akulahawkRN ADN, RN, EMT-P

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    Does this sound like I'm hired?

    akulahawkRN replied to IsmeAmanda's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Potential employers that call to schedule you to have a drug test and the like generally intend to hire you. They're not going to go through all the trouble and expense to doing background checks and...
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    ::vent::

    akulahawkRN replied to LJ85's topic in Emergency

    It sounds to me like the dose that was drawn up was appropriate for it being given via the ET route. Your instincts and recollection for subcutaneous route doses is correct. I'm guessing that the ped...
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    Pre Req Help....

    akulahawkRN replied to Tink Nurse to Be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Since those are your only two courses left, I would suggest tackling those courses as if they're effectively a single 9 unit course, if not a 12 unit course. That's going to be a LOT of work and I can...
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    Failed Nclex 2 times, Please help.

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

    I doubt anyone will share their username/password with you as this likely violates the terms of service of all those companies you mentioned. You'll want to review general content so that you're as...
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    Nclex Results On Hold

    akulahawkRN replied to Covaryx123's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    :anpom: Congratulations! The wait can sometimes be maddening, but at long last, you know!!! Also, your 4 day wait for your hold to clear is on the long side. Most that I've seen here take around 24-48...
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    How do you seriously remember everything in nursing school?

    akulahawkRN replied to MaryFutureRN's topic in General Students

    You don't have to remember it all. You need to understand the concepts behind what you are doing. Once you know those concepts, the details will kind of fill themselves in. Same thing goes for doing...
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    Ice bags

    akulahawkRN replied to javgjv2012's topic in School

    Doesn't mean that they won't try... Kids can be quite inventive, as you know. Some stuff they come up with just leave me at times... and that was back when I was a sub or working as an athletic...
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    Ice bags

    akulahawkRN replied to javgjv2012's topic in School

    Way back and once upon a time, I used those plastic bags from a supermarket produce aisle... Sometimes, but not always, they would donate a large roll to the school. This was when I was an athletic...
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    PVT Payment Declined NCLEX PN 2015 CA

    akulahawkRN replied to dmavs360's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It depends upon how soon after the exam that the PVT was attempted. If the PVT was tried right afterward, a flip of results is possible. After about 24 hours, the chance of a flipped result (say from...
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    NCLEX- PVT- help please!

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

    As PP stated, when the NCLEX stops at the minimum number of questions, you either did very well, or very poorly. Most students pass the first time, though some do not. The billing system will try to...
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    PVT Payment Declined NCLEX PN 2015 CA

    akulahawkRN replied to dmavs360's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The idea of the adaptive testing is that it'll determine your ability and at some point, all questions will be "hard" as they're right at your knowledge or test taking ability limit. What the NCLEX is...
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    I'm a Us Citizen, studied nursing in the Philippines and I'm now moving to back to the US.

    akulahawkRN replied to timtams's topic in General Students

    Here's the deal with being a foreign-educated nurse... you'll have potentially several (potentially very difficult) hurdles to hop over when you return to the US. You will very likely have problems...
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    What does your Head to Toe really consist of?

    akulahawkRN replied to mykg's topic in General Nursing

    I've spent much of my life learning various assessment techniques and like the others have indicated, it just takes time and practice. I first started learning this stuff as an athletic trainer and...
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    Is this the good pop up?

    akulahawkRN replied to pittnurse24's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The reason for the 24 hour wait is to ensure that your exam has been scored twice. That second scoring is definitive pass/fail and it can happen before the 24 hour mark is up. What I've seen here from...
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    NCLEX RN 76 Q. Pass or Fail?

    akulahawkRN replied to MurseRN007's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    At this point after you have taken the exam, the PVT is going to effectively be 100% accurate. I don't think I've ever heard of a PVT results flip this late. Congratulations! Start checking for...
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    how to document insert picc line

    akulahawkRN replied to BettyPalen's topic in General Nursing

    A PICC is a vascular access device... and should be charted/documented in the same area as a PIV or a Central Line. If, for some reason, the Kardex separates Peripheral and Central lines, I'd think...
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    As a nursing student, how can I take initiative in clinical?

    akulahawkRN replied to studentnurse711's topic in General Students

    For the first few days of actual clinical, I would suggest asking first. It can be as simple as "I'd like to..., is that OK?" Then when it's time to do that with your patients, ask them the same thing...
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    As a nursing student, how can I take initiative in clinical?

    akulahawkRN replied to studentnurse711's topic in General Students

    Early on, you show initiative by discussing things with your nurse or your clinical instructor before doing them. Once you get going, you'll learn lots and you'll see where you can go ahead and do...
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    Do Nursing Students Have a Life?

    akulahawkRN replied to BellaInScrubs's topic in General Students

    It all depends upon your definition of "having a life." I worked full time, went to school full time, and spent time with my family... with all the requirements that each put upon me. It is all about...
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    NCLEX RN 76 Q. Pass or Fail?

    akulahawkRN replied to MurseRN007's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    With all that data, we still can not prognosticate as to pass/fail. It shut off at 76 because it determined with a 95% confidence that you would pass or fail at that point. At this point, you can try...
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    First semester nursing student. Does it get better?

    akulahawkRN replied to basenjilove808's topic in General Students

    This is not always true... my program had plenty of exams... but we no longer had to do any care plans but we still had to prep. Once we transitioned to our practicum, our prep was what we could look...
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    First semester nursing student. Does it get better?

    akulahawkRN replied to basenjilove808's topic in General Students

    Something else to remember is that after you get through your first semester, sometimes they'll have another class that also functions as a weeder. The "weeding" isn't the primary purpose though. That...
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    Nursing students over 35

    akulahawkRN replied to MassNursetoB's topic in General Students

    I'm 41 and I wasn't by far the oldest person at my nursing school... I started my nursing school journey at 37 and graduated when I was 40. The vast majority of the class was under 30 years old. Just...
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    Dropped last semester before graduation

    akulahawkRN replied to TNT365's topic in General Students

    I would say that what I bolded is essentially the key. To me, it sounds like you were on the verge of burnout and when you had the added stress of the face & arm burn coupled with missing a couple...
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    Emergency meds through IJ

    akulahawkRN replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    An IJ would be seen on the neck, not the chest. What you might have seen was either a dialysis port or a subclavian line. Any which way you look at it, you'd have to follow facility policy/procedure...