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    What to do with medications if patient is NPO

    akulahawkRN replied to JTLewis93's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The insulin sliding scale, from what I've seen, has two scales. One for the usual diet and one for when the patient is NPO. For that, follow the written orders. Daily meds can usually wait until after...
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    Got to use my neuro skills in real life!

    akulahawkRN replied to RunninNurse's topic in General Students

    I think the real point of the latter part of this discussion is that you have to be aware of your limitations and know when and what you can do to keep yourself out of trouble. The point I tried to...
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    Got to use my neuro skills in real life!

    akulahawkRN replied to RunninNurse's topic in General Students

    Every state's Good Sam laws are different enough that you have to be aware of what's allowed/disallowed. Some states may specifically not cover EMS workers under Good Sam. Many do. Good Sam very well...
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    Got to use my neuro skills in real life!

    akulahawkRN replied to RunninNurse's topic in General Students

    I would say that overall, not too bad of a job. However, there's quite a bit of liability in doing what you did. Others have covered this. There's a LOT more to assessing head injuries than what's...
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    YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS

    akulahawkRN replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

    My program doesn't round either. You get what you earn. I had a classmate fail the entire course by 2 points. It was less than 1% (and if I recall, it was by less than 0.5%, so rounding up would have...
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    Should I take ALL gen ed courses before applying to nursing school?

    akulahawkRN replied to beckyboo80's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would also recommend completing as much of your general ed as possible before applying. You should not count on being able to complete the gen ed coursework during Summer Semester. You also want to...
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    If you got into a CA nursing program, what were your stats?

    akulahawkRN replied to ohhivivian's topic in California Nursing

    Posting my stats really isn't an issue. I'm at a community college, and the program I'm in uses a merit-based system to gain entrance to the random selection pool. Our cut-off is 65 points, however...
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    What to do? :(

    akulahawkRN replied to Toaster's topic in General Students

    If you were working 16 hours per week, that is one thing... but if you were working 16 hours per day for most days, and going to school, that can really mess things up. The workload for most nursing...
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    Dance team during nursing school?

    akulahawkRN replied to student96's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would be one to agree that generally speaking anything is possible. The only potential issue that I can foresee is a conflict between dance class and your nursing school clinical time. The big...
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    doable?

    akulahawkRN replied to schoolforever's topic in General Students

    I would be very suspicious and leery of an 8 week course. It is hard enough to squeeze in all the information in a 16 week course, on top of doing nursing fundamentals as well. That really is a lot of...
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    How to take blood pressure

    akulahawkRN replied to vgny914's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    If price is truly that much of a concern, just look for a stethoscope that's under $40, but above $25. I doubt there's a Littmann that's in that price range, but you should be able to find a...
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    Why does school have to be made to be (seemingly) unneccesarily difficult?

    akulahawkRN replied to Guitarstrings's topic in General Students

    Nursing School very much is necessarily tough. Something else that came to mind when I was reading this thread was that the reason NS has such tough prerequisite requirements is so that students...
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    I feel like I'm melting

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

    While Nursing School can be very competitive, remember that some schools may have a different system in place. The one I go to has a points system for becoming a "qualified applicant" and everyone...
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    Surviving Nursing School- financial wise

    akulahawkRN replied to jofapcastillo's topic in General Students

    In my case, I am able to go to school full time and work full-time simply because I am able to study at work. If I was not able to study at work, I would have a really difficult time being able to...
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    Help with double acceptance

    akulahawkRN replied to Meeh619's topic in General Students

    Given the fact that the BSN program has a poor NCLEX pass rate and the ADN program has a good one, I'd suggest going to the ADN program of the two. Usually, once you pass the NCLEX, you're a nurse....
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    Can you renew your cna cert if you have an lpn license?

    akulahawkRN replied to jfisc2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Normally I'd say "why" but in this case, it appears that renewing your CNA certificate makes some sense, even though your LVN license includes all those same skills and
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    Peripheral pulses - I'm not entirely convinced they exist!

    akulahawkRN replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm usually able to find the DP fairly easily, without doppler. It's usually right around the gap between the 1st and 2nd metatarsals, usually right near the border of that 1st metatarsal and that...
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    Is it a bad idea to quit a job before you have another one secured?

    akulahawkRN replied to Deetail's topic in Nursing Career

    I look at it from a practical standpoint. If you have a job and you're looking for a new one, don't quit a job that's providing you at least some kind of income until you've secured your next job. The...
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    4 years in a CC??!

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

    4 years for an ADN program sounds pretty much standard. Why? The colleges want you to have all your prerequisites completes and any other Gen Ed needed for graduation prior to getting into a program....
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    Family not supportive

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

    I think what you have written is probably exactly what is going on through their heads. Your mom and your sister are nurses and they do not love what they do, so they will probably think they are...
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    Advice for first semester?

    akulahawkRN replied to CURRYA's topic in General Students

    I'm a 3rd Semester student. I can honestly say that in 1st semester, you're going to have a lot of new stuff thrown at you. One of the best ways to keep that from becoming a problem is to stay ahead...
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    Background Check DENIED

    akulahawkRN replied to cgreen203's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I suspect the issue was that while a lot of traffic tickets result in essentially infractions, that particular case was a misdemeanor, a higher level of criminal complaint than an infraction. Also,...
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    Arc nursing spring 2014

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

    The Sutter Extended Campus program is run through Sacramento City College. It is an accelerated program, but only in the sense that they run through the Summer, so it's also 4 semesters long. If you...
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    Alternate #5 is an emotional rollercoaster ride

    akulahawkRN replied to gamerchick209's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congrats on getting in! From here on out, you'll find that NS is a marathon, not a sprint... but at times, it'll feel like it. As to uniforms, if your school requires you to wear scrubs, I would...
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    Took NCLEX today...

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

    From my understanding, if you're getting the "good popup" and the results say "delivered" then you passed. It is possible to not get the good popup and still pass. So, I'm going to say...