LotusPetals82 ADN, CNA, RN

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    Breezing along... until...

    LotusPetals82 replied to JJC10103's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's a hard subject. Please, cut yourself some
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    How many hours did you work during prerequisites?

    LotusPetals82 replied to Skippy97's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    36 hours Full time work for Full time Prereq's online (one class per month). Once I hit nursing core, dropped to 24 hours per week (2 12 hour shifts weekends) with in-person classes Monday thru...
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    anatomy and physiology online course

    LotusPetals82 replied to Big_Mike's topic in General Students

    I took it online. Heck yeah it was easy! Did I learn tons about anatomy? Nope. If you are a self-directed learner, and can pick things up on the fly, but need to "get through" the course, go ahead and...
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    Is it true, that if you don't like being a CNA, you won't like being a nurse?

    LotusPetals82 replied to tmurph704's topic in General Students

    To put it bluntly: Nurses wipe butts too. On my MedSurg floor, they don't do it quite as often as I do (currently a CNA), but they still have to do it. Quite frankly, I'm tired of helping people "do...
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    Should I take Developmental Psychology online or in class?

    LotusPetals82 replied to CedarGirl10's topic in General Students

    I did it online and loved
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    Should I buy or rent my nursing books?

    LotusPetals82 replied to Chikki_Noodle's topic in General Students

    I don't go to your school, but I agree with the other poster that some books are used for more than one class. I rented the books that I knew I'd only use once, bought used for most others, but also...
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    Whatever happened to going to school to be a nurse?

    LotusPetals82 replied to indish's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the only one in a class of 23 students that has mentioned wanting to be a practitioner. But I went into school for that sole purpose when I realized that a masters in psych wasn't going to satisfy...
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    November is National Prematurity Awareness Month

    LotusPetals82 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    My great-niece was born at 26 weeks due to her mother being struck by a car in her first month or so of pregnancy. She lived! We were amazed and grateful. She's five years old now, and has only had a...
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    Why I'm leaving nursing

    LotusPetals82 replied to UK nurse88's topic in General Nursing

    Side note: I have to go to work sick all the time, at the hospital, because I don't have enough paid sick time. I feel awful about it, and hope that I don't get any patients sick. If I called out...
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    Social Media and Emotional IQ

    LotusPetals82 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Well said. It sounds like you have the same training that I received in school for Counseling Psych. Thank you for putting forth this piece. It serves as a reminder for me to speak more
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    Low census--what do you do?

    LotusPetals82 replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    As a PCA, we also get called off for low census. We take turns being floated, or being sitters, and if we can't do that, we get called off. As a nursing student working two days per week, and...
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    How much do you make as a tech?

    LotusPetals82 replied to RCBR's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Unbelievable pay for how hard we work our butts
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    How much do you make as a tech?

    LotusPetals82 replied to RCBR's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    In a Central Florida area hospital approx. $9-10 for unlicensed PCA approx. $10-12 for CNA approx. $1 differential for weekends approx. $2 differential for
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    CNA scope of practice issue on my unit

    LotusPetals82 replied to nurseredd's topic in General Nursing

    In Florida, it's not in our scope of
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    Do women find male nurses attractive?

    LotusPetals82 replied to Sykadia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I dated a guy several years ago, before I was in this profession, who was going to school for nursing. I figured he was a guy who wanted to have a strong career and make a decent living. *shrug*...
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    Starting school at older age! :(

    LotusPetals82 replied to Lessh's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Healthcare is my second career. I worked in Accounting until I was 29. I'm 34 now and starting my nursing core curriculum next month. Yeah, I feel like I got a late start. Especially when I see these...
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    PCT : how long did it take?

    LotusPetals82 replied to RBFNurse2b's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Each day is exactly like SILVACH24 described. I became a PCA with CNA training, but no certification. I highly recommend getting into this work before or during nursing school, so that you know what...
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    Pre-reqs completely online

    LotusPetals82 replied to Icy Willow's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I completed almost all of my college classes online and did great. It was almost too easy for A&P and Micro. Made straight A's. Afterwards, I had to go back and actually study the material in...
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    2015 allnurses Salary Survey Results

    LotusPetals82 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I just went through new hire training for a Polk County, Florida hospital. The brand new nurses with no experience were hired at $21.95 with full benefits after 30 days. That seems low to me, but...
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    Med Surg- info

    LotusPetals82 replied to Destiny101's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Following. I also just got a job at my dream hospital as a PCA in the medsurg
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    Enter your TEAS V Scores here!!

    LotusPetals82 replied to Future Nurse's Wife's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    Program Type: ADN Adjusted Individual Total Score: 85.3 ATI Academic Preparedness Level: Advanced Mean - National: 64.3 Mean - Program: 64.9 Percentile Rank - National - 95 Percentile Rank - Program...
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    Client vs Patient

    LotusPetals82 replied to srercg's topic in General Nursing

    Was taught in college to use the term "client" for Mental Healthcare Patients, in order to make them feel like they aren't "sick". This was around 2012, and my major was Mental
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    Teas V - Science Section!

    LotusPetals82 replied to Barbs_B's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    I'm studying for the TEAS-V now, and I'm worried about science too. I didn't take chemistry in high school, and even if I did, that was 16 years ago. I've been using Khan Academy to learn the science...
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    Any advice for a nursing student who wants to go into psychiatric nursing?

    LotusPetals82 replied to psychrnhopefully's topic in Psychiatric

    This is an all-time favorite of mine. A staple for the psych
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    Anyone planning to start a family before Nursing School or has?

    LotusPetals82 replied to FutureLPNNursing's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have the exact same concern as you. I am 34, and started having kids 10 years ago. Because of this, I have been in school for 9 years (also, I have changed my major a few times). Having kids and...