NurseGirl525 ASN, RN

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    More important to lay low or fit in?

    NurseGirl525 replied to FuturePN's topic in General Students

    Stay out of the groups and cliques. It's not worth it especially when they end up stabbing each other in the back which I can guarantee will happen. Don't be the one they
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    NurseGirl525 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much!! This has been a definite work in progress over 3 months to get this job. I'm really excited to be taking on this new adventure. I really think it's going to help prepare me for...
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    NurseGirl525 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    We must have different books then. I'm really liking mine as it goes fairly in depth on the patho which is one of the things I love. It really stinks you don't get to do ICU this semester. It must...
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    NurseGirl525 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I have learned so much this past week. I got a job offer!! Yay!! It's designed for a student nurse. I will be a pct the next 6 month and if all goes well and I work hard I can become a RN on the...
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    NurseGirl525 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    We tested on cardiac last week. We are doing respiratory and fluid and electrolytes this week. Do you like our book this semester? This is the first semester I've actually used a book and I really...
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    Will I have to deal with a lot of blood in nursing school?

    NurseGirl525 replied to jusrene88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Very simply, yes. It's kind of part of the job as you will be the first line of patient care. When caring for some in the hospital, they are not there because they are healthy. They got things...
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    Nursing School No Longer Going by Their Own Policies

    NurseGirl525 replied to dholly2015's topic in General Students

    i love this!! That exact thing has happened to me and I could feel the looks. I kind of fumbled with embarrassment and said, there wasn't anybody here and she said it was ok. But I also now always...
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    Too young for nursing school?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Futurenurse1997's topic in General Students

    No, it won't be a deterrent. There are plenty of women who have entered nursing school at 18 and have done just fine. Just realize a couple of things. One, most people will be older than you...
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    west coast uni q's

    NurseGirl525 replied to mozl's topic in School, College Programs

    Stay far away from that school. The tuition for there is insane and not worth it at all. $150k for a RN degree? How will you ever pay that back? You won't make enough money as a nurse. Look at...
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    Students Forty and over pre-reqs now

    NurseGirl525 replied to BRIGHTEYESv's topic in General Students

    You are going to have to pass a physical for nursing school and pretty much any job. I know I had to pass to be able to lift I think 50lbs. It could have been 20 though but I think 50. That's where...
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    What do you think is the importance or implication of Basic Life Support in research?

    NurseGirl525 replied to mitchsabio's topic in General Students

    What?? Homework? Sorry, but do your own
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    CNA and nursing school

    NurseGirl525 replied to tiny_dancer's topic in General Students

    You are young. You think you know more than your parents. We all do at your age. I know you don't want to hear this, but your parents really want what is best for you. Suck it up. You will never...
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    Thinking about quitting school

    NurseGirl525 replied to trytwo's topic in General Students

    Some hospitals have jobs specifically designed for nursing students. I am older as I just turned 40. I'm a single mom, getting ready to change my entire life as I'm packing up and moving back to the...
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    Did a low test grade discourage you?

    NurseGirl525 replied to dominiquejade's topic in General Students

    You will get over it and learn how to do better for the next one. I always do awful on the first test of each semester. Then I learn how my instructor tests and I do much better the rest of the...
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    Nursing Care Plan for pt with vitals in range and nothing wrong after pacemaker inserted

    NurseGirl525 replied to rebecca789's topic in General Students

    You need a nursing dx book. Preferably the new NANDA 2015-2017. You can't just make up a dx. For somebody with a pacemaker there are about 3-4 dxs you can use. You are going about this the wrong...
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    ADN>MSN or aBSN? HELP!

    NurseGirl525 replied to sandiegotrish's topic in General Students

    I wasn't discouraging you. I was giving you some statistics on what it is like to be a new grad in CA. The person at the school was selling you a MSN degree which is going to be worthless without...
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    Nursing School No Longer Going by Their Own Policies

    NurseGirl525 replied to dholly2015's topic in General Students

    I sometimes struggle with this too. I'm not going to go into anything and I don't snoop into other people's business, but things get around. In one instance I was thanking one of my instructors for...
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    Can they do this to me?????

    NurseGirl525 replied to Nurse_Lightning's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    So it was something like vandalism or theft? You weren't assaulted or anything? The problem must have been that you were super distracted and it interfered with your ability to do your job. If it...
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    ADN>MSN or aBSN? HELP!

    NurseGirl525 replied to sandiegotrish's topic in General Students

    Ask yourself this, how can I become a master of a subject if I have not practiced that subject? That is what having an entry level MSN is. That is what a college admission officer sells you. That...
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    Icu precepting

    NurseGirl525 replied to Kymccy's topic in General Students

    Just soak up as much as you can!! I love
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    Not too thrilled with my Capstone/Preceptorship Hospital Placement

    NurseGirl525 replied to futurenurse16's topic in General Students

    Why are you complaining? You do don't get at a posh hospital? You need to look at this as a huge opportunity your peers don't have. I'd be super excited if I were
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    Instrutor getting bullied

    NurseGirl525 replied to sam71's topic in General Students

    We have those also. I always just ask for the rationale. I may say to my instructor, this is why I answered this and I need to know why I was wrong. But usually I do that in a private meeting after...
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    RN to BSN program with no ACEN

    NurseGirl525 replied to klaroig's topic in School, College Programs

    You went to an unaccredited program so basically your credits from that school are worthless. I'm sorry. That's why you need to thoroughly research the school you plan to attend. They may make you...
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    Help, decisions!

    NurseGirl525 replied to brookeraelyn's topic in General Students

    If you love your current job, why do you want to leave it? I'm
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    How do I take anatomy & physiology before nursing school?

    NurseGirl525 replied to DMolldene's topic in General Students

    I would use google. That is going to be your best