DaFreak71

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  1. Passed My FCCA!

    DaFreak71 replied to Erikadawn RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Good

  2. Reality Check Please?

    DaFreak71 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Yesterday, if you would have asked me if I'd ever consider a program through Excelsior (or any of the other online programs) I would have sworn to high heaven that I wouldn't. Why? Ignorance. It's...

  3. Reality Check Please?

    DaFreak71 replied to DaFreak71's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hiya! Thanks for the feedback! I actually live in Vancouver, WA...not Whidbey Island. My best friend from childhood lives up there though...and I haven't been up there to visit AT ALL (I suck..I...

  4. GOT MY CPNE DATE !

    DaFreak71 replied to Erikadawn RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Congratulations to you!!!

  5. Reality Check Please?

    DaFreak71 replied to DaFreak71's topic in Online Distance Learning

    that's awesome that you've done so much in a short period of time! you're spot on with your statement that this kind of learning environment requires becoming very resourceful lol. if more employers...

  6. Reality Check Please?

    DaFreak71 replied to DaFreak71's topic in Online Distance Learning

    First of all...thanks for the great replies! Last night I joined the Study101 Yahoo group, haven't popped over there yet though. Too busy researching lol. I read on the Excelsior site (in the...

  7. Need Excelsior Clarification

    DaFreak71 replied to LilDKessler's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Congrats on your graduation (I'm only 2 years late lol). Your posts have really been helpful on EC's program. I've read about 50 pages of EC info and you have consistently given awesome advice/info....

  8. HELP Resident calling baby "stupid" What to do!!!??

    DaFreak71 replied to WittleOnesRN's topic in General Nursing

  9. Is it a sin to want a day off?

    DaFreak71 replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it's a mortal sin to take time for yourself. How dare you be so selfish! My hubby just turns his phone off when he's not scheduled to work so that their calls automatically get dumped into...

  10. HELP Resident calling baby "stupid" What to do!!!??

    DaFreak71 replied to WittleOnesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Got a major laugh at the Onion "article". One of my favorite sites. Can we just get real here for a second? Nurses have a peculiar habit of acting as though they are the protectors of all of...

  11. Do you think this was unfair?

    DaFreak71 replied to SNLou84's topic in General Students

    In my opinion, I think that you were treated unfairly (or at the minimum very callously). A death in the family is something we have/will eventually go through and reasonable/decent people understand...

  12. "Failed" Med/Surg. Need Advice

    DaFreak71 replied to brooms's topic in General Students

    My understanding is that (universally) when you take a class and get a low grade, but then repeat the same class and get a higher grade, the lower grade is replaced by the higher grade. It won't...

  13. NCLEX-PN review. Do they really help???

    DaFreak71 replied to deemarys's topic in General Students

    Saunders book and CD was an awesome resource for me. It was much harder than the actual NCLEX-PN. I passed in the minimum amount of questions. Some like Kaplan...I tried it for a short period of...

  14. "HELP", "HELP"

    DaFreak71 replied to ToBANurse2010's topic in General Students

    What worked for me was this: Step one: understand what each organ does (basic A&P stuff) Step two: look at the symptoms of a particular disorder (such as renal failure or emphysema) and ask...

  15. Educational nightmare

    DaFreak71 replied to shadow1100's topic in General Nursing

    How about a presentation about interpersonal skills? It could be patient focused (how to deal with frustrating patients, handling grief, dealing with treatment resistant patients, etc) or it could be...

  16. My God....the politics....

    DaFreak71 replied to burberrylover's topic in General Students

    Yep, it happens. The drama, the politics, the agony, etc. Help "Joan" in clinical. Maybe she needs a mentor. What's wrong with that? I'd be in the group who felt bad for her, and I'd definitely...

  17. Need Help on an instructor who helped me fail Hesi

    DaFreak71 replied to natalieonaje's topic in General Students

    Scenario: You are being precepted as a new grad. You are under the supervision of an experienced nurse and this nurse tells you to do X. You wonder in the back of your mind if doing X is the right...

  18. What pain meds can be taken as a nurse while still providing safe care to patients?

    DaFreak71 replied to rkent003's topic in General Nursing

    I know of nurses who take anti-anxiety medications before hitting the floor and they practice very safely. If you are ever prescribed a medication that could be perceived by some as "unsafe to...

  19. Help with Fluid and Electrolytes

    DaFreak71 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello fellow students! For some reason, I am having a very difficult time with certain fluid and electrolytes (mag, chloride, phosphorus). I get the potassium and sodium, but the others are...

  20. 1st year student with a slight fear of needles

    DaFreak71 replied to rach_006's topic in General Students

    DEAD ON CORRECT! I have near panic attacks when having my blood drawn or seeing my husband have his drawn. The difference between a clinical scenario and your own personal fears is that you are not...

  21. School and Life

    DaFreak71 replied to ChaeF's topic in General Students

    Long distance relationships are hard, but don't let anyone discourage you. Luckily we have things today that earlier generations didn't....the internet (chat/webcams/etc) so even if you have to...

  22. Im just not sure what to do.

    DaFreak71 replied to Kacey717's topic in General Students

    You're very welcome Kacey! Welcome to Allnurses....there's a crazy amount of information for students

  23. How to help a co-worker

    DaFreak71 replied to NurseAngela24's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto about the paper trail. If you see or hear this tech being harassed, speak up right then and there. Make it "unpopular" for the bully to engage in that kind of behavior. Go out of your way to...

  24. How do you wear your hair for clinicals?

    DaFreak71 replied to Kamdyn's topic in General Students

    I wear mine in a graduated bob style which allows me to not have to worry about the back of my head, but on the sides I tuck one side behind my ear and the other side I just use a a little clip...

  25. Any new grads having a hard time finding a job??

    DaFreak71 replied to CocoChanel's topic in General Nursing

    People are sensitive about this issue because it's not as black and white as you state. The current economy is having a major impact on people of all faiths. With regard to the statement that...