KayDubb

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1. Help with LPN boards

   KayDubb replied to michelle.duncan's topic in LPN/LVN

   Just study...I passed with 85 questions...What a great feeling! and from what I've heard, if you think you failed..you probably passed..lol Good luck!

2. Waving the white flag...I surrender...

   KayDubb posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I'm a new LPN. I graduated 2010. Even though it was my life long dream...I feel as if I'm not cut out for it. I've tried a couple jobs since getting my license, and it's all the same. The nurse to patient ratio is just overwhelming. Each time I ...

3. New Nurse, New Job...Insulin q's

   KayDubb replied to KayDubb's topic in LPN/LVN

   Thanks for responding...I havent had time to review the chart...but I did look over 17 days worth of blood sugar readings..they were all around 280 on average. This facilty does not use the sliding scale method..He receives Novolog 70/30 twice a day...

4. New Nurse, New Job...Insulin q's

   KayDubb posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   Hi Im a brand new LPN and got a brand new job My question...I followed the seasoned LPN around for orientation...I noticed there is a patient that consistently runs blood sugar checks around 280 some higher some lower. I know he's in his 90's, Is ...

5. drawing blood

   KayDubb replied to KayDubb's topic in General Nursing

   the butterflies ive been using have the push button on it. there would be no way you could put it in bevel down because it would retract as soon as it hit the pt's arm. Sometimes they retract just from me opening the package. I do good on everythi...

6. drawing blood

   KayDubb replied to KayDubb's topic in General Nursing

   thanks so much for the advice...I cant believe they taught us about IV's in school but not phlebotomy. ugh. I picked it up pretty well though. I just hate not knowing the equipment. first rule of nursing school..Know your equipment! and everyone...

7. drawing blood

   KayDubb posted a topic in General Nursing

   Ive been an LPN almost a year now. I recently switched jobs from a nursing home to a Dr's office. At my new job Im required to draw blood. I didnt even go over this in school...and in the nursing home they had a lab to come in and do it. Long sto...

8. Help, I'm a new nurse....worried about losing licensure constantly..

   KayDubb replied to KayDubb's topic in General Nursing

   thanks so much...this did help me a great deal. Ive heard all the horror stories and I guess I got scared. One of the workers called me and said i left the facility short...so I could get into trouble. I told her I got permission from the supervis...

9. Help, I'm a new nurse....worried about losing licensure constantly..

   KayDubb posted a topic in General Nursing

   Tonight was a bad night at work...I got some kind of stomach bug or something and had to constantly leave the med cart to go throw up. I contacted my supervisor for permission to go home...I was so afraid of making a med error....well she didnt want...

10. Im a nurse and I take xanax....

    KayDubb replied to KayDubb's topic in Stress 101

    Thanks guys for the reply...The dr made it seem so aweful...and I must admit I felt ashamed...and wished i hadnt told him. But I am honest...and the saliva test they did will show it anyway....Im in my 40's and at that moment I felt like a teenager ...

11. Im a nurse and I take xanax....

    KayDubb posted a topic in Stress 101

    I went for a pre-employment physical today. When the Dr. asked if I was on any meds I said yes I take 0.5 xanax once a day for gastritis and 5 mg of ambien for sleep. You would of thought I commited a sin by the look and the sound of disproval I go...

12. 1st time NCLEX-PN TAKER

    KayDubb replied to TaTa34's topic in NCLEX

    Wow, Probably one of the best posts ive ever read on this site..I take my NCLEX-PN this Saturday...I will remember your advice...Im scared to death! xoxo

13. dimensional analysis problem HELP!

    KayDubb replied to KayDubb's topic in Student Assist

    thanks, you guys are awesome!

14. dimensional analysis problem HELP!

    KayDubb posted a topic in Student Assist

    can someone pls give me the dimensional analysis for the following problem? I've been using it all along, but now I'm not doing something right... Order: Heparin 40,000 units IV in 1 L 0.9% NS at 1,000 units/hr. Calculate the rate in mL/hr _________...

15. now i need help, i have ileus...

    KayDubb replied to KayDubb's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    wasn't trying to violate TOS..just don't even know how i got ileus. maybe late nite studying and not eating properly.. IDK, I've just not been able to find a diet that is good for ileus, just didnt know where else to turn...moderator may delete my a...