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    Annual Physical - Does Your Job Require This?

    nekozuki replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. We get annuals, but it's not invasive like that! A doctor just ensured that we have full range of motion, can bend/squat, basic neuro checks, listens to lungs, palpates abdomen, checks vision,...
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    OMG-OMG-OMG ROACHES!!

    nekozuki replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    OP, are you me?! I had a similar problem last year if you want to read the thread: https://allnurses.com/private-duty-nursing/roaches-on-the-908075.html Long story short, it was gov't housing and no...
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    My choice or required

    nekozuki replied to Rdforever's topic in Private Duty

    I would get through the shift by putting on a big show when the parents walked by, and then never, ever taking that case
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    New grads and Home Health -placed on Vent Cases

    nekozuki replied to ShannonShidler's topic in Private Duty

    Wow. My company does put new grads on vent cases, but only after they have gone through special classes, testing, and demonstrate how to operate and put together the entire thing (although we train...
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    a new grad (sorta) opinion of HH.

    nekozuki replied to cat1235's topic in Private Duty

    Whether PDN works for a new grad depends on the agency, the patient, and the nurse. You have to be confident enough to know when something is beyond your skill level/expertise, ask questions, and rely...
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    What is the freaking deal with OB?

    nekozuki replied to Mavrick's topic in General Students

    1. Because babies, dude. 2. Can't throw out your back moving patients that weigh six pounds apiece. 3. Humans that don't talk are always more tolerable than those that do. 4. Birth is a miraculous...
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    Nursing school too hard on purpose?

    nekozuki replied to fangirl's topic in General Students

    My LPN program was run by an ex-military nurse, and it was everything OP mentioned and more. The first few weeks, we whined about it. By the end of the program, we got it. Nursing isn't about you, or...
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    Is getting my RN at a technical college a bad idea?

    nekozuki replied to DanielStern's topic in General Students

    Have you thought about getting your LPN at a technical college? I did that because it took only a year, and I wouldn't have to worry about credits transferring since most LPN to RN accelerated...
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    Lowest turnover specialty

    nekozuki replied to guest769224's topic in General Nursing

    NICU/L&D. You've got to wait for someone to retire in order to get in on some of these
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    Appropriate to go to a patients funeral?

    nekozuki replied to Emily456's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Absolutely go if it feels right to you. There is nothing unusual or inappropriate about
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    Anyone care to share what made you fall in love with Nursing career?

    nekozuki replied to Fall15NYU's topic in General Students

    This thread should be called "How I fell in love with the idea of nursing," if only because the question is posed to people who haven't actually entered the field yet. It's like asking people "how did...
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    Would you go straight to RN or start as LPN?

    nekozuki replied to ana377's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I did the LPN program because I couldn't commit to a full-time two year ASN program (plus all the time to get pre-reqs) as a working adult with bills to pay. In the end, it was a spectacular payoff....
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    Interview for Pediatric job with testing and skills assessment

    nekozuki posted a topic in Pediatric

    I'm a new grad LPN with an interview tomorrow for a pediatric home health agency. Others within the company have told me there will be skill assessments such as CPR and g-tubes, which I feel...
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    Why are we against suicide?

    nekozuki replied to SwampCat's topic in Psychiatric

    If you think suicide can never be anything other than pathology, then it may be you who is lacking
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    medgar evers, lpn

    nekozuki replied to amiyatrini's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    @Singdancerunlife: The main difference between LPN and RN is that you must learn everything in one year rather than
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    graduate vocational nurse

    nekozuki replied to Chanylove's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Grats! My advice: register to take your NCLEX immediately. Don't study, don't be nervous, just trust in what you already know. At most, maybe brush up on lab values and critical numbers, and be sure...
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    Stethoscope

    nekozuki replied to JakeyBro's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Honestly, a thirty dollar model worked fine for me. The longer I am a nurse, the less I spend on
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    Need Work Book Answers for Intro Med-Surg Nursing (Edition 10) from Lippincott

    nekozuki replied to boparba's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Yipe, this thread was resurrected three years later? My recommendation: find the answers yourself, even if it takes a really, really long time. You don't prepare for the NCLEX by studying correct...
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    White pants. Freaking white pants.

    nekozuki replied to Red Kryptonite's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Welcome to the party. Keep a tide pen or a pack of tide wipes to clean off anything that gets on them. And please, no polka-dot
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    Craziest experience in Nursing School...

    nekozuki replied to RatedR22's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Even two years after graduating, I can't pick just one. My top three: 3. Taking vitals on a patient who was in for Altered mental status, had two cops in the room with him. No big deal, I moved...
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    Why of why.....can nobody actually show up on time?

    nekozuki replied to yogastudentRN's topic in Private Duty

    Workplace culture is a big part of the problem. Agencies want coverage no matter what, so nurses aren't punished for tardiness (if you suspend 'em, you lose billable hours). I used to think I was...
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    Car sickness

    nekozuki replied to hellokitty73's topic in Private Duty

    I get carsick when transporting patients, but for some odd reason, nibbling on hard candy makes it better, as well as trying to look out the windows as much as
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    Schools that accept low undergrad gpa???

    nekozuki replied to HoopNurseMomo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I didn't feel the responder in question was abusive or argumentative. Frankly, the "Can I get into nursing school" threads are overwhelming in volume and repetitive in content. There really should be...
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    Teco Nursing Program aug 2014

    nekozuki replied to asehar2011's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I graduated from TECO in 2012, and it did a phenomenal job of preparing me for my nursing career. It was difficult, as I had been out of school for over a decade, but definitely doable so long as one...
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    Did the rigorous LPN curriculum prepare you for traditional college?

    nekozuki posted a topic in LPN to RN

    Having just finished up an intense 10 month, 26 day LPN program (in which only 8 of us graduated), I signed up immediately at a public college to finish up pre-reqs. One week in, I was bored out of my...