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    Med passing question from a student

    akulahawkRN replied to MsPebbles's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm in school too... and the way we're taught is an always safe method of passing medications. Unfortunately that method is also quite slow and makes it difficult to pass a lot of meds quickly... but...
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    Failed clinical. Feels like the end of the world...

    akulahawkRN replied to ari1's topic in General Students

    While I'm not in a BSN program at this particular time, I have failed clinical in the past. What was worse is that I failed just a few weeks out from finishing the class. My theory grade was just fine...
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    LVN-to-RN Program at American River College-Sacramento

    akulahawkRN replied to tanna898's topic in LPN to RN

    You're very welcome. Sac City's LVN to RN program does result in an ADN, just like the ADN the "regular" ADN students earn. Your RN license won't be a "30 unit option"
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    Stethoscope Recommendation?

    akulahawkRN replied to LaceElaine's topic in General Students

    A Littman Classic II SE is a very decent mid-price stethoscope that will work well for you long after you graduate. I use a Cardiology III but then again, I've had mine for about 14 years. If I had to...
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    Don't do this in clinical..

    akulahawkRN replied to ArtClassRN's topic in General Students

    I think I'd go insane if I knew
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    American River College Fall 2014

    akulahawkRN replied to kingkill's topic in California Nursing

    I'm a student in the Los Rios system and I applied to ARC many times... They will notify all the accepted and alternate students all at the same time. About a week later they notify the students that...
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    Don't do this in clinical..

    akulahawkRN replied to ArtClassRN's topic in General Students

    I'm not all that good at prognostication (Carnac the Magnificent I'm not...) but I can easily foresee a very difficult time for that person in the job
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    Warning Signs Associated With Degree Mills and Scam Schools

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

    Excellent reminder to be very careful about any educational program you choose. I attended (once upon a time) a private paramedic program. Yes, it was expensive. Yes, it was relatively fast. Yes, the...
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    Making the drive to Sacramento anything I need to know?

    akulahawkRN replied to pnkgirl25's topic in California Nursing

    I know that the RN Board can't issue temp licenses at the desk anymore, apparently the BVNPT can. And remember that they're two separate entities. Make sure you've contacting the correct board for the...
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    FAILED THE NCLEX! please help..

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

    While I haven't taken the NCLEX myself (and therefore I haven't passed or failed it...) from what I understand if you fail, they're supposed to send you a report that will let you know where you were...
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    2 year degree?

    akulahawkRN replied to SeanPN777's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm in a very similar situation as you are, and I went for the ADN, and while it took me a while to get started, I'm now almost done with the program and I'm highly considering going on to BSN soon,...
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    LVN-to-RN Program at American River College-Sacramento

    akulahawkRN replied to tanna898's topic in LPN to RN

    While I can't comment on ARC's program, I can comment some about Sac City's. Once you pass the class over the summer, you'll be rolled into the 3rd Semester class and in the 2nd week of class, you'll...
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    Effect of a grade of 'W'

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

    While each school has their own policies about considering "W" marks, I would highly suggest not getting any more of them. Do your due diligence to ensure that you're taking the classes you need to...
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    Wedding rings at work

    akulahawkRN replied to studentnursemon86's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Disclaimer: I'm clearly a guy... I have been doing patient care for quite a long time, even before I was married. I've been married for quite a while and I do wear my wedding ring at work and while...
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    How much of your cohort did you "lose"?

    akulahawkRN replied to LoriRNCM's topic in General Students

    Typically my program at the "main" campus loses about 3 students at the end of 1st semester and 2 at around the end of 3rd semester and usually around 2 during 4th semester. This is out of an initial...
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    Has your clinical instructor helped you or held you back?

    akulahawkRN replied to nowim clean's topic in General Students

    Just to provide some information about the variance in medication administration and skills performance in various schools, my program allows students to give basically any PO medication essentially...
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    In Utah 3 yr deadline...passed!

    akulahawkRN replied to Vavila858's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It appears that as long as you fall within the 3 years or four attempts, you take the exam. Once you've taken (and failed) the 4th exam or gone past the 3 year mark (without passing), you have to...
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    external defibrillator

    akulahawkRN replied to hazzzem's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There's lots of explanations for how defibrillators work. We want to know what you know about them and how you think they work so we can better help you figure this
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    Ankle Injuries

    akulahawkRN replied to jackpp's topic in Camp

    Just search for Ottawa Ankle Rules on your favorite smart phone app store and you should find an app that outlines the criteria. There's a LOT more to properly evaluating these injuries than what I...
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    Prioritizing infusions

    akulahawkRN replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    Being that the "actual" time this kicked off was 0620, if the Vanco is actually in-hand and ready to hang, that very easily could change the situation. In that specific situation, I'd go with the...
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    Prioritizing infusions

    akulahawkRN replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm still but a student, but to me, logic dictates that you hang the platelets first because they're critically low and you can potentially run them in over a total of 30 minutes. You just can't do...
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    Nursing Schools are so stupid...

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

    Sure... Nursing school is "stupid" for not letting you in, OP. Nursing schools typically look at your Prerequisite GPA, your TEAS scores, and sometimes other factors as well. They often assign a...
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    Nursing Student Struggles

    akulahawkRN replied to IanTeig1982's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sometimes when you're confronted with two (or more) correct answers, it helps to choose the answer that is the most global and is correct. Sometimes, they're just looking for an answer that has a very...
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    Introverted nurses

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

    You're welcome! Out of the bunch in this thread, I'm probably the least introverted in practice simply because I do waffle between introvert and extrovert, and can do so fairly easily. While I do lean...
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    "Take the skin off the tape" advice given here

    akulahawkRN replied to 3aremyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I've used the alcohol wipes... they do work, just not as well (from what I've seen) as the dehesive wipes. CHG wipes? I'll have to look for those and see if they're any better. Thanks for that