AliNajaCat

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  1. New nursing student mom

    AliNajaCat replied to perfectohno's topic in General Students

    About your husband "helping," it's not "helping" when it's as much his family as yours. If he's working on a master's he's smart enough to read and follow a recipe. My husband makes a totally awesome...

  2. Feel like I'm too dumb to be a nurse

    AliNajaCat replied to coconut3431's topic in General Nursing

    It's a common (though sometimes dangerous) to think that SpO2 (percentage of red cells saturated with oxygen, normal 95-100 on room air) is the same as PaO2 (pressure of oxygen in arterial blood,...

  3. Report Descrimination

    AliNajaCat replied to startingover2016's topic in General Nursing

    Not too sure what happened at the end there-- your communication went all kerfluie. Anyway, three things occur, other than you really need to proofread things before you send them: 1. Sure, if you...

  4. 2016 Salary thread

    AliNajaCat replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

    Just ran the numbers for my bookkeeper. Legal nurse consultant As of this week, income in 2016 = $138,750 (a high for me) New England The house and utilities run about

  5. Reapplying

    AliNajaCat replied to Mcl1980's topic in General Students

    Oh-kay... It used to be that you could take the NCLEX-PN and work as a licensed nurse if you passed it halfway thru your RN program That is no longer the case in every jurisdiction of which I am...

  6. Associates degree

    AliNajaCat replied to Mmcmillan91's topic in General Students

    I have a hard time figuring out your question, but as far as I can tell, we can't answer it anyway. You will have to do the work of contacting the programs you like; be prepared answer specific...

  7. Thank you card to clinical instructor

    AliNajaCat replied to j0190's topic in General Students

    Good manners know no temporal limits. Send that card right

  8. Are nursing school policies allowed to be changed

    AliNajaCat replied to rgags6's topic in General Students

    You are not in the middle of your career, you're a student. You have no "right" to be grandfathered. Programs that get feedback (via NCLEX pass results, for example) that they need to make changes,...

  9. New Nurse at 63 - Too Old?

    AliNajaCat replied to aimee32907's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/nursing-school-at-762419.html "my oldest student was 63. she had been married for forty years to a man who told her she was stupid and worthless and never...

  10. HELP!!!

    AliNajaCat replied to AY1997's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is sort of a meaningless question. Why? What a lot of people tend to forget is that minimum for acceptance doesn't guarantee acceptance. If there are a lot of people who scored better than you,...

  11. Reapplying

    AliNajaCat replied to Mcl1980's topic in General Students

    LPN and RN are not the "same job." LPNs get paid less because they have fewer responsibilities (read the nurse practice act). If you can't pass an RN course, perhaps LPN is best for you. But don't...

  12. Confessions of a Clinical Instructor (Part II)

    AliNajaCat replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Students

    I still have little wisps of PTSD from the last student I had to fail, who I had counseled, given remedial work, given a written improvement plan, and on and on and on. She refused to do any of it....

  13. Would you question a preceptor...or a doctor?

    AliNajaCat replied to dbabz's topic in General Students

    I have a client now who was a bio major in college and has heterotopic ossification after a trauma that included a bunch of fractures. They gave her indomethacin for the HO, because it decreases...

  14. What % of women don't know basics of female anatomy?

    AliNajaCat replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This is why the goddess gave us Astroglide. Great

  15. would you take a job with a mean doctor?

    AliNajaCat replied to mmccool719's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oddly, I have never had a problem telling a mean physician to knock it off, specifically. Like most bullies, they stop when somebody calls them on it. I would NEVER spend my days biting my tongue....

  16. How much death do you see/ have you seen on the job?

    AliNajaCat replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    Many, many, many. First was when I was a 16-year-old anesthesia wench in a summer job and helping out in the ER and OR. But that was nearly 50 years ago. I had more than 20 years in critical care. The...

  17. Never chart this

    AliNajaCat replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    "Of course I'm drunk. I'm so ****ing drunk that I'm ****ing myself right now. Can't you open your ****ing eyes and see?" (vomits). Yep, been there, seen

  18. What % of women don't know basics of female anatomy?

    AliNajaCat replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My kids asked a ton of questions about everything under the sun. I always asked, "Do you want the long answer or the short answer?" and they ALWAYS wanted the long one. My five year old was rooting...

  19. Transferring NCLEX License

    AliNajaCat replied to Rebekah_2's topic in General Students

    You can do either one. The CA BoN has some funding challenges; last I checked in c them they were closed QO Friday. Keep trying, though. If you can get a NY license lickety-split, do that, then move...

  20. ADN or BSN for Future Masters Degree?

    AliNajaCat replied to mwpayne's topic in General Students

    We hear from a lot of students and pre-students who are dead certain sure they will be going to CRNA school or NP school (it used to be "mother-baby" was THE popular target). Just so you know, if all...

  21. Nursing Diagnosis

    AliNajaCat replied to fatoooma95's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Part of this assignment is realizing that there is no assigned hierarchy for an individual patient; you, the assessing nurse, get to decide which of the nursing diagnoses you made is the most...

  22. Can someone help with this problem?

    AliNajaCat replied to Sharnise's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ....where we are, alas, no better informed about the OP's problem, LOL. Perhaps we'll learn more later. Or s/he

  23. How long did it take you to earn your degree?

    AliNajaCat replied to aveonurse2b's topic in General Students

    My BS took four years at university, plus one extra course in a summer term for an elective I messed up the first time

  24. im needing some help with scholarship paper

    AliNajaCat replied to Danyelle06's topic in General Students

    As an editor, I would add: Give the finished first draft to somebody to proofread, preferably somebody with experience in writing or at least reading, like an English TA. (Yes, you'll have to write...

  25. Who uses the restroom in your office?

    AliNajaCat replied to JustRNingAlong's topic in School

    How about an"Out of Order" sign