suznan

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1. Hello North Dakota!!!!!

   suznan replied to Little Panda RN's topic in North Dakota

   Hey there!! I am an LPN who is going to be taking the RN boards soon. I just finished an ADN program in Devils Lake. In fact we just had our pinning tonight and graduation tomorrow. I am so excited to be finished and someday I think that I will w...

2. Do you have to make care plans once you are a working nurse?

   suznan replied to jlhalloween's topic in General Students

   In the hospital where I do clinicals they have preprinted care plans for everything. At the end of the shift we have to go over them and sign off on things that have been done ie education, and any goals that have been met. Susan

3. ATI Testing is BS!

   suznan replied to TsavarenaRN's topic in General Students

   We do the ATI tests here too but all we have to do is get aboved the 5oth percentile. If we don't we take it over but it doesn't make or break the class that we are taking it for. We also do those right at the college. We don't have to go to a tes...

4. Do Students Get Breaks In Clinicals?

   suznan replied to FutureNurse2008's topic in Student Assist

   I had clinicals today and I was bored out of my mind. We each have one patient and a crap load of paperwork for each one. But today my patient went home this morning at 930 so I had nothing to do all day. I spent my day bonding with the other pati...

5. Work AND school?

   suznan replied to GeauxNursing's topic in General Students

   Unfortunately I also have to work and go to school. During the LPN program I managed 24 hours per week but I am having a hard time working that much this year in the ADN program. I am trying to get at least 20 hours in a week but it's been hard. I...

6. Do Students Get Breaks In Clinicals?

   suznan replied to FutureNurse2008's topic in Student Assist

   we are actually there for 9 hours from the time we get there and have postclinical at the end of the day. those nine hours do not include our break times. susan

7. cna's who don't do their job

   suznan replied to LanaBanana's topic in CNA/MA

   after reading this I just had to reply. Any aide that works like should be reported whether a person feels like they are tattling or not. If you are aware of a situation like that and do nothing about it then you are just as guilty as the person do...

8. Nursing school not that hard?

   suznan replied to ikatiana21's topic in General Students

   Personally myself I didn't LPN that hard. I was in a one year pn program and I made dean's list first semester and finished with a 4.0 the second and third semester. I am now in an accelerated ADN program and I am doing just fine but I am finding t...

9. How did you felt with your first expired Patient

   suznan replied to RNKay31's topic in New Nurse

   My first experience came about a year ago while I was still working as a CNA. I was a bath aide and my first bath of the day the resident passed away after getting into the shower chair and before even getting the shower. I had to call for help bec...

10. What's a nursing Dx for someone who knows it's unhealthy to skip breakfast but does?

    suznan replied to Mesomorph's topic in Student Assist

    I would think that Ineffective health maintenance would work. susan

11. Do Students Get Breaks In Clinicals?

    suznan replied to FutureNurse2008's topic in Student Assist

    Right now during clinicals we have plenty of time to get a lunch break. I live in rural north dakota and we do our clinicals in a hospital with 30 beds. Right now our ob unit has been closed for almost two weeks. There are times when we get on the...

12. MedSurg Class Tips Please Help

    suznan replied to Leng27RN,BSN's topic in General Students

    My advice to you is to just read your assigned chapters. In the program that I am in we are also lucky enough to have instructors that are willing to hold study groups for us. But I definitely recommend reading a lot. I also have a workbook that g...

13. Do Students Get Breaks In Clinicals?

    suznan replied to FutureNurse2008's topic in Student Assist

    We have nine hour clinicals and according to policies at the school we are entitled to a ten minute break every hour. What we do is take a fifteen minute break for breakfast and a thirty minute lunch break. We could have another break in the aftern...

14. Giving injections!

    suznan replied to MIA-RN1's topic in New Nurse

    I gotta say that i don't mind giving injections whether its sc or im. We did get lots of practice in clinicals though. We spent two mornings doing nothing but giving nursing home residents flu vaccines. I also had a clinical in the er one evening ...

15. Let's introduce ourselves...

    suznan replied to pedi-RN's topic in New Nurse

    Hi all Just took my LPN boards in august and passed with 85 questions. I am working in long term care in the facility that is helping me financially with school. Eventually I would love to work in an emergency room. I am also currently enrolled in...