NurseGirl525 ASN, RN

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    double major

    NurseGirl525 replied to SussetH.Alcover's topic in General Students

    Why do you think it's good to have many Associate's degrees? This seems to me to be a case where you are not quite understanding how college degrees work. Your nursing degree should be an ASN not...
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    How much do you pay monthly for Health insurance?

    NurseGirl525 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Students

    Just myself. My son is on his own policy that is around $115 a month but his dad pays
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    Clinical instructor keeps handing out clinical warnings?

    NurseGirl525 replied to lilfayfay's topic in General Students

    What is a clinical warning exactly? Every school is different with the way they do things. We don't have warnings, which sounds to me you really aren't being disciplined so much but being told to...
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    How much do you pay monthly for Health insurance?

    NurseGirl525 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Students

    About
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    Is nursing school REALLY that hard?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Courtney M's topic in General Students

    Actually, I heard its in the Guiness Book of World Records that the BSN is the hardest degree. I need to confirm that myself though. It is what you make it. You are learning to think differently....
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    I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    NurseGirl525 replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    I think you are misunderstanding what a nurse does. The nursing model and medical model are two totally different things. The medical model treats the disease itself. They diagnose it and then...
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    Why are some people on here so rude?

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

    I forgot what pre-nursing forums are like anymore. I'm tired and just need to not come in here anymore. These younger kids seem to think we all need to agree with them and tell them it's not their...
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    Why are some people on here so rude?

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

    Yes, I remember your the one who thinks teenage drinking and driving is ok because they are going to do it anyway. Sorry if I don't put much validity into a person who has those
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    Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

    NurseGirl525 replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This thread has become about things it should not have become. I have seen some very indignant ED nurses making this about them vs. the rest of the hospital and it should not at all be about that....
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    First semester -- first week. Overwhelmed

    NurseGirl525 replied to Faada's topic in General Students

    You just do it. You just do. I'm on my final semester and I guess I'm used to it, but this is not the prereqs anymore. This isn't oh I have 2 hard science classes what do I do to regurgitate info?...
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    Is it worth it?? Surgical tech to RN

    NurseGirl525 replied to BrittanyWilkins's topic in General Students

    Here is my only advice, don't place so much emphasis on the role your job has is your life. Remember, nursing is a job just like anything else. You are going to be confronting many of the same...
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    Has the board ever denied a license for not disclosing all attended schools?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Tha_Notorious_Psych_RN's topic in General Students

    Yes. It's considered academic dishonesty, no matter how old it is and these days academic dishonesty is a serious matter. Once that is on your academic record, getting into other schools and...
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    For profit schools/debt/nursing shortage??

    NurseGirl525 replied to BrittanyWilkins's topic in General Students

    It depends on what area of the country you live in. Some areas do hire new grads and actually need them. But not all. This is where you need to research your particular job market. Not the local...
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    Working Woman Who Wants To Be A Nurse

    NurseGirl525 replied to kirsten8177's topic in School, College Programs

    There is reason they tell you not to work. I would not expect to work while doing an ABSN program. Those are usually around 20 credits a semester. A few people in my ASN program work. But they all...
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    Compass test Carrington Boise??

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

    The compass is not something you study for really. It an entrance exam for college to see what classes you test into. If you are proficient in math, like algebra, you can probably go straight into...
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    Why are some people on here so rude?

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

    Life is not full of unicorns and rainbows. It's not. Life is full of negative and positive people. It's the Internet. The great thing about America is that we can have our own opinions and say what...
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    Scholarships

    NurseGirl525 replied to oldnewlpn's topic in General Students

    What do you mean , mothers going back? I'm a mother, and have gone back to school, and am single. I do not have a scholarship, they don't just say, oh your a single mom? Here's all the...
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    Student Loan Debt

    NurseGirl525 replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Students

    I should also say I'm a little older and understand how to make better financial decisions than I did at say 18 or 19. I just turned 40, and I have really enjoyed the debt free lifestyle I have...
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    Do you know BSN programs that don't look at overall GPA?

    NurseGirl525 replied to noellea123's topic in General Students

    2.1 doesn't even meet the minimum requirements for most any school. You won't even be competitive anywhere as it requires applicants to be way above the min to get in. I'm sorry but you need to...
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    Why no IM injections??

    NurseGirl525 replied to kistigirl84's topic in General Students

    Because they can bleed to death. They are on bleeding precautions. Think about it, why can a person on bleeding precautions not shave with a regular razor? Think about what goes along with bleeding...
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    Student Loan Debt

    NurseGirl525 replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Students

    I will graduate with my ASN in May with zero debt and then will be obtaining my BSN with zero debt. My ASN is coming from a community college. Total of about $11k. My ex was ordered in the divorce...
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    1/16 What I learned this week: Siamese Twins be Pimpin'

    NurseGirl525 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    A huge lesson learning week for me 1). Elementary school is no where near what is was in my day. We no longer allow kids to be kids anymore for fear of parents going to the media. Good kids end up...
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    College algebra/math/any math related to nursing

    NurseGirl525 replied to Hope_07's topic in General Students

    It it was not something I understood until my first semester of the program. I took it over the summer session and started the program that fall. That very first semester, it all kind of clicked for...
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    How to Reconcile Missing Narcotics

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

    It shocks me that in this day and age somebody would do this. Am I right in assuming this is an LTC facility where there is no automated system or is this nurse falsifying the
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    College algebra/math/any math related to nursing

    NurseGirl525 replied to Hope_07's topic in General Students

    You are missing the big picture as to why it's important. I took college algebra. It's all pretty much graphing. No, we don't use anything harder than an intermediate algebra. Why is it important?...