rach_nc_03

rach_nc_03

PICU, Nurse Educator, Clinical Research

Member

  • Content

    372

  • Visitors

    5,006

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    5

All Content by rach_nc_03

  1. Nursing without license

    rach_nc_03 replied to jansop's topic in General Nursing

    not always-you can't work as a gn here without your license...some places will let you do cna-type duties while doing orientation and waiting to take the nclex, but not

  2. Nursing without license

    rach_nc_03 replied to jansop's topic in General Nursing

    whoa! what charity is that? i thought the state nurse practice acts specify that 'no pin, insignia, cap, etc. can be used to represent an unlicensed person as a licensed

  3. Pins and needles - 75 questions

    rach_nc_03 replied to vcannon's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    point made, but it's all about frame of reference. my fiancee is in the army, stationed in asia, and we chat online regularly, but our separation is still extremely difficult. his father was in...

  4. Patients knowing medical lingo

    rach_nc_03 replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on the patient-side of this for the past 3 years. (Pretty long story, so I apologize in advance!) I started having bizarre symptoms (too many to list here) before I started nursing school. I...

  5. Too Many Crabby Nurses!!

    rach_nc_03 replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    In school, I only had one clinical rotation (NICU) where I met no cranky/burned-out nurses. My co-assigned nurse in the NICU had actually applied to the neuro ICU where I was working as a CNA when...

  6. home health aides knowing patient diagnosis

    rach_nc_03 replied to renerian's topic in Home Health

    I've never worked in home health, but as a hospital CNA during nursing school, I always checked the patient's chart for dx. I witnessed a new CNA trying to get someone with right-side paralysis out...

  7. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    rach_nc_03 replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. Waiting *is* a time commitment. You get on a waitlist for a school, and you need to (a) have a healthcare-related (read: CNA, EMT, etc.) job to prove you're 'serious' about nursing school....

  8. Mosby CAT login problems

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi Adria, call them and ask for a test ID- they have to enter the info in manually, and they don't work weekends! I pitched a hissy fit with them and said they needed to put a disclaimer on the...

  9. Mosby CAT login problems

    rach_nc_03 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    hey all- I just purchased the Mosby CAT. I had access to it last year, I think, but it expired (I had surgery and just couldn't devote time to it). So I bought it again, and I have a username and...

  10. Am I too old?

    rach_nc_03 replied to Mysister's topic in Nursing Career

    when i was laid off in my last career in sept. of 2001, I was 29. The idea of going back to school at that age was VERY intimidating to me. When I made the decision to go for it, and finished up my...

  11. 2 business days??

    rach_nc_03 replied to linkay77's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    thanks for that....I've been calling the number (have a speed dial on my phone programmed, complete with pauses for the option selections! :chuckle) but still nothing. My friend and I had high hopes...

  12. 2 business days??

    rach_nc_03 replied to linkay77's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took mine in NC on Monday and still nothing. Computer cut off at 75, and all of my assessment tests- Kaplan, Mosby (both AT and CAT), NLN- have been great, as well as my practice CD and book...

  13. One year ago.. I was in your shoes!

    rach_nc_03 replied to nursecheryl81's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took the NCLEX 6/6 (still no results yet) and the computer cut off at 75. My friend and I studied together and both finished in 75, we both had a tremendous number of alternative format questions...

  14. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    rach_nc_03 replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    OK, in this part of NC: new grad RNs start at $18/hr paramedics make around $13/hr CNAs make $9-$10/hr All of those are absolutely rediculous. We have middle-management tech people here (I used to be...

  15. Nurse I - Nurse V

    rach_nc_03 replied to djCRNA's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we have a clinical ladder like this at our hospital. There are some bells and whistles- projects you have to do, presentations you make, some nominal increases in responsibility (being a subject...

  16. Anyone NCLEX today 6/6?

    rach_nc_03 replied to lilbiskit78's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My friend and I both took it today, 6/6. We sat next to each other and both took 2 hours, cut off at 75- but we intentionally took time and relaxed as much as possible. Our exams were very similar in...

  17. Non nursing Bachelor Degree Students -- Please give me insight.

    rach_nc_03 replied to Nurse AllBetta's topic in General Nursing

    lady_jezebel is so right....these things seem to be so variable in different geographical areas. Where I work (big research university hospital), there are almost no staff nurses with MSNs, and the...

  18. has someone restored your faith in humanity? tell us about it.

    rach_nc_03 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I got the idea to start this thread when I told a story in the bullying thread about a great woman who came to my defense. She also did something amazing for me, and it really, truly got me through a...

  19. The Bullying Thread

    rach_nc_03 replied to gwenith's topic in General Nursing

    Just had to throw this in... One of my fellow students really hated me.. so much so that he apparently said nasty things about me every time I was out of earshot....she's not smart (which I am), she's...

  20. Mosby CAT login problems

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks so much for mentioning this...I'll definitely ask for the same thing. I have the kaplan and saunders cd's as well, and springhouse, mosby and lippencott to boot! I figured the CAT would be a...

  21. TIPS/Info for passing NCLEX

    rach_nc_03 replied to paula77720's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    scheduled to take the NCLEX-RN on june 6th- been using saunders, mosby's comp review, lippencott, kaplan (all CD's and books of the aforementioned). I'm going to buy the mosby CAT today as well. one...

  22. Difference between reading content or practicing questions for NCLEX...

    rach_nc_03 replied to pie123's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My friend and I both had great grades throughought school, and we started reviewing last winter (start of our last semester of classes) in the same way: we both got several books (mosby, lippencott,...

  23. Apartment Hunting in Durham

    rach_nc_03 replied to nia_king's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    heh- we're mostly new grads who'll be working at duke! I worked for the last year on 4200 neuro icu, and i'll be starting in the PICU in June. I've lived in this area for 15 years, in chapel hill,...

  24. Unrealistic goal to get job as new grad in ICU?

    rach_nc_03 replied to AKav8trix's topic in Nursing Career

    I agree with most of the other posters- go for what you want to do. I'll be starting in the PICU in june as a new grad at a large teaching hospital, and the NM said she has no issue with new grads, as...

  25. Wearing scrubs in public...

    rach_nc_03 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    this is idiotic. on my current unit, i have a locker- I keep a change of scrubs in there (clean), just in case. if i get gross during the day and need to change, or have gotten semi-gross at work and...