smckenzi

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1. Questions????

   smckenzi replied to spiritbeing8992's topic in Geriatric

   Your situation is great! Where I work we have 38 residents to a side. 2 sides on 1st and 2nd shift= 2 nurses each shift. 1 nurse midnight shift. Each nurse does orders, glucs, treatments, meds, charting, answers phones, labs, IV's, Feeding tubes, ord...

2. Pens...

   smckenzi replied to atexasnurse's topic in LPN/LVN

   The Zebra stainless steel pens are my favorite plus they are very fine point. Plus as an extra bonus you can disinfect them with an etoh wipe without drying them out. You can buy them at wal-mart or k-mart but they are a little more expense then you...

3. Just some general NCLEX questions

   smckenzi replied to smckenzi's topic in NCLEX

   what is the recommended time that you wait between graduation and NCLEX? Is 2-3 weeks enough?

4. Just some general NCLEX questions

   smckenzi posted a topic in NCLEX

   How long after graduation did you wait to take the nclex? How quick did you get your results (wi)?? Thanks

5. RN and EMT or Paramedic???

   smckenzi replied to smckenzi's topic in Michigan

   I am not an emt but i do have pre-hospital experiance as a lifeguard (backboarding in water is a riot :) ), LPN student and as a CPR and first aid instructor so i really don't want to sit and pay for a class that is all review. Can someone please tel...

6. New CNA looking at options

   smckenzi replied to tucker925's topic in General Nursing

   I am a nursing student who currently works in an intermediate care facility on 3rd shift. The time to study is great and the shift differential is also nice :). Having worked at both a snf and an icf i would recommend the icf do to the stress of scho...

7. How Many Credit Hours are you taking???

   smckenzi replied to CareBayer's topic in General Students

   LPN student semester 2 of 3--17 Credits all nursing classes Med/Surg I with Lab=6 Pharm=1 Peds=2 OB=2 Med/surg clinicals=2 OB/Peds Clinicals=4

8. MA saying she's "the same as an RN"

   smckenzi replied to RedSox33RN's topic in General Students

   I have had similar problems as with an MA only with a Paramedic who was once a good friend during my clincals for nursing school. She kept refering to herself as the charge nurse on the unit when in fact she was just the onduty paramedic not the char...

9. CNA's/PCT's how much do you make?

   smckenzi replied to Karen06's topic in CNA/MA

   i am a CNA at a ltc in Northern Wi and i make 9.18/hr but get .25 for shift differental on noc shift.

10. Nursing School Question

    smckenzi replied to Marissa22's topic in General Students

    Well I can tell you from personal experiance that you can get in nursing school from high school. I graduated in May 2005 and am half-way through semester 1 of 3 at the local community college. However, I also took my pre-req's while in highschool (b...

11. Should I quit my job?

    smckenzi replied to smckenzi's topic in General Students

    Thanks for all of the feedback. I have decided to cut back on my hours so I will only be work 24 or 36 hours every 2 weeks. I have also decided to work primarily midnight shifts so I only have to work wiht one of my co-workers (the charge nurse) but ...

12. Should I quit my job?

    smckenzi replied to smckenzi's topic in General Students

    I seems like the LPN's are mad that come july I will be their equal (in my program you get your LPN then RN) rather than their subordinate. So I think they want to make it hard on me so I will quit. So for that reason and the fact that I love my resi...

13. Should I quit my job?

    smckenzi posted a topic in General Students

    As you can see from the title, I am debating whether or not to quit my current job. Currently, I work as a CNA at an intermediate care facility. I work about 16-24 hours a week on swing shifts. I am currently in nursing school full time, we start cli...

14. Meds Publishing Website

    smckenzi posted a topic in General Students

    Does anyone else use the medspub website. It is required for all three of my nursing classes this semester. What is it exactly? The instructor just told us how to access the website and not what it is. Thanks

15. 1st semester of Program

    smckenzi replied to Ready's topic in General Students

    I am in an LPN program. My first semester classes are Pharmacology on M 1 hr Intro to LPN M 1hr Fundamentals of Nursing M 2 hr Fundamentals Skill Lab W 2 hr English Freshman seminar (required "how to study" class :rotfl: ) Humanities We don't have cl...