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    I am officially a NURSE!!

    VioletKaliLPN replied to VioletKaliLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am working in a GYN office. She is a private practice OB/GYN who has recently left her OB practice due to the cost of malpractice
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    Why did ITT change their name?

    VioletKaliLPN replied to josephinev's topic in General Students

    I will be honest and say it because of the bad reputation ITT has. ECPI also changed their name, or should I say they added "University" to
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    Improve test taking for new nursing student

    VioletKaliLPN replied to studyjunky's topic in General Students

    I graduated August 2nd. You cannot "wing it" with Nursing tests, you have to really understand the information in order to think critically about situations. Read a little bit every day, do not cram...
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    If you won the lottery would you still work in health care?

    VioletKaliLPN replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    I would want to open a preventative health clinic for men and women, and base fees on a sliding scale.(income) I would focus on treatment of DM-2, HBP, hyperlipidemia, as well as prevention. That...
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    Sitting down to calm an upset patient is unprofessional?

    VioletKaliLPN replied to kristandrews's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Did she miss the lecture regarding therapeutic communication? People sometimes need someone to just talk to. Sometimes the only medicine they need at the time is good old fashioned CARE.
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    took nclex pn this evening...

    VioletKaliLPN replied to Stephanieee's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    congrats!!! i take my nclex on monday..
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    Hepatitis B Vaccine Safe?

    VioletKaliLPN replied to gkvegan's topic in General Nursing

    If a disease attacked her body, then it would be fair to say that it was unrelated to the Hep B vaccine. She could have picked up an illness anywhere, which really sucks, but it is the truth. Healthy...
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    Hepatitis B Vaccine Safe?

    VioletKaliLPN replied to gkvegan's topic in General Nursing

    I had the Hep B series at age 18, and I had the Hep A series before starting Nursing school. I wanted to protect myself. You will soon learn that vaccinations are safe, except in rare cases of...
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    I just signed up with excelsior. Where did u

    VioletKaliLPN replied to scherie88's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Caliotter~ I just grad from nursing school august 2nd, so I have all of my books from the program and do not intend to resell them. Did you find them helpful for excelsior, or did you find that some...
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    One quick question...

    VioletKaliLPN replied to brandieskye's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    in my program, which i graduated from august 2nd of this year, you could miss 2 clinical days. if you missed 3 you failed, unless you had a documented medical illness which would require substantial...
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    choosing profs

    VioletKaliLPN replied to JonB04's topic in General Students

    In Nursing school, not your pre req classes, usually the school gives you a schedule. You have no say, usually, aside from "day or night" program, IF your college offers
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    Will the nursing shortage ever end?

    VioletKaliLPN replied to hopeless romantic's topic in General Nursing

    I'll bet they are more visible due to job
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    MORAL DILEMA

    VioletKaliLPN replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    sometimes these patients get fluid overload in the hospital or a worsening pneumonia. very treatable. yes pneumonia is treatable, but people have the right to refuse treatment. also, what kind of...
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    My daughter is quitting nursing school!

    VioletKaliLPN replied to inshallamiami's topic in General Nursing

    Dad's always want their 'little' big girls to be provided for. They want them to have the best opportunities; the best life possible. He needs to be reassured, which is often difficult for
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    Why is it so hard to get a Job?

    VioletKaliLPN replied to jazzy25's topic in General Nursing

    The Nursing 'shortage' is a myth of sorts. There is a shortage of EXPERIENCED Nurses within some fields, but not for NEW Nurses. It takes time to train, orient, and get a new graduate up to
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    My daughter is quitting nursing school!

    VioletKaliLPN replied to inshallamiami's topic in General Nursing

    I have met Nurses whom hate what they do. They are miserable, angry, and just plain unhappy-but they are stuck. Living and working with this much stress is not good for your mind/body/spirit. IMHO it...
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    RN student and asking about personal meds?

    VioletKaliLPN replied to ilovemicrobiology's topic in General Nursing

    my physical had the same questions. i am bi polar and i take 2 controlled substances, not an issue at
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    Help! I'm horrified and grossed out!!

    VioletKaliLPN replied to Eagle2005's topic in General Students

    Wiping butts has never bothered *me*, but a few students in my Nursing class were disgusted by the hygiene issue. What helped one girl was thinking about "What if it was my family
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    Taking my FINAL final exam on Monday

    VioletKaliLPN posted a topic in General Students

    You think you know, but you have no idea... The last year has changed my life. My mother has been a Nurse for around 30 years. She is an RN, without the BSN, but she is a damn fine Nurse. I have...
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    So how different is nursing school?

    VioletKaliLPN replied to mamayogibear's topic in General Students

    well, one big difference is required reading of upwards of 500 pages of material for a test each week. you are expected to read and understand what you read. lectures cannot and will not cover...
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    Patients should ALL be swabbed tested for HIV

    VioletKaliLPN replied to Cathylady's topic in General Nursing

    the risks for actual hiv transmission from a needle stick are minute, per my medical surgical textbook. needle sticks are preventable, rare accidents, and i take every precaution to prevent them. hiv...
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    my problem with allnurses...why so pessimistic?

    VioletKaliLPN replied to pymschrs's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to mention that in my area it is easy to gain entrance into 'accelerated programs', because they are an average of 50k. That does not exactly bring the masses to apply. I am 100% debt...
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    Indiana State University - Online

    VioletKaliLPN replied to FemmeEnergy's topic in Online Distance Learning

    i have a question. how difficult is it to find clinical sites? i live in nc, and the only lpn to bsn programs are 2+ hour drives away. i cannot make that drive every day, it would be killer. i work...
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    When you can't review tests

    VioletKaliLPN replied to pockunit's topic in General Students

    nursing questions are made to be ambiguous, sort of. they are made to encourage you to critically think, not simply regurgitate information. anyone can memorize anything, but to truly critically think...
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    When you can't review tests

    VioletKaliLPN replied to pockunit's topic in General Students

    i must be weird. i always know which questions i missed, because on the tests i know the ones that i am unsure of. i do have an a in nursing school, the bare minimum it takes, a 92, so i do miss...