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    Nursing School Drug Testing

    springchick1 replied to Egonza57's topic in General Students

    We had random drug testing in school. You would show up for class and hey would call the name of four or five people, and you would have to pay then and take your drug test
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    On call requirement-help needed

    springchick1 replied to VeraT's topic in Operating Room

    We have a place at our hospital for people to stay who live more than 30 minutes away. Like Rose said, it could be a matter of life or
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    Lead apron

    springchick1 replied to bw217's topic in Operating Room

    We use them. But make sure you put them in the OR arable before the patient moves on it. The radiation comes from the bottom of the C-Arm, not the top. If you put the lead on the patient after they...
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    Night Nursing School

    springchick1 replied to runner378's topic in General Students

    Jeff State Community College in Alabama does a Nights/Weekends program. It is extremely competitive to get into and you can only start the program during fall semester. It would be too late for this...
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    New OR RN Seeks Starting Point

    springchick1 replied to LJOHRrn's topic in Operating Room

    I'm definitely in the "eff you, doctor" stageí ½í¸†. You will also get that way with some of your coworkers. The OR can be a beast but I can't imagine being anywhere else. Like others have...
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    Help me pick a surgery to observe!!

    springchick1 replied to Sbhayes09's topic in General Students

    I didn't have a bad experience in the OR, I work in the OR so I know what happens when we have students. Everything Rose said is 100% correct. Orientees, new staff, big cases etc. it can be very...
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    Help me pick a surgery to observe!!

    springchick1 replied to Sbhayes09's topic in General Students

    The facility may decide for you. We don't allow students in our total joint or spine
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    Very Low Gpa...Is there still hope?

    springchick1 replied to Futurern2013's topic in General Students

    My program looked at both. You had to have certain grades in the pre-reqs and a certain GPA to be considered. It was a very competitive program so they looked at it
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    Favouritism in nursing school!

    springchick1 replied to Greeneyednurse1228's topic in General Students

    You said, "In my opinion". Your opinion here isn't the one that matters. You will face this multiple times in your career. You should be proud that you graduated and focusing on studying for boards...
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    CNAs sleeping on the job... What can I do as a new nurse?

    springchick1 replied to jessica0rae's topic in First Year After Licensure

    She's ALWAYS been in a position to fix it. She chose not to. You think there won't be retaliation now that she's a nurse? Seems to me it will be worse now that she's in a different role than if she...
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    Kicked out of nursing school, I don't know what to do now

    springchick1 replied to Ac4414's topic in General Students

    The only way to know is to talk to them. Nursing programs at community colleges near me are EXTREMELY competitive. Most people with a 3.07 GPA are not accepted. And like I said early, most nursing...
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    Kicked out of nursing school, I don't know what to do now

    springchick1 replied to Ac4414's topic in General Students

    Were you already in nursing school? Most nursing schools in my area require a C or above in all science classes to even be considered for the nursing program. Maybe look into taking Anatomy 1 again...
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    CNAs sleeping on the job... What can I do as a new nurse?

    springchick1 replied to jessica0rae's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Why has it taken you two years to complain about this and want to do something aboutvit? If it bothers you this much, it should have been addressed much sooner. If you address it now, it MAY come...
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    Newbie OR Nurse

    springchick1 replied to LJOHRrn's topic in Operating Room

    12 weeks isn't long enough for someone new to the OR to learn everything. A good orientation should take 6 months minimum. Like rose said, speak to your educator (if there is
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    Heads Up! Small Changes to Site

    springchick1 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    It doesn't show up on my phone either, just my iPad.
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    Surgery on the patient stretcher

    springchick1 replied to rquinn0111's topic in Operating Room

    I guess I would be more concerned about leaving the patient on the dirty bed AFTER the procedure. Why would the doctor want to risk re-infecting the patient? It doesn't take that long to move a...
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    Hiring manager offered position, HR said no and won't tell me why.

    springchick1 replied to MiloRN's topic in General Nursing

    It is not illegal to give an honest opinion of a former co-worker. This person was not my boss and was not my employee. (And bad mouthing an employee may be poor form, but it is not illegal) Had this...
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    To appeal, or not to appeal. Desperately seeking advice!!

    springchick1 replied to Sunnyday1234's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This was actually addressed in my nursing program because it happened to a student who had a 74.49. Our school policy was that they would round up ONCE. So a 74.49 would round to a 74.5. That does NOT...
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    Hiring manager offered position, HR said no and won't tell me why.

    springchick1 replied to MiloRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have filled out references through e-mail for people before and were never contacted by phone. A lot of companies are doing this now. So just because your references weren't called doesn't mean they...
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    I'm a new grad / OR nurse!

    springchick1 replied to Yellow Scrubs's topic in Operating Room

    Training can be an exhausting process but having such a great attitude will make a huge difference! I love that you spend time in sterile processing. It will help you appreciate all the hard work...
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    HELP PLEASE! New grad nurse about to quit new Nurse job before orientation is over.

    springchick1 replied to NewGradKH's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You will get better response starting a new thread instead of using one that is 2 years
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    New Grad- Can I start taking CE courses now?

    springchick1 replied to Suckitupbuttercup's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure and check with your BON to see if you have mandatory CEs for newly licensed nurses. I know in my state, we have some and can't renew if they haven't been
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    dealing with difficult classmates

    springchick1 replied to zelda08's topic in General Students

    Brush it off and move on. You will be working with people like this the rest of your life and have to figure out a way to deal with these types of situations. Just know that you won't be around the...
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    cloth hats

    springchick1 replied to iverina's topic in Operating Room

    We can wear them but have to cover them with paper
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    How do you saline-lock? / What is saline-locking?

    springchick1 replied to 757RN's topic in Patient Medications

    My question is what kind of nursing school and clinical sites did you attend where you don't know how to do