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    So I kind of messed up

    Extra Pickles replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

    Very happy news for you and I'm so glad for you! No doubt there will be people who will keep berating you on this thread and will keep trying to make you feel like you and your mother are right on...
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    Is using illegal drugs on the uptick?

    Extra Pickles posted a topic in General Nursing

    Honestly asking the question as to whether there are more and more people who are putting their future livelihoods or current ones at risk by doing illegal drugs? There have always been people doing...
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    New Nurse Dilemma

    Extra Pickles replied to Goldentreasure's topic in General Nursing

    If you're full-time you should expect benefits. Part time then no. Are you saying you will be forced to give up 20% of your wages to help pay another staff member's
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    Who's at fault here?

    Extra Pickles replied to PerkyNurse55's topic in General Students

    No, there's certainly enough information here to reach a reasonable conclusion. The information provided tells us that 75% of the students passed a nationally recognized, standardized exam. What the...
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    Is it a calling or am I just crazy?

    Extra Pickles replied to emmi004's topic in General Nursing

    nuns get called to their job lol and we are not nuns!!!!! I think if anyone were to try to call me to nursing after the week I've had I might just hang up on
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    RN School is Awful

    Extra Pickles replied to Bigwave108's topic in General Students

    So, to be sure I understand you, you're in a really good school and you are learning a ton, but you don't like your professors? So what? Their job is to educate you and it sounds like they are doing...
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    Doing the WHOLE college thing, or complete in 18 months?

    Extra Pickles replied to Mae637's topic in General Nursing

    Do you already have a bachelor degree in another field? That's how you get to finish an ADN program in 18 months, by already having the general ed requirements done before applying. If not, you will...
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    So I kind of messed up

    Extra Pickles replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

    I do agree with you, but would caution against saying that this is a Safe Place. It's an open, public forum and there's definitely a lot of nutjobs out there, and in here! Let's be careful out...
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    When are you officially a nursing student?

    Extra Pickles replied to Zyprexa_Ho's topic in General Students

    you're a nursing student when you are taking nursing classes. Someone who is in medical school is a med student, someone who is taking the prerequisites is a pre-med student. It would be very...
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    Is using illegal drugs on the uptick?

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

    I have to assume what you mean by nurses not being allowed to teach their patients about the drugs they are taking is that family members don't want to scare Grandma into not taking them? I mean...
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    So I kind of messed up

    Extra Pickles replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

    I think we do realize the gravity of the situation, but are hopeful that this lesson isn't going to be a life-altering one in the form of denied admission based on this error. She isn't a licensed...
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    So I kind of messed up

    Extra Pickles replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

    Sorcery is aka drugs. Never heard of that. I thought sorcery was witchcraft, which arguably isn't drugs. No idea what The End Times are doing in this conversation either, but guess it's as...
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    Aspiring NP but... with a bad knee / hip / back? Am I dreaming?

    Extra Pickles replied to MomAndSonInMD's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Being a nursing assistant is one of the most physically demanding jobs you'd do in your life just fyi. don't know if you'd be employable in your area as an NP with no nursing experience but I guess...
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    Aspiring NP but... with a bad knee / hip / back? Am I dreaming?

    Extra Pickles replied to MomAndSonInMD's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Before you become an NP you become an RN. You don't become an advanced practice nurse without first becoming a nurse. And you don't become an RN without going through 2 years of clinical rotations...
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    So I kind of messed up

    Extra Pickles replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

    Sorcery? End Times? this post makes you sound like you're on a witch hunt lol. I really don't think that half the nurses out here are using drugs illegally but what does sorcery have to do with any...
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    what keeps you motivated?

    Extra Pickles replied to Jmarty31's topic in General Nursing

    My paycheck every two weeks. My paycheck keeps me motivated. Rewarding patient moments are great but they aren't often enough to keep me motivated to do this job day in and day out without financial...
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    CA NURSES: Survey for school : )

    Extra Pickles replied to Rjk1127's topic in General Nursing

    this couldn't be used for a research paper. You can't verify anyone responding is a nurse, or a nurse working in California. There are people who write posts here who aren't nurses and might feel that...
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    Is using illegal drugs on the uptick?

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

    really excellent points Katie, thank you. I guess if people are not seeing marijuana use as a problem then they probably wouldn't realize that this is an obstacle to getting and keeping a job. But...
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    NYC

    Extra Pickles replied to eacu's topic in General Nursing

    You can live very cheaply in NYC if you live with a friend and don't pay rent, and also don't eat. OH, and also don't pay for subways, buses, taxis, or parking. Or gas. Or anything at all. The col in...
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    Nurses smoking weed?

    Extra Pickles replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts are that if I did that I'd lose my job, that's a fact. My thoughts are that I like my job, need my job, and wouldn't do anything as inherently stupid as smoking illegal substances while I...
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    male nurses

    Extra Pickles replied to bonta's topic in Men in Nursing

    Don't really believe that there is inherent natural ability in wheeling patients around and shifting them in the bed but what do I know. maybe I have been gifted with this natural talent as a woman...
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    Rio hondo bilingual?

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

    You said you took four years of Spanish in high school and the school you are applying to requires four years of Spanish, so what is the problem? Not being mean but hope this is constructive, it's...
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    Funniest Injuries You've Seen?

    Extra Pickles replied to Kate Madison's topic in General Nursing

    if I told you I'd have to kill you lol. My best stories are too identifiable to put on the internet and not break
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    bon

    Extra Pickles replied to bobo2016's topic in General Nursing

    Mine does. I have to sign the affidavit for renewal that declares I have disclosed all information and answered truthfully anything they asked for my license renewal. What did you do that makes you...
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    How much detail do you give when calling in sick?

    Extra Pickles replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    When I call in sick the manager I'm calling will ask if it is GI related or Flu related since they track those for the Health Department. I can refuse to answer but I'm going to have to go to...