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  1. When should senior nursing students/new grads apply for jobs/take the NCLEX?

    krisiepoo replied to KNofal1's topic in General Students

    I started applying in the last couple of weeks of school. I graduated less than a month ago, though, so I don't have any empirical evidence as to if that will work or not. I live in MN, and our...

  2. Last semester x2

    krisiepoo replied to arose93's topic in General Students

    You know now exactly what to expect, right? You've taken the class, you've tested on the subjects and while you didn't do well, did you remediate the exams to find out what you did wrong? How did...

  3. nusring notes

    krisiepoo replied to LupitaSanchez's topic in General Students

    did you have to write a note and post on the board? Or did you have a question? I don't understand what this is

  4. Can you take a patient's medication without their consent?

    krisiepoo replied to balmybalmblam's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If he was going to purposefully OD and had a plan to do so, you would call 911 and have him taken to the hospital, taking drugs without a client/patients consent is never a good idea, especially narcs...

  5. I would like to study in the US help!

    krisiepoo replied to Sarahmohamed1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm from MN... Depending on where in MN your dad will be living and what college you'll want to go to there are many different options. In MN, we generally have the ACT to get into colleges. It...

  6. Care plan & clincal question

    krisiepoo replied to Zelda21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's exactly how my school worked until mid-2nd to last semester and the last semester when they wanted us to act like "real" nurses and do things as we came in. Good luck

  7. Extream Test Anxiety HELP!!!!!

    krisiepoo replied to Jenna_'s topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    when you get to the point you're losing it, just stop and take a deep breath. Do whatever meditative practices you've learned (while sitting in your chair) and wait until you've calmed down. It's...

  8. Kaplan Decision Tree Effective?

    krisiepoo replied to LegsMcgeeRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I used the decision tree off and on. If I saw a question and wasn't sure what I needed to do I would lightly go through it, but it seems 90% of the questions it couldn't be used anyways. I say learn...

  9. What is in your clinical bag?

    krisiepoo replied to VAgirl247's topic in General Students

    holy crap, are you serious? Are you going to sit in the nursing station or actually work with patients? My clinical bag = shears, stethoscope, black pen and watch and I did just fine. I kept my...

  10. HIPAA and picking patients

    krisiepoo replied to cathering's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    As a student, I never looked at any charts other than the people I was assigned. I even had one guy who I was assigned to one weekend and the next weekend I came he was still there but wasn't...

  11. Talking to Dean about returning to nursing school, advice please?

    krisiepoo replied to Somethincreative's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Unless she means "bachelors degree" with another major and mistakenly called it a BSN? Looks good, OP. Good

  12. Do you calculate drip rates anymore?

    krisiepoo replied to goingback's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to what everyone else has said, you may find drip rates on NCLEX so you better know how to do them

  13. Stressed about a loved patient

    krisiepoo replied to Sophia62's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If she truly has pain all the time, can you advocate for the meds to be changed from PRN to

  14. nursing care plan idiot

    krisiepoo replied to kattodcan's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    do a quick thread search... there are tons of examples of nursing care plans... or better yet how to make a good

  15. My mom died just before Christmas - advice needed

    krisiepoo replied to Gloryboo's topic in General Students

    I'm so sorry to learn your mother has passed, I can't even imagine the pain you've experienced. You can use her strength to help you through nursing school. She would have wanted you to move forward,...

  16. Failed Maternity Clinical? :(

    krisiepoo replied to BanannaFish's topic in General Students

    If the teacher will not meet with you, I'd take it higher and ask for a meeting with whomever is above her and ask that person to request the instructors presence. Let them know that you want to do...

  17. So, this is what anxiety feels like...

    krisiepoo replied to Jinx322's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did Kaplan... I took the course and did 100-150 questions/day. I also scheduled NCLEX for 3 weeks after graduating so probably did more questions than others who scheduled it out further. I also...

  18. Generic or Trade or Both....CONFUSED

    krisiepoo replied to 2013rn2BScorpio's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I only saw generic as well... there were no parentheses at all... there were no classifications either Of course, each exam is

  19. Can you take a patient's medication without their consent?

    krisiepoo replied to balmybalmblam's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've done case management (non-RN) and in situations like this we either had them come in and get a weekly supply or there are med dispensers that open at certain times of the day. they have an alarm...

  20. Keep having to meet with my boss :(

    krisiepoo replied to RN617's topic in General Nursing

    it sounds very frustrating for you... one thing I'd mention, you don't know if anyone else is getting talked to... those mistakes you're fixing, perhaps they're getting talked to but you don't know...

  21. Passed 1st time thank GOD

    krisiepoo replied to shawtii's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I couldn't read your whole post , but congrats,

  22. Overslept on 1st clinical day...

    krisiepoo replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I overslept last spring during daylight savings. Luckily I carpool and the person I was meeting called me with enough time that I was only 15 mins late... boy that day went

  23. Internal Candidates only do you apply anyway

    krisiepoo replied to Nurseeverywhere's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I can't answer for RN jobs, but at my current job, they're legally required to post the job even though there's not a chance in hell of anyone outside our org getting the job. I figure thats a huge...

  24. Priorities of Care for Spinal Cord Injury

    krisiepoo replied to Nursingis4me12's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I see this is your very first post here. I hope you take a look around and learn lots here. You'll soon realize by doing that that noone will answer your homework questions FOR you but nearly...

  25. How long after graduation does it take to

    krisiepoo replied to MilliePieRN's topic in General Students

    Remember you're in the throes of a huge degree... it's hard to see the trees through the forest when you're in the middle of it. I graduated in December, took my NCLEX on Monday, have been slowly...