I must agree with BlurgrassRN. Although you are a new nurse, it will seem that you always have the worst team of patients. The hospital when I worked, the nurses at night sometimes had up to 10 patients depending on staffing. And there was always tha...
that is what I was thinking when I was reading my options. Like I said, I do not know the right answer because it was a online test. But one of them was correct. Or maybe the one option I forgot!! But I was wondering how you would be able to calcula...
Ok, I am a RN student and I have a question. I had a question that involved fluid balance for a burn patient that was receiving IV fluids. How do you know this patient is maintaining fluid balance? I can only remember 3 of the choices. They were... ...
If you are new to the medical field get used to the TB tests (PPDs). You will probably have to get one annually as well if you get the job. It's all part of life! Good Luck!
What I did was labeled a blank page, say of the femur, with a,b,c,etc with the answers on it and gave it to my husband and I had the one with just the letters and he would quiz me. I remember having to memorize every notch, line, suture, etc. He woul...
lerabelle replied to lilaclover6984's topic in LPN-RN
I have been a LPN for 13 years and I an doing a LPN bridge to ADN. I do not care to ever be in management so an ADN is good enough for me because the pay difference between ADN and BSN is minimal. Hospitals pretty much just look at "RN". That has bee...
I am a LPN, have been for 13 years. I have worked in MD offices and the hospital. I Loved, LOVED, the hospital. At first I was leary of the hospital too, but once I learned everything and got comfortable, I fell in love with it. I am now back in scho...
Agree, the rubber stopper dulls the needle. I have always changed the needle. And I too usually use a larger gauge to draw up the med. It's just easier and quicker!
I feel your pain. I am a LPN too, and I have had many patients and more than that, their families, question my abilities as a nurse. With 1 year experience or 13 years experience (as I have) it does not matter, we are nurses! And we are shuned upon ...
lerabelle replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing
I was taught to always use a filter needle. Unfortunately with cutbacks in hospitals, this is where it hits.....But I do not think it is safe and I do believe it is a liability. It only takes one time.
all I can say is...WOW....What a shame, the patient was judged before the facts were known. Unfortunately, this happens more often than we would like to think.