NurseGirl525 ASN, RN

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    how long is ADN program if BA in another field

    NurseGirl525 replied to N_u_r_s_e's topic in General Students

    You will need to finish the prereqs then it's usually around 16 mos long. You will have to look at each individual program and see what they
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    Prior Medical Experience a Plus?

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

    So there are no prereqs for your program? No micro or writing class? No psych? These are some fundamental skills you will need for the program. I would maybe look at schools that have prereqs. You...
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    NurseGirl525 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ruby, I usually agree with what you post but on this one I don't. You don't know what her intentions were in becoming a nurse and that she became one to bag a doctor. Here is what a lot of these...
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    prn med help

    NurseGirl525 replied to EricaRN2015's topic in Patient Medications

    Yes, you were wrong. If it is PRN med that means as needed. He needed it and you decided Tylenol and repositioning? I'm really confused here. If it is PRN what was the reason for not giving it?...
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    My experience as a NS and CNA

    NurseGirl525 replied to prettyboyswag's topic in General Students

    It's not about a nurse being "above" doing CNA work. Nurses have a lot on their plates and the reasons that CNAs are hired is to do the stuff a nurse just can't get to. CNAs basically do ADLs for...
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    2nd level nursing student...is nursing really what I want to do?:/

    NurseGirl525 replied to Honeylove143's topic in General Students

    So why don't you want to be a nurse anymore? Was it because of a test score or you just don't want this career anymore? Sit down and really think about it before making any decisions. I don't know...
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    Will withdrawing hurt my chances to get into UTHSCASA

    NurseGirl525 replied to Kite23's topic in School, College Programs

    Call the college and ask. More than anything else, it's going to hurt your financial aid if you get any. Every semester we have financial aid people come in to our classes and explain to us the...
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    Nurse anesthetist or Anesthesiologist

    NurseGirl525 replied to BriannaP14's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You are looking at 2 different approaches to medicine. The approach from a doctor's perspective and the one from a nurse's perspective. People just tend to look at the difficulty of the classes and...
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    Carrington for an RN degree vs. waiting for to get into a comm college?

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

    I can give you seventy thousand reasons not to go there. That is hugely expensive. So you are not a nurse at all yet? Don't mess with these schools. They are expensive, they lie to their students,...
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    scared to death

    NurseGirl525 replied to shoeshine88's topic in Patient Medications

    Are you charting you gave these meds than forgetting to give them? How many are you "forgetting"? If you are being investigated, then it's not just one med you have forgotten to give, it's...
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    So tired!!

    NurseGirl525 replied to Here.I.Stand's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    That is a lot to take on. I would let the kids continue with their sports. It's important to them. My son is 8 and does judo. He practices about 6-10 hours a week and then we travel a lot on...
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    How do you feel about nursing?

    NurseGirl525 replied to m_n_b_96's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have worked in many different fields and for many different companies in my time. There are negative and positive people in the world. Some people no matter what job they have, will never be happy...
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    Returning Lpn student in late 30's, married with teenage kids..

    NurseGirl525 replied to Gog3tter's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm 38, started my prereqs last year and am in my 4th week of the RN program. Most people in my cohort are 30 and above which is nice. I don't know that there are any younger kids like teenagers in...
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    physical health assessment

    NurseGirl525 replied to rosy3's topic in General Students

    We just watched some videos on youtube last week on bowel sounds. To get an accurate heart rate makes sure you are doing the apical heart rate which is located over the apex of the heart. On bowels...
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    4.0 in nursing school?

    NurseGirl525 replied to RubySlippers:)'s topic in General Students

    Of course it's possible, it just depends on how you are going to balance the rest of your life. I got pretty much all A's in my prereqs. I had a 3.98 GPA. Nursing school is different. It just is....
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    What's your Opinion

    NurseGirl525 replied to MrRager's topic in General Students

    I'm glad your motivation has been replenished but you are getting into nursing for the wrong reasons. Money and security is not it. It's hard to find a job. The money is not terrible but I don't...
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    New nursing student advise???

    NurseGirl525 replied to abudde6's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's hard trying balance everything but find yourself a schedule that works for you and stick with it!! I'm in my third week and am finally getting in a rhythm. Things happen and come up but if you...
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    NANDA for Status epilepticus, but no seizures

    NurseGirl525 replied to applered's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would say your biggest one is going to be risk for injury. You need to educate the parents on safety measures to be put in place in the home. Especially if the pt is having nocturnal seizures....
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    missed class

    NurseGirl525 replied to smmctowelie69's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I would have left his butt at home. Looking for a lighter? Sorry that excuse doesn't fly in my book and probably not your professors. I would have been like you need to be ready by such and such a...
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    ATI-Modules

    NurseGirl525 replied to asatasuah's topic in General Students

    I find the ATI helps me study for the tests. I do all of my ATI questions before my tests for the week. I usually spend Monday afternoon doing ATI. I like it so far. It's just an aid like the PP...
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    Advancing your degree...

    NurseGirl525 replied to ash0416's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm going to get my ADN then get a job and work while obtaining my BSN online. So I can get experience. Most big hospitals want experience with that
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    App for recording lecture

    NurseGirl525 replied to KStudentNurse70's topic in General Students

    I just use the phone. It has recording
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    I need Advice!

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

    To be honest, no. You need a much, much higher GPA. The min at my school is 2.5 but you don't get in the RN program unless it's a 3.7 and above and a 4.0 in the classes they look at. If it was...
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    Disruptive & talkative students (vent)

    NurseGirl525 replied to Little_Bear2013's topic in General Students

    I'm feeling your pain right now.
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    Do I have what it takes to be a nurse?

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

    I was horrible at math and science in high school. I did take one AP class either. I was in normal college prep classes and mine were considered advanced but I was in no way in 1 AP class. My focus...