akulahawkRN ADN, RN, EMT-P

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    NCLEX shut off at 75.... dont know what to think!! fail/pass???

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

    The other posters are very right. Since the computer shut off at 75, you either did very well or very poorly. Anything from 76 onward means you were on the pass/fail line... If your states...
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    Coming back to nursing school after failing twice?

    akulahawkRN replied to Nursing pursuit's topic in General Students

    You're going through the mechanics of studying, that's great... but you need to absorb the information so that you can apply what you've learned. There are two things that make Medical School, PA...
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    NCLEX Today-Good Pop Up

    akulahawkRN replied to 2000Ochorios's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations on getting this far! I would, however, suggest that you wait about 24 hours and try the PVT again. Your exam needs to be scored a 2nd time and there's no telling exactly when that 2nd...
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    Minor freak out..upcoming ACLS class

    akulahawkRN replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    The classes can be fun with a good instructor. Mostly, now that you have been given an intro to resuscitation, start reading more about it. The real learning begins...
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    how to study for a cumulative final?

    akulahawkRN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In classes that have cumulative final exams, the secret is that you start studying before the session begins, well, as long as you know what material the course will be covering the first 2 weeks. You...
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    Accepted into Nursing School

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

    First off, congratulations on getting into Nursing School! You're all in for one of the hardest, most amazing rides of your life. Like one of the PP indicated, get some kind of calendar going and use...
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    Time management advice

    akulahawkRN replied to mbreyes's topic in General Students

    I also had to work, raise a kid, and go to school. How did I do it? Like the others, I used a planner. Mine happens to be Google's Calendar and I have it on my phone as well. Anything I needed to do...
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    Evaluations

    akulahawkRN replied to KStudentNurse70's topic in General Students

    There were some skills stations that we had to pass in order to progress through to the next semester but that was mostly in the 1st semester. After that, we usually had skills check-offs and we'd...
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    I only held his hand

    akulahawkRN replied to motay68's topic in General Students

    You've found your reason for doing patient care. Nursing is how you choose to express who you are inside. I found that I'm a person that takes care of others. I first chose sports medicine. I learned...
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    How have you changed since starting school?

    akulahawkRN replied to missmollie's topic in General Students

    Looking back, I'm a lot more direct in conversation. While I can do therapeutic communication as well as any other new grad, homey don't play dat at home. I've become more blunt about things and I...
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    handling 4 patients

    akulahawkRN replied to sac.916's topic in General Students

    Yeah, it's tough at first. What I did when I started working with four patients was I'd go in a little early to check the charts and in particular the meds for when they're due. Then I'd get report,...
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    I only held his hand

    akulahawkRN replied to motay68's topic in General Students

    Oh, this goes way beyond therapeutic touch... motay68 remember this. For all we do, it comes back to what you just
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    Going from Adult ER to all populations ER

    akulahawkRN replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Emergency

    Youngest kid I've started a line on was a 3 year old that was amazingly calm... due to drinking 1/2 bottle of Triaminic. I can certainly say that the little guy definitely had great veins! I'm a...
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    Kaiser South Sacramento ER?

    akulahawkRN replied to NickiLaughs's topic in California Nursing

    I don't work there... but I did (somewhat recently) some clinical time at that hospital. It's difficult to keep the true culture under wraps from the students that are there for a semester... The...
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    Cut my losses or see it through?

    akulahawkRN replied to snakes251's topic in General Students

    It sounds to me like you've reached the end of your time at that particular school and if you weren't going to fail out academically, you would have failed out clinically. That's not a great place to...
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    Hate It

    akulahawkRN replied to ImLovingIt's topic in General Students

    Nursing School is a very different "world" from the normal work world, and really this is very true for most fields that require a formal course of study. When you're doing things for the first few...
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    The Pearson trick

    akulahawkRN replied to richfield1977's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You have to wait 48 hours... not 2 days for the Quick Results. If that's the response you got from the system by attempting the PVT this morning, you more than likely have passed. Your exam should...
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    I feel like I'm never going to get good at IVs

    akulahawkRN replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    That's part of becoming good at doing IVs. I'm pretty rusty at doing them, and while I can do them, there are times I just can't seem to cannulate a drain pipe sized vein. There are some good videos...
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    Saw an angry clinical instructor...

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

    During my schooling, I had a clinical instructor that tended to bully her students. Mostly she tends to threaten every one of her students with failure... and at the end, she "relents" and "allows"...
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    Rules for Triage

    akulahawkRN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    EMS knows them all too well... and sometimes can recite the entire story from
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    UCLA RN to Paramedic Bridge

    akulahawkRN replied to EMT6530's topic in School, College Programs

    Going from RN to P should be fairly easy. There's some info on the California State EMSA website about the basic process. The hard part will be finding a program to do the field internship through. I...
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    Are state benefits really all it's cracked up to be?

    akulahawkRN replied to Livingdeadnurse's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm a public employee... and the benefits I have are pretty decent, though not as good they used to be. I have over a decade of service now and if I were to find another "public" position, I could...
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    best stethoscope for starting LPN school?

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

    I recommend a stethoscope that is between $30 and $70 for this purpose. Just about any stethoscope in that range is going to be decent enough for you to learn on, use through school, and will carry...
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    Worried about the rejection from program

    akulahawkRN replied to iDrumKing's topic in General Students

    Even though it's a Rad Tech program you want to get into, the process should generally be similar. Make sure that you do as well as you can (perfect is nice, but don't burn yourself out) and apply to...
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    Newbies Who Want to Pay ZERO Dues Schedule-Wise

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

    Emergent: I'm sure that there's a LOT of new grads that would love to be in that guy's position... literally. I don't want for much... I just want to be on a relatively consistent schedule, to know a...