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    Should I try becoming a nurse again?

    cracklingkraken replied to Liz92's topic in Nursing Career

    What would be different this time if you went back to nursing school? My program had 3 Med-Surg clinicals. There's just no way of getting around
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    New Grad in OR who wants to quit in less than 6 mo

    cracklingkraken replied to CaliNurseLouisiana's topic in Operating Room

    Huh?...
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    94 or higher is an A?

    cracklingkraken replied to Oceanblu's topic in General Students

    Welcome to nursing
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    5/7 (on 5/9) WILTW: ixchel is a cornflake girl

    cracklingkraken replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    After pinning and graduation, I was able to spend some much needed quality time with my classmates. Many people in my program are going through divorces, relationship struggles, etc. on top of nursing...
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    Do your teachers round up grades?

    cracklingkraken replied to NewNurs2020's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've never heard of this "rounding up" you speak
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    Waking Up For Class

    cracklingkraken replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Students

    Go to sleep early and prepare everything you need the night before. I had to wake up around 4:30, so I would make my lunch and gather all my clinical supplies the previous night so I wouldn't be...
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    Finished first year of RN school. Should I take the NCLEX-PN?

    cracklingkraken replied to FLnurseprospect's topic in General Nursing

    I believe it depends on the state, not the school. My state, IN, does not offer taking the NCLEX-PN after your first
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    Prereqs - Community College vs. 4-Year College

    cracklingkraken replied to SN2751's topic in General Students

    As long as your credits transfer, it doesn't matter whether it was a 2-yr or 4-yr
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    How is nursing school?

    cracklingkraken replied to RN to be soon's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's different, but I think that it varies for each individual. I find that, once you understand the question formatting, it's much
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    Steps to becoming a nicu nurse

    cracklingkraken replied to maggiefrancis's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There's not really any special steps, other than scoring your senior clinical practicum on the NICU and applying for NICU positions. That being said, don't worry about specializing until you're in...
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    In my feelings

    cracklingkraken replied to Shanella25's topic in General Students

    22 yrs is not old. There are plenty of people who enter nursing as an alternative career in their 30's+. You will be
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    RN to BSN online

    cracklingkraken replied to Jvega's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I didn't say that you can't get into grad school. My point was that for more competitive grad schools, where many applicants have 3.5-4.0 GPAs, it might be
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    RN to BSN online

    cracklingkraken replied to Jvega's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The only hesitation I have about WGU is that it's a pass/fail program, which means you'll end up with all B's. It's something to consider if grad school is your
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    cracklingkraken replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    Having an enthusiastic instructor makes a big difference in students' willingness to learn. I have my pinning ceremony tomorrow, although I won't feel like I'm officially done until I've completed my...
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    cracklingkraken replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    I'm working on the
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    cracklingkraken replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    Las thing I'll say. A "none of the above" option that, if a majority of votes were won, requires recasting new
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    HELP!! Which job do I take?!

    cracklingkraken replied to acunningham182's topic in General Nursing

    An hour commute will eat up gas quite rapidly. A 2 hr drive easily takes a quarter tank of gas for my
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    Meaning of your username?

    cracklingkraken replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    My aunt and uncle used to live in Cherry Hill! It's a gorgeous town... And... That's all I have to contribute. Carry on.
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    Can I work nurse tech jobs at 2 different hospitals?

    cracklingkraken replied to c.dom's topic in General Students

    Why would it be against the rules? As long as your jobs don't conflict and affect your performance at your other workplace, you can work as many jobs as you
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    cracklingkraken replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    You're right. I forgot my manners. No politics at the dinner table. No matter how many times I watch LOTR, I still find it as entertaining as the first time I watched them. Everyone went out to buy...
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    cracklingkraken replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    Trump won the primaries in IN. What has the world come to, that Trump and Clinton are facing off for the presidential election? Well, I couldn't vote for the primaries when I recently registered to...
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    cracklingkraken replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    Er, why was the pt in Trendelenburg? Speaking of Trendelenburg, apparently some preterm labor moms are in Trendelenburg for weeks to a month, which seems like an awfully long
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    NO medical background nursing student, need insight on nursing specialties

    cracklingkraken replied to NguyenNurse's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm in the same boat. However, I have no desire for anything to do with children and laboring moms. So I'm looking for positions mostly on a Med-Surg type unit, since you get to see a variety of...
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    RN to BSN bridge question.

    cracklingkraken replied to Zooey72's topic in General Students

    I know many people who have completed their RN-BSN online program in 1 yr or more while working FT at a hospital without any issues. It's
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    cracklingkraken replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that 6 hrs of review makes your brain hurt. A lot. Newborns glucose levels apparently can be at 45 and expected. For pts taking warfarin, it's recommended that they maintain a consistent...