WickedRedRN

WickedRedRN BSN, RN

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  1. Vaccination & Titers question

    WickedRedRN replied to AllieRat's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The local health dept will do them for low cost, and you might check with your student health services if you have one. Also, check on your TB requirements, we were told it has to be withing 30 days...

  2. Cost of Books? (And Financial Aid ?'s)

    WickedRedRN replied to GirlCalledJack's topic in General Students

    About 900 for 1st semester books, good thing is, they tell me that should go down in the next semesters. I get no financial aid, right now I am using ebay and half.com to buy used books cheaper....

  3. My best friend's nightmare

    WickedRedRN replied to Antikigirl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is so sad! Hugs to you and prayers for your friend, her daughter and the family. I look at my soon to be 5 year old little girl playing on the floor here and can only imagine your friends...

  4. Looking for a tutor for college algebra

    WickedRedRN replied to new_mom26's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Hi! I used a tutor up on the north side to work with me through Algebra 111 even after I took 044 and 050 Math classes. She was kind of expensive, but trust me without her I am not sure I would have...

  5. Tom Cruises' take on Psychiatry

    WickedRedRN replied to Katydidit34's topic in Psychiatric

    It is absolutley this kind of opinion that causes people to feel they are even more of a failure for turning to medication and those that are not stable to refuse meds. One of my sisters is a...

  6. Indianapolis hospitals that pay for grad school?

    WickedRedRN replied to RN05's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I grew up in small town Indiana. My family still lives there. My mother is a Nurse Manager at a psych facility, has been there 37+ years. While I cannot tell you what she makes, I do know she has...

  7. Indianapolis hospitals that pay for grad school?

    WickedRedRN replied to RN05's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I don't think it is fair to say it is a poverty state. Every hospital I have looked at in terms of employment offer some type of tuition assistance or reimbursement. Even the State Hospitals offer...

  8. LPN magazine?

    WickedRedRN replied to L&D_2b's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I get Nursing 2005 and they also have LPN 2005. It is fairly new, I remember seeing a subscription card for it at school. Check it out here..

  9. Fire Ants

    WickedRedRN replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a kid my Mom and Grandma would use the powdered kind and make a paste with water. Works great on wasp stings, mosquito and chigger bites. (I speak from experience, it was their "cure all"...

  10. How do I wear this?

    WickedRedRN replied to not now's topic in General Nursing

    I just went to orientation for this fall and on our uniform list is a cap we are required to buy. They told us one of the clinical facilities we will be going to still requires the staff to wear caps...

  11. I was accepted into Marian College

    WickedRedRN replied to new_mom26's topic in Indiana Nursing

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! :balloons:

  12. tuition for nursing school?

    WickedRedRN replied to tayssir's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I don't know how they determine your aid need, I personally think their formulas do not take daily living expenses and family needs into much consideration. I am in the same spot, not qualified for...

  13. Ever taken an online class?

    WickedRedRN replied to totallytheresa's topic in General Nursing

    I have taken several online classes and I love them! They offer more flexibility in my life by not commiting me to specific class times. If I am up at 2AM I can log on and do coursework without...

  14. Menstrual Migraines

    WickedRedRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone! Maybe I should have put this in OBGYN forum, but I thought more would see it here. I was talking with my NP today, seems to me as I get older (37, EEK!) my migraines are getting worse...

  15. Gastric Bypass!!!!!

    WickedRedRN replied to HONEYBEAR's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently awaiting insurance approval for the bypass, which should not be a problem, 7 other people in my office have had it done and all approved easily. I agree with Kris and Teri, this has not...

  16. IVy Tech Students

    WickedRedRN replied to Curious0599's topic in Indiana Nursing

    LPN, I decided I could not work for a year a bit easier than I could for 2. Eventually I plan on getting my RN, but this route works better for me and my

  17. IVy Tech Students

    WickedRedRN replied to Curious0599's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Hi there! I am waiting too, I applied at Columbus for this August. I think we should hear something soon. Where did you

  18. Nurses with Knee Problems

    WickedRedRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am not a nurse yet, but my Mom has been one for almost 40 years and is having a TKR this coming Thursday. She has been putting this off for several

  19. Nurse, There's a Spider in My Throat

    WickedRedRN replied to AngelSpirit's topic in Emergency

    GAK!!!!!!!! :barf01: This freaks me out beyond

  20. GRRRRRRR.... Books

    WickedRedRN replied to Glimmer's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The custom made books really gripe me!! I paid 78.50 for a bunch of papers that were shrink wrapped and 3-hole punched. For that price, I want a nice hardbound book. At least give me the binder to...

  21. GRRRRRRR.... Books

    WickedRedRN replied to Glimmer's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    http://www.fetchbook.info/ is my fav. Put your ISBN in and it will come back with a list of all the places that have your book in stock and the

  22. GRRRRRRR.... Books

    WickedRedRN replied to Glimmer's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would and have made a trip to the bookstore, found the books, (its a self service bookstore, but the wont give you ISBN's if you ask) wrote down the ISBN numbers and left. Another school I attended...

  23. Anesthesia fears?

    WickedRedRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    How common are fears of general anesthetic? I will be having surgery sometime this summer/early fall. I am okay with preop, and post op, its the surgery itself , (more specifically the general) that...

  24. Are Your End-of-Life Wishes Clear?

    WickedRedRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, hubby and I both made it official last year, will, living will, advance directives, POA and guardian for our daughter should something happen to both of us. One of my 4 sisters has copies of the...

  25. Terri Schiavo's Hospice

    WickedRedRN posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Okay, I know the whole feeding tube issue has been debated to no end, but this is actually not about the tube issue. I was watching the news today, talking about the police presence at Terri's...