NurseGirl525 ASN, RN

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    BSN programs that accept low GPAs?

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

    Yes you may not have to pay anything out of pocket right now, but once you graduate you will be paying back thousands of dollars in loans. And when employers see where you went to school on your...
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    RN diagnosis VS Medical diagnosis

    NurseGirl525 replied to mer10s's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm surprised your school did not require you to buy a Nursing Dx book. The instructor should have explained how to do these before sending you off to do them. GrnTea is excellent at this, so listen...
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    How do you take classes like micro/chem AFTER bsn graduation?

    NurseGirl525 replied to xVERITAS's topic in General Students

    I just looked on their website because I was wondering how a Bachelor of Science program isn't heavy on the science. Even my ASN degree requires either Chemistry or Microbiology. It says right on...
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    Cardiac arrest caused by a seizure

    NurseGirl525 replied to Communitynurse365's topic in General Nursing

    When someone has a seizure, they can stop breathing. When they stop breathing, oxygen is not longer going to the heart and the cells will die. It must have been one massive seizure. This person...
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    Anyone Who Says They Don't is Lying: Medication Error

    NurseGirl525 replied to BonnieSc's topic in Patient Medications

    That was kind of my point. I know when I'm in the real nursing world, it will be much different. That is why I pointed out I was only passing meds on a couple of patients. My clinical instructor...
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    Having no car for nursing school?

    NurseGirl525 replied to CarolynNAC1's topic in General Nursing

    Go to a place where your parents don't have to cosign. There are lots of reputable places that take in people with bad credit so they can have a decent car. They are all over the place here. I...
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    nursing student transfer opportunity

    NurseGirl525 replied to sasasa25's topic in General Students

    Is this a for profit commercial school? If yes, not one credit will transfer due to accreditation. When choosing a school one of the must look ats are accreditation. They should have national and...
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    Is it smart to start my pre-reqs now?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Dit250's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I answered in your other
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    Interested in Nursing

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

    You will first figure out how you will pay for it. If you don't qualify for financial aid due to poor grades, they must be pretty low already? Once you figure out how to pay, you need to figure out...
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    Military Spouse-Is it smart to start taking pre-requisites now?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Dit250's topic in General Students

    If it were me, I would wait. You don't want to waste time and money taking prereqs you do not need. I did not start back up until my son was in school full time. I waited until he was 7, second...
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    Please, someone give me some clarity..The BSN route is looking a lot more fulfilling

    NurseGirl525 replied to Beautiful_Soul's topic in General Students

    I agree with the PP. Yes, some of the classes are the same, but not all. There is a reason the RN program is a year longer than a LPN program. Scopes of practice are different. I'm not...
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    What to expect of an ADN program?

    NurseGirl525 replied to hardworkingmom9's topic in General Students

    The core nursing classes for the ADN and BSN programs are pretty much the same. They are two years in length so I'm also wondering why are you saying a year. The prereqs are what's different. Are...
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    Broken relationships & focusing yourself for the NCLEX?

    NurseGirl525 replied to sdgdude's topic in General Students

    I'm going to add a little more info to give you some hope. My break up was last Thanksgiving. At the end of January, I met the love of my life, my best friend, my soulmate. After my breakup, I...
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    Anyone Who Says They Don't is Lying: Medication Error

    NurseGirl525 replied to BonnieSc's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm on my phone so I can't quote, but I would like to respond to a couple of things. First, right documentation is important. Especially when new, a nurse can get busy and easily forget to document....
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    West Coast University January 2016

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

    I don't know too many people paying at least $130k for a degree. You talk about your finances yet are going there? biggest oxymoron of
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    Broken relationships & focusing yourself for the NCLEX?

    NurseGirl525 replied to sdgdude's topic in General Students

    Can I ask how old you are? And you do realize in a few months you won't be a new grad anymore? How can Texas be your state if you are a foreign nurse? Honestly, suck it up and move on here. I had a...
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    Please help my grades are killing me!!

    NurseGirl525 replied to Leigh_delgado's topic in General Students

    Not true. Any program I have ever looked at, whether it was an ASN program or BSN program they either look at a cumulative GPA or look at certain classes which is usually a couple of sciences, an...
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    Anyone Who Says They Don't is Lying: Medication Error

    NurseGirl525 replied to BonnieSc's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm a student and I don't think the 6 Rights are bogus. I do it every single time I administer meds. I know that in the real world of nursing, things will be very different than my protected bubble...
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    Please help my grades are killing me!!

    NurseGirl525 replied to Leigh_delgado's topic in General Students

    But even if they look at prereq GPA for admission, you will still have to have a min cumulative GPA. Make sure you are looking at the fine print. My school does a points system for admission. You...
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    Unsolved drug diversion- entering nursing classes

    NurseGirl525 replied to mdpl's topic in General Students

    What is a pcw? Is that like a CNA? Why were you handling medications if you are a CNA? Are you maybe a medication aide? I'm just trying to understand. As a PP said your post is hard to...
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    Nursing prerequisites

    NurseGirl525 replied to HeatherPaige's topic in General Students

    I'm a single mom. I do not work. There is a lot of studying involved in the prereqs. Then I see you are looking at an ABSN program? That's going to be a lot of credit hours and a lot of work. You...
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    How do you deal with Munchhausen-type pts?

    NurseGirl525 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that people do have it, it's just rare. I also think that either a physician or psychiatrist need to diagnose it. That's my point. If I had witnessed what you did, I would promptly report...
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    Should I change degree to nursing?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Shaye7's topic in General Nursing

    Why did you go into Psychology to begin with? What were you interested in doing with it? Is it the work schedule of a nurse that interests you? As a previous poster mentioned, not all places are...
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    How do you deal with Munchhausen-type pts?

    NurseGirl525 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that it's not your job to decide that. There are many conditions that don't show up on a test, but the person really does have something going on. Imagine how frustrating it must be for a...
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    Starting in a Hospital and Backup Plans

    NurseGirl525 replied to spartan2015's topic in General Students

    Are you just not sure what you might want to do? I guess if we don't know what you ultimately want to do, it's hard to help. There are a ton of different avenues in nursing but we need to know what...