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  1. I took NCLEX this morning and this wait is killing me. I mentioned doing the PVT thing to my hubby and he said "don't you dare do that". I'm terrified the results will be false and I'll either be devastated or thrilled wrongly. I plan to do the quick...
  2. I've never had a pair of Danskos, but bought something that the shoe salesman said was very similar called an Ariat. They were extremely comfortable for the first 6 months that I had them. I could work 12 hours and my feet and back felt great. Now I ...
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    Best scrub jacket and tops

    I am looking for a light to medium weight jacket with elastic on the cuffs. It can be any material, prefer zip front, hoodie or not, but the cuffs must hold their elasticity as I pull them up and down hundreds of times each day. Any recommendations...
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    Being a school nurse?

    There is a job opening at the county school. The population at this school ranges from children with autism to severe physical problems. It would be more in depth nursing than a general elementary school, but way different than what I'm doing right...
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    If you wear Danskos.... How often do you replace shoes?

    That makes me feel sick thinking I spent that much money on a pair of Ariats when I could have gotten Danskos and the Ariats are probably already shot. I usually don't work 2 days in a row (my schedule is a "flex" position so I'm filling holes in th...
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    Best bags for work

    I have worked in Healthcare for 3 years but never had a need to carry a bag before I became an RN. Now that I'm an RN I find I have a lot more stuff that I carry to work with me. We don't have lockers in the dept I work in so whatever I need I have t...
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    Take NCLEX Monday - help!!

    I take the NCLEX on Monday morning. I have been off of work since last Tuesday and have been studying non-stop since then. I did the NCLEX mastery RN app on my phone. According to that I got 65.9% correct out of 1571 questions. I also have done m...
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    Do quick results ever come faster than 48 hours?

    I never did the PVT trick. And my quick results are not available yet. But I checked my state board of nursing this morning at 11:42, 25 hours and 15 minutes after I walked out of the NCLEX yesterday and there was my license! I PASSED!!!! I'm so ...
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    Do quick results ever come faster than 48 hours?

    Do you mind me asking when you took the NCLEX? I'm in WI too and have heard that people get results anywhere from 8 hours to 3 days after taking it. The people who had results in 8 hours took it in late Sept, the others were in December or January.
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    Take NCLEX Monday - help!!

    I do that when I take a test too. I will come home tomorrow after taking the NCLEX and seriously have no idea what any of the questions were about. I was that way in school too. It seemed like after a test in school there were people standing arou...
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    Take NCLEX Monday - help!!

    Thanks for the advice! And good luck to you tomorrow npham82! Did you think the level of difficulty of the questions on NCLEX was comparable to the ATI questions?
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    ED techs to start IVs?

    I worked as a Tech for 3 years in the ED before I started my RN intern position there. We had to be licensed as an EMT to work there and a lot of my day was spent doing IVs. We were called to other floors a lot to start IVs when the RN couldn't get...
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    New grad training-typical?

    I have worked at my current job for 3 years, first as a Tech and now as an Extern. I graduated in December and am waiting for school to push the paperwork through so I can take the NCLEX. When I'm licensed I'm supposed to be hired at my current job...
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    New grad training-typical?

    We had another Extern in our department about a year or so ago. She worked one on one with one of the RNs for months before they started letting her take patients all by herself and even then because she wasn't licensed yet, they always checked her ...
  15. I have to write a dedication for my pinning ceremony for nursing. It's supposed to be about a minute long and they say 2-3 sentences. I want to say something about my family and friends and all of their support. I want to thank my inlaws for all o...
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    Wait or start looking?

    I graduate next week. I was promised a job where I work right now with hours that would work perfectly with my hubby's night shift job and the kids. Today I was told that my hours will flexed and will likely be night shift a lot of the time (this i...
  17. I've been wearing Cherokee Flexible scrub pants. They seem to wash well and are soft and comfy, but they wear out in no time it seems. I want something really durable, but comfy and washes well. What scrub pants do you like?
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    What would you change about your scrubs??

    I have really narrow shoulders and every scrub top I try on is way too big in the shoulders which means that the V-neck sits so low on me that I don't dare bend over at all. I buy the butter soft scrubs with the V-neck and then the little patch of f...
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    Fiscally responsible care?

    What are some examples of things a nursing student may do in clinical that could be considered fiscally responsible care? Obviously I know not wasting supplies would be fiscally responsible, but then I draw a blank after that.
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    What/how to study for NCLEX

    I can't take the NCLEX til mid December at the earliest. I have only two clinical classes this semester, no book or theory classes. So I'm trying to use this time to study for NCLEX so I can take the minute I'm able to. We use ATI for school (will...
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    Shoes

    I've always worn running shoes for work and am finding now that I've started working 12 hour days that they just aren't cutting it anymore. I come home and my feet and legs hurt for two days. I went and looked at Dansko shoes and I liked them but I a...
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    IV question

    Last week during my clinical I came into my pt's room and was going to flush her IV. The IV was taped down with many layers of tape so you couldn't see where the J-loop attached to the IV hub (it was a capped IV). I took a couple of layers of tape ...
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    Shoes

    Thanks! I ended up wearing the Ariats at work the other night for a few hours at a time and they were comfortable, but I think my feet are just so beat up that they throb because of my other shoes. I'm hoping as I break them in they'll be better. ...
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    Mom & Nursing Student

    I'm going to finish my nursing degree in December and finally graduate after 5 long years. I started with a 1 and 3 year old. It has not been an easy road! It was easier when they were littler because they didn't really care that I was busy studyi...
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    Hospice care question

    We haven't learned much about hospice care and I'm in the middle of a project about it. I'm having a difficult finding information about things a nurse can do to support the family while their loved one is in the hospital in hospice care. I have st...