NurseGirl525 ASN, RN

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    Price of Patient Satisfaction

    NurseGirl525 replied to knoxnurse236's topic in General Nursing

    It's in every single customer service profession there is. It's just not inclusive to nursing. It's about how you approach it. Use a little bit of that psychology on them. It is difficult when you...
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    hand hygiene

    NurseGirl525 replied to scrubuhdub6's topic in General Students

    I use lotion at home. I don't take it with me. I use jergens and carmex. You will learn after time how to manage it so your hands don't dry out. I did. I just use my lotion at home all of the...
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    Should you attend nursing school where you want to get a job?

    NurseGirl525 replied to seekinghappy's topic in General Students

    They don't always remember you in clinical. Go to the cheaper school. Have a great resume and stellar interview skills. That is what is going to land you the job. Not that you did a clinical...
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    Note taking in class....how do you do it.

    NurseGirl525 replied to Valcorie34's topic in General Students

    For the last year, I hand wrote everything. My freaking hand and fingers hurt like crazy from all the notes. I decided to embrace technology this semester. I got a laptop and type all of my notes....
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    bombed a semester?

    NurseGirl525 replied to nurseviv30's topic in General Students

    You are going to have to retake the Fs if they are requirements for your program. Generally, you can't get less than a C. Most programs have a min GPA to apply. It's usually around a 2.5, but you...
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    advice on how to handle my situtation

    NurseGirl525 replied to honeyforasalteyfish's topic in General Students

    Can you retake any classes to get some As in there? Do you have an entrance exam to take? If you are asking whether or not becoming a PCT will make you a better candidate, I don't know. Each school...
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    NCLEX PN FAILED 4 times already PLEASE HELP

    NurseGirl525 replied to k_LA's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Do you understand what area you are failing in? It's kind of hard to answer this general of a question. Obviously after failing four times you are not grasping something. I don't think that doing...
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    A Rant by a Special Snowflake.

    NurseGirl525 replied to Lulu Belle's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I have tried to explain this exact thing to so many people, so many times. People working as cashiers or drive-thru people at McDonalds or wherever should not be making $15 an hour. There should...
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    LPN being scheduled to work as CNA....

    NurseGirl525 replied to bebbjo's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would not like it either. I know in our local hospitals the RNs may help out and fill in for tech jobs when they are extremely short staffed, but it should not be an every shift thing. You will...
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    How hard is nursing school?

    NurseGirl525 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Students

    Nursing school I guess is different. I have never found myself in danger of failing anything, but I put a lot more study time in than I did in my prereqs. Plus, understanding the rationale sometimes...
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    My first day in nursing classes

    NurseGirl525 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Mine too!! We talked a lot about statistics. Infant and mother mortality rates. I found out a lot of surprising things. Like that despite having the best medical care in the world, the US ranks...
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    Learning how to write care plans, HELP

    NurseGirl525 replied to ashagerg's topic in General Students

    You need a good nursing diagnosis book. It is worth it's weight in gold, trust me. When I first started nursing school last fall, we had a terrible care plan book that even our instructor said was...
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    What separates sucessful nursing students from the rest

    NurseGirl525 replied to Valcorie34's topic in General Students

    First, you have to be able to do the work. You don't have to be in mensa or anything, but you have to be able to grasp concepts. Being a nurse requires you to be on it and if takes you 20 minutes to...
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    Help! accreditation question!!!

    NurseGirl525 replied to LelahRN2be's topic in General Students

    So you are already at a for profit school for your LPN program and see how unprofessional and chaotic is, you want to enroll in another one for RN? Do as GrnTea says and search this site for issues...
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    Seeing the Light

    NurseGirl525 posted a topic in General Students

    Can't believe classes are starting on Monday!!! I am totally not ready to give up my nice, relaxing summer vacation. I said to myself on numerous occasions, why not just stay where you are at? Take...
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    Could this be discrimination?

    NurseGirl525 replied to FutureRNKKP's topic in General Students

    OP, your manager is the one that screwed up here. She promised you something that she wasn't allowed to promise. Now everyone is backpedaling. It's not discrimination, but your direct manager was...
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    I'm upset and feel very disrespected.

    NurseGirl525 replied to KatFUTUREnurse's topic in General Students

    OP, that was quite nice of you to try and help out your sister. Believe me, been there, done that. But, your sister needs to be able to ask these questions on her own. She is becoming an adult. I...
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    Scrubs for the slim

    NurseGirl525 replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Yes, I wear a 36 DD or DDD, depending on brand of bra. I get the katelyn wrap top. The way it is made just fits me right. And I don't have to go up to an XL to find one that will fit over my boobs....
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    Scrubs for the slim

    NurseGirl525 replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    OP, the issue you are having is that you are tall and thin and are having a hard time finding scrubs because of the length. Petite refers to stature. A petite person is short and usually thin. It...
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    Preparing before graduation

    NurseGirl525 replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Students

    Where are you looking to relocate to? Somewhere warm, I hope? This is my last year also. My region has had a nursing boot camp the past couple of days for students and new grads to refresh their...
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    West Coast University January 2016

    NurseGirl525 replied to ms.higgins93's topic in School, College Programs

    I agree that everyone has their own path, but $130k for an associate's degree? Mine is costing me around $10k give or take a few hundred dollars. Do you also know the unemployment rate for new grads...
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    B's in the non-sciences (retake?)

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

    It depends on how many people apply. My school also does a point system. A&P I and II were given the most points, I think 30 each if you got As and English 111 and Psych 101 were 15 points a...
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    NOT.HAPPY.

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

    You don't schedule your own prereqs? I would be a little upset also but why didn't you check like a week ago to make sure everything was all set? What screwed you was waiting until the last minute....
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    Fall risk assessment and transgender pts?

    NurseGirl525 replied to StayOrthostatic's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    It's the Hendrich II Fall Risk assessment and if you are male you automatically get one point, I'm sure it's based on evidenced based
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    West Coast University January 2016

    NurseGirl525 replied to ms.higgins93's topic in School, College Programs

    First of all, if you wanted to just to people who go to that school, put it in the right forum. You can't post something in a public forum and expect that we will all agree with you. So good luck...