emllpn2006

emllpn2006

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  1. I am planning on attending Rio Grande next year for the LPN-RN program. Several of the nurses at my facility have done this program and speak very highly of it.
  2. Collecting urine sample

    At my facility the lab comes to pick up the urine around 5am. The night shift collects it so that it is a fresher sample than if day shift collected it and left it in the fridge all day.
  3. Stethoscope Question

    I have never heard of that site but I ordered mine through allheart.com and it was only 125.49 and an additional 14.98 to have my name stamped into the tubing.
  4. Once and for all, is it ok to...

    At my facility the family has to give 48 hours notice of taking the patient home. Then we must order enough medication from the pharmacy for their planned stay and the pharmacy delivers enough medication in regular pill bottles with the dispensing la...
  5. Financial Aid Help PLEASE

    I had this same problem. If the school you go to accepts student loans maybe you could qualify for a federaly backed student loan. If not and you have good credit maybe you could get a personal loan or home equity loan with small payments that you co...
  6. Nervous about surgery!!!

    I had my gallbladder removed when I was 19 laproscopically. Went in at 7am first case of the day and was at home on the couch by noon. The surgery it self was nothing compared to the attacks that came before it. I was prepared to go to my exhusbands ...
  7. I went to school last year and worked full time. My school was from 7:45 am-3:15 pm mon-fri and I worked from 4:00pm-12midnight tues-fri and 11:00am-12 midnight on Sat. My only day off was on sunday when I would read and study for all the tests that ...
  8. Really worried...Think I hit the sciatic nerve

    Was it possible that the patient was a "drug seeker" and thought that complaining of more leg pain would get more drugs in return? Maybe the doctor was aware of something like this in the patients past and that is why he chose to release her quickly....
  9. What nursing shoes do your recommend?

    Does anyone know where I can buy a pair of zcoils? I would love to try them but the closest store that I can find is about 2 1/2 hours away. I know the web site says they are supposed to be fitted but is there anywhere the can be bought online? I sea...
  10. Plantar Facitis-Heel Pain, help!

    I know this is a little off topic but in this thread and many others everyone is talking about how great zcoil shoes are. Where can these be purchased? I looked up their web site and there are no stores in my area. The closest is about 2 1/2 hours aw...
  11. Using HIPPA to get a private room

    At my local hospital where I did clinicals they did not put conf patients in private rooms. Instead they got to pick a alias. When a nurse went into the room to give meds or do something with the baby the alias was always used and no one ever mention...
  12. Family not visiting? Common?

    I recently started work at a ltc after swearing through out school that I would never step foot back into one. There is a lol there that has no visitors and according to some of the other nurses she is the last survivor in her family so there is no o...
  13. showing cleavage at clinical

    When we did our clinical rotations we were checked before even entering the facility and if anything in appropriate was worn we were sent home or to the nearest store to get something else to wear. In the class room we were even checked and if any sk...
  14. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    I am a LPN who just started a new job at a LTC I am working with the CNA's to learn patients names and rooms before starting as a LPN and passing meds. Yesterday I worked with the head cna who never wore gloves or washed her hands. When a resident sa...
  15. You should never crush a potassium pill even if not enteric coated or labeled as extended release.