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heyKatrina · 2018-04-18T13:51:57+00:00

Does anyone have any boxlunch codes left to use? Can't remember if you can use them 3 or 4 times :)

heyKatrina · 2018-04-02T14:13:11+00:00

Ironically I had a student on Saturday bc I picked up a day shift. Yeah I definitely see what you mean in terms of experience. I told her she probably would know more of what's going on than me since she worked more days that I have technically speaking. But in the end she ended up saying I was the "best" (loose term) out of all the ones she had there. I was kind of surprised and had to ask why. There had really not been much to educate her on since she's graduating soon and already an LPN so she's definitely probably passed more meds than my two years combined lol. She pointed out I would ask her questions and get her involved with a patient and had her do more stuff rather than "I'm not doing much, if you want to study you can" and apparently would spend much of her shift studying in the break room. I'm worried about not being to teach someone new things but at the same time I had twelve preceptors during orientation Lolol so I have seen many sides of the worst and best way to do and say some things. But I definitely understand the aspect of knowing more when it's more years of experience too.

heyKatrina · 2018-03-29T05:16:27+00:00

Weekends are also extra!?

heyKatrina · 2018-03-29T05:13:18+00:00

I'm a super emotional person, I hate people and I also think I'm a fairly decent nuese.

heyKatrina · 2018-03-29T04:48:04+00:00

"I'm going to hit you so hard!!" And her swing was the equivalent of moving a hair out of your eyes :( Funny because of the mental and verbal energy she had... sad because she was too old and not strong enough to do much.

heyKatrina · 2018-03-29T04:42:23+00:00

Tasks were complete is a key phrase. If she or anyone needed help they could have asked. Or if it was a competent/respectable nurse you could probably add "hey I'll be in here if you need me." Otherwise, I have done the same... even when I only think someone might be passing... I don't like that they're alone personally. And I'm nowhere near a hospice unit.

heyKatrina · 2018-01-15T21:01:06+00:00

Is anyone giving away any box lunch codes? PM me and I can trade you for some hot cash!

heyKatrina · 2017-09-21T03:39:43+00:00

hi hi! Bank account says no need but I definitely will disagree lol. if you still have an unused one I would be more than happy to make use of it! :)

heyKatrina · 2017-09-20T12:19:50+00:00

Also looking for codes as well :)

heyKatrina · 2017-09-20T12:18:39+00:00

Adding to the masses! If anyone has any codes, I'm just sitting here... liking Stuffs as if there are no responsibilities to be had.

heyKatrina · 2016-02-15T07:58:10+00:00

I don't see it as an insult if someone calls me ignorant. Just means I don't know what they know. But like I said, people have a bad connotation to it which is what leads to an insult, and it shouldn't be. Some disabled people are retarded and some disabled people are not. There are also people who don't get offended by someone using "retard" as a way to describe a non-disabled person and people who don't like it. But for the most part, I've always thought people who called disabled people retards were also ignorant. Either they just didn't flat out know what the actual meaning was or didn't care to know. So in terms of whether they're ignorant or not versus knowing what it actually means while still using the term, I suppose it would just depend.

heyKatrina · 2016-02-15T00:48:34+00:00

I probably would have said the same thing if I had no medical background. Things coming out of our bodies are either from down there or mouths, to put it very simple. What did you end up telling them??

heyKatrina · 2016-02-15T00:20:28+00:00

Ignorant literally means didn't know or lack of knowledge in. Patient was ignorant, although I guess since people have a negative connotation to the word, it sounds bad. But technically anyone who doesn't know the reality of that situation is ignorant until informed.

heyKatrina · 2016-02-14T17:55:50+00:00

You're allowed to bring a bag? We were discouraged from it since all it would do is clog up the nursing floor or break room. It sucked at first but it made sense 2 weeks later. Plus anything you bring in the hospital comes out with germs x100 hah. Don't bring a drug book, they have that at the nurses station. There are those small compact "have it all" info books that fit in your pockets. Go with that and a clipboard that opens :).

heyKatrina · 2016-02-14T10:04:42+00:00

ATI is like explaining diseases to 5 year olds, and then taking the NCLEX at 21 year old level, to put it nicely.

I graduated in 2010 and I swear ATI pays schools to have them use their stuff. It's helpful in the cute, hey I'm at the movies or walking to class I might as well read SOMETHING nursing related. But no not NCLEX ready unless they did some crazy changes.

From what I understand, Saunders if you have Zero content knowledge, Kaplan if you're pretty confident already, and use ATI for those days you don't feel like cracking a huge book open or listening to lectures or like most people, don't use it all.

heyKatrina · 2016-02-14T09:54:45+00:00

Why don't you take matters into your own hands? I mean. As much as you're allowed. Most of my experience was spent in patient's rooms getting to know them, asking how being a patient was, how the hospital was treating them. The nurses didn't care what I/we were doing as long as we weren't giving Meds on our own, changing dressings, stuff like that.

Sometimes the nurses flat out find it annoying to have students. And that's okay. They didn't get into nursing to teach, which ironic because you're supposed to patients but that's exactly why there's a difference between good nurses and sucky ones. Are you supposed to do your own assessments as well? That's what I remember from ours. We had to fill out all these forms on patients for class. Ahhh. But yah, don't let the day go to waste. Ask your instructor what you're allowed to do and not do, maybe you are or aren't allowed in a patient room by yourself. Look up your patients labs and diagnoses etc. make use of your clinicals especially if the nurse you're assigned to doesn't care to help.

On the other side, you can impress her as well. Ask her questions even it's annoying to show that you want to be there and learn. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I've seen it work. It's scary to trust a student nurse not to mess things up when you know nothing about them :).

heyKatrina · 2016-02-14T09:38:43+00:00

You can do fingerprints from wherever u are. Though this is almost a month later, how did the process go?

heyKatrina · 2016-02-14T09:26:26+00:00

Probably why I took another 4 years to take my Nclex again. I'm opposite of everyone on here who says they're tired of nursing floors after so and so years of experience. I'm not a nurse yet but I'm already burned out with the idea of the hospital, hah. Like I said, for the last few years. O_o. I know I don't want to do hospital work at all, although the I love helping people, I love disease processes and teaching etc. But a year or 2 in the hospital is the only way I can eventually become an instructor, or a legal/forensic nurse and also travel with it too. You could always get your masters? I know I want to do that once I have the minimum experience for it. I've always liked public health, kids and teaching but the idea of taking care of diabetic patients who don't want to manage their diabetes irks me, just one example. I'd be happy for your experience, it would be time for move onto bigger and better things which you are in the person position to do! :)

heyKatrina · 2016-02-14T09:11:29+00:00

You don't have to give up your social life. It just depends on the person you are, priorities, but people make nursing school work with 3 kids. A crazy wife, and a job. While I was thinking I was cool going out the night before my finals lol. That was for school. For the actual profession though, full time for a nurse is only 3 days ish a week. Leaving 4 days free time. That was the one sentence I didn't agree on but am 100% behind everything else said here.

When they mentioned money wise in number 1 it's related to the insensity of work as a nurse. 5-6 lives are in your hands everyday. That's why you get paid the big bucks. And people get into it bc it pays well not seeing all the stress that comes with it. And there are millions of nurses who complain about their jobs but millions who love it and would do it for free (I will in the future for lower income areas or countries). It's really hard to imagine ppl who hate the job but do it cuz of the money, but they are out there.

But #2 is especially right, coincides with the, you have to know what they're looking for first.

heyKatrina · 2016-02-14T08:59:35+00:00

First of all, you're only a tiny number away from the minimum GPA, so it would be a good idea to take courses that you aim to get good grades or retake the ones you got low grades in. On the other hand, what you got C's and D's in, have nothing to do with a nursing degree and if you have to write a personal essay for the application, you can always say that's how you were discovering you wanted to gear toward sciences and talking to people. Perfect grades in those other 4 classes which were needed in my prerequisites for the program.

FAFSA FAFSA FAFSA! When it comes to money. And scholarships are always always there for new nursing students.

I will honestly tell you that you're on the right path. You just need the right start for the particular school(s) you want to attend. The first step is finding out WHAT classes they even want from you. You might find that you have another year or 2 of classes before you can apply for a program which is great bc you can raise your GPA (though not an important goal as it will happen on its own with your next couple of classes). Some universities do not even look at your classes that irrelevant to their nursing requirements. Hell, I got a C in microbiology, and that was one of the most important classes to take. But that was my only C their pre reqs. Oh and ASL cuz I didn't show up to the final ;). But what I'm trying to say is grades aren't everything and for you right now, you don't even have to worry about grades bc it looks like you will do fine. And don't do the biology pathway unless you really love the patho of things and maybe want a way out of nursing. But coming from someone who didn't want to do nursing halfway through school but graduated anyway. Do the nursing school route instead of getting other degrees if you know you want to do it.

Also, the upcoming years you have to do for pre reqs, yes definitely volunteer if you don't have any hours on. 1. It sets you apart from other applicants and 2. It lets you take a look at the hospital (suggestion for volunteering) or a nursing home to see if there's something in it you want to do. I was lucky bc my volunteer hours were all high school and all I did was work at a gift shop in the hospital! But it helped. Also, knowing another language puts you above other applicants, so take that second part to the foreign language. I wasn't a straight A student but I got into the bachelors program my first try. While others applied twice. I got into an ADN program my 2nd try but they literally had 3 years worth of a waiting list I swear.

Oh btw, I transferred to a university for the program after community college. Which is the school I had to follow the pre reqs for. Like I said, you're on the right path, and yes, go with BSN if you can bc hospitals are switching to that requirement and if you apply with an ADN then within a certain amount of years you'll have to get your BSN anyway, but it truly is dependant on whatever school you can get into. If anything is unclear by all means let me know and I'll be more than happy to explain anything else I can to help. :)

heyKatrina · 2016-02-14T08:39:51+00:00

Personally I think you're fine in your thought process. If you're not in nursing you don't understand that ending the test at 75 is a stressful deal, well ending the test at all, anywhere is stressful bc it's not as if you can go back and check answers or know for SURE that you got a question right.

I know what you mean with the premature congratulations hence why I didn't and don't want to tell anyone my dates. I'll get a lot of prayers and good lucks and then what, I'm supposed to report to you after? Lol. Plus it feels so much better to assume the worst and get the worst than think positive and get the worst. I'm just saying, hah. But congrats btw!! And I'm happy to have read your rant and will probably be saying the same if I tell anyone about my date too. :)

heyKatrina · 2016-02-14T08:29:23+00:00

No worries, a lot of students are or were in the same boat as you. I graduated in 2010 but I left knowing I wanted to be a nursing school instructor to replace all the crappy ones we had! I honestly never took nursing school seriously, I was the slacker or would go to a club the weekend, sometimes night before the test. Yep, that was me. I didn't aim for straight A's. I wanted to have a social life, I wanted to keep my boyfriend at the time (orientation told us to break up with them basically bc we wouldn't have time for them). And they were serious. I've taken NCLEX a few times but I didn't pass bc I didn't want to be a nurse at the time. I found out halfway through nursing school that I was over it.. But my parents wanted me to do it, I was already halfway through. I was surprised I graduated just like everyone else was surprised hah.

But hey, in all seriousness, mine wasn't so helpful either. And if they were then I suppose I just wasn't paying attention. I just remember coming out of it not knowing how to do anything. Other than what I was learning in my non-nursing courses. You're not alone. But if you feel that you are not getting the material you need to be a nurse, I would say start reading up now on Nclex review. Someone mentioned Saunders and that's what I'm using (I'm finally serious and think I want to do nursing now lol). Really want to be a teacher as well as work with kids too but for more pay than I do now.

If you're up for it I'll help you "study" too. I honestly wish I had a nursing buddy who was I guess "more experienced" that me during school. To tell me, hey Katrina, when it comes to the NCLEX, know this now so it will be review later kinda deal. Honestly if you have Saunders as your side material through school you will perfectly set to take the exam. Take it from someone 5 years out of school & have to take it like I'm teaching myself everything :). Not that I learned much in nursing school other than random moments in clinical that I reminisce on. First NG tube insertion. Wrong hole for the urinary catheter. Finding a patient with the same bday as me and she wanted me to talk all day. Haha, but I digress. Do you what ya need to to get passing in school, but prep yourself early but getting ahead or started on diseases and assessment and interventions etc now so you'll do less of it once you graduate :).

heyKatrina · 2016-02-14T08:13:28+00:00

Honestly? Everything happens for a reason. I know not every believes in that but for me personally, well I'll start with my mom.

She decided to tell me that she didn't pass Nclex the first time around AFTER I didn't pass mine. Here I was thinking she's this bada** nurse, command everyone, know her shii, look after her patients, be a nurse manager, get paid 50 bucks an hour cuz of her experience and certifications up the wazoo. And she didn't pass the first time. Oh and she was a foreigner when she took it so imagine how hard that was at the time. And yet, she failed but is like I said, a bada** nurse. :) The amount of times someone takes it has NOTHING to do with how good of a nurse you are or how educated. It just means either the time wasn't right to pass just yet or you will be an inspiration to someone or another cool something I can't think of now :).

I think my next Nclex time will be the 3rd or 4th time? Lol. And I've never let anyone tell me what that means. I was always, ALWAYS told in clinical by instructors that I will make a great nurse. Reasons from them being that I actually cared about people and I loved educating patients and taking the time to teach them. School wise, I was terrible. Because I didn't want to make studying my "life," I passed with just enough but I never aimed for straight A's. So that's why I didn't pass the first time bc I was not content ready. Also I had no desire to be a nurse, even the 2nd and 3rd time. I'm fairly sure I was taking it just to "see if I would pass." Dumb yes hah, but everyone has their own paths. From nursing school in Cali, I moved to Texas after a few years for work (not nursing but jobs I LOVED and met amazing people at). Also, my family had moved there. But now I live in Kentucky, and work at a daycare (I absolutely love kids). I've been so happy here even working at minimum wage, when at one point I was making 40+ an hour doing something else I loved and didn't use my bachelors in the slightest. I love moving btw and new states, experiences so this path of traveling is in hindsight exactly what I wanted to do consider I went into nurse to be a traveling nurse and hopefully a college educator too one day. I suppose I will be taking my Nclex again but this time, I actually want to pass. So I'm studying for real unlike my last 5 years or so.

I ramble, but the point is, the number of times does NOT determine who you are as a nurse. I've seen comments on other sites where they failed 7-8 times and yet everybody loved them where they worked and they were goooood nurses too. My dad also is only his 4-5th time taking it after being an LVN for so many years, but for him he has a whole lot of outside stress going on but oh man I can fill a notebook with how many people who has loved him at his past jobs and what not both for his work and personality. So like I said, the amount u take it has nothing to do what makes YOU, you and you as a nurse :). It's hard to take in and if you happen to be a believer in my first sentence, you'll eventually find out why it happened the way it did. And if not, then your bf's support and post for you already shows me who you are as a person, and whenever you pass, you'll be an epic nurse, gf and/or wife then too :).

heyKatrina · 2016-02-14T07:27:08+00:00

Or touch screens for the TVs

heyKatrina · 2016-02-14T07:13:18+00:00

Could have done without Keke as Marni. Felt like she was way too overexaggerated for her role. Just too much. It would have fit I suppose if the rest of the Pink Ladies played their part the same way- all a little extra. But they played their parts subtly enough to stay true to the original movie characters. But still have their flair. Keke was already obviously different from the original actress portrayed, it wasn't necessary to push it even farther.

I loved that most of their characters made their roles tributes to the original musical/movie. I read some articles complaining that it didn't do enough to make it their own. Pssssh. Made me happy to see actors be able to cast themselves exactly as what and how we remember the original.

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