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    Education advice?

    Extra Pickles replied to autumn_forever's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure if I'm confused by your question or you are confused. Nursing schools for registered nursing are college programs. Not talking diploma schools, but college degree programs. For these...
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    Best way to avoid bedside care?

    Extra Pickles replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    1. HR doesn't employ nurses. 2. Charge nurses do bedside care. 3. What is a Unit Nurse Secretary"? Unit secretaries are not nurses. Nurses do not work as unit clerks. 4. Activities in LTC are not...
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    "Eat their young"

    Extra Pickles replied to rolvue's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You weren't bullied you were informed that you need to work on an area of practice that you are less than fabulous in. Giving and getting report is a learned skill and you showed you didn't yet do it...
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    What's my title???

    Extra Pickles replied to allthatshines's topic in General Nursing

    If you've never attended college, then you write "Never attended college". Intentions aren't realities until they are realized. There are a number of certificate/technical programs that result in...
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    Failed out of nursing school. Do I have a fair chance of getting into another?

    Extra Pickles replied to Keisha2017's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree with what everyone is saying for the most part but the OP did say she spoke with the director of the nursing program who told her she could enter as a traditional students and meet the...
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    Doctors without Borders refusing free Pfizer vaccines

    Extra Pickles replied to StNeotser's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My thought is that making a political stand on an issue shouldn't be made while standing on the bodies of one million children. The children that die because they didn't receive this vaccination sure...
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    So is there really a nursing shortage?

    Extra Pickles replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    The problem might not be that you don't have the magical 2 years of experience it might be that you don't have one year of experience and you are looking to leave your first job, the one that invested...
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    Nurses smoking weed?

    Extra Pickles replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    very much a problem if your facility doesn't permit it. federal employees cannot use it no matter what the reason and private facilities have the right to say No Thanks as well to any applicant or...
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    Disappointed

    Extra Pickles replied to nerdy student's topic in General Students

    This response to HouTX is probably the best example of why you might not have gotten the responses you were hoping for. You are hoping for too much, and you are being very defensive. She told you...
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    Does segregation exist in hospital settings

    Extra Pickles replied to DesiDani's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    where I work private rooms are for isolation patients only. or if there's a dementia patient who screams, needs a sitter, they get that room. race, religion, none of that
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    Home Schooled HS Student to Nursing School - How?

    Extra Pickles replied to burner830's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Start by calling the school you are interested in attending and ask them what their requirements are for the nursing program. Any community college is going to require you to take pre-requisite...
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    Why???? Almost BSN, discrimination stopped me

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

    I don't know what you are looking for. If you are at retirement age then I guess you're too old to go to nursing school. Otherwise, what is it you want? I have no idea if discrimination played a role...
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    Is the NCLEX "easy"?

    Extra Pickles replied to kristibelle11's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    WHY is this consuming a lot of your time? Who cares what some silly girl thinks? Why would you put more than a single second's thought into whether she's right or wrong? This sounds like something...
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    NICU

    Extra Pickles replied to Ty96's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've known people who said their Plan B, if they couldn't get into nursing school, was
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    Keep mouth shut? A & P 2

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

    There is nothing wrong with your brain. You got a respectable grade based on your experience with this type of testing. In time, you will learn how to best approach the question, and your grades...
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    Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    Extra Pickles replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    If someone knows of a very low stress nursing job that has very good pay I'd personally like to see it. Aliens, it doesn't exist. You already know that the nurses you know who are working in the...
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    RN Graduate Establishes Dominance

    Extra Pickles replied to nicmdavi's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised that she was hired if her line for not having a license is that her family is more important than working RN hours. Anyone who has a license should know that is BS. People do decide to...
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    Keep mouth shut? A & P 2

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

    I'm going to second what BrendanO said about lookalike and soundalike words. There are lists of medications that all sound alike but have dire consequences if used interchangeably. You can't tell the...
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    Keep mouth shut? A & P 2

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

    He definitely won't be too enthused when you talk to him about this, you can bet money on it. That is because he knows that you don't understand why he is testing you the way he is and that you must...
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    "What type of nurse?"

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

    people do ask this of students all the time and I remember being asked the same question when I was a student. A lot of the time students who had their hopes and dreams pinned on a specific specialty...
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    Are there any fields good for someone who doesn't work well under pressure?

    Extra Pickles replied to Suzyq85's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Poor memory, short attention span, need lists in order to get tasks done. Quickly forgets unless what's needed is on a list. Don't do well under pressure, not good with multi-tasking. Freezing up...
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    Did Pearson vue trick post 24 hrs nclex.

    Extra Pickles replied to sbenge90's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    it's never been 100% accurate either you passed and just threw out two hundred bucks or you failed and you'd have to pay for a new test anyway. all you can do is wait and
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    Extra Pickles replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    You could not or would not? If you don't read it I can't help that. But I would think the headline alone would have put your confusion to rest, The Boer concentration camps of the South African War,...
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    Looking to interview a Rural Health Professional

    Extra Pickles replied to jcb504's topic in General Nursing

    Use Google to find a rural community's health department, and call them. Ask to have your contact information given to someone who matches what you need for an interview. An online message board is...
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    Help with Nclex

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

    it's been 2 1/2 years since you graduated so the best plan might be to look into taking a classroom review course. if you're great about self-study then maybe you can do an online or books only...