathophysiology: Adaptatinos and Alterations in Function by...
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    NCLEX-RN stopped at 79

    truern replied to cutiepie1310's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    :ancong!:
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    Passed RN Nclex in 75

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

    :ancong!:
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    Preventing Needle sticks

    truern replied to tanthalas's topic in General Nursing

    I like you...you don't get all bent out of shape at a little teasing I can see what that scared you...but if you think about it that needle could also get you in the leg and you can't go around...
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    Sleepwalker found frozen after taking Ambien

    truern replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Patient Medications

    I *used* to take Ambien...until the night hubby had to pull me out of a bathtub full of water in my gown! I had no memory of it the next morning