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    Misconceptions about Nurses.

    ixchel replied to vnvelez90's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ahhh thank you! I figured I probably missed that somewhere. Thank you! OP, what are you going to school
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    Misconceptions about Nurses.

    ixchel replied to vnvelez90's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Holy crap - this website doesn't have a word limit! Hahaha! OP, I had to type that up in pages and cut and paste for fear the AN app would give me trouble. Let me know if I can clarify anything for...
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    Misconceptions about Nurses.

    ixchel replied to vnvelez90's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1. What kind of person, challenges and or effort does it take to become a Nurse? It takes a person with determination, intelligence, organization, abstract thinking, the ability to provide...
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    Misconceptions about Nurses.

    ixchel replied to vnvelez90's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What type of class is this for? I don't normally want to respond to these due to the fact that for all you know, I'm a Walmart greeter who moonlights as Pennywise the clown on weekends. But, the...
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    Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    ixchel replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    Pretending for a minute that this was not supposed to inspire some aggravated ridiculous response...... Opiates and marijuana, a.k.a. narcotics, do impair people. Unfortunately, yes, this does require...
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    Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    ixchel replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    Self-admitted trolling? Doth my eyes
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    I need to interview a public health or hospice nurse for school

    ixchel replied to ReallyStalkingNurses's topic in Public, Community Health

    If you were to google me, you'd find other people with the same name for the most part, even if you stick my state in there. The only thing that rats me out is LinkedIn. I hate that about LinkedIn and...
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    Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    ixchel replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    After my last comment regarding the OP, I realized the nurse on leave was the shift immediately after OPs. For some reason I thought it was the shift BEFORE OPs. What a crappy position to be in. Were...
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    I need to interview a public health or hospice nurse for school

    ixchel replied to ReallyStalkingNurses's topic in Public, Community Health

    Your comment here made me google. She's legit. Last semester in a BSN program, looks
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    I need to interview a public health or hospice nurse for school

    ixchel replied to ReallyStalkingNurses's topic in Public, Community Health

    Btw, the spelling of your name is unique, and after a quick Google search, all of your information is available at the top of search results. You should seriously consider changing your
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    I need to interview a public health or hospice nurse for school

    ixchel replied to ReallyStalkingNurses's topic in Public, Community Health

    What do you mean by this? That the responses hear are valid, and you will not be inquiring any further? From an instructor point of view, I would knock a ton of points off for this, as the point of...
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    Late for work excuses

    ixchel replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps pipes bursting was her polite was of saying she had explosive
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    BSN to PA?

    ixchel replied to allisonkhall's topic in General Nursing

    FNPs are able to move specialties if they want to without obtaining certificates in other areas. They, too, have a generalist education. NPs go through extensive science-based courses, like patho and...
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    Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    ixchel replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    Cosmo, if your last few posts have been made after you've smoked, I recommend finding other meds for your insomnia and
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    Drug seekers

    ixchel replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    The problem, though, was that she was on a PCA and the PCA was stopped. If the PCA were continued, there would not have been so many
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    Drug seekers

    ixchel replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. I had a stroke patient who used cocaine or heroin when she ran out of her percocets and neurontin. She is known by the entire hospital and has a nickname we are all familiar with. She usually...
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    Am I Too Old to Start School?

    ixchel replied to michelegie's topic in General Students

    This is so true, and was similar to my journey as well. Now, I admit I was in my upper 20s when I started, so I probably shouldn't say I was much "older", but I'd had kids, husband, a "grown up" job...
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    Am I Too Old to Start School?

    ixchel replied to michelegie's topic in General Students

    If you already have most of your gen eds knocked out, I encourage you to look closely ar what exact classes would be required before starting a BSN. For the most part, class for class, the most time...
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    I have an interview in 12 hours help!! B. N

    ixchel replied to Ozymandia's topic in Nursing Career

    In my hospital, if you have a valid prescription, it's not even mentioned to the employer or BON. Any way to maybe call anonymously and
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    Registered Nurse Interview (Due ASAP)

    ixchel replied to FutureJoy's topic in General Students

    OP, You have no way to verify that any response is coming from an actual nurse. Also, I think there would be great benefit to talking face to face with a nurse for these questions. They are great ones...
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    Is it illegal to place a towel over a patient's face?

    ixchel replied to poolnurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    JerseyTomatoMDCrab, may your various snacks and crab feasts be ever beautifully dusted in Old Bay. May your out of town guests believe you when you say it's good on popcorn. May your pineapple be...
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    Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    ixchel replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

    Yup. Totally makes sense to (literally) riot over pot getting infractions against a nursing
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    Beard as a male nurse?

    ixchel replied to Jarl Redbeard's topic in Men in Nursing

    Don't talk about mama that
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    Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    ixchel replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

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    Should I make a stink about this?

    ixchel replied to Zooey72's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oh, my.... Okay.... Please go back to your text book, and truly read it. I KNOW the line between baby and mother is in there. Again, not vague. This is standard when professors are up for...