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    Got into LPN and RN What Should I Do?

    akulahawkRN replied to Tfish1065's topic in General Nursing

    If you can, RN. If you can't find a way to get through the RN program, go LVN and take a job... then transition to RN. I'd say be heavily biased toward RN... and LVN only as a last resort as that...
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    Telling your boss you're going to nursing school....

    akulahawkRN replied to Ellis02136's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Where I work, they do value education. They really do. I have told my boss that I got into nursing school and, at least for the 1st semester, I won't have to change my work hours. 2nd Semester is...
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    Is Nursing for Me?

    akulahawkRN replied to purpleorchid3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you're wondering which way to go, early on, take courses that will serve as prerequisites for both. Work on getting your General Ed done. You'll need to do that anyway. SLP is not going to exactly...
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    How many nitro tabs before pt should call 911?

    akulahawkRN replied to sandyfeet's topic in General Students

    It probably has to do with differing recommendations. Because SL Nitro works so quickly, if chest pain isn't relieved with that first dose, call 911 because chances are good that the problem is an...
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    Questions on nursing schools and programs to take

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

    +1!!! If both paths will be about 4 years total, at your age (OP) BSN may be the better option and may still be cheaper than the private college route, with a higher potential for landing a Nursing...
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    Is Nursing for Me?

    akulahawkRN replied to purpleorchid3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A friend of mine is a speech pathologist. She likes to work with hospital patients and not in public school, where most of her classmates went. She quit a job a while ago and was able to find a new...
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    Questions on nursing schools and programs to take

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

    Community colleges may actually offer an LVN program. They may have some fairly stringent prerequisites that are so close to the ADN program they'd offer, that it may be more beneficial to enter an...
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    RN to BSN-how long?

    akulahawkRN replied to clearblue3's topic in General Students

    The BSN program just apparently adds a couple more classes for a higher unit load per semester. Those are probably 3rd and 4th semester courses, if not spread out over the entire program, so the load...
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    Labored Breathing?

    akulahawkRN replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    If this is the same patient from the other post, this patient was put on a fentanyl patch the same day that the OP started this thread. Could it be that my impression was actually correct? While...
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    RN to BSN-how long?

    akulahawkRN replied to clearblue3's topic in General Students

    I actually emailed an instructor over at Sacramento State the other day about a very closely related question. Here's their list: N171: Transitional Concepts for Professional Nursing (6 units) N173:...
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    Labored Breathing?

    akulahawkRN replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    And I've seen that too. People can decompensate and crash really quickly... If you're not alert to it, it's very possible that a patient can be breathing "normally" by some appearance, but actually be...
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    Mouth to mouth without barrier?

    akulahawkRN replied to Southern Magnolia's topic in General Students

    You are completely misinformed about the O2 percentage in expired air. There's a reason why rescue breathing works... "room air" is about 21% Oxygen. The air we breathe OUT when we exhale has...
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    I seriously do not know what to do!

    akulahawkRN replied to char1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    When I'm all done, I will have the option of taking about 6-9 classes (something like 26 units) and I could get the BSN upgrade OR I could take approximately 12-14 units (about 4 classes) and then I'd...
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    GA BON no longer accepting Excelsior education; Speak up Cont. Updates!!

    akulahawkRN replied to zimsaint's topic in Excelsior College

    What ultimately killed Excelsior for California is that California's BON wants each program to offer concurrent didactic and clinical experiences... and if Excelsior was to do that, they'd probably be...
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    Labored Breathing?

    akulahawkRN replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    While I'm not a nurse or LVN or... from the description, it sounds like your patient has a good airway, normal rate/depth, normal/expected vitals... The lethargy/droopy eyelids/mouth breathing sound...
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    Mouth to mouth without barrier?

    akulahawkRN replied to Southern Magnolia's topic in General Students

    The chances of getting a communicable disease from doing CPR with mouth-mouth breaths is very low... that being said, definitely carry a barrier on your keychain. That way you always have one with...
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    Go to nursing school or.....

    akulahawkRN replied to travelgurl18's topic in General Students

    Just to expand on what Moogie stated, a Kines degree does mean that you have been trained to think critically and do lots of measurement/eval. In effect, you learn to do some research and apply what...
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    I seriously do not know what to do!

    akulahawkRN replied to char1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    And if you're not selected, keep applying. Remember, they're looking to fill a certain number of seats every semester. If you're right on the edge of what's typically accepted, all it takes is that...
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    Should I take classes for CNA before LPN ?

    akulahawkRN replied to corrie09's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    About the tier thing: one RN program that I am aware of does exactly that... While in their program, you first earn the CNA (pretty quickly, actually), then you earn the LVN, and then you go for the...
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    How do I get a new job after being fired?

    akulahawkRN replied to Bkre8iv2's topic in General Nursing

    In a way, I'm on the fence about "tardiness." If you're relieving another person from duty, then it's a very good thing to be on time, and perhaps ready to send them out the door a minute or two...
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    Married RN Considering Career in Air Force

    akulahawkRN replied to kkleber's topic in General Nursing

    As someone else has already stated, you could consider a career as a USAF Reserve. You'd be active duty during training and then you'd get to serve near home. You will likely get deployed though, and...
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    Is working twd BSN worth it? Will ADN do?

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

    If he can get through Med School with no significant debt... otherwise, he's going to be working a LOT to pay his loans off. Once the loans are paid off/forgiven, then life will be come MUCH nicer....
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    HIPAA VIOLATION?

    akulahawkRN replied to katie maz's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If a death certificate (if an obit hasn't been/won't be published) can be obtained by any member of the public at the time the posting was made, then it's bad form/no
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    Having trouble with IV's! Can't get them to thread...

    akulahawkRN replied to avidhunter3's topic in General Nursing

    Another way to think about the angle needed to thread the cath is, you wouldn't have a very steep angle on the needle if you were to attempt to enter the vein from the side instead of the top, would...
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    hay all nurses I need help with school please

    akulahawkRN replied to tidekid66's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I completely agree! If your post above is representative of your command of English, you're going to have a difficult time getting through college, period. That was one long run-on sentence that...