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    BP Cuff

    akulahawkRN replied to pmabraham's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    While there is quite a bit of technology in hospitals these days, knowing how to proficiently use a BP cuff is not an archaic thing. I did manual BP measurements for about 6 years, nearly exclusively,...
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    Age

    akulahawkRN replied to rewob716's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Welcome to the world of Nursing! As I write this, I'm about a month shy of turning 41. When I started updating my prerequisites, I was 32 and after age 34 I was knocking on the nursing school doors to...
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    Did anyone find that their previous degree was harder that nursing school?

    akulahawkRN replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Students

    I graduated from a sports medicine program that was probably more rigorous than the ADN program that I just graduated from. I sports medicine program focused heavily on injury pathophysiology, sports...
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    afraid of being stuck by a needle

    akulahawkRN replied to treeye's topic in Patient Education

    I'm a new grad nurse and a somewhat experienced paramedic. I've started quite a few IV lines over the years. I'm not all that sensitive about needles... or getting stuck. If there's a student around...
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    do intl student have to study if applying for nclex rn in cali?

    akulahawkRN replied to PHOPHOBEB's topic in Nurse Registration

    For your situation, it may be faster to become an LVN in California and then find an LVN->RN "career mobility" program that will result in you graduating with and ADN instead of simply a...
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    California licensure through endorsement (international nurse)

    akulahawkRN replied to crx971's topic in Nurse Registration

    I'm certainly no expert but here's my take on this... California might accept your transcripts as they are for evaluation, but they very well could request a specific evaluation due to their specific...
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    Nurses Being Made to Tech?

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

    I would say that nurses make for very expensive techs... but you should be able to do everything they do. If I'm a nurse that's working a scheduled tech shift, I expect to be paid a nurse wage, not a...
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    Will states like CA accept online grads if you have experience working

    akulahawkRN replied to northmississippi's topic in Excelsior College

    With California, you must meet their educational requirements before they'll license to you to work in the state. If you're an Excelsior Grad and you're licensed and the whole bit, with experience to...
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    Providing Emergency Care to non-patient

    akulahawkRN replied to augustwest's topic in General Nursing

    As a prehospital provider, I would simply ask for report which would include all the relevant things, such as the initial rhythm, if/when CPR was performed, what drugs were given, and so on. If you...
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    do intl student have to study if applying for nclex rn in cali?

    akulahawkRN replied to PHOPHOBEB's topic in Nurse Registration

    You will have to meet the very same educational requirements as initial applicants. That means your theory and clinical rotations must have been done in the same semester. Specifically, these are the...
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    Scanner suggestions??

    akulahawkRN replied to 7237dallas's topic in General Students

    My current "all in one" printer is an HP Officejet 4620 and aside from having to replace ink cartridges about once every 5-6 weeks because of the printing I had to do, it worked just fine throughout...
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    Failed 1st Semester of Nursing Program

    akulahawkRN replied to Ty2016's topic in General Students

    In addition the above, you failed because you likely simply overloaded yourself. I've been through a very rigorous Bachelors program in the past and when I went to nursing school for my ADN, while it...
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    Is it normal to not know your clinical location until the first day of class..

    akulahawkRN replied to Kandake's topic in General Students

    Take all the above and wash, rinse, repeat at the other hospitals that choose to host Nursing Students... and you might get an inkling of just how difficult it can be to set up clinical placements...
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    Commuting to Nursing School?

    akulahawkRN replied to ihurdle1920's topic in General Students

    I used to commute about 2 hours each way to work for about 2 full years. While it was for an ambulance job where I'd essentially work 36 hours straight, the basic idea was very simple, really. I found...
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    Is it normal to not know your clinical location until the first day of class..

    akulahawkRN replied to Kandake's topic in General Students

    Clinical placements can be a real pain for the people that do clinical placements at nursing schools. In fact, it can be the very bane of their existence! My old program is now about 2 weeks out from...
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    Failed the NCLEX now what??

    akulahawkRN replied to NurseAlzar's topic in Florida Nursing

    As the others have said, wait for the CPR and see where it says you have weaknesses. If you're near passing in all areas, try focusing on how to take the NCLEX test instead of content. Normal...
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    My exam is 8/12/2014; Am I ready?

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

    When you're near passing standard in all categories, chances are that you know the content. LadyFree28 above has some very good advice about the NCLEX, how it's designed, and once you know that, how...
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    CSUB - Crashing Classes

    akulahawkRN replied to euisme, BSN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    "Crashing" a class is a strategy that has some merit. Many of the classes I've attended over the years had people doing exactly that, hoping to be added to the class because someone that was...
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    Failed my Nclex RN first time

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

    Please do not forget to also work on test taking strategies in addition to your general studying for the next attempt. I think the fact that you were "near passing" in all areas points to the fact...
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    Depression After taking NCLEXon August 10th

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

    I suspect that the fact that you went 261 questions before it shut off is that you don't have a content problem but rather a problem or issue answering/picking apart NCLEX questions. At this point,...
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    Took NCLEX this afternoon

    akulahawkRN replied to jstx5's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    OP: If you're still getting the "good popup" now, about 24 hours after your exam, you stand a very good chance that your results (and therefore your PVT) won't flip to the other status. In order to...
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    Need Advice on Senior Preceptorship Selection

    akulahawkRN replied to BlackBettyRN,OCN's topic in General Students

    Personally, I think the answer is relatively simple. You basically have a very good chance of getting a job after graduation at the hospital of your choice. While psych is what you really want to do,...
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    Starting nursing school in 17 days!!

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

    Usually the first day of classes is taken up with a lot of "housekeeping" chores such as going over the course syllabus and the course calendar, if any. It's usually really boring but very mandatory...
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    Do you really need a laptop for nursing school?

    akulahawkRN replied to xiomara17's topic in General Students

    My program didn't care what computer you used, or if you even had one for you to use. What they did care about was that you had access to a computer to print out what you needed. That being said, we...
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    cancle my nclex result

    akulahawkRN replied to kaurb22's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have to say that this looks very suspiciously like attempted cheating. The fact that they're giving you the option to cancel the result and retest later means that you have a chance. It may be that...