elijahvegas ASN, RN, EMT-P

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    Are You Nurse Jackie or Nurse Zoey?

    elijahvegas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    [spoilerS] i wholeheartedly disagree. Jackie was flawed yes, but definitely to the point of sociopathic. I actually have watched the entire series, although it was some time ago, i think the most...
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    Nursing School Reformation

    elijahvegas posted a topic in General Nursing

    One of the things that intrigued me about the nursing profession, as well a PA's and (f)NPs is how fluid the career can be. there are so many different avenues and specialties to go down that unless...
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    Nursing School Reformation

    elijahvegas replied to elijahvegas's topic in General Nursing

    Boy, it sounds like old school programs really had it together. I feel like especially in my area, there is a high burnout rate in med surg so it's in constant need of staff, and that's what we end up...
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    ****Rant Alert***I absolutely love my job!!

    elijahvegas replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    was scrolling through the comments and i reach the bottom where it says "must read topics" and stumbled upon the "why do so many people hate nursing sigh" thread haha maybe you ought to pop up in...
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    False documentation?? I need your help

    elijahvegas replied to distressnurse's topic in General Nursing

    ah i see more info was added. it must've been edited while i was typing in my response, because there are also 2 more replies that showed up before mine haha. i'm sorry that they took such drastic...
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    False documentation?? I need your help

    elijahvegas replied to distressnurse's topic in General Nursing

    a little confused on the story here. so you went to give the patient their ordered dose of dilaudid, you dropped the vial, and cleaned it up. then you went to go find another nurse to...waste? i'm...
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    Refusing to give nursing pin to student!

    elijahvegas replied to Haleiwa's topic in General Students

    i dont..understand...what im missing here. she bought it. its hers. this is not the same as a diploma, which is earned through testing and coursework. this is a product. an item. she paid for an item...
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    Nursing School No Longer Going by Their Own Policies

    elijahvegas replied to dholly2015's topic in General Students

    ive always wondered about this compulsion. i could never justify worrying about someone else's A and someone else's F when either one literally had no bearing on my
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    Nursing School No Longer Going by Their Own Policies

    elijahvegas replied to dholly2015's topic in General Students

    oh its quite simple. they have a reputation to protect. there are 2 things that keep people interested in going to a college, and thats exclusivity and pass rates. no one will want to attend a program...
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    Least stressful nursing specialty

    elijahvegas replied to Svkd's topic in General Nursing

    youll never get a straight answer to this question for a number of reasons. 1. youll have people that say there is no answer because every specialty can be stressful--which doesn't answer the...
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    My nclex shut off 160ish :'(

    elijahvegas replied to TRVL.RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    As far as I know, Florida takes about 24 hours on a business day. Anyone I know who took it on Friday had to wait til Monday for results. I took it on a weekday, did the pvt like 6 hours later, got...
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    Is a tablet a good investment for nursing school

    elijahvegas replied to clclc4444's topic in Nursing News

    i got an 11 in netbook that was lightweight portable and much more functionality than a tablet. unless there are specific apps you need for your program i just cant see the point in getting a tablet,...
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    I got all 265 questions

    elijahvegas replied to Highly_Favored's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    i know the feeling. i graduated, waited about 6 months before taking the test, and did a few uworld practice tests maybe 3 hours a day for about a week before my exam. got the full gambit of...
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    How to deal with loneliness as a VERY young RN student...any help or advice?

    elijahvegas replied to createddaisy's topic in General Students

    must be tough. i felt the same way when i first began nursing school, although for some fairly different reasons. i was eager to make friends because getting through schooling alone is tough, although...
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    Favorite sayings

    elijahvegas replied to NursesRmofun's topic in Nursing Humor

    "is this the hill you want to die on?" "no sir thats not how this works, you cannot fire me. But believe me, im just as upset about it as you are" "if anyone is looking for me, tell them i went on my...
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    Amiodarone

    elijahvegas replied to BecomingNursey's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    as per ACLS protocols ive always known it to be 300mg, then 150mg, bolus'd pretty rapid. Reason being is that your next few rounds of epi are coming in between, and thats around every 2-3
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    Pearson Vue Trick: Is it accurate? Do you know anyone who paid using their CC and passed?

    elijahvegas replied to HeyViv's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    i did it, waited about 5 hours after i completed my exam, put in a debit card with all the correct info but made sure it had less than $200, it gave me the good popup of "our records indicated blah...
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    hiring question

    elijahvegas replied to jchecking's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    make sure you actually mean "expunged" and not "sealed" or "dropped". these terms are often used synonymously, though they have a couple key differences. Dropped will show up 100%, "expunged" however...
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    DUI and nursing

    elijahvegas replied to averagenurse's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    personally i'd wait to see the outcome, however that process can potentially be dragged out for quite some time. at any rate, if you report it to the board now, there is a likely chance that, since...
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    ASN-MSN Psych NP

    elijahvegas replied to FuturePMHNP14's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    personally, i'd say go with your first option. I really can't see why you would "need" med/surg experience if you know 100% you want to do psych. Plenty of people have gone straight to psych without...
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    Feeling very dumb!!!:(

    elijahvegas replied to Mkelly's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    try not to be overwhelmed by the sheer number of applicants. my school was notorious for having giant wait-lists and a gigantic pool of applicants, and on a whim i decided to take the entrance exam...
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    Hit in the groin during clinicals

    elijahvegas replied to Smith5's topic in Men in Nursing

    it wasn't an accident, angry, altered, belligerent, patients love the crotch shots. and to red kryptonite ive definitely accidentally elbowed, slapped, bumped into more boobs than i ever thought...
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    Horrible Treatment at Drug Testing

    elijahvegas replied to Maria425's topic in Nurses Recovery

    well like i said, the locking of the door seemed a bit excessive. But when i read it i didn't take it as "we're locking the doors so you cant leave until you urinate" what i read was "if you choose to...
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    Horrible Treatment at Drug Testing

    elijahvegas replied to Maria425's topic in Nurses Recovery

    unless youre upset that she used a nasty tone with you or something derogatory along those lines, i dont see the problem, it sounds pretty standard to me. at a clinic i worked for at some time we...
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    Antibiotics and allergies

    elijahvegas replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency

    i would suggest to the md to consider switching into a different class of ABX, but if the doc refuses id go ahead and give it and just closely closely closely monitor for any adverse reactions. if i...