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    "Don't Work" Isn't An Answer

    springchick1 replied to mirandaaa's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I worked 40+ hours a week while in nursing school. Never failed a class. It takes a lot of sacrifice but it can be done. I actually think working helped me more than hurt me. It helped me stick to my...
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    Nursing school too hard on purpose?

    springchick1 replied to fangirl's topic in General Students

    Feel free to stay home if the weather is bad or your kids are sick. But in the real world, you won't have a job to come back to. Too many absences and you will be fired. Believe it or not, those...
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    Starting nursing school in three weeks, what am I forgetting?

    springchick1 replied to Chelonophile's topic in General Students

    A really good printer. You'll be printing A LOT of material. I bought a printer/copier/scanner. It prints on both sides of the paper. It also used toner instead of ink cartridges. Probably one of my...
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    Nursing school too hard on purpose?

    springchick1 replied to fangirl's topic in General Students

    First of all, someone is sharing their opinion. You posted on a public forum. Not everyone is going to agree with you or validate your opinion. That's part of it. It's not nurses eating their young....
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    Pray for me please******

    springchick1 replied to kenee23's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    As crazy as this sounds, don't study today. It won't help at this point and will make you more nervous. Do something fun like go get a pedicure, read for fun, take a nap, etc. Get a good night sleep...
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    Why are preceptors negative towards nurses they are teaching?

    springchick1 replied to nursy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Your post confuses me. At one point you are complaining about your preceptor saying she is throwing you to the wolves. Then you go on to say she is wonderful. We have a girl at work who is precepting...
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    A Response from the OP on the issue (poor choice of words) on the concept of a ADN Vs. BSN

    springchick1 replied to ToBeBornANurseJB's topic in General Students

    Yes. You are bullying organaizedchaos and it's really kind of pathetic. Your opinion on LPN, ADN, BSN, is just that, your opinion. But good luck when you get a real job and the people around you know...
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    ITT Tech???? Pros and Cons?

    springchick1 replied to MarquieshaH's topic in School, College Programs

    I know MANY people who won't hire from ITT because the nurses that come out of there (in my area anyway) are so ill prepared for nursing. It's the same with most for profit school in my area. Those...
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    Lateral violence. How did you handle it?

    springchick1 replied to lvan0904's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Have you addressed it with the person you are having problems
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    Nursing School Horror Stories

    springchick1 replied to MR-RN15's topic in General Students

    I agree with this. And happyinmyheart, you have to look at it this way as well: OP got in trouble. She was late for a test she was lucky to get to take. You heard her side of the story. Did her...
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    Infection? Risk for infection?

    springchick1 replied to heidi94's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My clinical instructor would not have accepted risk for infection as a nursing diagnosis because the patient already has an active infection. Infection would be fine. I guess it depends on how your...
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    2015 starting salary/hourly for RN

    springchick1 replied to Linettea88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I live in the
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    Nursing School Horror Stories

    springchick1 replied to MR-RN15's topic in General Students

    Welcome to nursing. You'll get written up for being late and you will get fussed at for asking if other people are written up for the same thing. It's none of your business and your boss won't like...
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    Dilute Urine Question

    springchick1 replied to michelledandersen's topic in General Nursing

    Not everyone who drinks a lot of water before a drug test is trying to hide something. When I had my drug test for school, I drank a lot of water on my way there so I would be able to provide a...
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    Telling current employer about Adderall XR script

    springchick1 replied to PsychieZ's topic in General Nursing

    I don't take any prescription medications but I'm not sure I would want to work at a place where I have to tell my employer what medication I'm on. I don't see that it's any of their business as long...
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    2015 starting salary/hourly for RN

    springchick1 replied to Linettea88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It depends on where you live and where you work. Right now you make more as an LPN than I do as an
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    Asking for prayers: multiple nursing students died in car accident

    springchick1 replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in General Students

    I just read about this on the news. I'm so sorry! Praying for the friends, families, and classmates of the
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    Do you need a tb and an x-ray as part of your physical?

    springchick1 replied to WE~DO~CARE's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital they are required to be immunized. So are sales reps, house keeping, linens, kitchen workers, engineering...you get the
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    I'm going to give nursing school another try...

    springchick1 replied to Curlzz007's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Make sure you set a strict schedule and stick to it. Also, you need to know that most nursing schools have "issues". Nursing school also involves a lot of self study so you have to be disciplined...
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    English (Career) Assignment

    springchick1 replied to AshleyC2015's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Please tell me you have this saved in your computer so you can just copy and past. If not, kudos to you for trying it out every
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    Review Course

    springchick1 replied to terrahh's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Like Okami said, everyone is different. I LOVED the HURST review and thought it had great NCLEX strategy help. It wasn't as HEAVY On strategy as the Kaplan review but I loved it. I also used the...
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    Studying textbook vs review books

    springchick1 replied to sandra07's topic in General Students

    I LOVED the Pearson Review and Rational series. They had some fantastic info and I studied from them for a lot of my
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    Working as a RN with a Different Religion at a LDS/Mormon Hospital

    springchick1 replied to tabithug531's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a Catholic Hospital and I'm not Catholic. Doesn't effect me at all. I go in, do my job, and go
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    OR Newbie Bullying

    springchick1 replied to Bell13's topic in Operating Room

    The sarcasm isn't necessary but these things that are mine to you, aren't to him. As someone who precepts new employees, I want the new employee to set thug a up the way I do. 1. My doctors know...
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    C=RN, I just need to get that C

    springchick1 replied to Sara Lindsey's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I've always heard it as Cs get degrees:) Anyway, I used the Pearson Maternal/OB book to study for OB. it was the only thing I used. Our book was horrible so I didn't do the reading out of it, just...