Nibbles1

Nibbles1

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  1. Perfume at work?

    Nibbles1 replied to fawnmarie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My company forbids perfume.Too many people cannot tolerate it. Even obnoxious hairspray is banned along with scented hand sanitizer. I wear on my days off from work Givency Haute Couture. Been wearing...

  2. Tattoos in the workplace

    Nibbles1 replied to MAH82's topic in General Nursing

    Oh no it's not. My step daughter was turned down for a teaching assistant job because on both wrists had tattooed NO REGRETS. Guess what? She's regretting it. Said she wants tattoo removal money for...

  3. The most annoying student

    Nibbles1 replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Students

    Omgosh our class had one too. I think every nursing class gets one. The bad part was she was a preachers wife. She had ZERO friends when we graduated. I heard two years ago she was fired from her job....

  4. Best lotion for dry hands?

    Nibbles1 replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    The Norwegian hand cream and the True Blue as stated above are my

  5. IV starts in nursing schools

    Nibbles1 replied to DaynaPierceMorgan's topic in General Nursing

    We did at my LPN program. We practiced on each other. Our instructor had a theme week. It was called Wild about IV's. We wore animal print clothes and on the last day , she catered our lunch. Best...

  6. Entire card of narcotics missing!

    Nibbles1 replied to Rachel512's topic in Patient Medications

    A card of narcs is a blister pack of pills instead of a bottle. It has numbers on the side of each pill. It's much easier to count instead of taking a bottle and pouring out the pills and counting...

  7. Entire card of narcotics missing!

    Nibbles1 replied to Rachel512's topic in Patient Medications

    Did the card get misplaced with other meds? I did that one time. It was behind some Zocor. Norco/Zorco pretty close. And as the PP asked did the oncoming nurse take it? She's responsible since she...

  8. Relationship Question!

    Nibbles1 replied to Ricearoni's topic in General Students

    Our nursing instructors told us this on orientation day, "1/3 of you will get a divorce, 1/3 of you will have an affair, 1/3 of will get pregnant. This isn't our first rodeo girls and (3)boys." They...

  9. I PASSED MY CPNE

    Nibbles1 replied to SVT511's topic in Excelsior College

    Happy holidays for you!! Way to

  10. Save the date!

    Nibbles1 replied to ScudderRN31's topic in Excelsior College

    You can do it!! Got all the faith in the world that you will

  11. nclex pn, will it cover med surg?

    Nibbles1 replied to northmississippi's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I had tons of legal questions and safety questions. I had drugs that I never heard of before. My test had a lot of select all that apply. I studied 500 questions per day for 6 weeks to my test date....

  12. Nontraditional Students DFW

    Nibbles1 replied to BeDaChange's topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm in the DFW area as well. Just moved here from East Texas 13months ago. 37 years old. I was a civil engineer prior to nursing. I'm working on my ADN and I plan on going for my BSN as soon as I...

  13. blood pressure

    Nibbles1 replied to deepurple's topic in General Nursing

    Should be 15

  14. blood pressure

    Nibbles1 replied to deepurple's topic in General Nursing

    Eating drinking and smoking will cause a BP to rise. Always ask if they have eaten, drank, or smoked within 15 prior to taking their BP. This is what I was taught in

  15. The FOAM Movement And How To Improve Your Nursing Education

    Nibbles1 replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I'm trying to understand the OP. On his Twitter, there has been only 282 tweets from him. Does 282 tweets make a person an expert on FOAM/N? You can follow WHO, CDC, which the CDC has several...

  16. Rejected..No Facebook?!!

    Nibbles1 replied to cosmos2007's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I had a boss who sent me a friend request. I was told that everyone had to accept her request to work there. Okay cool, I never post anything on there except for my cats or what we were doing in...

  17. How Do I Apologize to Professor?

    Nibbles1 replied to Valr's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If we were over 5 minutes late, it was counted as an absence. We could miss two days of clinicals total. After that, you were out of the program. No excuses were accepted. Strangely enough, no one...

  18. In LPN Program - Denied Acceptance into ADN Program

    Nibbles1 replied to kimmyanne02's topic in General Students

    I have a 4.0 GPA and was turned away because there were tons of people with 4.0 and had higher "points" than me (like 3 points higher) so I'm gonna tell you what my spouse told me, "suck it up...

  19. PDN shot and killed

    Nibbles1 replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    This past July, I was in a very very very bad part of town in the Dallas area. Super nice family. They can't help where they live. Three houses down or 150 feet, there was a triple homicide. Told the...

  20. Medicaid paid company, but company didn't pay me! ADVICE PLEASE!!!

    Nibbles1 replied to edwardsrn62's topic in Private Duty

    I work the NOC shift and I bring snacks such as grapes, pretzels, Fiber One bars. There's carpet in the peds room so I dont bring anything that could be sloshed if I jump up. In homes that have hard...

  21. Class clown to nurse?

    Nibbles1 replied to Tonya92's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I never took high school seriously. I caused havoc and mayhem and my own mother taught there. Nursing school was different. Yes, I heard the naysayers too. But I graduated Cum Laude with a 4.0, so go...

  22. Working while in school

    Nibbles1 replied to ThatOneDude822's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I worked and maintained a GPA 4.0 so it can be done. You gotta prioritize your

  23. Crowd funding: Yay or Nay?

    Nibbles1 replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh! I was one week away from having my lights cut off during nursing school. I worked three extra shifts at night then went to school the next morning. Did you read about the girl who took an...

  24. Are there too many nursing programs out there?

    Nibbles1 replied to johndough's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I live in the Dallas area and drive to the Tyler area for my job. It's crazy competition here. One nursing school received over 700 applications on first day registration. I don't see the shortage...

  25. Excelsior Credit By Exam

    Nibbles1 replied to madtexter's topic in Excelsior College

    I still prefer to use textbooks over anything else as