NurseGirl525 ASN, RN

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    Tattoos and nursing school NCCC

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

    Most schools are very picky. We have girls who have small tattoos on the inside of their wrists and they have to be covered. It's only for a couple of years until you graduate and get a job. And...
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    Psych Clinicals?

    NurseGirl525 replied to MeganStar's topic in General Students

    My psych rotation is also this semester. We are going several different places. An addictions center, the local psych institution, and we have to attend an AA meeting. I'm looking forward to it....
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    Loans and job

    NurseGirl525 replied to mgandy87's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, why was your housing not paid for while traveling? My sister did a travel program for physical therapy and her friend does it for nursing. They made a crazy amount of money because you go to...
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    Sending meds with family

    NurseGirl525 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I thought that legally meds had to be in a pill container and labeled. I didn't think you could send prescription meds in envelopes. I would check into that. If they are going somewhere and say...
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    CNA skills test

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

    I also think anyone could pass or fail the test.
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    Clinicals and stethoscope?

    NurseGirl525 replied to GodIs082010's topic in General Students

    I have the cardiology III. I love it and hear very well with it. As a matter of fact, several of my classmates in my clinical group use it because they got cheap ones and they can't hear with...
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    What can I do to be productive while waiting to get into Nursing program?

    NurseGirl525 replied to TiffanyMcNurse2b's topic in General Students

    You really are not going to understand NCLEX questions until you start. I know you are excited but just relax. Time will be here faster than you think. You can look at meds but until you take pharm...
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    Do you carry around your stethoscope?

    NurseGirl525 replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    I'm overestimating the importance of these? No, I don't think you understand the importance of them. Also, so you are telling me everyone gets a CXR? Your MI patients, your stroke patients, a head...
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    Pregnancy and Xray Exposure

    NurseGirl525 replied to Axian817's topic in General Nursing

    We cannot give medical advice. Before I knew I was pregnant with my son I tore my rotator cuff. In the beginning I had an X-ray done. When I found out I was pregnant a week later I freaked out. I...
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    Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    NICU- I don't want anything to do with such small babies. I could t imagine putting needles and tubes in them L&D- this is sad but in my area, 40% of the babies are born addicted to heroin. I...
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    Is this an automatic denial?

    NurseGirl525 replied to nexus13123's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    There are so many things wrong with this. No. You should never be entrusted with any care of patients. You had one heck of a lawyer and no way should that ever be
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    What is the draw to nursing these days

    NurseGirl525 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    I can say that as a current student nurse, I am tired of every experienced nurse saying that we all have rose-colored glasses on and we are here to "save the world". I get very irritated with that...
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    Do you carry around your stethoscope?

    NurseGirl525 replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    As a student nurse, this attitude scares me. How in the ER does the doc know whether or not to order a CXR if no assessment was done? Since when is a CXR done on every, single, patient? Also, what...
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    Afraid, Excited, Moving Forward

    NurseGirl525 replied to MidLifeChg2Nursing's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    But do you realize that the ER patients are going to be much more frustrating than LTC patients? I'm just throwing that out there. I did my clinical rotation in LTC facility this last semester....
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    I got an A in Microbiology!

    NurseGirl525 replied to Mchs4735's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congratulations on your A. But understand you need to really understand the information for all of your nursing classes. Especially classes like micro and A&P. These classes are your foundation...
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    Not a student, but supporting one who is

    NurseGirl525 replied to Unsure&hopeful's topic in General Students

    I went through a break-up at the end of last semester. It was extremely difficult for me because I did not see it coming. He did it right as I was finishing up the semester had a bunch of stuff due...
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    Being away from home more then ever

    NurseGirl525 replied to Mommy_RN1211's topic in General Students

    I'm a single mom. My son is 8, about to turn 9. We talked about me going back to school. He is very excited for me to become a nurse. He said, Mommy I can't wait to tell people my mom is a NURSE!!...
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    HIPPA Violation? Chemo Infusion Room

    NurseGirl525 replied to yotakagirl's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    When there is only a curtain between you and the next patient, things are going to get heard. I've noticed more and more hospitals even making the ER rooms private. That is honestly the only way you...
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    Anybody approved for SSDI for fibro?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Simba&NalasMom's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Esme is exactly right. You cannot be employed at all while filing for disability. It took me over 3 years to get mine. I had to file three times. I have fibro but they would not even consider...
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    Difference in RN education

    NurseGirl525 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    You have to look at your health care system is much different in the UK. And from what I understand, awful. Yours is streamlined with the NHS. Ours is not like that. We can go anywhere we want and...
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    Deciding what to give to the patient who gets everything

    NurseGirl525 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've had really bad pneumonia a couple of times. Been in ICU for it for weeks on end. I take a chronic pain med every day and then was given diludid also. I usually have low blood pressure. My...
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    anxiety about a mistake

    NurseGirl525 replied to wmrn88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If you had hurt this patient in any way, shape, or form, your school would have been notified and you would have known about it. It's that simple. You told people in that facility. They would have...
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    Will I ever get accepted to nursing school? How?

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

    It is going to be hard to get into a CC with a C in micro. It just is. In my area, ASN programs are extremely competitive. More competitive than a BSN program. If you don't drive you are limited...
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    Starting to see the light

    NurseGirl525 replied to devhrt12's topic in General Students

    This is my second semester. We are doing Med/Surg II, psych nursing, and pharm. Two 12 hour clinical days also. It's going to be very busy but I am so looking forward to it. I have 3 semesters...
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    How can I stand out at clinicals?

    NurseGirl525 replied to futurenurse2be's topic in General Students

    This is how I stood out. I was told last semester by the facility I was at, that I was the best student that had ever been there. The girls pulled me aside on my last day and told me how much they...