NurseGirl525 ASN, RN

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    Should I tell the truth before I begin my program?

    NurseGirl525 replied to tambat's topic in General Students

    I would not worry at all. Pretty much every school checks off on these first semester. Ours was the first 4 weeks. I had never done any of it before as we were not required to be CNAs and I passed...
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    Special Snowflake!

    NurseGirl525 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Can I just say, that no man should ever be seen in a pair of skinny jeans. Drives me insane. I'm hoping this style goes away
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    Parental influence on college education

    NurseGirl525 replied to Katieaok's topic in General Students

    I think it depends on how much value was put on education growing up. I grew up in a lower middle class family I'm going to guess. We weren't in poverty or anything but we were not well off....
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    Special Snowflake!

    NurseGirl525 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I need you guys to tell me where I fall into these terms. I'm in school, but old enough to remember those V-8 commercials. I know I do not fall into the special snowflake category at all. Those...
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    Is Rasmussen a good school for nursing?

    NurseGirl525 replied to lor.jeann's topic in School, College Programs

    Based on your numbers, they have a 78.5 NCLEX pass rate. That is not good at all. Your problem is you are getting B's, not A's in your classes. Nursing school is competitive. If they get a 100...
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    Sexual Comment from Boss???

    NurseGirl525 replied to headtotoewounds's topic in General Nursing

    Since absolutely none of us were there, we can not tell you if he was being sexual or not. Any word or any phrase can be deemed sexual depending on the tone of voice. Did he use a creepy voice and...
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    Can scientific types go into nursing?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Young Tangerine's topic in General Nursing

    What?? Lol. Nursing school is notoriously hard to get into. I've had many people tell me they could never be a nurse and do what a nurse does. I would have never entertained nursing had I thought...
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    Work and School

    NurseGirl525 replied to manda1124's topic in General Students

    I get what you are trying to do, but taking on this job with 12 hour shifts just because you think it's going to get your foot in the door at a hospital, I think is crazy. Especially if it takes a...
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    Pursue NP or PA for ER?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Smwright19's topic in General Students

    You are looking at two different jobs, therefore the schooling is different. If you want to be a PA, don't waste your time with the nursing prereqs. If you want to be a NP, then you will need to do...
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    Ugh- Hondros or Fortis

    NurseGirl525 replied to mmbucklerky's topic in General Students

    Neither. Both are for profit colleges and neither is nationally or regionally accredited in addition to being outrageously expensive. The only program at Hondros that is accredited is the ASN-BSN...
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    As a new nurse (ASN), age 56, is it worth it to get BSN??

    NurseGirl525 replied to Hazel1959's topic in Nursing Career

    Can I ask why you left the first job? Is there a very good reason you left the first without having a second lined up? Are you only looking for hospital jobs, thus limiting your job prospects? I'm...
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    Dilaudid for self-driving patient.

    NurseGirl525 replied to thecode's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My experience as a patient has always been that the physician discusses with the patient about rides before he or she will even write the order. And I will just give a couple of personal examples....
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    Poll: Nurse and law enforcement couples

    NurseGirl525 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    You are exactly right. I did not want to offend anyone. Heck, my ex-husband cheated on me and he's in the HVAC field. He would just tell me somebody called and needed a furnace fixed late at night...
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    Transition from teaching to nursing

    NurseGirl525 replied to Cheshirekitty's topic in Nursing Career

    Do you have a time line on these moves? How would you enter a program where you are going to at the very least, need to devote to years to being in the program and clinical rotations? The problem as...
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    Poll: Nurse and law enforcement couples

    NurseGirl525 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My SO is in construction. He owns the company. I would not date a cop. At least not in my area. I do not want to offend the many nurses on here who are married to officers, but my personal...
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    Pre-nursing student advice

    NurseGirl525 replied to jojo12's topic in General Students

    California is extremely impacted right now. Some people have come on here and said it takes years just to get into nursing school. Good Luck and I hope you can get in. You need to look at the job...
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    The Dreaded Group Projects

    NurseGirl525 replied to naptimeRN's topic in General Students

    It's been my experience that instructors usually know who is and is not participating. I have also had instructors who had us grade our other group members. I'm always very honest. I had a...
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    No calculators allowed as an RN?

    NurseGirl525 replied to dancediva234's topic in General Students

    Middle aged nursing student here, lol. We actually did have calculators back in the olden days!!! I even had a scientific one for chemistry in high school!!! Your teacher wants you to learn how to...
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    Becoming a nurse is no longer an option for me?

    NurseGirl525 replied to KAThftf's topic in General Students

    I hope everyone read my last post that we don't know the mother and what is going on there. I said she could be a great parent or horrible parent. Plus, the OP inferred a lot about what her mother...
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    Becoming a nurse is no longer an option for me?

    NurseGirl525 replied to KAThftf's topic in General Students

    I'm going to date myself again here but for anyone growing up in the 80s, how many of you were latchkey kids? It was an extremely common thing. Did I raise my siblings, no? Did I watch them...
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    Becoming a nurse is no longer an option for me?

    NurseGirl525 replied to KAThftf's topic in General Students

    I'm so glad you are figuring it all out. I know many people thought my comment was harsh or blunt, but I promise you one day you will see what I am talking about. I don't know you or your mom. She...
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    Becoming a nurse is no longer an option for me?

    NurseGirl525 replied to KAThftf's topic in General Students

    So, you think it's wrong to try to get your kid's to be independent and grow up, especially once they have graduated high school? My life was not hard growing up at all. My parents were poor. They...
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    Becoming a nurse is no longer an option for me?

    NurseGirl525 replied to KAThftf's topic in General Students

    I understand that. The first time I went to college was in 1998. I did not live in the same state as my parents during that time either. When I went to get financial aid, I brought in my tax...
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    Becoming a nurse is no longer an option for me?

    NurseGirl525 replied to KAThftf's topic in General Students

    We will have to disagree on this point. They are her siblings and her mom is a single mom trying to make ends meet and support them all. At least her mom is not sitting at home doing nothing but...
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    Becoming a nurse is no longer an option for me?

    NurseGirl525 replied to KAThftf's topic in General Students

    Minor work laws do not pertain to her since she has graduated high school. I also graduated at 17, not turning 18 until that December. I held a full time job as I was not going to college at that...