Aliareza

Aliareza BSN

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  1. NOTES...how do you take yours?

    Aliareza replied to jkblevins's topic in General Students

    Basically any pen that came in a gazillion different colors, I had. Pilot G2s, Papermate Flairs, Staedtler fine liners, you name it. The thinner the point, the better -- the pre-printed powerpoints...

  2. Taking HESI before finishing Anatomy I & II

    Aliareza replied to betabob's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    I think you'll be okay on the anatomy if you get the HESI A2 study book (published by evolve, you can easily find it on amazon) and study from it. I, too, had to take the exam without having gotten in...

  3. Lowest turnover specialty

    Aliareza replied to guest769224's topic in General Nursing

    When I did my rotations for clinical, the one area that stood out as not having much turnover was PACU. I quickly saw why; they get music pumped in, have rocking chairs, and spend a lot of time...

  4. Nurses and Financial Freedom

    Aliareza replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    One thing not to forget is that student loans are not all created equally. I have ~60k in student loans, all of it federal, and I think there are 11 or 13 groups of loans to make up that total amount....

  5. Nurses with ear piercings

    Aliareza replied to hshuang's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My experience as a twenty-something just finishing a nursing program: Hold off on the cartilage piercings and the tat until later. Really, I'd hold off on all of them til later. Most nursing schools...

  6. Telling the truth on a peer evaluation for a group project?

    Aliareza replied to JESSICAAA159's topic in General Students

    I'm not usually one for confrontation, but if nursing school and patient advocacy have taught me anything, it's that you've got to have a spine. Nursing school is a darn good place to start! The...

  7. Help!Georgia or Michigan?

    Aliareza replied to helloworld2018's topic in General Students

    What part of GA are you in? First, I don't think I'd risk a brand new program either. You don't want to be the guinea pig. Get yourself into a school with high, established NCLEX pass rates. Because...

  8. Help please:)

    Aliareza replied to Teehia63333's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    Buy HESI's review book (you can find it on Amazon -- it has a green cover) and study the content found therein. I took the HESI a few weeks ago. Before the test, I did every question on the online...

  9. Nurse Clueless

    Aliareza replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes this works the other way too though! I start doing practice problems from my review books and can only make 40-50% on some of the sections, and then I just feel all the stupider thinking of...

  10. Likelihood of a new grad getting an ER job?

    Aliareza replied to bigdreams01's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm, then you really don't have plenty of time. What I'd do in your case is have your burning passion out on your sleeve from the very beginning, and network like a fiend. You really can't afford to...

  11. PREP U LINPINKOTT 10000 ADAPTIVE TEST REVIEW FOR RN Nclex !

    Aliareza replied to queenbou1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Where did you see a free two week trial at? I'm not finding it on the product

  12. I was reported for something I didnt actually do. Help.

    Aliareza replied to LisaF0115's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    First rule they teach you in nursing school? Do no harm. Second rule? CYA, which = Cover Your ---! What you need to do is start CYA and start it now. Yes, you messed up with the cell phone thing. I...

  13. Likelihood of a new grad getting an ER job?

    Aliareza replied to bigdreams01's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, have always heard it the other way around: CRNA schools want 1 year minimum of ICU experience and some will begrudgingly take ER experience instead, but the majority probably wouldn't because...

  14. Help!! Scored above national standards but school wants 925 as passing.

    Aliareza replied to hblessing's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    Depends on the school. Many schools want students to get 850 or 900 in order to pass their last semester and be eligible to graduate. Many others just make their students take it to see how they do...

  15. Pre-nursing job at a hospital

    Aliareza replied to mgcampos1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It depends on the state you're in. In my state, you don't have to have CNA licensure in order to do patient care. Most of the nurse extenders (what my hospital calls them) have it anyway and it's how...

  16. I dont know where to start..feeling a little confused

    Aliareza replied to mrs.nursestar's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    HESI's own book is where you need to study from for HESI. I'm a high B/low A student who usually doesn't struggle with tests, and I've never had to worry about passing a nursing semester. However, I...

  17. Not a Nursing Question, but Has to Do with Work, So...

    Aliareza replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on both sides of the fence on this one. Being too poor to afford a reliable vehicle in a rural area where there is literally zero other alternative is really, really crappy. I know very well...

  18. Thinking about quitting nursing school

    Aliareza replied to LucyJan's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I don't think that forgetting a watch and chewing gum makes you immature. I'm 26 and I show up to clinical every day chewing gum. I think that's a generational thing. Older people nearly...

  19. Should I take Medical Terminology for nursing school?

    Aliareza replied to MntEMStoBSN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My school stopped requiring it for the ADN program and about halfway through the program I found myself really wishing they hadn't. Just this semester, I've had professors tell me that when people are...

  20. Fired and Devastated

    Aliareza replied to SweenyG's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't even started working yet, so I have no advice to give you on the job loss except network, network, network. However, I've been the child in the situation you're in. At some point in my...

  21. Any hospital units that DON'T use telemetry?

    Aliareza replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    From what I understand, that's basically how theirs works, too. They get a 6 second strip each shift that goes into the chart with an interpretation on it and the nurse's signature. What about the...

  22. Any hospital units that DON'T use telemetry?

    Aliareza replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    I work on an orthopaedics floor as a CNA and have seen many tele patients. Every floor in the hospital is "tele capable". It's turned into a huge thing recently, because most of these nurses were...

  23. A (Long) Note to New Grads

    Aliareza replied to PS1CK's topic in Psychiatric

    Honestly, the reason psych scares me is because every time I have a clinical at a psych place, there's all kinds of warning about safety of the nurses and what medicaid will/will not pay for. You...

  24. I LIED to a professor

    Aliareza replied to Peonies n posie's topic in General Students

    For next time, if you haven't done something and your professor comes to you and asks you if you have, just reply with, "Doing that now!" and walk off quickly to do it. Works every time for me. When...

  25. Test Questions

    Aliareza replied to student23t's topic in General Students

    First, ask your nursing prof where she gets her test questions from. Then, no matter what her answer is, get yourself into Davis's success books. First semester, our professors told us about Test...