stephatron289

I took my NCLEX on a Friday and my license wasn't posted until Monday on the BON website here in Arizona. People who took their tests Monday - Thursday got their results the next day, so I think it's because the weekend doesn't count. I took the PVT 3 times and got the good pop-up all three times and passed (obviously, lol) so I wouldn't worry too much, although I know that's useless advice for someone waiting for their results! I'm sure you did fine! Good luck!

Right now, my commute is around an hour one way. It's worth it to me as the program is great, I like my professors and classmates, and the high NCLEX pass rate the school has is pretty appealing as well. Besides, its only for a short while that you'll have to commute for school.

I'm at Scottsdale.

Weird... I'm going into Block 2

I don't think that's correct. I'm in traditional and am at Mayo for my Med/Surg rotation. I don't believe any of our CEP groups are at Mayo, either.

In my experience, it is mostly medical assistants, not nurse, who help with the physician or NP in urgent care. I know that there are places where there are nurses but mostly, it's just me and the physician in the back. We aren't allowed to remove those diagnosis or change them from active to inactive. I would highly suggest speaking with your PCP or the urgent care physician if the UC isn't attached to your doctor's office and ask that it be removed from the active problem list. Same with medications: at my old healthcare system, only the doctor could remove the medication, not the MA. At my current health care system, I am allowed to remove meds only with notes that state that it is per patient request. The urgent care may not have known or had updates since those issues were discussed. Yes we read the discharge papers, but that is to help you if the doctor wrote any specific instructions or if he/she sent the rx to the correct pharmacy and try to help you as much as we can.

I have a husband, dog and cat. All are important in my eyes. If you love something as much as you say you do, you fight your hardest to make it work, not give up after a week. Pets can be worth their weight in gold for stress. Just ask my cat anything about microbiology, because that's how I studied: teaching him with stress-free petting in between. You did yourself a disservice but you did that dog a disservice even more.

A&P is your foundation for nursing school: if it is not strong, you will crumble. You build on that material you learn in A&P, and sets you up for not only nursing school but for being a safe nurse as well. If you are looking to get into a school that is competitive, I would retake both classes and see if you can take ones that are longer than a month. For me, there is no way I would have been able to take A&P in a month, as there was just too much information. I received a C+ in both Anatomy and Physiology and retook both classes, receiving an A- in both the second time around. I also found that I was more focused the second time and understood the material better, which has helped me so far. Check and see with your school what your retake policy is, and retake if you can. Good luck!

"You're a big girl." (I'm not terribly overweight, but I could lose 15-20 here and there.) I straightened up and said: "Thank you" and smiled. Honestly, I don't care if I'm called big, but she said it to hurt, and I refuse to let her think it did. She was an older lady, and she looked confused when I pulled a thank you out of nowhere. I don't think she was expecting that. It's not like she's going to explain her statement to me as to why I "misunderstood" her. Really, saying thank you to someone who is insulting you is my best response, as it stops the behavior most of the time.

This week, I learned: Not all blood wants to flow out of someone, especially when I actually need it to. That I can actually use a butterfly! I normally use a straight stick to draw, as I would always miss, but this past week I only have butterfly needles, so I got to practice. I'm in love, and I'm not sure that's a good thing. That you CAN get sick two times in the same amount of weeks. First an ear infection, a week of health, and now a sore throat/cough with body aches. Needless to say I am grumpy, as the husband is on a business trip and can't take care of me (That was NOT in the marriage agreement ) That I've decided that the doctor who told me the amount of sore throats I was having would reduce drastically once I got my tonsils out was a big ol' fibber.

Ours are: no visible tattoos, earrings in one ear, no nail polish, undershirts can only be either solid black or solid white, no porus shoes and they have to be full black or white. No facial piercings, hair had to be tied back and solid black or white socks. Those are requirements during our sim lab, regular lab, and clinicals. Lecture days, we can wear jammies if we wanted (I don't think anyone has yet.) Wedding rings and the one stud in each ear are the only exceptions, I don't think we can wear necklaces as a patient can grab onto it fairly easily.

They drive me crazy. It's even harder when a patient is new to our clinic and has been on a specific medication but needs a renewed prior authorization and we have no paperwork on them

My favorite is when they want a prior authorization for the EpiPen, even though in their chart and medication information it states "Allergy to peanuts, causes anaphlaxis." I have to sit down and compose myself when those come up.

I hate giving shots to children. They are strong, despite their size, and it happens to everyone at some point or another when the needle comes out. I will normally have another co-worker come in with me to assist because I've learned that I'm unsure if I can trust the parent to be as strong as I need them to be. I do give them a heads up why there are two people helping and I tell them why (if they kick, and it comes out, I have to poke again, and I can't guarantee that the child will let me.)

I had a rainbow Littman Classic II when I was working as an MA before I got into nursing school. Once I got admitted, my dad was so proud, he went and got me a Cardiac III. My view was, "I'm upgrading in the medical field, I might as well upgrade my stethoscope." (Not knocking the profession as an MA, just noting that my responsibilities and scope are upgrading.) I do use it at work as I'm still an MA, and I absolutely love it. I really did love my classic as well, so I think you should do fine with the classic :)