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    Fundamentals- Done!

    Alisonisayoshi replied to NurseGirl525's topic in General Students

    Good job Heather! Honestly I'm going to shoot myself if I have to study for one more massive med surg test lol! I am going to be so grateful when I
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    Say no to artificial sweeteners

    Alisonisayoshi replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Stevia is not very good. I had a good friend who wasn't diabetic and pushed stevia and agava at me constantly. A year or so ago she developed Type 2 diabetes. It took her about a month of only...
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    Say no to artificial sweeteners

    Alisonisayoshi replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Also, it's easy as a non diabetic to say no to artificial sweeteners, but for a diabetic that simply isn't a viable option. We like coffee, tea, and an occasional soda too! If we say no to...
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    Say no to artificial sweeteners

    Alisonisayoshi replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Equal isn't the problem. Overconsumption of just about anything is the
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    Newbie CNA shocked "care" given by CNA co-workers!

    Alisonisayoshi replied to MidLifeChg2Nursing's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I actually agree with you to an extent. I think the issue is less with someone not wanting to work, and more with someone not wanting to work in the healthcare field. They go from welfare to back...
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    Failed Another Quiz. Feel like giving up.😢

    Alisonisayoshi replied to alayzhial's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Okay, breath. Nursing school is an insane amount of information in a very short time frame. It builds and gets harder as it goes. It isn't such a bad thing to fail a little in the beginning. It...
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    Narc Count Disaster

    Alisonisayoshi replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The difference is a med tech doesn't have a license to lose. They are just an employee, and a low paid one at that. Thus, the risk of them making a dangerous error, or working in an unsafe manner...
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    What to wear to lab/clinical training.

    Alisonisayoshi replied to studentnursemon86's topic in General Students

    We wear our uniforms or we can wear regular scrubs. We don't wear
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    Narc Count Disaster

    Alisonisayoshi replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    These aren't nurses are they? They are med aides? Or med techs? That explains a lot oif that's the case. I have been an underpaid med tech and they aren't really trained that throughly. At...
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    Considering becoming a LVN before RN

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Buzo's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I am doing LVN first, but I completed all my RN prerequisites. I did LVN first because of the impaction in the RN programs near me. I didn't want my fate in the hands of a lottery. The bridge...
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    Help care plan disaster!

    Alisonisayoshi replied to mrswatson36's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Skin inegrity, infection, falls, pain. Those all seem to fit your situation. Do you cluster concept map. I find that helps me when I'm
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    Should I quit my job, sell my house and sail to Hawaii?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    That skills test is nerve racking, especially as a nursing student who isn't really being prepared for THAT
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    LPN/LVN salary for 2013/2014

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Moving Foward's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm from further north in California, and not a nurse yet, but I know several of the LVN's who just graduated in the class before me. Most were offered between $23-27 per hour to start. The ones...
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    Santa Rosa Junior College ADN Spring 2015

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Jayllenn's topic in School, College Programs

    Also OP I have a classmate who begins with your class (she dropped LVN upon acceptance) she is awesome and smart, that's why I opened this
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    Santa Rosa Junior College ADN Spring 2015

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Jayllenn's topic in School, College Programs

    Ae 1021 that's how Mendo works. I'm applying for my bridge with SRJC and Mendo and have been told you do your application as bridge in the fall and begin in the spring in a bridge/role transition...
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    Tattoos/piercings?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to livelovelaugh1396's topic in General Students

    Dye your hair, remove your piercing, don't pierce your nose. Wear a nice watch that covers the stay strong tat on your wrist. My nose is no longer pierced, the hole closed halfway through the...
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    LPN/LVN Clinical Questions

    Alisonisayoshi replied to TSgtRodrigues's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Most of our sites are in hospital, but the hospital locally still hires LVNS in the ER and in Med Surg. My program is well respected in my local area for having very through clinical experinces, and...
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    What's the best route??

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Natasha A.'s topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I did LVN through an adult school, 6k. I'm doing it as a route to RN. I plan to bridge right away. The college I am going to bridge at (a community college with a CSU partnership) does allow LVNs...
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    JayKay Staffing

    Alisonisayoshi replied to DomNurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    I will just mention that many choose an LVN program in order to bridge to RN. That is the case in my current, not for profit, school. Almost my entire class has some or all of their pre-reqs done...
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    MA or LVN?? help

    Alisonisayoshi replied to eflores06's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My LVN in California is only 6k. It is totally covered over 3 semesters by Pell grants. I'm doing LVN because I can bridge to RN. Being an MA doesn't give you that option. I am in school with A...
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    Lvn or Phlembotomy?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Natasha A.'s topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I am doing my LVN in ca to bridge to my RN. I did it because the RN programs are so impacted in my area, but the bridge seats almost never fill. Also, where I live, LVN are still employed in the...
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    what did you have a previous degree in before you went into nursing?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to RNtobe23's topic in General Nursing

    Statistical analysis and management. I worked in casinos from age 19 until I left to return to school. I started working in the cash cage, moved on to cocktails, then became a card dealer (most...
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    Getting frustrated job searching

    Alisonisayoshi replied to RavensNation's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Are you trying SNF's or just hospitals? I got an offer from a SNF before I'd even sat for my CNA exam, at the end of my first semester. A lot of times people rule out the SNF because they think it...
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    Thoughts on tablets

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Sammy Jankis's topic in General Students

    Oh and it does for in my pocket on my Cherokee scrub pants. I have a NANDA book on it, a meds book, a lab values diagnostic book, and a Tabers online thingy that came with my hard copy of Tabers....
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    Thoughts on tablets

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Sammy Jankis's topic in General Students

    I use a Kindle Fire. It's amazingly