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1. School Procedure Protocol Manual

   AppyHorseFan replied to AppyHorseFan's topic in School

   thanks everyone for replying. we are in the process of looking at several manuals that we have located and revising them to fit our schools. again thank you for replying.

2. Come on...share your silly clinic visits

   AppyHorseFan replied to TXNurseBSN's topic in School

   had one just yesterday (monday). the teacher brings him in and says he looks flush, didn't eat lunch, and just sat during recess (very unlike him). take temp, it's 95.7 he says he feels fine and i send him back to class. teacher brings him back and s...

3. School Procedure Protocol Manual

   AppyHorseFan posted a topic in School

   we are in need of help. we have been informed by our superintendent that the nurse's need to write a procedural protocol manual for all 4 of our campuses. we have 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high schools in our district. our district rn who has bee...

4. I Made It!! Received My GVN Certificate!!

   AppyHorseFan replied to AppyHorseFan's topic in General Students

   thank you all very much!! imnrn2b...yes, gvn stands for graduate vocational nurse...texas and california are the only two states that have gvn/lvn...the other 48 have gpn/lpn. again, thanks for all your well wishes!!

5. I Made It!! Received My GVN Certificate!!

   AppyHorseFan posted a topic in General Students

   well, "graduation" was thursday night and this is the first chance i've had to post...my family had a party for me friday and another friend had a party saturday. we received our certificates on thursday (along with our temporary work permits), and i...

6. I passed NCLEX-PN!

   AppyHorseFan replied to kyboyrn's topic in General Students

   way to go!! congratulations!! i'll be taking my test in a few weeks and i hope i can post the same results as you!! good luck on the next phase towards your career!!

7. I'm begging for help- Pinning problems!!

   AppyHorseFan replied to justjenn's topic in General Students

   wow!! your pinning ceremony sounds much nicer than ours. we are going to a local restaurant (we have reservations...i hope..lol) and we are having lunch and pinning at some point during lunch. we "voted" as a class as to which restaurant we are going...

8. Yahoo!! I Passed The Lpn Program!!

   AppyHorseFan replied to justjenn's topic in General Students

   congratulations!! i know how you feel. we took our last final last tuesday...we ended up losing 2 more out of our class on final day we will end up graduating 21 out of 36 original students. we are now doing our preceptorship. i've already done 24 ...

9. Any Summer Graduates??

   AppyHorseFan replied to AppyHorseFan's topic in General Students

   mrs. yost, congratulations!!! we took our final today and i'm saddened to say we lost 2 more students. meaning we've lost 4 this semester and all within the last week. we now do our preceptorship and then we have pinning on august 11, with graduat...

10. Any Summer Graduates??

    AppyHorseFan posted a topic in General Students

    the countdown is on...on 2 1/2 weeks of "official" school left. one class day with our med-surg final over psych and then we start preceptorship for 80 total hours. we have our pinning on aug. 11, and graduation ceremonies on aug. 12. finally, it w...

11. What will YOU do with your first "real" paycheck!?

    AppyHorseFan replied to DZcarrie's topic in General Students

    wow!! there are lots of ideas here!! and while i'd like to do many of them, my intention is to do the following (not necessarily in any particular order): put the majority of my sign-on bonus in a savings account make sure that i'm signed up for reti...

12. has anyone failed a semester

    AppyHorseFan replied to 2ner's topic in General Students

    gij1...thank you for your kind words. it's nice to hear someone say that they think you'll make a good nurse...i can hardly wait until we start preceptorship in just 4 short weeks... that means we have 4 weeks to get in 3 exams plus other class assi...

13. has anyone failed a semester

    AppyHorseFan replied to 2ner's topic in General Students

    jemommy, thank you for your kind words. it hasn't been an easy road these past few years, but i shall overcome and succeed. if you'll notice my sig line...god lead me here, he'll lead me through it. without his love and strength i couldn't have made ...

14. has anyone failed a semester

    AppyHorseFan replied to 2ner's topic in General Students

    i can certainly feel your pain!! i was in an adn program a couple of years ago. passed first semester, failed out second semester by 1 point. had to retake first semester, passed with an "a", failed second semester again by less than 1/4 point...just...

15. Anyone going to UT tyler?

    AppyHorseFan replied to mjbsn2006's topic in General Students

    thanks for the congrats!! it's been a long time coming and not what i had planned 6 years ago, but this is the way it is. i believe things happen for a reason. the reason i don't work in palestine is that i don't live in palestine. i live west of pal...