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    A lot of tension between students and faculty in my BSN program

    AvaRose replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Students

    ATI will be extremely useful to pass your NCLEX. In addition, even if you have to look up the answers right now doesn't mean you aren't learning. Clinicals are not the same as actually working and you...
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    Seeking advice/sugestions on A&P class

    AvaRose replied to jamienora's topic in General Students

    You'll probably need to cut down on work hours. I was only able to work 16 hours a week most of my last year of nursing school and should have cut back before
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    Nursing and Personality

    AvaRose replied to TuesdaysChild's topic in General Students

    I'm an INFJ. The explanation of the role of "The Advocate" is spot on.
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    What Am I Doing Wrong?

    AvaRose replied to hennezzy's topic in General Students

    ATI helped me so much more than anything else. Many schools are paying for the course as part of NCLEX prep but if not it is $75 and you get a tutor who will give you remediation after each subject...
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    What Am I Doing Wrong?

    AvaRose replied to hennezzy's topic in General Students

    This is going to sound strange but pay attention to HOW you read the chapters. Are you reading each and every word of the chapter each time you read the material? If so, DON'T. The first time you read...
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    A and P 2 cardiovascular system heart is a pain

    AvaRose replied to Ashtimus Prime's topic in General Students

    We did the Cardiovascular system in 2 weeks. The rest of the body systems we finished in a week each. Most of it is remembering the circulatory flow and the electrical conduction system plus all of...
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    ADN new grad jobs

    AvaRose replied to taylor92's topic in General Nursing

    Try looking in unconventional places if you can't find anything in a hospital setting right away. I found my job on Craigslist. I was unsure at first because of where I found the job listing but it...
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    How did first job/orientation work for you?

    AvaRose replied to Summers3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm on week 3 of 4 at a Transitional Rehab (short-term patients). I started shadowing the nurse for one shift and then every day or 2 I picked up another patient (started with one...now I'm up to 4)....
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    What does a rehab nurse do?? New hired rehab RN here.

    AvaRose replied to NurseCinderella's topic in Rehabilitation

    So far I feel like I'm attached to my med cart...6 am punch in and get report, 7 am start IV antibiotics (because god help me if the IV pump will let me start the bag on the first attempt...usually it...
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    Bowel protocol

    AvaRose replied to tofunurse<3's topic in Rehabilitation

    The rehab I work at gives everyone Colace and then adds Milk of Magnesia if no BM in 48 hours and a suppository if no BM in 72 hours. If it goes longer than that then the patient (or Guest as we call...
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    WILTW 9/19/16: Dystonic Tasks and Masks

    AvaRose replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats! What school are you going to? I'm thinking of DNP as a long term aspiration but I'm not sure I'll be competitive to get into the few schools that have a ADN to DNP bridge (taking into...
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    WILTW 9/19/16: Dystonic Tasks and Masks

    AvaRose replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that I'm much slower than I thought I was and I may need to tweak my time management routine, though I am only 2 weeks into orientation so maybe things will get better. I also experienced my...
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    New Grad RN Alone in Rehab at Night??

    AvaRose replied to LanaEl's topic in Rehabilitation

    I feel better about my day today...med pass on my 3 patients took me 3 hours because the new patient had their meds all messed up and there were things missing that had to be pulled from the storage...
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    New Grad RN Alone in Rehab at Night??

    AvaRose replied to LanaEl's topic in Rehabilitation

    Only 5 days wow...I'm about 1/3 of the way done with my 30 day orientation and I'm just barely starting to feel comfortable with some kind of routine but that's only with 2 patients right now...can't...
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    Leaving Nursing for Another Career

    AvaRose replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    Author...I already took a stab at writing a novel and have one finished and another halfway finished, but the whole finding an agent part sucks a
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    Anxiety and Nursing Career

    AvaRose replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I understand the feeling already. I've been at my first nursing job for 1 week and I already dread going to work. It's not the working part or even talking to people...its being afraid to do things...
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    Graduating w/ only 1 pair of scrubs

    AvaRose replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I just started as an RN at a Transitional Rehab facility in Las Vegas and they gave me a stipend for 2 sets of scrubs (thank goodness since the total price including embroidery was $160) I still had...
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    9-11 - Where were You? What were You Doing?

    AvaRose replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    I still remember when I was 6 and my class watched the Challenger disaster live on TV because they had sent a teacher into space. Everyone was so excited to see the TV cart roll in and then we sat...
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    Hobbies off duty as a Nurse?

    AvaRose replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I'm from Minnesota (northern Minnesota at that right on Lake Superior) and I remember many days worth of recess when it was -20 or -30 outside (actual temperature...wind chill probably -40). Nothing...
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    9-11 - Where were You? What were You Doing?

    AvaRose replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    I was 22 and in college getting my Bachelor's in History (my first degree). My roommate and I woke up early for once and turned on the TV just in time to see the second plane hit. The school shut down...
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    AvaRose replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    I'll get mine here shortly. I finally just got my first RN job today so I don't want to rock the boat. No more Walmart hell and about 3x more money each check :) Plus actual useful health insurance...
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    AvaRose replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    I just think it's odd that I react so violently with the mist and don't react at all to the injection (except of course the inevitable injury from the person giving the shot...they always stick me too...
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    AvaRose replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing I make sure of is that I get the actual shot and not the flu mist. In boot camp they gave us the mist and I went from perfectly healthy to want to crawl into a cave and die sick in less...
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    You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    AvaRose replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Did Unit 4 come in blind drunk or how did they manage that on a Psych
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    You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    AvaRose replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    What did you do or hasn't it been resolved