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    Building a strong NP school app during undergrad

    carolinapooh replied to nursing_student93's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Not to be a jerk - and I swear I'm not trying to hijack your thread - but why do people seem so bent on going straight through? I was the exact same way - until I worked for six months and thought, oh...
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    Am I being too sensitive?

    carolinapooh replied to Morainey's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I actually like creamsoda's idea as a way to 'call them out' without confrontation. That might even snap them awake. And if it doesn't - then you've got valuable information on the kinds of people...
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    Why do nurses constantly say they don't hire ASN?

    carolinapooh replied to dance4life's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm going to get flamed for this, but I read on a link someone provided elsewhere on the board - I think it was from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing or whatever the name of that group...
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    Why do nurses constantly say they don't hire ASN?

    carolinapooh replied to dance4life's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THIS. Problem is I can't hit the 'like' button enough. I was shocked when I learned prior to getting my BSN that there was no (at least starting) difference in pay for ANY RN....
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    Becoming a RN after high school

    carolinapooh replied to vvikhrev's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    LOL on the shaken milk...I'm from a half-Yankee, half-Rebel family (dad from PA, mom from VA) and I was born in Hawaii, have lived all over, went to high school and college in the South, and am...
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    ADN's being pushed out

    carolinapooh replied to MSN Student's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I hear what you're saying - and I understand it - but it's impressions. There's a huge difference in getting into an AD program and getting into an MS program. And I'm okay as long as I don't know....
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    What exactly do physicians do again?

    carolinapooh replied to wanderlustgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What do doctors do? I wonder how many Americans are wondering WHERE WERE THE MDs when that woman in Oklahoma was laboring in the middle of an EF5 TORNADO and her attendants were FOUR INCREDIBLE...
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    What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

    carolinapooh replied to monkeybug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And is precisely why all of us should carry professional liability insurance. Because the hospital will NOT back you up - they'll just hire another one just like
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    What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

    carolinapooh replied to monkeybug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    See above! LOL -
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    What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

    carolinapooh replied to monkeybug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Me: "'Kay, thanks, bye!" LOL where do they get these
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    ADN's being pushed out

    carolinapooh replied to MSN Student's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    For the moment it's a cyclical debate that can never be solved nor put to rest so all parties are appeased. Personally, it doesn't bother me - I believe there should be a distinction, because there is...
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    ADN's being pushed out

    carolinapooh replied to MSN Student's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    OMG OMG OMG....forgive the text speak but OMG!! How in the world does someone get the impression that's okay?? I couldn't even picture that....wow, just
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    Just starting at 21

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

    I'm an oncology nurse. YOU HAVE A KID WITH CANCER. Don't be so hard on yourself and God bless you besides.
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    Just starting at 21

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

    I was 33. I hear
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    Should I Stay Or Should I Go????

    carolinapooh replied to PookaTown's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Speaking as a grad from a rigorous ABSN program, that's not the case if you have good time management. Even in an ABSN, you have to make time for yourself. I used to study on the beach, sit outside...
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    In need of confidence or what?

    carolinapooh replied to eternalbride's topic in General Students

    I agree 100% with kscaggs. Great post, BTW! I also think that she's dropping the hint that you know what you're doing, so show
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    nursing clinicals and glorified cna work

    carolinapooh replied to kkanady's topic in General Students

    I can empathize with you even as I think you're taking the wrong approach. I bet you have a few classmates who are completely lost. Maybe it would help you out to help THEM out - with six years'...
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    Left sided heart failure! HELP!!

    carolinapooh replied to Julian87's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    And I swear to you all I'm not an idiot....I
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    Digoxin and Potassium.

    carolinapooh replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's okay - I was right with you trying to help explain it.... :) And even when I was typing I thought, this IS what she means, right?
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    Having issues with death anxiety

    carolinapooh replied to amberdawn85's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oh, yes, we do it. :) We did it on the civilian floor I worked on and I've helped my military techs do it. We do the same stuff you do - tag, bag, help clean, leave IVs and lines in place, record the...
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    Having issues with death anxiety

    carolinapooh replied to amberdawn85's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It wasn't death that scared me - it was dealing with the families of the dead and dying that petrified me. It's the only thing I really got anxious about (and I've worked in oncology since day one, so...
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    Financial issue!

    carolinapooh replied to gonzalal's topic in General Students

    Grants. How in the world are you not getting grants? Even I got a grant. Look into Perkins loans. They're meant to fill gaps and are 'paid back', in many cases, by simply working as an RN. I got one...
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    Do you remember the moment?

    carolinapooh replied to BeansMama's topic in General Students

    Good point. Me too. We should all remember these when we meet THAT ONE PATIENT that makes us, for a tiny minute, wonder why the hell we're doing this in the first place. And you will have that day -...
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    [Blank] Made Incredibly Easy! - book series

    carolinapooh replied to GracyMae's topic in General Students

    LOOOVE these books. Still think they're valuable even after six years in the
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    Stopping patients smoking

    carolinapooh replied to Rehabme's topic in Rehabilitation

    You can't. I hear you - I used to shake my head at the vets at the VA hospital smoking through the trachs earned via their head and neck/throat