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    Does my RACE matter when applying to Nursing Programs?

    ixchel replied to LinaJill123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your numbers fit my alma mater well. We had roughly 65 students in my traditional BSN program. Only two over 30 years old, one with kids (I fit both those categories). Two males (both white). One...
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I think we should just get rid of this word altogether. Genuinely, I hate
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    Unusual treatments

    ixchel replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    This makes me sad. 😔 Although ... earlier today I watched a video in which a person decided to test the theory that a mouse will dissolve beyond recognition in Mt. Dew in 30 days. They used a...
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    What I learned this week (6/27)...

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Oh sweet mama can I get an amen on this whole list?! Especially on the compression socks and the itchy
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    Weird meds

    ixchel replied to Naomimillerrr's topic in Patient Medications

    Ahhhh blood products, I wear
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    How do you handle narcissist patients?

    ixchel replied to mikala3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's what narc is in my brain as well. It's making me think of The Heat. You guys see that movie? "A knock? What is a knock?" "No! A narc!" (Pronounced knock again.) But, I digress.... I haven't...
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    Weird meds

    ixchel replied to Naomimillerrr's topic in Patient Medications

    Me, neither, unless the package is stubborn and I know I'll touch the med trying to open
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    Reasons patients turn on their call light

    ixchel replied to diamondp17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That escalated
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    This week I have learned (6/20, a day late)

    ixchel posted a topic in General Nursing

    I almost didn't start one of these this week because I did the "I am thankful for" list a few days ago, but I just love, love, love the way these conversations go! I'm keeping it rolling! This week I...
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    Will adult cam modeling affect my ability to get a job?

    ixchel replied to Morgan264's topic in General Nursing

    Then bump your old post. It's considered "bad form" on message boards to start new threads rather than go back to your old
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    Will adult cam modeling affect my ability to get a job?

    ixchel replied to Morgan264's topic in General Nursing

    Honest question - if you got negative responses the first time you asked, and never did come back to that thread to answer questions or respond to those posters, why are you asking again in a new...
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    What I learned this week (6/27)...

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Squeeeee!!!! They like me! They really like
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    PVT question

    ixchel replied to king2020's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Oh, dear lord.... Post numbers differ between desktop and mobile
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    Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

    ixchel replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    BR157, or whatever it is - you clearly have no idea what the scope of practice of RNs and RTs is. Do you realize there is more to the ER than simply stabilizing a patient? Do you know what the RN and...
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    "Was she one of your patients?" HIPAA, and other inconveniences

    ixchel posted a topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school, I got in this big old argument with my spouse. Apparently, HIPAA shouldn't apply when you're married. "People just assume that spouses will tell each other everything."...
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    This week I have learned (6/20, a day late)

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I appear to be learning right now that 24-hour sudafed does, in fact, last 24 hours. OMG I want to sleep! I work in the
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    This week I have learned (6/20, a day late)

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    They get bolded??? I think I'll have to check this out on desktop. I post from the app - nothing is a different color and no credentials show up at all, unless the username itself includes
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    "Was she one of your patients?" HIPAA, and other inconveniences

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I just post stalked to see what your background is. I see you're from NZ? Here in the states, you are only allowed to disclose or access information on a patient that is DIRECTLY NECESSARY to give...
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    What I learned this week (6/27)...

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, man, I have a TERRIBLY suspicious feeling about restaurants too dimly lit to adequately inspect what I'm about to
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    Unusual treatments

    ixchel replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    This one - https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/i-cant-smell-972339.html And I'm still blissfully ignorant of the smell.
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    What I learned this week (6/27)...

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    12. I still need to write canIgraduate back. (So sorry, love. My brain is mush and my little people are a bit....overwhelming
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    What I learned this week (6/27)...

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot BELIEVE it took them THIS LONG to finally rule in on it, too. Go
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    Two CVICU nurses singing about ACLS!

    ixchel replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Voices of angels.
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    Reasons patients turn on their call light

    ixchel replied to diamondp17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OMG. It did not stop. The entire day. It did not stop. And then, after getting a shift change code blue in the ER (that amazingly I was the ONLY non-ICU nurse that bothered to show up to, and ICU only...
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    Reasons patients turn on their call light

    ixchel replied to diamondp17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Today I have "reasons why my phone rings....." Patient doesn't realize that her phone is ringing. Like, fully doesn't understand due to orientation. She has a MASSIVE family, who all have my phone...