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    Feeling Guilty After Calling in Sick...

    akulahawkRN replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    I rarely get sick. Over the years, I've been a sub teacher and in my current job I interface with a lot of people. Consequently, I actually rarely get sick. My employer knows that when I do get sick,...
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    Expired narcotics question

    akulahawkRN replied to Ddestiny's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm also of the opinion that if you're "caught" with a positive UDS and you don't have a current prescription for narcotics, you're hosed. I would suspect that the Norco you got for your wisdom tooth...
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    How to follow policy when off duty?

    akulahawkRN replied to RNduke129's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You can almost NEVER go wrong by doing what anyone trained in First Aid would
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    Tips for Nursing Students also working full time jobs (40hrs/week)

    akulahawkRN replied to IanTeig1982's topic in General Students

    I'm currently knee-deep in the "full-time work and go to school full-time" weeds myself. You have to be very organized to make it all work. Part of that is prioritization. I live and breathe by the...
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    Best quality stethoscope

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

    There are LOTS of choices for stethoscopes that will do an excellent job of picking up sounds that you'll need to hear, and you'll find them priced between about $35 and $70, not all of them are...
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    community paramedics instead of home care nurses?

    akulahawkRN replied to knina's topic in Canada

    Probably a better way to think of the role of Community Paramedics as Preventative EMS. Concentrate on the frequent fliers (by referral) who probably aren't candidates (yet) for home health visits by...
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    failing a class and retaking it

    akulahawkRN replied to Yardena7's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's all about each program's requirements. If you got a C in Micro in my local Community College District, they consider that you've passed the course and you're not allowed to retake the course in...
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    My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

    akulahawkRN replied to ssoxford's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Of the two issues your patient has, only one of them is droplet transmissible. Remember, droplet transmission is different from airborne precautions in distance the pathogen travels through the air...
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    Do you ever hold Lantus?

    akulahawkRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Absent a parameter order to hold the Lantus, I would never hold that med precisely because it provides long-term coverage, long after your patient's faster-acting insulins are long since done. Now I'd...
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    EMT Starting RN program anyone else go down this road?

    akulahawkRN replied to Deuceswild1's topic in Men in Nursing

    If the Paramedic school is only 600 hours long, it is possible to complete it in 4 months. I'm a Paramedic. My program was in the neighborhood of 1200 hours and took a bit longer than a year to...
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    TNCC as a student nurse?

    akulahawkRN replied to jglover4168's topic in General Students

    Given a choice between taking it "now" and taking it "later" when you're an RN, I'd say to take it later because you can use it for CEU's once you have your license. I should have stated that more...
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    TNCC as a student nurse?

    akulahawkRN replied to jglover4168's topic in General Students

    Here's my thoughts on this matter (though I've never taken TNCC, but I've taken a couple other trauma courses). If you've never taken a trauma course before, and you're looking for a position in the...
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    Repeating 3rd..not because I failed...is depressing

    akulahawkRN replied to lu2013's topic in General Students

    I hear that! A classmate of mine failed 4th semester and was required to take a comprehensive test to be re-admitted into 4th. Unfortunately, she failed that re-test and had to start again in 3rd...
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    Hi who among you got a good pop up after taking the exam and still failed the exam?

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

    If you got the good pop-up, then you've most likely passed the exam! Very, very few people here have heard (verifiably) that someone got the good pop-up and didn't pass.
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    Took nclex pn Thursday Dec 19th 2013

    akulahawkRN replied to babyj09's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That's commonly known as the "bad popup." Here's the thing about that popup... it is less reliable than the "good" one. People have been known to have actually passed the NCLEX after getting the popup...
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    I came across a person in distress at an amusment park...

    akulahawkRN replied to CrazyGoonRN's topic in General Nursing

    Given the fact that you had nothing available to you, I'd say you did just fine! Do some information gathering in case he turns for the worse. Ask the OPQRST pain and SAMPLE questions. If this guy...
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    If a person codes at Walmart..

    akulahawkRN replied to Vtachy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Absent any documentation, then answer is no. EMS will not listen to next of kin/spouse. They will go full-tilt-boogie on that code until one of two things happens: the patient meets determination of...
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    TEAS TEST SCORES

    akulahawkRN replied to Smk22's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    Each program has their own standards as to what they'll accept as a "passing" score on the TEAS V test. My program considers a score of 62 to be "passing" so they'll only accept the first score at or...
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    Alert but confused

    akulahawkRN replied to mytoon38's topic in General Nursing

    When I'm charting "alert" it's almost always charted as "awake and alert to changes in the environment" and I'll chart orientation separately as "and oriented x4" or I'll break out the components...
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    Grades

    akulahawkRN replied to ARussell1983's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think you'll find that entrance exams are pretty straightforward and standardized. Some content will be different but the idea is that they want to know if you have the academic chops to pass the...
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    Anyone taking 12 plus credits while working Full-Time?

    akulahawkRN replied to Ariana214's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm currently in RN school and my load is 12 units. I also work full-time. In the prereq run-up to starting the program, I typically had a 3-5 unit load every semester. Here's the thing: I'm able to...
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    Failed first semester by very small amount...

    akulahawkRN replied to hopefulRN23's topic in General Students

    Another former classmate of mine was extremely good in clinicals, however, she was unable to make the grade. To this day. I think she would probably have made a very good nurse if she was able to wrap...
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    Failed first semester by very small amount...

    akulahawkRN replied to hopefulRN23's topic in General Students

    A former classmate of mine failed his 1st semester of nursing school by 2 points. Not 2 percentage points, I mean literally 2 points. He ended up returning to the program and passed with a similar...
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    Documenting Another Nurses Med Administration

    akulahawkRN replied to MrRodgers's topic in Patient Medications

    While I'm no legal expert by any means, I would expect that as long as the computer entry has some kind of note that indicates that it's a late entry/transcribed info and that the medication was given...
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    Should I miss the first day of nursing class?

    akulahawkRN replied to brianna1's topic in General Students

    Some schools that I have attended in the past have had a 1st day attendance policy where the course instructor could drop anyone from the roster that didn't show up that first day. Most of them waited...