calivianya BSN, RN

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    Failed NCLEX

    calivianya replied to bsn3332's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I found the NCSBN relatively unhelpful in terms of content (it was a brief and more of an overview of stuff you might still have to look up because the info was not there), but the questions were...
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    Personality At Work vs. At Home

    calivianya replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Of course it's not a fake. It's a testament to your excellent game face. Think of it as an Oscar for your award-winning performance in the role of the
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    Tattoos in healthcare

    calivianya replied to savoytruffle's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've never heard of a hospital around here allowing visible tattoos, but maybe that's just my area. I have some coworkers with ink on their arms but they have to wear long sleeves to cover it or risk...
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    Question about preceptorship

    calivianya replied to Kaysmom8's topic in General Students

    My school based whether we got specialties or not on our HESI scores. If you scored well, you could work a specialty - ICU, L&D, Psych, etc. Otherwise, you were placed on a med-surg floor....
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    Public's lack of knowledge about what nursing actually is

    calivianya replied to priorities2's topic in General Students

    It's really funny, because a lot of the misconceptions you all have run into and the ones I have (and believed myself, before getting into nursing school) are totally opposite. I've always had people...
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    Already signed one offer-can i rescind?

    calivianya replied to BiotoBSNtoFNP's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You can do it, but it would be a little unprofessional. I'm a little curious as to why you'd want to - if you'd be happy in either job, what would be the point in taking the second offer over the...
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    Hurst review for nclex????

    calivianya replied to deepu245's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hurst was great for making the content easy to remember and understand and I loved them for that. I think questions are extremely important, but if you don't know your content you won't be able to...
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    Death Cafes should nurses be a part of them?

    calivianya replied to PrayeRNurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Honest. I get where you're coming from, but I can't help but think about something my instructor said to me in an elective philosophy of death and dying class I took one semester in college. He made...
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    your first "patient emergency"

    calivianya replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I very clearly remember my first emergency - it was during my externship in the summer between my junior and senior years of nursing school. The day nurse for this particular patient had an extern...
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    Personality At Work vs. At Home

    calivianya replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't agree more. I think the evil/snarky/sarcastic person is who I've always been, and being that great, caring, patient nurse is just an adjustment I've made to do my job well. I'm a perfectionist...
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    Anyone who has taken the NCLEX RN after April 1st?

    calivianya replied to legallybrunette224's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Oh yeah. Big time. I didn't do the Kaplan questions or anything, just the Hurst ones. I consistently scored between 97-103/125 questions right on their practice tests, or about 70-80%. I passed in 75...
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    NCLEX Success

    calivianya replied to SRNA12191's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I agree with you! There's not enough time to cram, so questions are best. You have to know the core stuff, but hopefully that's the stuff that will stick in people's brains from class. Also, if your...
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    june takers...

    calivianya replied to Mirl25's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The test is really different for everyone... I took it the same day as a friend and I got a TON of select all that apply questions (maybe a third of my test, seriously, it was more than 20) and got...
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    Classes filling up?

    calivianya replied to Idiosyncratic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was always up at exactly midnight to register for this reason; don't know how your program works, but after we got advised we could register as soon as the window was open, which happened at...
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    Your Starting Salary?

    calivianya replied to x_factor's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm having a lot of wage envy here. xD Georgia hospital, RN, $20/hr base, $2.75 night
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    Code words

    calivianya replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    We use 042 for HIV - it's the ICD-9 diagnosis code for HIV, but most patients/family don't know that so it's pretty innocuous. That's the only code we use
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    Gaining weight

    calivianya replied to BSNinprogress22's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I joined Weight Watchers when I noticed the weight creeping up during nursing school. It is not expensive and I did the online program because I knew I didn't have time for going to meetings or...
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    Anyone else's local hospitals doing this?

    calivianya replied to Idiosyncratic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I haven't exactly seen that, but there is a specific way to hire new grads in my area. Local hospitals will only take new grads on through academies or residencies, which only take a few people. It's...
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    Which job should I pick as a new grad RN?!

    calivianya replied to copegirl21's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely do cardiac ICU, but I love ICU so I'm biased. :) ICU experience would be more directly related to ER/Flight nursing than a neuro unit. Also, what Sun0408 said about neuro is...
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    Experience?

    calivianya replied to I♥Scrubs's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I guess it just depends on your area! If the places around you hire a lot of LPNs, you may be able to get a job that says you need experience without any. The hospital I worked at as a CNA had no LPNs...
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    Personality At Work vs. At Home

    calivianya replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am definitely two people. Maybe even more than two... xD I get told by my patients quite frequently how refreshing it is to have someone who really cares. I bend over backwards to get them anything...
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    Savannah GA area??

    calivianya replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Can't speak for Savannah other than that it is GORGEOUS (so jealous!), but I will tell you that it is an absolute bear to transfer a license to Georgia. Get started early if you can. The link to their...
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    South Georgia Medical Center

    calivianya replied to calivianya's topic in Georgia Nursing

    PMed you. :) I hope you do
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    Do you recommend getting a job as a graduate nurse, or focusing on the NCLEX

    calivianya replied to TXRN44's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The thing is, you are not allowed to work until you have your license, but employers hire months in advance of you getting your license. It's not like you can apply, get a job, and start working right...
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    Getting into nursing - long hiatus after the degree

    calivianya replied to Job_Seeker's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I think you're going to have a lot of trouble finding a job, but a refresher course may help. I honestly don't think you're going to get hired at all anywhere if you don't take one, so it's your best...