akulahawkRN ADN, RN, EMT-P

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    Is it better to get an ADN or BSN?

    akulahawkRN replied to Irena67's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Which track is "better" does depend a lot upon various factors. These are things such as your local job market, the theory/clinical experiences provided by the school, and the education you possess...
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    Why understanding the difference between medical diagnosis and nursing diagnosis important

    akulahawkRN replied to Patrick Villamor's topic in General Students

    I have a pretty reasonable understanding of the medical diagnosis process. My most recent past has been spent learning Nursing diagnosis. Here's a little secret: they're identical in methodology. How...
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    CNA or EMT

    akulahawkRN replied to Nurse2BeCam's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    First of all, I would suggest NOT letting your EMT cert go. If you do, getting it back could require that you take the entire course all over again. That would be a waste of your time. Since you want...
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    Getting into nursing school when you have a previous bachelor's degree in something else

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

    I'm going to clarify something from my previous post... My Bachelors is in Sports Medicine. I have a very good knowledge of injury assessment, injury physiology, care and prevention of injuries, and...
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    Getting into nursing school when you have a previous bachelor's degree in something else

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

    I certainly mentioned my Bachelors. While I doubt it made much of a difference in me getting into nursing school, it wasn't seen as a negative. One thing that DID make a difference is that because my...
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    Is heat ever applied to inflammation?

    akulahawkRN replied to AbigailJo's topic in General Students

    The short answer is "yes." The longer answer is "it depends." You have to know the underlying pathophys of the process to determine when and if to apply heat. For injuries, you generally want to avoid...
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    Med/Surg RN. Want ICU job. Get ACLS?

    akulahawkRN replied to Spine_CRNA's topic in Critical Care

    ACLS is a lot easier than it used to be in some ways. They have reduced the number of medications that one must be familiar with by quite a bit. When I first took ACLS, I had to know epinephrine,...
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    I can't believe what this resident said!

    akulahawkRN replied to ds178630's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry to hear that... but there's not enough info there to really make an informed comment about the situation. What I will say is that if you're concerned about pain, you probably should talk to the...
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    I feel like I need ER experience.

    akulahawkRN replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in Emergency

    Psych nursing is good for those patients that are in psych crisis. I see them all the time in my ER. That's a skill-set that (I suspect) most ER nurses don't have. The ER does test a lot of your...
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    How do you know when to get an order?

    akulahawkRN replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    There are quite a few variables in play for what you're asking about. Some, probably most, floors and patient care units have standing orders or protocols that are able to be activated by the nurse...
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    Tattoos in Nursing School

    akulahawkRN replied to BBboy's topic in General Students

    Checking on it is exactly what a LOT of us were advising you to do. I'm glad you did that and now you know the school's position on this subject. Just be aware this could yet be an issue in the...
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    How was your first code blue? What role did you have?

    akulahawkRN replied to journey2success's topic in General Nursing

    The first code blue I ever worked was in the field, when I was still orienting as an EMT some 17 years ago. Elderly woman down, after working on her hedges by the driveway. Fire got on scene first,...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't say that a facility has no right to exclude CC from the hands of a caregiver. In fact, I said the opposite, if you closely read what I wrote. If I chose to carry at work, I could lose my job...
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    Tried and true, but am I ready for my next code blue?

    akulahawkRN replied to Btherese's topic in General Students

    That's an awesome outcome! You got things going early on, when it's most important. EMS arrived on scene reasonably quickly and started the ACLS stuff too. Since nobody neglected the importance of CPR...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Just a couple points that I picked out after reading the past 2-3 pages. First, the text of the 2nd Amendment does NOT refer to the National Guard or any other standing army. The National Guard was...
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    Tattoos in Nursing School

    akulahawkRN replied to BBboy's topic in General Students

    Actually, I suspect that a lot of us do understand that tattoos have significant meaning. What we're trying to tell you is that you need to be very careful about getting a tattoo where it will be...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    The requirement (at least for CA) is for USUALLY yearly requalification, some counties that process a LOT of CCWs do every 2 years as a requirement. One thing that is NOT publicized very well at all...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Usually one of the highest murder rate cities was in New Jersey. That state has very, very stringent controls on firearms and regularly interferes with legal interstate travel of people that own...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Even if there are 50,000 guns up for sale on armslist.com, the instant that the buyer and seller are in different states, a properly licensed FFL must be involved to receive the firearm, do the...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you don't feel protected by a cop you don't know
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, the State of California doesn't exactly set the specific requirements for initial CCW training. It delegates that to each County Sheriff. The minimum is 4 hours as that's the minimum allowed...
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    Took nclex, shut off at 75qs, now im scared to know the result

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

    I believe that I just read that the OP is in Hawaii. That state doesn't participate in Nursys so that resource isn't available. I'm in California, my license shows there because California...
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    Tattoos in Nursing School

    akulahawkRN replied to BBboy's topic in General Students

    Disclaimer: I do not have any tattoos. The above being said, I do not generally have an issue with tattoos. They're an artistic expression of something that's personal to each individual. Here's the...
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    Took nclex, shut off at 75qs, now im scared to know the result

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

    Well, if the exam shut off at 75, you either did generally very well or generally very poorly. There's NOTHING you can do to change that result and not checking (even if it's $7.95) won't keep that...
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    Work full time & School or Just School??

    akulahawkRN replied to Seaglass1972's topic in General Students

    I was able to work full time while attending school full time. It was NOT without problems. On two occasions I had to work out shift swaps with multiple employees because my clinical schedule...