NurseGirl525 ASN, RN

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    Reason for nursing care?

    NurseGirl525 replied to MadilouN's topic in General Students

    You need a nursing diagnosis. Nursing Dx do not use medical diagnosis. They are different things. Do you have a Nursing Dx book? An updated Nanda book? The newest one is the 2015-2017
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    Hopeful Nursing Student!!

    NurseGirl525 replied to Beebster0727's topic in General Students

    How are your prereq grades? Are they
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    Should I "waste" my time getting an ADN?

    NurseGirl525 replied to misskayy's topic in General Students

    Waste you time with an ASN? You do know they both take the same NCLEX and will both be an RN. Of course an RN-BSN requires an ASN. You have to get the clinical component in first. Both degrees do...
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    Paying the price of a school closure

    NurseGirl525 replied to Loyaltee_Jones's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry to say this, but you are going to have to start over. Those credits are basically worthless. If your school is not accredited regionally, the credits do not transfer anywhere. I would find...
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    LPN-RN unaccredited

    NurseGirl525 replied to gcrowe's topic in General Students

    Sounds like you are in Indiana. Why not look at ISU? They have a LPN-BSN program. There are lots of options in Indiana. Ivy Tech has campuses all over the state and they are accredited. Most...
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    Financing Accelerated Nursing School

    NurseGirl525 replied to r2ellie's topic in General Students

    You started a go fund me page for people to donate to pay for a second college degree for you?
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    Learned the hard way

    NurseGirl525 replied to stevosmusic's topic in General Students

    You studied for 16 hours in two days?? That's an awful lot. If you keep that up you are going to burn out before the semester is over. It's not the quantity of hours you study, it's the quality....
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    Nursing school and GPA

    NurseGirl525 replied to mtrotchie's topic in General Students

    This is is not true. When you apply to nursing school they will request your transcripts from every college you attended and calculate your total gpa. Your gpa is not awful. A 3.45 is decent. It...
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    I need advice. I am worried about my GPA.

    NurseGirl525 replied to ctdavis39's topic in General Students

    Every program is different. Most have a min gpa of 2.5 to apply. After that some just look at certain prereq classes and some will look at the entire gpa. CA is a very competitive state. You will...
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    Is nursing school work at your own pace?

    NurseGirl525 replied to misskayy's topic in General Students

    No. You are with what is called a cohort. You all progress together. If you fail a class, you may get put back to a different cohort or you may be allowed to progress with your cohort but have to...
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    How I passed My NCLEX After 4 Failed attempts!!

    NurseGirl525 replied to bradley1992's topic in General Students

    Im curious as to why you would do that? Do you realize you are no longer a new grad? I think you may need to just get it over with and take the test. The longer you wait, the more you will forget....
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    What is passing for your nursing program?

    NurseGirl525 replied to WanderingWilder's topic in General Students

    Ours is a 75%. No rounding either. I have missed final grades that change the letter by two tenths of a point. It stinks because you realize it's literally one or two test questions throughout the...
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    Do nurses do med math

    NurseGirl525 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    You wil get it, I promise. Now, the med math questions are the be only ones I can count on for the
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    How to deal with loneliness as a VERY young RN student...any help or advice?

    NurseGirl525 replied to createddaisy's topic in General Students

    I I guess this is where I have the problem. You can be a Christian without being so judgemental of your classmates. You can still honor your religion and be tolerant of your classmates. I dont one...
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    Failed Anatomy

    NurseGirl525 replied to Alicia93's topic in General Students

    You failed it at Ivy Tech? Which one? 101, 102, 201? And at which campus? You our only get two tries. Ivy Tech has great resources you should have taken advantage of. The instructors are very...
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    How to deal with loneliness as a VERY young RN student...any help or advice?

    NurseGirl525 replied to createddaisy's topic in General Students

    This. Welcome to the real world of people with different values, culture, morals. Are you not learning cultural diversity in your nursing classes? It's kind of important. Different cultures are...
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    Medical Assistant - Which path: LVN or RN?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I'm going to advise you to thoroughly research your local job market. Listening to the local rumors is nonsense. I would get in touch with the HR depts of places you want to work and see what they...
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    Age and nursing school

    NurseGirl525 replied to tiny_dancer's topic in General Students

    We have 2 girls who are 22 and they are the youngest. Our oldest is a woman I. Her 50s. Most are in their late twenties/early thirties. I just turned 40 and will graduate in May. I was admitted...
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    My First Cry Today

    NurseGirl525 replied to eomLPN2016's topic in General Students

    Just put it in perspective. There are going to be way more stressful things than sterile dressings in lab. Lab is where you should make a mistake with sterile field. I I lost my first patient...
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    Do nurses do med math

    NurseGirl525 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    There are not a ton of medication errors. The media makes it seem that way. Ultimately, as the person administering the drug you are responsible. You do need to do med math. Maybe not the long way...
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    The Second Week

    NurseGirl525 replied to pinksnowflakes's topic in General Students

    Ummm, it's a quiz. You did 150 NCLEX questions for a quiz?? You are overdoing it, big time. You need to understand how your instructor tests. NCLEX questions are not going to help a whole lot the...
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    Question about Nursing Schools in CA!

    NurseGirl525 replied to FUTURERNXO's topic in General Students

    CA is notoriously difficult as it has an overflow of new grads. The unemployment rate amongst new grads in CA is greater than 40%. You will really just have to use google and investigate each...
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    LPNs leaving me out in clinical

    NurseGirl525 replied to Jo0232's topic in General Students

    Usually most schools separate the LPN to RN students from the traditional track RN, as yes, the skill level is quite different. That's
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    My First Cry Today

    NurseGirl525 replied to eomLPN2016's topic in General Students

    So it's lab, not clinical? No, I never cried in lab. I almost broke down last week in the actual clinical setting as I held the hand of a dying man because I didn't want him to die alone and his...
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    is a Hospital job in nursing school necessary?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Scuba_NurseBSN's topic in General Students

    It's not necessary. But how tough is the competition for new grads where you live? I'm currently in my last semester and am working on getting a pct job that will hopefully roll into a RN job when I...