jbtampa

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1. Lpn Scope Of Practice

   jbtampa replied to Itsnotoveryet's topic in LPN/LVN

   sorry, can't resist now...science is not learning the names of organs, drugs, and disease. it is real, actual physiology and real mechanisms of meds. again, the therapists all did, all of the above, all therapists. dump the disturbed energy field nu...

2. Lpn Scope Of Practice

   jbtampa replied to Itsnotoveryet's topic in LPN/LVN

   just one more thought........nurses would be well off to stop the nursing diagnoses crap right now. learn science. your peers all did.

3. Lpn Scope Of Practice

   jbtampa replied to Itsnotoveryet's topic in LPN/LVN

   a recent nursing home employer changed "assessment" to "observations". truth is, some LPNs can out-perform some RNs, and vice versa. As a respiratory therapist, I quite frankly found many very poorly educated nurses, then once in nursing school, I...

4. and the drame starts

   jbtampa replied to MASSNURSE09's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   not the same as those girls, and you missed my point....they appeared to be career aid takers, not their fault that they were born in the projects, which they all were, or that they learned early on that life may be paid for by knowing where and who ...

5. legal or not?

   jbtampa replied to LPNWCC's topic in Florida

   we all see things every day that are troublesome. for me, I use my own assessment for all such things and go forward with best practice for my patient. sometimes we can only go forward for the day. I sure would not gum up care with paper problems....

6. and the drame starts

   jbtampa replied to MASSNURSE09's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I graduated and passed nclex three weeks later. the girls' gabby fab click? none yet tested after three months.....stupid girls and we all knew it, all on every public aid they could find......thought they were all so witty, but they were dumb as ...

7. A Nursing Career Over 50

   jbtampa replied to m9791l's topic in Men

   I am a newly licensed 54 year old nurse. Turn downs and no call backs from interviews as a respiratory therapist were brutal. The blond new grad hottie always got the job I once got at interview. So, nursing is, praise God, different. School, how...

8. Does Methadone really help prevent relapse?

   jbtampa replied to sharona97's topic in Recovery

   wow, thank you all for the memories of the greatest gift one could give, or receive: treatment for addiction. my experience was similar to most here. injury, chronic pain, pain management, and off to the races. I do want to share what did work for...

9. Gulf Coast College

   jbtampa replied to KLOPEZ521's topic in General Students

   So I heard. Would you mind sharing the start date for RN program? And would you mind PM me the teachers who were canned? My experience at GCC was severely hampered by instructors who were slightly stupid. It was a shame that in my class only I kn...

10. Gulf Coast College

    jbtampa replied to centralflorida's topic in Florida

    OK! I graduated june 26, passed NCLEX three weeks later, and the jobs are abundant. GCC now has RN, and my chair is looking mighty nice.....

11. Have Anyone Hear About Gulf Coast College Lpn Program

    jbtampa replied to Sincere24's topic in Florida

    check back with new admissions director, I loved that school every day and passed boards immediately, and went right to work at a previous clinical site. expensive school and worth it for me, ymmv, many do.

12. Gulf Coast College

    jbtampa replied to KLOPEZ521's topic in General Students

    I graduated June 26, 2008, in a class of 18. On that day I applied for NCLEX, took first available slot to test, and received my license in about three weeks after the test. I am the only student so far to do so, in fact, no other student has even a...

13. Age Factor

    jbtampa replied to rpc19's topic in Male Students

    I am 54 and took my NCLEX today, and was not the oldest in my class. The real challenge is getting the job you want, as I already learned, as a respiratory therapist, and is why I became a nurse.

14. Fluid And Electrolytes!!!!

    jbtampa replied to TruDivaRN's topic in General Students

    I am a rt today, nurse next week, and blood gases are really pretty simple when you consider "compensated" and "base excess" and even more so when you start at ph, go to pco2 if abnormal, to bicarb if abnormal, and remember po2 and sao2 have nothing ...

15. Have Anyone Hear About Gulf Coast College Lpn Program

    jbtampa replied to Sincere24's topic in Florida

    I am fourth quarter at GCC. My class of 24 is down to 16, we have endured teachers hired yesterday, "books" made on a copy machine, and zero teacher training. We paid 17 grand. Yet the school grows, despite draconian policies for staff and student...