Spikey9001 BSN, RN

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    A Nurse I work with is faking their CCRN credentials

    Spikey9001 replied to Gr8Murse's topic in General Nursing

    Please excuse me for my automatic
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    A Nurse I work with is faking their CCRN credentials

    Spikey9001 replied to Gr8Murse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, this thread turned out a LOT different than I expected. I wonder what happened to the OP? She ain't coming back
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    Mama told me there would be days like this!!!!!

    Spikey9001 replied to sassy10's topic in General Nursing

    But I ain't never ever think there'd be a day like this -
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    To own a pet or not while in nursing school...

    Spikey9001 replied to kroyce's topic in General Students

    You could always buy two birds... They're much easier to take care of than dogs and cats combined. Just make sure to give it fresh water everyday and a bowl of seeds for the week and you'll do
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    Staff nurses and their bad attitudes

    Spikey9001 replied to ShellyRSRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Stop letting others' bad attitudes affect your attitude. Point blank period. I'll be damned if someone rolls their eyes or does something disrespectful in nature while I'm DOING MY JOB and talking to...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Spikey9001 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    All this thread does is remind me of my own
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    PAX-RN

    Spikey9001 replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Students

    Buy the book that they offer... it's pretty much how the test is going to be. Amazon.com: Review Guide for RN Pre-Entrance Exam (9780763762711): National League for Nursing (NLN):
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    Whew... scraped by the skin of my teeth on my first test.

    Spikey9001 posted a topic in General Students

    I thought for sure I was gonna get at least a B... welp, almost failed! (you need a 78 or better to "pass." Anything below is failing.) I felt kind of good because a majority of the class did not...
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    Whew... scraped by the skin of my teeth on my first test.

    Spikey9001 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Students

    I studied from notes, my lecture, the NCLEX review book they supplied us and the ATI references that they also provided. A lot of sources but they mainly pulled from one
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    ...best jobs while in nursing school.

    Spikey9001 replied to brotherbear's topic in General Students

    Yeah I was completely kidding about this retail post. I HATE retail also, but they'll hire the easiest... I've tried getting these "nice" jobs to coincide along with school but to no
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    ...best jobs while in nursing school.

    Spikey9001 replied to brotherbear's topic in General Students

    -Flexible hours. -Little real responsibility. -Everyone needs to shop... so you can build your network there. -You interact with a wide variety of people. Why wouldn't you believe
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    ...best jobs while in nursing school.

    Spikey9001 replied to brotherbear's topic in General Students

    Retail.
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    Is anatomy one of the toughest courses for nursing?

    Spikey9001 replied to Toots71506's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Tag for
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    Does anyone else feel like NON nursing students don't "understand?"

    Spikey9001 posted a topic in General Students

    It seems as though only nursing students can understand what nursing students are going through. From my experiences, nursing is unlike ANY other major at my school. No other major requires a...
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    So what do you do if you cut your finger?

    Spikey9001 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Cry...
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    Does anyone else feel like NON nursing students don't "understand?"

    Spikey9001 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Students

    Well just some specific information regarding my specific program. -At 78% or less or any care plan, test, or lab quiz is a fail. -It has a 95% NCLEX pass rate. -Nearly 30-40 people drop/fail out...
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    There were surprisngly a LOT more guys in this years class.

    Spikey9001 posted a topic in Male Nursing Students

    I noticed that there were almost 15 guys in about a 100 person class that was accepted to my RN program this year. I'm assuming that more guys are doing nursing because of the economy because I was...
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    Biggest issue nurses face?

    Spikey9001 replied to Eponine's topic in General Nursing

    Getting a job after
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    Share your nursing files...

    Spikey9001 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Students

    I don't know if these count, but they help me out a lot. This is just for my fundamentals class. History and Assessment Guide.doc Nursing Process
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    Is 50+ pages of reading a week "normal?"

    Spikey9001 posted a topic in General Students

    My nursing program is just starting to pick up and this week, I have to literally read almost a 100 pages between my textbooks. How do people do this AND work? Are your nursing programs heavily based...
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    I need two people to respond to this question about nurses and attire.

    Spikey9001 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    Guess it's too late to open the floor to free discussion... I just condensed all the replies and presented them that way to the
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    I need two people to respond to this question about nurses and attire.

    Spikey9001 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm doing a general survey for one of my nursing classes and I need the input and opinions of 2 adults in regards to nurses and their attire. Do you prefer a nurse wear: -Starched white uniforms...
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    Why I love allnurses ... seriously

    Spikey9001 replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in General Nursing

    I browsed there and couldn't find anything bashing nurses or the nursing profession. In fact, I couldn't find any mention of nursing at all... just how much school sucked or was
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    I need two people to respond to this question about nurses and attire.

    Spikey9001 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, received WAY more than enough feedback. Guess I'll have to take 2 contradicting posts and use them to present in m class tomorrow. But yeah, all the factors such as location of practice,...
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    I need two people to respond to this question about nurses and attire.

    Spikey9001 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    Well, how come? And what do you consider appropriate clothing for an