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1. Examples Of Good Nursing Notes

   kayleighac replied to angel5113's topic in General Nursing

   My general nursing notes that don't refer to a specific problem look more like this. Resident alert and oriented x 4. Verbally responsive. PERRLA. Skin warm and dry to touch. Respirations even and unlabored. No sob noted. No cough/congestion noted. S...

2. Examples Of Good Nursing Notes

   kayleighac replied to angel5113's topic in General Nursing

   At my job we mostly only do narritive notes. Here's an example of one of mine. We are charting on the patient for uti. Received resident awake resting in bed. Alert, verbally responsive. Continue with po atb therapy for uti. No ase noted. Tolerating...

3. Under what circumstances can a nurse LEGALLY refuse an assignment?

   kayleighac replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Okay, I have a situation that I would like everyone's opinion on. I am an LVN in the state of CA. Today I had a patient refuse care from a CNA. We tried talking to her, and she would not change her mind; she requested to have a different CNA. So...

4. OMG I feel so overwhelmed

   kayleighac replied to kayleighac's topic in LPN/LVN

   thank u everyone for the replies and the encouragement. its so difficult still and i hope it gets better.

5. OMG I feel so overwhelmed

   kayleighac posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   OMG I feel so overwhelmed, I just got a new job at an LTC and the nurse to patient ratio is 1:30. I felt like crying last night, it was my first night alone as a new grad, and it was a Sunday, so it wasn't even busy, but it took me so long to do my m...

6. Help?

   kayleighac posted a topic in New Nurse

   I am a BRAND new LVN straight out of nursing school with no prior medical experience. In school, the max amount of patients we were given was 5, and they only had us pass meds on one. Now I just got a job at a LTC facility and I will be in charge of ...

7. Terrified of starting career

   kayleighac posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   i dont know if i am the only one who feels this way, but i am so scared to start working. i feel like im going to just be thrown out there on my own, and even though i just completed 18 months of hands on training, i feel so lost! i feel like im not ...

8. Waiting to take NCLEX

   kayleighac replied to reeser's topic in LPN/LVN

   I am also 20 years old with a career! It's great. The process I used seemed to work since I just passed at 85 on my first try. Here's what you need to do first Buy these books: 1. NCLEX-PN Questions & Answers Made Incredibly Easy 2. Lippi...

9. Waiting to take NCLEX

   kayleighac replied to reeser's topic in LPN/LVN

   The process I used seemed to work since I just passed on my first try. Here's what you need to do first Buy these books: 1. NCLEX-PN Questions & Answers Made Incredibly Easy 2. Lippincott's Review for NCLEX-PN 3. Saunders Comprehensive ...

10. Why is the pn examination changing in April?

    kayleighac replied to epg712003's topic in NCLEX

    The process I used seemed to work since I just passed on my first try. Here's what you need to do first Buy these books: 1. NCLEX-PN Questions & Answers Made Incredibly Easy 2. Lippincott's Review for NCLEX-PN 3. Saunders Comprehensive ...

11. Nclex Pn 2nd attempt..Is it the same content the 2nd time?

    kayleighac replied to hopefulGVN's topic in LPN/LVN

    The process I used seemed to work since I just passed on my first try. Here's what you need to do first Buy these books: 1. NCLEX-PN Questions & Answers Made Incredibly Easy 2. Lippincott's Review for NCLEX-PN 3. Saunders Comprehensive ...

12. Failed NCLEX-PN

    kayleighac replied to misty177's topic in NCLEX

    The process I used seemed to work since I just passed on my first try. Here's what you need to do first Buy these books: 1. NCLEX-PN Questions & Answers Made Incredibly Easy 2. Lippincott's Review for NCLEX-PN 3. Saunders Comprehensive ...

13. should I change jobs? (long)

    kayleighac replied to sconoli's topic in LPN/LVN

    do what u gotta do. i say go to the hospital, if they pay ur tuition, u get alot more experience in hospitals too

14. need help for state board exam plz reply..

    kayleighac replied to kngsunny's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    very true pagandeva, i agree with you

15. True Or False? Help!

    kayleighac replied to dez72's topic in LPN/LVN

    my instructor told me that if the questions keep getting harder, then its a good thing because it means you are passing at the minimum competency so they boost it up the more u get right