TrevyRN BSN, RN

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    Pearson Vue Trick was WRONG!!!!!!!

    TrevyRN replied to mamacita2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I had a fellow student that it didn't work for even though she passed, gave her some other weird message. It was because they had to review her test again because she took it so fast they thought she...
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    Things are not as bad as you think...

    TrevyRN replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Some days, in nursing school, I would rather have been that turkey. But - hey - it did end! Sometimes I still get nursing school PTSD moments though when I tutor students and they tell there tales of...
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    What should I have engraved on my stethoscope?

    TrevyRN replied to blindcheeseit3's topic in General Students

    Full name as long as you don't mind patient's being able to identify you. They'd have to be pretty sly to get it off a stethy, but where I work there are lots of inmates and cuckoo people. I would go...
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    Is 1-year ED experience enough to apply elsewhere?

    TrevyRN replied to RunawayN's topic in Emergency

    I bet you could. And some agencies will pick you up after a year experience. Don't be afraid to look around. Of course, agency nursing can be very stressful, I've heard. An agency placed me in a...
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    Question about IV therapy

    TrevyRN replied to EmilyEmily's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Lol @ "per say"... it's late! I meant per se... don't bite my head off,
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    Question about IV therapy

    TrevyRN replied to EmilyEmily's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    packed rbcs with normal saline (isotonic) is what I usually see done in the hospital... but I'm a relatively new RN... Hypertonic solutions are rarely used... they're for like, brain swelling or...
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    How Hard is it to Start in the ER?

    TrevyRN replied to madisenclaire's topic in Emergency

    I landed a job in an ER out of nursing school, but it took me a loooooong time. Over a year. I did certs and was a teacher and volunteered while I waited. And the job was 1500 miles from home. But I'm...
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    Nursing makes me hate fat people

    TrevyRN replied to LifeCrisis's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe they've gained weight because they're pregnant... ! Sometimes I play that game in my mind to play off someone's obesity and it makes it funny instead of anger inducing. Especially when it's a...
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    Nursing makes me hate fat people

    TrevyRN replied to LifeCrisis's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You remind me of my honeybunny in surgery that is VERY tired of morbidly obese patients. Sweetums keeps asking "HOW ARE THERE ANY MORE GALL BLADDERS TO REMOVE AND KNEES LEFT TO REPLACE!?" They're...
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    Concept Maps

    TrevyRN replied to Stephalump's topic in General Students

    They were stupid. Since graduation, the only time I use 'em is when I go back to tutor nursing students LOL The ideas behind care plans interventions and the evidence and stuff is legit, but the maps...
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    Achieving Long term goals as a young man in Nursing School?

    TrevyRN replied to StudentMurse24's topic in Male Nursing Students

    It's never too early to think far ahead. People start saving for their children's education before they're even born. At the same time, you have to live well now and stay focused on the task at hand....
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    Hot date coming up! CPNE 02/14/14!

    TrevyRN replied to R1Rx7girlRN's topic in Excelsior College

    How romantic... a date with destiny. Some dating tips... sorry these are kinda dude-minded bits of advice, bear with me LOL 1. Plan it (you already did that) 2. Pay (I'm sure you already paid if...
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    Finaly, I passed !!!

    TrevyRN replied to lyonylive's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Give yourself some credit LyonLive... God helps those who help themselves... or ... something like
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    Passed the NCLEX-RN FALL 2013 with 5 intense weeks

    TrevyRN replied to NgLin's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Um, practice tests, NCLEX HESI Hints, know your vital signs and basic lab values, have your favorite energy food before you go that makes you happy, and ... pray to whatever deity (or evil counterpart...
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    We are AllNurses!

    TrevyRN replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Wow... I feel like we are going to the nursing equivalent of the alien battlefield from Independence Day and the President of the United States just gave us a pep talk. I don't know if I needed it at...
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    I Feel Done

    TrevyRN replied to i♥words's topic in General Students

    By the way I hated school and I love my RN job. It's totally possible. School is not
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    I Feel Done

    TrevyRN replied to i♥words's topic in General Students

    Sometimes the teachers bite your hand instead of hold it. As for pay, just become a nurse-enary traveler with no loyalty except to the almighty dollah! LOL. JK do whatever you want. Nursing is like...
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    I Feel Done

    TrevyRN replied to i♥words's topic in General Students

    I know what you're going through. Inconsistencies in nursing school (and education generally) are frustrating and demoralizing. Know this though - NURSING SCHOOL WILL END!!! Then, you will get your...
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    Please, don't be "that" aide.

    TrevyRN replied to mstearns09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That's why I work in the ER... I hate making beds! I don't even make my own bed - just throw a comforter over my fitted sheet and bury myself in pillows at night... like a rat burrowing into a...
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    Just Got Accepted!!!!

    TrevyRN replied to MsDjana's topic in General Students

    Never make enemies at school. Always be helpful to other students. Find time to sleep. Be happy with any passing grade on a test and do your homework, unless it's worth no points and wastes hours that...
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    TrevyRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    LOL @ bad dreams. Did they want a doctor's note to miss work? Or did he seriously think you could make them go away? Love
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    Feed me, Seymour! When patients want forbidden food...

    TrevyRN replied to TrevyRN's topic in Emergency

    Hah... when I say "I'll get you some ice chips"... and I bring a cup with three little ice chips in it, I insist that "three is some", "two is a couple"... "one is an ice chip".
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    things said wrong that drive you crazy

    TrevyRN replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    When I worked in the Caribbean for a while, everyone said " I have de Sugah!" for diabetes, and "I have de Presshhuuuh" for high blood pressure. Just embrace the silliness... it's the only way you'll...
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    Diagnosing versus identifying symtpoms

    TrevyRN replied to OwlieO.O's topic in General Nursing

    Get good at describing things. It takes practice. And it's not just for conditions like asthma, but also for charting generally. For instance, if you walk into a room and a patient seems to have...
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    Reprimanded for reporting medication errors and so much more

    TrevyRN replied to reprimanded's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    During school, sometimes other students or even teachers would do things I didn't agree with. We don't live in a perfect world. People are flawed. You will work with doctors, patients, parents,...