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    Night time cough

    Extra Pickles replied to obehi123's topic in General Nursing

    so now we know the answer is tuberculosis, or a cold, or the flu, or smoker's cough, or a fly in the lung lol! wouldn't it be great to be able to diagnose everyone instantly by a single symptom?...
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    Online BLS Recertification?

    Extra Pickles replied to jwolansk's topic in General Nursing

    Is one of your nursing instructors also a BLS certified instructor? Maybe you could ask if that person would test you for the skills part during a time that
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    Alert and oriented but drowsy

    Extra Pickles replied to caalvarez3's topic in General Nursing

    A drowsy person isn't alert. A person driving while drowsy is dangerous, a person driving while alert is not. Are you having trouble with how to chart someone who is
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    Online BLS Recertification?

    Extra Pickles replied to jwolansk's topic in General Nursing

    I've been able to do that for the written test part, but still have to go to a practicum to demonstrate that you know the hands-on part. You can check with our hospital to see if they will let you do...
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    How do you address nurses with a PhD?

    Extra Pickles replied to SWGOH's topic in General Nursing

    I usually ask how the person likes to be addressed. Matter of fact, don't belabor the question, just ask. When in doubt, use the formal title until he or she tells you
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    HELP! TOOK NCLEX-RN 9 times!!!!! Keep failing!

    Extra Pickles replied to dxt038's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Maybe 9 failures is the answer to her prayers for guidance. Maybe the answer is to find another path to happiness, because nursing isn't it? Sometimes prayers are answered with No instead of
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Extra Pickles replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    lol I saw that but I'm not real
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    Whatever Happened To Online Forums?

    Extra Pickles replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked outpatient and it's the same interactions. Just that the patient isn't lying in a bed at the
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    Learning Intimate Exams

    Extra Pickles replied to ethics&modesty's topic in General Students

    WHAT? What qualifies one to be a "male urological teaching associate"? You're saying you do this for a
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    Rant ...

    Extra Pickles replied to BeachsideRN's topic in General Nursing

    what Asystole said. it's not like she suggested that students cheat, she told them of a trick she heard about that used to work pretty well to tell test takers whether they passed. Maybe it worked...
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    nursing contract??

    Extra Pickles replied to sstei5988's topic in General Nursing

    Decision is yours just remember that breaking the contract means a lot of money lost on your part and probably a burned resume bridge. too many times new grads want to back out of their contracts...
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Extra Pickles replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, we're saying the same thing regarding audience. When I say that her delivery needs work it's because it wasn't thinly veiled sarcasm, it was so heavily cloaked as to just about be missed...
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Extra Pickles replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    The video message is fine. People can pull apart the editing and the hand motions and even her hairstyle although none of that matters when it comes to the content. The message is a good one....
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    Question

    Extra Pickles replied to Shani1985's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    good point. if she did run out of time then there's just no way to guess about it, no one can know if the last 60 questions were all above passing level. good luck
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    My NCLEX Experience: Preparations, Study Tips, and Acing the Exam

    Extra Pickles replied to lilmonsterkray's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    if anything this sounds like a very good reason to not use that website. If it was free, it cost too much if it didn't help you to pass the
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    applying to nursing school BUTT...

    Extra Pickles replied to P3bbl3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    well yeah. unless you are applying only to a school that charges crazy high tuition because they take anyone with a strong pulse and a checkbook it's going to affect your chances. you will be...
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    We are human too

    Extra Pickles replied to IdrilRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    whose?
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    We are human too

    Extra Pickles replied to IdrilRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    omg no. I don't know what's with all the # signs, maybe it's a code I don't know lol, but you have some severe boundary issues on the table here. Unless you are actual family with the person you are...
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    Made a big med error as a student... i'm devastated.

    Extra Pickles replied to FuturePN's topic in General Students

    The bad news for you is that you are experiencing the horror of recognizing a med mistake, and suffering because of it. There's nothing to do about that but get through it. But the good news for you...
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    Question

    Extra Pickles replied to Shani1985's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    She didn't say she ran out of time. She said she had 233 questions. so yes, you can pass with 233 questions of course. Or you could fail, the number doesn't matter. good
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    10 years out of nsg school, you can still pass NCLEX!

    Extra Pickles replied to nicole0214's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    75 questions in only 50 minutes you must have killed that exam! congrats to
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    So what's going to happen to health care now?

    Extra Pickles replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    yes, that reason would be the electoral college voting system we have instead of a democracy. Almost half of the country's eligible voters didn't want to vote at all rather than vote for him OR her....
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    HELP! TOOK NCLEX-RN 9 times!!!!! Keep failing!

    Extra Pickles replied to dxt038's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The pattern that is very clear already is that the OP has continued to do the same thing nine times and it continues to result in the same thing, a failed exam. You failed the exam twice, but learned...
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    Online Prelicensure ADN or BSN program for NJ residents?

    Extra Pickles replied to Wanna_Bee_Nurse's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    if you literally do not have the time to attend a nursing school program then you need to make the time if you want to become a nurse, it's just that simple honestly. There are part-time and evening...
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    Abandonment if I don't pick up over time shifts??

    Extra Pickles replied to hollyspiller0253's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    guys this situation was a year ago so pretty sure it's been worked out by