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  1. Failed NCLEX multiple times

    TweetiePieRN replied to Brickman's topic in General Nursing

    To each his own. But, when u take the HESI and see and feel what I am talking about...then you will

  2. Failed NCLEX multiple times

    TweetiePieRN replied to Brickman's topic in General Nursing

    You are a nursing student yourself...are u not? Have you even made it to the point of your schooling in which you took the HESI test? This test supposedly measures how well one will do on the...

  3. Failed NCLEX multiple times

    TweetiePieRN replied to Brickman's topic in General Nursing

    You are a nursing student yourself...are u not? Have you even made it to the point of your schooling in which you took the HESI test? This test supposedly measures how well one will do on the...

  4. Failed NCLEX multiple times

    TweetiePieRN replied to Brickman's topic in General Nursing

    i am one of the ones who doesn't get test anxiety. i study hard and can "read between the lines". i am a very optimistic person and when i get ready to take a test...i think positive. if i get...

  5. Failed NCLEX multiple times

    TweetiePieRN replied to Brickman's topic in General Nursing

    i am one of the ones who doesn't get test anxiety. i study hard and can "read between the lines". i am a very optimistic person and when i get ready to take a test...i think positive. if i get...

  6. Can nurses in the US really work a straight 24 hour shift??

    TweetiePieRN replied to care bear's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it is legal over here to work 24 hrs straight thru. We work 16 hours in a row sometimes...they are called doubles. Sometimes I'll make a remark to someone coming off their 16 hr double...

  7. Nursing School Bloopers

    TweetiePieRN replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    My nursing student buddy asked me to help her pull her pt up in bed. The pt was really groggy and was asking why were we pulling him up in bed. I told him "So your feet don't get caught down here at...

  8. Please ,what is going on ?

    TweetiePieRN replied to joun's topic in California Nursing

    I am sorry that they are having to wait so long. This website http://www.rn.ca.gov doesn't require you to put in a social security number or anything. It will ask for a last name and first name....

  9. Class presentation

    TweetiePieRN replied to jacesmom2's topic in General Nursing

    OK. I had to give a 45 min presentation to a group of nursing home workers (CNAs, housekeeping, RNs). The presentation was about taking vital signs correctly and heart attack symptoms. It was me and 3...

  10. Please ,what is going on ?

    TweetiePieRN replied to joun's topic in California Nursing

    CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE FOR CALIF BOARD OF REG NURSING: http://www.rn.ca.gov CHECK THE LINK FOR LICENSE VERIFICATION. TYPE IN YOUR NAME...IF IT SHOWS UP, YOU HAVE A

  11. Medications for IBS

    TweetiePieRN replied to Rain's topic in Gastroenterology

    I also have IBS..not using the drugs you mentioned, but am using Hyoscyamine Rx. Works very well for

  12. What are DOLL EYES?

    TweetiePieRN replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    A Big thank you goes out to all of you who have replied!!

  13. What are DOLL EYES?

    TweetiePieRN replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    So basically when dolls eye is present this is a good thing. No doll's eye...it's bad!! Is that

  14. Charting Question

    TweetiePieRN replied to nancyok's topic in General Nursing

    I graduate nursing school next month. Our instructor tells us that after report go and make your walking rounds to check on pt, evaluate IV fluids, is bed down?, etc. Then to chart in the nursing...

  15. Sacramento, anyone?

    TweetiePieRN replied to ernest68's topic in California Nursing

    The weather is nice out here. In the Summer it gets really hot..it's a moist heat and gets into the 100s. But, most people have swimming pools and air conditioning to deal with that. Alot of people...

  16. Youngest labor patient?

    TweetiePieRN replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I used to live in a town with a really high teen pregnancy rate. There was a girl who got pregnant when she 14 and the baby's father was 17. She had her baby in January and then had her 2nd baby in...

  17. Sacramento, anyone?

    TweetiePieRN replied to ernest68's topic in California Nursing

    What is drawing you to consider Sacramento? Have u seen the housing prices in this area yet? I live out here and the housing prices (especially in Elk Grove) are climbing like

  18. uh-oh...40 and pregnant and nursing school

    TweetiePieRN replied to kellye's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My mom had her last kid when she was 40. She said she has more energy now than she did when I was born!! Mom is currently 45, she has 5 kids, ages are 24, 23, 18, 16 and

  19. How Common Are False Neg Hpt??

    TweetiePieRN replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks BrandyLPN!! :)

  20. How Common Are False Neg Hpt??

    TweetiePieRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Has anyone out there ever experienced false negative home preg test result? Or did you know someone else who did? Just wondering since I am now 12 days late for period...but am going to docs on...

  21. HIPPA question for friend with POA

    TweetiePieRN replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Unfortunately, when taking calls via the phone...you never know who you are REALLY talking to on the other end. All this legal stuff is very

  22. NPO stories (NPO what??!)

    TweetiePieRN replied to CIRQL8's topic in Operating Room

    As a nursing student, I had a pt who was NPO for a procedure. This patient was caught drinking water. She thought water "didn't count". We stressed to her that she can not have foods or ANY liquids...

  23. How Common Are False Neg Hpt??

    TweetiePieRN replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hey all. I am not pregnant. I was sad at first, but am still young and have many months/ yrs ahead of me to try again. Still have not started period though. Apparently my cycle is really screwed up...

  24. Do you wear makeup?

    TweetiePieRN replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Students

    Kinda scary cuz it sounds like you are describing myself to a T!!! Also redhead (dk auburn) with brown eyebrows that I HAVE to fill in everyday! I wear makeup, but only do touchups due to oily

  25. CNA in LTC needing to talk

    TweetiePieRN replied to Krissy NY's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Krissy! I am so sorry that you are being treated this way! Your fellow CNAs you are working with are jerks! If I were you, I would find another place to work. I have NEVER encountered people like...