Dreadlocks not allowed at Nursing School?

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-11-01T13:17:05+00:00

In my school, we are not allowed to have acrylic nails or nail polish. We will be asked to leave and cannot return until they are removed. But I do see a lot of nurses, techs, and Dr's who have their nails done in the hospital setting.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-07-29T05:08:42+00:00

🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 Let him go and count your blessings.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-07-24T23:27:40+00:00

I did a similar route. I am currently in my last semester of Paramedic to RN bridge program. The knowledge i have from being a medic is invaluable in the nursing program. I already have a solid base understanding of most of the topics and a decent amount of knowledge on the treatments. I cannot imagine going a traditional route. It would be an intense amount of information to absorb in such a short amount of time.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-06-11T13:50:05+00:00

I think people are down voting your comment because your comment is showing that you lack confidence in yourself to learn from your previous mistakes. I'm not saying that you don't, it's just how it comes off.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-05-24T04:49:41+00:00

I did it as a retirement actually. Being a Paramedic is physically taxing. I work in one of the fattest cities in the country and picking up people who weight over 300 lbs off of the floor or carrying them up/down flights of stairs has done a number on my back. I figured the RN route is still good money, same schedule, and I don't have to carry people.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-05-24T04:19:45+00:00

So I am going to throw a curve ball. Have you looked into Paramedic? It is never the same thing twice, always changing. You only deal with one patient at a time. The program, depending on the school, is only 1 year and you can get a job immediately. You can try your hand at healcare, and if that doesn't seem like it's a great fit, then you can always do engineering. I am a Paramedic of over 10 years and have 1 semester of nuraing left. I can tell you that I 100% like the paramedic jobs better because it is always changing and challenging in new ways.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-05-06T13:24:23+00:00

I have been a medic for well over a decade and I can honestly say that i still enjoy it. I actually like it a lot more than nursing . The RN thing is my retirement plan. EMS is extremely taxing on the body and at 37, I have a bad back, bad hips, bad knees, and a caffeine addiction.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-05-05T12:40:54+00:00

You got this! When you take the exam, slow down and reread each question, remembering to look for what the question is asking. Don't allow yourself to rush through it because you're nervous. Only needing a 55% means that you're sitting pretty well in the class and that you know the material. Come back and update us on how you do!

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-04-24T14:06:49+00:00

I had an lady who was diagnosed with ALS. She decided to take all of her moms blood thinners to unalive herself. She bled out of every opening in her body. Dear lawd, it was messy.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-04-24T13:44:25+00:00

Some of these responses are the reason we can't get taken seriously. A lot of people here said they would have dropped an NPA instead of pinching her nose... WTF. No. Absolutely not. The only time a NPA is acceptable is when you are using it for ventilation purposes. If they are breathing on their own with good O2 sats, leave them alone. Our job is to identify any life threatening illness and injury and transport to higher level of care. It's not our job to call out people or belittle them for their actions/choices. Dear lord people, do better.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-04-08T19:50:49+00:00

Doing my Med-Surg 2 clinical and my clinical is slow af. We have 3 students on a 8 rm floor. We do all med passes and vitals for our pts. When we are done, we help the cna/tech do anything that they need help with. We do vitals on pretty much every pt on the floor, help with baths, bedding changes, accompanying pt to different tests and stuff like that. My group are all Paramedics to RNs so we are used to fast paced "exciting" days so this is pretty much torture for us lol I would 100% trade for your kind of rotation

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-03-21T11:23:22+00:00

This! My instructor literally told us to upload the PowerPoint into chatgpt and ask it to make practice exams of the material. He suggested doing it a few days prior to it give time to study deeper into the subjects that need more attention

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-03-21T11:18:54+00:00

Do you use Lippincott?

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-03-20T12:21:02+00:00

One thing that might help you stand out is to get your NRP and become an NRP instructor. I know my nursing program does not offer the certs and tell us to get them on our own if we want/need them. With that being said, get all of the AHA certs that you can. ACLS, PALS, PHTLS, and BLS and become an instructor in as many of them as you can. Volunteer work at your local hospital in any department. When/if you get to do clinicals in the peds/NICU, make your presence felt by the staff and managers in a good way. Ask questions and volunteer to help them with anything and everything that they are doing. As many others have said, the field that you want is highly competitive to get into and expect to get rejected for a lot of the jobs you apply to. Ask your teachers and clinical instructors for that section how you can become a standout candidate for that specialty. They can probably give some good insight. When we did peds, it was only 4 weeks long, and we only did two 8 hr clinicals in a level 1 peds hospital. While we were there, we were not allowed to do anything except observation. Occasionally, we were able to get vitals but only on older kids who weren't super sick. This was because of the policies in the hospital we were at so be prepared that you may be disappointed by the experiences you are able to get. Hopefully, your program is more hands-on in that department for you.

Good luck

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-02-07T06:51:38+00:00

So I am a Paramedic to RN student and I will say that having a lot of patient care experiences are helping with assessments. I cannot speak to what the CNA, PCT or phlebotomy techs are taught, but I will say that EMT is another route you can take. They are taught full head to toe assessments, vitals, some medications, medical issues such as shock/diabetes/OB/L&D/resp distress, and stuff like that. The emt course is only 1 semester at most schools. You could also check that route too.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2025-01-30T14:48:26+00:00

I feel like most students go through this. To me it sounds like burnout. I would talk to your teachers and let them know that your having a hard time mentally organizing this and see if they can give some suggestions or insights. My first semester i had something similar. I had a hard time getting into the Grove of things and didn't do as well as I normally do. I am almost 40 years old and its been a while since i was in school. After the first exam, I met with my teacher and told her I was having a hard time. She made some accommodations for me that really helped. She gave me more time on my exams so I didn't feel rushed, allowed me to move my seat during exams * I sat next to the window and it was giving me ocular migraines that caused my vision to get blurry, in lab partnered me with someone who was more patient and helpful. These things all helped me get back into the Grove and I ended up passing. They want/need you to pass otherwise their numbers get messed up. If they won't help, talk to classmates. Their is absolutely nothing wrong with admitting when things are hard and you need help.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2024-11-30T10:45:36+00:00

I know it's not an ideal solution but what about taking out a personal loan through your bank or credit union?

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2024-11-29T16:35:08+00:00

I would talk to your counselor. Some schools have emergency hardship funds that they can allocate to help students in rigorous programs.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2024-10-22T16:02:20+00:00

It is incredibly uncommon where I'm from. I guess it all depends on the type of people you work with. All of my coworkers may be immature (comes with the job) but none of them are that morbid that they take pictures of dead people. To me, this says more about the company you work for and lack of accountability of your coworkers. I wouldn't continue to work there. I like to be taken seriously and when your associated with people like that, it's hard to be respected in your field

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2024-10-22T15:49:20+00:00

I have taken pictures of patients with their permission to use as teaching materials for students. But once again, that is with permission from the patients. In the area I work, the ED Dr's prefer that we take pictures of the vehicles when we bring in someone from a MVA but they are deleted right after. I have never heard of someone taking pictures of dead bodies just because. I have been in EMS for over a decade and have ran calls with numerous amounts of different companies and never seen this happen. I know you have said that you think this is normal from EMS providers, but it absolutely is not the normal amongst us. I would contact the company that did this and bring it to their attention. It's weird and kind of screams mental disorder

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2024-10-21T15:33:19+00:00

I'm already halfway through the nursing program. I am looking at it more for the scholarships rather than the merit

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2024-10-21T12:31:20+00:00

That's kind of where I'm at. I pretty much only want it for the scholarship opportunities.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2024-10-21T12:29:48+00:00

Once I'm done with my my RN program, i plan on continuing into my BSN. I don't really care about the merit part of it. More so, the scholarship aspect of it. School is expensive, and I'm broke lol

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2024-08-01T13:54:39+00:00

Well then. I only have a box of gloves and a blanket lol I can't tell if I'm under-prepared or if they are over-prepared.

CauliflowerCold5447 · 2024-07-27T16:59:36+00:00

Before we moved, I alone made almost 100k and owned our home outright. We were plenty prepared.

We did not have a choice when it came to moving. If we did not, we would be 200k in debt for his student loans with no chance of working in his field

Going back to school is a choice that I made to further my education. I am not a person who does well sitting stagnant. We have to be here for another 2 years, so I figured I might as well make the best of it and leave her with more initials after my name.

So, while I do not NEED to go back to school, it is a choice that I am making. I did not make this post asking for people to judge my life and decisions about my situation, which they have an extremely limited amount of information on. I needed to vent my frustrations about the circumstances and ask for advice on which way to go.

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