SolaireSolstice

SolaireSolstice BSN, RN

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  1. SAC nursing program fall 2011

    SolaireSolstice replied to sacnstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    And on the notifications for acceptance, I simply got an e-mail, nothing came by mail. Did you guys apply

  2. SAC nursing program fall 2011

    SolaireSolstice replied to sacnstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    The HESI exam is a way for a nursing school to bump their odds for NClex pass rates. I guess somehwre along the way people must have done studies stating if a student makes a certain HESI score, they...

  3. SAC nursing program fall 2011

    SolaireSolstice replied to sacnstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    I found it hard to work and go to school, and took leave only working during winter and summer breaks. Others pulled it off. The biggest issue will be last minute schedule changes out of your control...

  4. SAC nursing program fall 2011

    SolaireSolstice replied to sacnstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    I didn't mean to scare you. It shouldn't scare you. It's just that you won't be focusing on anything but school once it starts, so I'm saying DON'T focus too much on it now. I didn't have trouble...

  5. SAC nursing program fall 2011

    SolaireSolstice replied to sacnstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    Well, as Ms Sweet will tell you (during your orientation, fingers crossed), take this time to get your life in order, because your next 2 years will be absorbed by school. Read books that have NOTHING...

  6. Question regarding Nursing Pre-Req's (Science courses)

    SolaireSolstice replied to tenaciouskz's topic in General Nursing

    This is going to very much depend on your school. I took Anatomy at a 4 year university, but when I went to apply, they wanted me to go back and take the Allied Health Anatomy course, because the...

  7. SAC nursing program fall 2011

    SolaireSolstice replied to sacnstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    Um, how much time do you have? Be flexible. Don't miss class for any reason, no matter what, even if. No I didn't find it difficult unless I just wasn't interested in it, like OB or Pediatrics....

  8. SAC nursing program fall 2011

    SolaireSolstice replied to sacnstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yes I did, and although my overall GPA was not competitive, (3.2ish?), my completed pre-reqs and GPA for those courses alone (3.7) for the program got me acccepted the first time I applied. I...

  9. There is no delicate way to put this (WARNING! Sensitive Subject Ahead)

    SolaireSolstice replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    My son wears makeup. He started when he dressed up as Lady Gaga for a Halloween costume contest in 8th grade and liked the way it made his skin look. (He won the contest). He's very vain, in my...

  10. Medicine question?

    SolaireSolstice replied to nrice28's topic in General Students

    What was your patient's potassium level BEFORE the KCL was administered? And on the laxatives, was your patient on opiates? Certainly after a knee replacement, and before, the immobility factor would...

  11. SAC nursing program fall 2011

    SolaireSolstice replied to sacnstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    Because SAC uses a point system for acceptance. Your friend didn't have the increased number of points from having those classes completed before applying, and it is competitive (...

  12. Contact precation and Isolation question

    SolaireSolstice replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    Our facility considers anyone w/ a previous positive to *be* positive until 3 seperate cultures come up negative, without a positive

  13. Fever and Headache

    SolaireSolstice replied to springgarden's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I've never had my temperature rise when I had a headache. Am I missing

  14. Do you have time to give baths?

    SolaireSolstice replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    We have had 1 PCA for a 32 bed unit who is responsible for all accu-checks and vitals for a few weeks. She barely has time to get those done between assisting with tolieting and answering calls that...

  15. Oncology Chemotherapy , Pediatric Chemotherapy

    SolaireSolstice replied to Suresh Morgan's topic in Oncology

    It is in my facility. Pediatric oncology is done in the pediatric unit. The doctors are completely different as well. When I first started out, we used to have our chemo certified nurses float down to...

  16. puree and mechanical soft diets

    SolaireSolstice replied to lvnnars1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Not in my world. For me aspirations precautions means thickened liquids. The diet is just a diet and can be different based on teeth (or lack thereof), sore throat, ill fitting dentures, a strange...

  17. Any suggestions for white scrub pants? (That aren't see through?)

    SolaireSolstice replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I was gonna say pretty underwear But I agree with above, long scrub top and nude underwear. NO THONG!!!! And just try not to think about it too much. Unless you are bending over, which you would be...

  18. 12 hour shifts...3 is plenty

    SolaireSolstice replied to joanna73's topic in General Nursing

    You have to do what you have to do. It's not healthy to be unhappy with your work, or workplace in this instance. Now, share, what will you do? Stay home for a bit? Take some time? Or have you...

  19. 12 hour shifts...3 is plenty

    SolaireSolstice replied to joanna73's topic in General Nursing

    The real issue is, people will do what they have to do in order to survive, pay the bills, buy groceries. Plenty of people work 2 jobs, leave the older children in charge of the younger and work *7*...

  20. 12 hour shifts...3 is plenty

    SolaireSolstice replied to joanna73's topic in General Nursing

    I choose to work 3- 12s. I am a dedicated weekender, and it was my choice. I wanted those 4 days off in a row, and I wouldn't want 5-8s. I worked 5-8s while I was a unit clerk, and I LOVED it when we...

  21. Protocol for comfort care

    SolaireSolstice replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    There is no protocol for the facility I work for either. Every MD seems to have their own idea about what to do. Most simply remove all medications except prns, start a narcotic drip "RN titrate to...

  22. Nurses refusing to draw pre-chemo labs through mediport b/c of infection risk?

    SolaireSolstice replied to CharmedJ7's topic in General Nursing

    Not common for my unit. We access all ports if the patient has one, and use it exclusively unless it won't draw or if the lab HAS to be peripheral. However, many nurses who are unfamilar with ports...

  23. How do I have more confident talking/calling doctors?

    SolaireSolstice replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    It takes practice. Don't be afraid of them. They fart and burp just like the rest of us, sometimes more. Do you know the SBAR technique? Have what you are calling for right in front of you. State who...

  24. Priority Nursing Dx for late-stage small lung cancer

    SolaireSolstice replied to Cobra12's topic in General Students

    Is this patient DNR? Comfort care? If so, then you are not likely to see any improvment on the imbalanced nutrition, it would be lower priority. And is it pain this patient is having? or discomfort...

  25. Why do night shift nurses get paid more when day shift clearly does MORE work?

    SolaireSolstice replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You probably need some