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  1. I'm a terrible patient now...

    douxmusique posted a topic in General Students

    I'm having a hard time not critiquing every single thing the nurses/Dr. I come into contact with are doing. Last week I had to take my child into the ER and a follow up with the primary today. The...

  2. New Job in postpartum/advice?

    douxmusique replied to MarrahRN91's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know this thread started a year ago, but to help any newer viewers looking for tips: I recently started as a new grad on a mother/baby unit. Remember that culture dictates raising of children. There...

  3. Dizzy during circumcision

    douxmusique replied to RavensNation's topic in General Students

    I actually had the same thing happen to me, I didnt realize it would hit me so hard. I wouldnt say I am not "cut out for that kind of nursing" though.... I would say I had an unexpected reaction and...

  4. ATI Fundamentals

    douxmusique replied to HeiragoNurse's topic in General Students

    Yes the focused reviews helped. I did the practice assessments and then was able to narrow down what I needed to study based on the

  5. ATI Fundamentals

    douxmusique replied to HeiragoNurse's topic in General Students

    There is an ati app in the play store as well. Honestly read your book word for word. I had to remediate for fundamentals and every question I got wrong was in the book word for word. I have taken 4...

  6. Stratford University need advice and feedback please!

    douxmusique replied to Mommy2Cru's topic in Virginia Nursing

    We have our clinicals in hospitals. If thats what on site means. And yes the two programs are completely separate and have their own accreditations. Good luck to you as well

  7. Stratford University need advice and feedback please!

    douxmusique replied to Mommy2Cru's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Speaking on woodbridge campus program only......Yes the program is very new and not regionally accredited. Those are the two major downsides to the program. However...... the program is ccne...

  8. First day of clinical rotation - your experience?

    douxmusique replied to simplyblissful's topic in General Students

    I have the hardest time with alzheimers/dementia/confused patients... I am not sure how to respectfully and effecivelty communicate with them. Those have been my most challenging moments. I wish I...

  9. Can't we all just get along??

    douxmusique replied to Cal-Neva's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  10. Growing Up Unvaccinated

    douxmusique replied to wtbcrna's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There is a poison ivy

  11. Why do some choose to pursue BSN over ASN first?

    douxmusique replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    They might be out there but I havent heard of any asn programs being 18 months prereqs to finishm like a pp mentioned many/most have at least a year of prereqs, sometimes three semesters, then an...

  12. I'm a terrible patient now...

    douxmusique replied to douxmusique's topic in General Students

    Yeah thats not what was

  13. I'm a terrible patient now...

    douxmusique replied to douxmusique's topic in General Students

    This is exactly why I tend to struggle with saying something or not. And hand sanitizer is considered washing hands from what the hospitals have taught me. So even some hand

  14. I'm a terrible patient now...

    douxmusique replied to douxmusique's topic in General Students

    Youre absolutely right I am definitely going to need stop worrying about not offending people when standing up for stuff like.....

  15. I'm a terrible patient now...

    douxmusique replied to douxmusique's topic in General Students

    Suturing. I wasnt sure if it was surgical or medical so I didnt know when/if the way he was laying everything out was contaminating a sterile field or even if it was sterile or not. I havent studied...

  16. I'm a terrible patient now...

    douxmusique replied to douxmusique's topic in General Students

    I struggle with some ocd stuff and figuring out what is normal germ awareness and what is hyper obsessive germ awareness (im talking about in therapy once a week for this) so my experiences since...

  17. Ati proctored fundamentals test

    douxmusique replied to k78frem's topic in General Students

    So a level one is like high 60s in oercentages depending on which test youre taking and when I take a test and get the assessment report it lists the class average and the national average and where...

  18. Ati proctored fundamentals test

    douxmusique replied to k78frem's topic in General Students

    Ive taken two so far and in my opinion if you have read and read and read your ATI books you will do good. There is an ATI app that is helpful also. One free version and the paid. I havent upgraded...

  19. Extremely beneficial clinical experience...

    douxmusique posted a topic in General Students

    that taught me what NOT to do as a nurse. Trust me, it took me a full day to process the entire experience and put a positive spin on it so that I wasn't left with feeling like my day was a waste....

  20. Extremely beneficial clinical experience...

    douxmusique replied to douxmusique's topic in General Students

    I did classicdame. I did try to Get as much from the patient as I could and might end up using the pt for a care plan if I don't find another next week. I'd say bilateral PEs is a pretty good care...

  21. Food Insecurity and Child Malnutrition in the United States

    douxmusique replied to TheCommuter's topic in Pediatric

    All I know is I've seen people using $300 of SNAP (because all the snap cards look the same....) on frozen fried chicken appetizers, pizza rolls and huge boxes of fruit loops while I dont even walk...

  22. The military is moving my family!

    douxmusique replied to nlb2504's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

  23. How is nursing competitive exactly?

    douxmusique replied to Autumn.Olive's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My experience so far is that yes, peers try to ambush you.......not all but some. It is sneaky and selfish and makes no sense especially to those of us who genuinely dont want to see our friends fail....

  24. nclex question for the day

    douxmusique replied to jechro.08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    2. Unsanitary drinking water is a leading cause of illness in developing countries, bottled water is clean and free of

  25. Ask me anything!

    douxmusique replied to missmollie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So true on the first two. Im about to finish up my first semester as well and the whole subjectiveness of test questions has been hard to get used to. It has probably been my biggest challenge. It had...