ShannonRN2010 BSN, RN

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  1. ShannonRN2010

    What do you wish you were told on the first day?

    ShannonRN2010 replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    It's easier to study for the NCLEX all along, than it is to do it at the end. Same with the HESI, if you incorperate HESI and NCLEX into your study plan, it will be so much easier on
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    Automatic B/P machines...should I buy my own?

    ShannonRN2010 replied to prinsessa's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would talk to the nursing super/DON/ADON whoever and get their imput for your facility. Heck, maybe even going to them and telling them that the equipment they are currently using isn't in the best...
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    New RN who may lose her Med Surg job

    ShannonRN2010 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    It also surprises me that you don't have a skills check off. At the end of our first week of orientation to the facility, we have a skills check off. Maybe your preceptor would be willing to go to...
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    New RN who may lose her Med Surg job

    ShannonRN2010 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I would ask your preceptor what areas you really need to focus in, then go practice it in the
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    How did you pass the nclex-rn????????? Study tips please!

    ShannonRN2010 replied to nurserach2010's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I also did questions before bed. I also have Saunders and Mosby's apps, which I used mainly when I was in school to
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    Why does HR mess with people's heads

    ShannonRN2010 replied to esunada's topic in General Nursing

    I would think it would show that you are serious about the job if you called to "check the status" of your application...atleast that is what I told myself when I was calling my place of employment...
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    How did you pass the nclex-rn????????? Study tips please!

    ShannonRN2010 replied to nurserach2010's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    questions and rationals...really that is the only way to go. I have an iTouch, I used an ATI RN exam app. that seemed to me, to be closest to the actual exam than any other app. or book that I
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    I PASSED NCLEX-RN

    ShannonRN2010 replied to luvbug080688's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats!!!
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    Advice please from multiple RN NCLEX takers.....

    ShannonRN2010 replied to NCLEXaddictx3's topic in General Nursing

    No words of advice...but Good
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    How is 2010 treating new RN graduates?

    ShannonRN2010 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    I live in a small tri-state area, I applied for one job after Christmas break, got an interview in March and got the job. The hospital that I am employed at hired about 150 new grad RN's this year for...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    ShannonRN2010 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    My personal pet peeve is Guillain–Barré syndrome...it's NOT Gillian or Jillian or gullian or bar or bare. It's Gee/yon (gee not being GEE like gee whiz either) Ba/ray. When I hear Gillian or...
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    "Can I take one of your patients for this one?" "No! And I resent your asking!"

    ShannonRN2010 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    As an LPN, I often worked the more...unpleasant pt. load. I just learned to deal with it
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    Took NCLEX yesterday...GOD help me I am about to pull my hair out!

    ShannonRN2010 replied to SavShaneyfelt's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats!!
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    Required School Vaccination Mix-up

    ShannonRN2010 replied to Roberta88's topic in General Students

    Oh and I don't know what state you live in, but look up vaccination exemptions for your specific
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    Required School Vaccination Mix-up

    ShannonRN2010 replied to Roberta88's topic in General Students

    If you have a reaction to it and your doctor had deemed it risky to have the Tdap, I don't see how they can have an issue with
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    Turn every two hours

    ShannonRN2010 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I wish...just for one night, that ppl would lay in bed, NOT MOVE, and see how they feel! My father has ALS and can't move...he also hurts if he is rolled on his side so prefers to not be positioned...
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    Do you identify yourself as a nurse when you or your family are a patient?

    ShannonRN2010 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Ohhh I had something like that happen to me at the nursing home. I had a pt. that was not doing well. She'd kept getting out of bed and falling, reguardless of the interventions we put in place. The...
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    Do you identify yourself as a nurse when you or your family are a patient?

    ShannonRN2010 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I found that letting them know that you are an employee, esp a nurse, as they are admitting you, is usually a good thing. They wanted to take my foley out...I told them to gimme a syringe and I'd do...
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    What is the advantage of taking a PCT course?

    ShannonRN2010 replied to Wendy Smith's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I started out as in a PCT program, half way through, the director of that program and the director of the LPN program encouraged me to apply for and test for the LPN program, which I got into and...
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    Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    ShannonRN2010 replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    yup...PVT worked for me! Good pop up = passing boards!! I am FINALLY able to call myself an RN!
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    Is it too late for me?

    ShannonRN2010 replied to kalinka's topic in General Nursing

    I am 32, I just graduated...so no I don't think its too old at all! I'll be 34 when I finish my BSN and 37 if I roll on into an MSN program after my BSN. My goal is to be done by the time I am...
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    Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    ShannonRN2010 replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It seems that this "trick" has worked for everyone that I know...the one that got the "bad pop up"
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    Can I just say that from personal experience...

    ShannonRN2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Stevens-Johnson Syndrome is about the most painful thing I have ever experienced! I had posted about having a reaction to cardizem about...2 and a half, three weeks ago. Well the rash progressed to...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    ShannonRN2010 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Okay..JW's don't have "exorcism"...Been a JW for 32 years (yes...that means my whole life!) and have never ever ever heard of an exorcism for JW's. My FIL is (and my grandfather was before he died) an...
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    Took the NCLEX-RN today...

    ShannonRN2010 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Shut off at 75 questions...did the PV trick and got the good pop up...I have to wait until Tuesday for the quick results. ..*Fingers