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    stethoscope

    akulahawkRN replied to Nursing_Student'15's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The Classic II SE and the Lightweight II SE would both be decent for you to use. My own primary stethoscope is a Cardiology III, but my backup is a Littmann Light. That one is no longer made, but it's...
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    pearsonvue trick...not real?

    akulahawkRN replied to sweet1018's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Results on hold says that they're just auditing your exam. The CC page means that you've likely failed, but this isn't always
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    What is your school's grading scale like?

    akulahawkRN replied to vc01ca's topic in General Students

    I'm in an ADN program. The grading system is basically this: 90-100% = A 89-80% = B 75-79% = C There are no (+) or (-) grades. We are expected to maintain an average ≥ 75% grade in order to...
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    what was your "eureka" I want to be a nurse moment?

    akulahawkRN replied to tbjockny's topic in General Nursing

    I would have to say that my "Eureka" moment happened about ten years ago now, I was a young paramedic and I had some rather difficult patients while doing interfacility transports and I was left with...
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    Laptop or paper/pen notes in class?

    akulahawkRN replied to Lollipops's topic in General Students

    This is pretty close to how I have done it over the past few semesters. It's worked pretty well for me. I can't say it will work well for everyone, but this is what worked for me... I do the reading...
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    EMT as Camp Medic

    akulahawkRN replied to CampEMT's topic in Camp

    You should certainly check with your State EMS agency, or whichever EMS Office provides 911 protocol coverage for that area, and ask them about this situation. Chances are you'd be providing...
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    I hate microbiology!!!! :-(

    akulahawkRN replied to RNinthemaking15's topic in General Students

    I would have to say that besides the DNA portion of the microbiology class, I really enjoyed it immensely. From there on out a lot of your time is currently spent learning how to identify various bugs...
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    Officially Excepted!!!

    akulahawkRN replied to Kmonte's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    To the OP: Do be careful about spelling and grammatical errors. It appears that you thought you were accepted. Turns out that everyone on their list was accepted, except you because you were #31. Fast...
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    Just graduated and going to community college. How do I become a RN from here?

    akulahawkRN replied to rosedith's topic in Nursing Career

    I would contact the programs you're considering attending and finding out what coursework they require you to complete. Since you've mentioned Sac State and Sac City, you should know that they have...
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    Just got fired -

    akulahawkRN replied to blondebabe0625's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Congratulations. Now bring forward all the lessons you've learned and keep
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    Have you ever done something against the law to protect your patient?

    akulahawkRN replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I would have to say that I have never done anything that would be considered illegal in regards to protecting them against themselves or someone else. I'm not saying that I am a perfect angel either,...
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    EMS Training Before Nursing School?

    akulahawkRN replied to chris4219555's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    While there is some overlap between EMS and Nursing, at the EMT level, this is very minimal. I'm not knocking EMS or Nursing for this. I will say that you'll probably have no disadvantage later on if...
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    Took NCLEX-RN today

    akulahawkRN replied to HouTxNurse832's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    As long as it says "Delivery Successful" and you got the good pop up, you're like 99.9999% likely to have passed. Congrats! PS: I've never heard from someone directly that has failed after getting the...
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    What made you decide to go for ASN or BSN?

    akulahawkRN replied to Idiosyncratic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The biggest thing that made me choose ADN over BSN (similar length courses) was (at the time) the University was closed to 2nd Bachelor's students. That included the BSN program. I could have had...
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    Stethoscopes!!!

    akulahawkRN replied to blondebabe0625's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I use a Cardiology III as well. I do not use an electronic one myself, mostly because they amplify
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    Am I stupid for not doing the ABSN?

    akulahawkRN replied to ruby1989's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Given a choice between doing an ABSN, a BSN, and an ADN program, I'd have chosen a BSN program. While the ABSN program is fast & expensive, it very well could be too fast to really gain an...
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    Is 8 hours of sleep unrealistic?

    akulahawkRN replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I can run almost indefinitely on about 6-7 hours of sleep per night. I can do well occasionally with In school though, that becomes a real challenge. On those days where I end up getting I view lack...
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    Please help. Got an academic dishonesty record on my transcript.

    akulahawkRN replied to yvette1222's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's not that you'll always be a cheater, but you'll always be suspect. You'll be under the microscope for quite a long time. Unfortunately, it's going to be the OP's "albatross" to wear for quite a...
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    Wireless Printer Recommedation

    akulahawkRN replied to Nurse2bKim1111's topic in General Students

    All I can say is that I've had so-so luck with HP printers and wireless connections. My current one has a love-hate relationship with some (random) black cartridges. Sometimes it's quite happy with...
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    How many hospitals do you have?

    akulahawkRN replied to green34's topic in General Nursing

    My area has something like 8 acute care hospitals, one Level 1 and two Level 2 trauma centers, all are stroke centers, 4 PCI centers, and if I were to expand things out a little bit, add in probably...
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    Did your school allow "thank yous" during your pinning?

    akulahawkRN replied to Carson13's topic in General Students

    My program has each student write their own short "thank you" on a card and then whoever is the MC of the ceremony reads it. We may be able to do this via multi-media as well, but that has to be...
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    Calculator at work?

    akulahawkRN replied to 1Luv_xo's topic in General Nursing

    I should have added that I always carry a calculator. While computers are very good at crunching numbers, sometimes (like the last hospital I was at) they disabled the calculators on the computers,...
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    Calculator at work?

    akulahawkRN replied to 1Luv_xo's topic in General Nursing

    If I'm not allowed to use calculators, I simply use the paper
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    Help!! I'm shut out of the NCLEX exam!

    akulahawkRN replied to NurseCookie2013's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    From your posts, I gathered that your program has 2 requirements to graduate: GPA and passing all courses with a certain minimum score. You have met the GPA requirement, however, you have not passed...
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    Help!! I'm shut out of the NCLEX exam!

    akulahawkRN replied to NurseCookie2013's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    If you didn't "make the grade" that they were looking for to pass, you didn't pass. Therefore you aren't able to graduate because you "failed" the course. Even if by one point. A classmate of mine was...