Twinmom06 ASN, APN

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    Top 10 Nursing Supplies

    Twinmom06 replied to JenLahaye's topic in General Students

    Dry erase markers (you'll find your clinical sites are probably going to hourly rounding with dry erase boards to mark your initials - half the time the markers are missing out of the rooms and your...
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    Scrubs for the Overwieght?

    Twinmom06 replied to silentwolves's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    there is a website called Teds Medical Threads - they custom make scrubs to your specifications...Once I'm working I think I'm going to look into them again (I got my school pants - the navy matched...
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    Choosing a Stethoscope - Littman Master Classic II vs. Classic II S.E.

    Twinmom06 replied to RZobel's topic in General Students

    I have a Classic II SE with Carribbean Blue tubing and rainbow head - I hear well with it and its quite the conversation
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    Senior Burnout....who's with me?

    Twinmom06 replied to Wrench Party's topic in General Students

    33 days till pinning...1 test, 2 quizzes, 2 finals and a 5 page EBP stand between me and then! I have a job lined up in a New Grad internship starting 6/17... I'm done, fried, cooked, stick a fork in...
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    The best walking shoes for nurses

    Twinmom06 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Alegria's!! LOVE the footbeds in them - very
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    How much do you owe in student loans?

    Twinmom06 replied to Glenna, LPN's topic in General Nursing

    $40K...BUT I didn't qualify for any aid except for Federal Student Loans - and I took out approximately $20K for living expenses - I have a family and couldn't do FT work and FT school as well as...
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    Applying for jobs while completing last semester?

    Twinmom06 replied to Misseslloyd's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I graduate in May and got my offer in February...so definitely
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    ADN class of 2013

    Twinmom06 replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

    38 days till pinning and 40 till graduation!!!!! We picked out our whites and have to order them by 4/1...holy crap this is getting
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    End-Stage Senioritis!

    Twinmom06 replied to Birry's topic in General Students

    OMG! I hear you! I have 38 days till pinning (yes I have a countdown on my phone!!!) and I have an EBP paper due on 4/11 - think I've started it
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    My phone keeps going off at work...

    Twinmom06 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    why is it that a silly cartoon had to immediately spawn a conversation about cell phone
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    Without Orders

    Twinmom06 replied to Apollo8933's topic in General Nursing

    the hospital I'm doing clinicals at has a standing "titrate O2 to keep sats above 92%" and also if someone isn't feeling "right" and is on room air we can put them on 1L N/C without an
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    Regarding nursing students- was this too much to ask?

    Twinmom06 replied to blondy2061h's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a student, if she emailed and asked you for advice, I think its terrific that you responded! I would have loved the opportunity to research meds with a weeks notice, rather than the night before...
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    EPIC

    Twinmom06 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    been using Epic for a year as an aide - and I like it! It was a great hiring point at the hospital I'll be working at when I graduate since they just went to Epic and I already know how to use
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    nocs on a med/surg floor

    Twinmom06 replied to proud nurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thank you for this! I'll be starting med/surge on 6/17 as a new grad and this
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    Fun: Coke or Pepsi Nurses?

    Twinmom06 replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    Coke!!! (diet or Coke Zero)...Pepsi is gross!! I will take iced tea over
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    All Graduates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Twinmom06 replied to OB-nurse2013's topic in General Students

    *raises hand* May 1 pinning and May 3 graduation!!! I love being able to say 6 weeks till graduation when people ask
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    Class Schedule (need some advice!)

    Twinmom06 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

    Last fall I packed my schedule into 2 days - class, clinical and lab and I suffered terribly...I went from 8:30 am to 10:30 pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays - by Thursday I was useless - slept most of...
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    What shoes brand is good?

    Twinmom06 replied to ctbui's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    yup...just got my rockstar ones the other day! It is their own clearance stuff.... Got these last week - getting a lot of compliments on them!...
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    What city are you in??

    Twinmom06 replied to lexiie_RN's topic in General Students

    Scranton ,
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    Job market- ADN students being warned?

    Twinmom06 replied to hope3456's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    We have 15 nursing schools in a 3 hour radius of where I live...Not sure about the size of the classes in many of them but we have 43 graduating on 5/3....10 of us have already gotten hired in the...
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    What shoes brand is good?

    Twinmom06 replied to ctbui's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Alegria Shoes from the Alegria Shoes Experts has a store finder on it... I 3rd (or is it 4th) the Alegria shoes...I have a pair of clogs and a pair of Palomas (mary jane style) and they are
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    Lavender Scrub top

    Twinmom06 replied to RJay25's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Landau - I just got light lavender pants to go with a multicolored scrub top that has light purple, dark purple, blue and silver in
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    Applying for jobs....wait after NCLEX or apply before?

    Twinmom06 replied to roxybabe84's topic in General Students

    The hospital that I got an offer from has hired 10 people in my graduating class and we graduate on 5/3 and start the GN program on 6/10....send those resumes
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    Nursing student lied about me to my manager, and I cannot prove it.

    Twinmom06 replied to Tortoiseshell's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    First of all the nursing student ISN'T a colleague...she's learning from an established nurse...I certainly cannot believe that you guys are blaming the OP because of her "tone of voice"...what if the...
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    Can visitors be 'forced' to wear PPE?

    Twinmom06 replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    I've been told (whether its true or not)...that if they're living in the house they're exposed anyway so sitting in the hospital room poses no additional risk to the patient...now as for the rest of...