NurseGirl525 ASN, RN

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    Working full-time with three children

    NurseGirl525 replied to Tiffany_84's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How old are you kids? Are they school age yet? If they are that will be a huge help. Make sure you are organized and have a great support system. I've got plenty of people to help me with my kiddo...
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    Leaving Social Work to become a Nurse Practitioner

    NurseGirl525 replied to dazed&confused8's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This a million times!!! I know if my parents had made me go to school right out of high school I would have done terrible and have a degree in a career I would hate. I love that they let me make up...
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    Leaving Social Work to become a Nurse Practitioner

    NurseGirl525 replied to dazed&confused8's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I know what she is looking at. But she is going to have to get a masters degree. Any masters program I have looked at requires ICU experience for 1 year. Once they accept you then you can...
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    what is a job as PRN? how do you become one?

    NurseGirl525 replied to futurenurse93_'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's not a position, it's how often the need you. In the medical world PRN stands for as needed. Usually for nursing
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    Failed English 101 twice! Need advice!

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

    I'm at a community college ASN program. It's way more competitive than any of the BSN programs in the area. My school looks at 4 classes one of them being the English class. Everyone in the RN...
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    What's the best way to pay your bills and go to school full time???

    NurseGirl525 replied to jlamar11's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry, just had to laugh at your one comment. I'm pushing 30 in the next 4 years!! Lol. You do realize how young you actually are? I'm 39 and in the ASN program. There are a bunch of people...
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    Leaving Social Work to become a Nurse Practitioner

    NurseGirl525 replied to dazed&confused8's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Not many hospitals give tuition reimbursement anymore. Going the CNA route and working up is going to be long. Will you have to work while in the program is another question? Also, many masters...
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    Able To Take NCLEX-PN While In School For RN?

    NurseGirl525 replied to mirandaaa's topic in General Students

    In my state you must graduate from a PN program to take it. The LPNs take their classes quicker than we do. Like in my program, they are doing ob right now, whereas the RNs don't take it until the...
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    Primary Care: Screening For Risk Of Prescription Drug Abuse

    NurseGirl525 replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This subject is a sore one with me. It hits home. Apparently this person has never had chronic, debilitating pain. Or maybe an abscessed tooth? What about a kidney stone? Endometrial pain? Do...
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    I'm failing out of nursing school

    NurseGirl525 replied to BusyMan's topic in General Students

    The problem I am seeing is you. Are studying, but you are finding out that nursing tests are not prereq tests. You are not just memorizing here. You need to be able to apply what you are studying....
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    An RN who isn't good at math?

    NurseGirl525 replied to nursingjourney's topic in General Students

    Have you taken any remedial algebra? Do you have to take an entrance exam? I took the Teas and there was nothing harder than algebra I on it. I sucked at at higher level math when I was younger....
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    What kind of RN do you want to be?

    NurseGirl525 replied to guest798886's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am currently doing my rotation on a post surgery unit and I love it!! I love seeing the progress in the patients. And since most are there for joint replacements, they are not at their worst and...
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    glove allergy

    NurseGirl525 replied to sherone's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can you nitrile like previous posters have mentioned? All I have every used in clinical in the purple nitrile
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    Bombed first Fundementals Exam

    NurseGirl525 replied to mnw9412's topic in General Students

    Here is the difference in nursing tests and prereq tests, prereq tests are about memorization, nursing tests are application. Welcome to the world of sitting there and saying but I just don't...
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    Stethoscope Bling?

    NurseGirl525 replied to chorses4evr's topic in General Students

    I will reiterate what I said in the beginning. OP, your family gave you a thoughtful gift that means something to you. I went to the website to see what the were and how they were used, and I don't...
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    Stethoscope Bling?

    NurseGirl525 replied to chorses4evr's topic in General Students

    Seeing as how I've been doing manual BPs since the 7th grade which was I think 1987, I have a pretty good idea on how it works Tenebrae. So, take your holier attitude elsewhere. I'm well aware of...
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    Is the Semester Over Yet?

    NurseGirl525 posted a topic in General Students

    I don't know why, but these past two weeks have been more stressful than any week in the program so far. I'm exhausted, grumpy, and just not fun. The assignments and tests are crazy. I have 2-3...
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    Stethoscope Bling?

    NurseGirl525 replied to chorses4evr's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure how it interferes with hearing sounds. Maybe if two clanged together? Maybe you guys need to go look at them. I think people are not really envisioning what these are. When I first...
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    Stethoscope Bling?

    NurseGirl525 replied to chorses4evr's topic in General Students

    Ok, so I had to look. I love bling in the right amount. OP those are super cute!! And for everyone worrying about infection control they are made with an antimicrobial metal and slip right off to...
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    Searching for a go-at-your-own pace online Anatomy & Physiology I plus lab course

    NurseGirl525 replied to karbs's topic in General Students

    But you will also lack 102 and 201, which are 2 classes you need to complete your degree. I am telling you to get them done before entering the program. Get all of your prereqs and coreqs done. You...
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    Infertility/ discounts or good insurance

    NurseGirl525 replied to mimiluvscakes's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I have never heard of a place covering infertility. I did some to try and conceive a second child and we had to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket. I would start saving your
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    Any nurses (or students) with epilepsy?

    NurseGirl525 replied to rachfog's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am a student with epilepsy. Mine is controlled and I have been seizure free for 4 1/2 years!! It's a great feeling to finally be able to return to a normal life. My life was a mess before my...
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    1st nursing job, Do I disclose condition?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Loxam10's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Heathermaizey- that's what I am afraid of. My last two semesters in nursing school I had a clinical instructor who found out and made my life miserable. She basically told me I was wasting my time...
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    I lack social skills and confidence. Is nursing a possibility for me?

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

    I'm going to assume that you are a man due to the profile pic and that you said you are extremely small at 5'4". I'm a woman and 5'1" and many of my classmates are short like me. 5'4" is not small...
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    Studying textbook vs review books

    NurseGirl525 replied to sandra07's topic in General Students

    Are you not taking notes in lecture? I study the power point, my notes, and the reading. I don't read word for word, but my instructor does like to pull obscure things from the text. I have never...