mystc42

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1. New Grad...need advice

   mystc42 replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

   Hey guys, thanks for the advice. I will most definately be getting my ACLS, PALS, and TNCC among with as many others that i can do. One thing i did forget to mention is that ive been a CNA for 5 yrs...

2. New Grad...need advice

   mystc42 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just passed my NCLEX-PN last month , with plans to finish my RN. The thing is i have been working in the ER this past year as secretary, and my entire ER gang wants to keep me :wink2: . I love them...

3. best advice you can give student nurse

   mystc42 replied to jackie206's topic in General Nursing

   I'm in nursing school right now myself, and one of our sayings is....... EAT AN ELEPHANT ONE BITE AT A TIME. One of the students from a couple of years back was doing homework and getting stressed....

4. Scrubs

   mystc42 replied to coffeejavule's topic in General Nursing

   Depends totally on where you work. Some places just give you certain colors and couple of designs to choose from and others let you wear whatever. My advice is just wait till you find somewhere to...

5. What do you do for your back pain from the job?

   mystc42 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been a CNA for 5 yrs now and am currently in LPN school. I constantly am having back pain from work but its not like a pulled muscle or anything. Its just really uncomfortable in certain...

6. A long lost "Nurse" poem from long ago....

   mystc42 replied to mother/babyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Breathtaking and full of heart. Very

7. I am a guy and on my way to becoming an RN

   mystc42 replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, Im in East TN working on my RN but have decided to do my LPN first so I'm working on that this year. Good

8. I thought the LPN program was under a year??

   mystc42 replied to jgg765's topic in General Nursing

   I actually just started an LPN program a couple of weeks ago. My program is just one year Oct- Oct. But rules are starting to change and they are trying to take it back to 15-18 months. It just...

9. For Fun: Weirdest Thing in Pt. Bed

   mystc42 replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in General Nursing

   Well I haven't come across a particular item yet that sticks out in my mind. But I did walk in on a guy and his girl friend having sex one day. Can we say

10. non-clinical nursing???

    mystc42 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    TO be honest with you, there are a few jobs out there i guess that have mostly paper work but aren't well open right now. But if you think of going to a head nursing job or a teaching job it really...

11. Npo

    mystc42 replied to Sue McGann's topic in General Nursing

    Same thing at my hospital, NPO is without meds, and if they are to have meds it must be written..."NPO except

12. Why LPN??

    mystc42 replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I have been a CNA for 4 yrs now and have been trying to get my RN pre reqs done and bc of stress and financial reasons i just cant take off work for that long so LPN works alot better and honestly i...

13. Nurses, do you routinely do beds and baths?

    mystc42 replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a CNA and where I work I am responsible for ADL activities....including baths, linen, vitals, Blood sugars, feeding, turning, and changing incontinent patients. Our ratios are obviously a lot...