akulahawkRN ADN, RN, EMT-P

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    Transferring RN licensure to CA?

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

    What matters the the CA BRN is (generally) if your "out of state" education is equivalent to what is provided by an "in-state" approved program. One of the biggest concerns is that your didactic and...
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    Stethoscopes

    akulahawkRN replied to young33's topic in General Students

    Pretty much all of the very basic stethoscopes will have standard non-tunable diaphragms. The Littmann Light is one of them. I had a Classic II SE and it's diaphragm was tunable, but it had a bell...
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    NCLEX-RN: Anyone think it wasn't such a huge deal?

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

    Was the NCLEX-RN hard? Yes. It easily was the hardest exam I've ever taken. Was it as hard as I thought it could have been? No. The exam found my limits and fortunately that was high enough above the...
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    EMT's

    akulahawkRN replied to EricD's topic in General Students

    HPRN, I'm also a Paramedic and an RN. I'm also very well educated as my undergrad degree is in Sports Med. In terms of depth of the base education, a non-degree Paramedic is roughly akin to an LVN....
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    NURSING APPS

    akulahawkRN replied to Genevs's topic in General Students

    As a nursing student, because my program required us to use the Davis Drug Guide, I would normally use the electronic version. I'd usually get the most current version in book form so that I'd have...
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    got good pop up and still failed?

    akulahawkRN replied to rosary710's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    This is not the good popup. This only says that your results are on hold, nothing more and nothing less. It does not indicate whether you have passed or failed. Since your state apparently...
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    What happens in Nursing School?

    akulahawkRN replied to gizmojamz's topic in General Students

    I really don't have a study guide for really any semester because each semester will be different for each program and each program wants some different things from their students. There should be...
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    What happens in Nursing School?

    akulahawkRN replied to gizmojamz's topic in General Students

    It was about 3.5 years ago for me, but... when I was accepted, they sent me info for the date and time for a mandatory orientation. The orientation covered both information about the program as a...
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    EMT's

    akulahawkRN replied to EricD's topic in General Students

    I'm an RN that's also a Paramedic. Prehospital care is very different from nursing care. EMT is more akin to CNA in terms of amount of knowledge. Paramedic is more like LVN in terms of knowledge and...
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    So I just failed out of Nursing School, is there hope after?

    akulahawkRN replied to Marvarapper's topic in General Students

    You have to do well in BOTH to graduate from a program. I'm not (and I think few here) saying that you're not going to eventually be a good nurse. I had a friend of mine fail out of nursing school by...
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    Failing the Nclex-RN, again and again.

    akulahawkRN replied to YPnurse71's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You need to seriously review what the Candidate Performance Report says every time you get one. If the computer is shutting off at 75, I would hazard a guess that there's at least one area that you're...
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    Student nurse with DUI in California

    akulahawkRN replied to Lro87's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    You might benefit from talking to a Lawyer about this. It's probably going to hinge on whether you were ever actually convicted of an alcohol-related offense. This might include a conviction for a...
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    Pearson vue trick in red writing "Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled..."

    akulahawkRN replied to Kell Bell's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you're still getting that statement in red, you have almost certainly passed this time! :anpom: Since it's been 24 hours since you took the exam, I would be very, very shocked if you ended up...
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    Just finished my nclex freaking out!

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

    The only thing that going 168 questions tells me is that you were very close to the pass/fail line. That is the only thing that tells me. It is also the only thing it tells you. It also means that...
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    Failed final semester. Advice?

    akulahawkRN replied to xbananachipsx's topic in General Students

    While it's good to be task oriented, it's also good to be mindful of your scope of practice. Effectively you have failed this semester. When you have some time, take some time out for you. Do some...
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    Can't Pass Fundamentals of Nursing!!!

    akulahawkRN replied to Kelly185891's topic in General Students

    In addition to all of the suggestions that everyone else has provided you, they are great, work on learning how to study more efficiently because harder is not working for you. I'm not saying that you...
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    How did you guys make the choice to become nurses?

    akulahawkRN replied to planetoi's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is more an expression of who I am than a calling per se. I got into nursing because of its generalist education which allows for an ability to move into other areas of healthcare, wherever my...
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    UC Davis Nursing Residency - New Grad Sep 2014

    akulahawkRN posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Even though I'm not going to be able to apply to this residency, I would like others to benefit from this posting. This morning I was notified that UC Davis is accepting applications for new BSN and...
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    What are your BEST tips on being successful in an ADN program????

    akulahawkRN replied to JerseyJade's topic in General Students

    Nursing School is a hard program. Just how hard it will be on you will greatly depend upon your ability to effectively manage your time. I had to work full-time and raise a family while going to...
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    You can add your credentials to your username

    akulahawkRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in News, Announcements

    While my credentials behind my user ID are ASN, RN, EMT-P, I can't post all of my formal education as it would be ADN, BS, RN, EMT-P. The BS isn't in nursing but an allied healthcare field. It might...
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    IV catheter changes..

    akulahawkRN replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in General Nursing

    My understanding as to why field starts were changed within 24 hours of arrival is two-fold: one is that field starts are usually considered to be "dirty" starts (even if they're not), and two is that...
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    Do you know first aid, or even have supplies?

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

    Coming from a sports med background, I'd say that your first aid kit appears to be pretty well customized for hockey. You might want to add finger splints or tongue depressors to your kit. They won't...
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    blue tubex injector

    akulahawkRN replied to Mulan's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't used one of those in quite a long time... Now I have a carpuject or two floating around, but not a
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    American River College ADN Spring 2015

    akulahawkRN replied to Luv2Fly22's topic in School, College Programs

    Sorry to hear you both were not selected. Hopefully you're both otherwise qualified... if you are, reapply at the next opportunity and apply everywhere else that you're qualified. Spreading out the...
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    IV catheter changes..

    akulahawkRN replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in General Nursing

    Your hand was 3x normal size because the IV was infiltrating, not simply because it was in for 4 days. Also nobody probably noticed it and said all was fine. During my preceptorship I had a patient...