suzi0612

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1. Vanco Administration Question Please!

   suzi0612 replied to suzi0612's topic in Safety

   Thanks for everyones comments! The provider just made me feel so bad about it and that I was dumb.. Glad I used the pump ... Made me feel comfortable !

2. Vanco Administration Question Please!

   suzi0612 replied to suzi0612's topic in Safety

   I'm at a clinic ... forgot to mention that!

3. Vanco Administration Question Please!

   suzi0612 replied to suzi0612's topic in Safety

   I actually used a printed out guideline from the clinic beside us that I used the pump. I told my manager she told me to document everything he told me to do ... I was just so upset because I was trying to follow guidelines for me and the pt and ge m...

4. Vanco Administration Question Please!

   suzi0612 posted a topic in Safety

   Hey Everyone, I recently started a job in a clinic and only have been a RN for almost a year and had a question. I have not worked in the hospital and only start IV's in the clinic a few times... but today we had a patient that was getting vanco IV. ...

5. Just took NCLEX this am!

   suzi0612 replied to suzi0612's topic in NCLEX

   Pearsonvue trick worked for me!! :) I passed! :):):)

6. Just took NCLEX this am!

   suzi0612 posted a topic in NCLEX

   Hey everyone, I just took NCLEX RN this am. I just looked on Pearsonvue and tried to do that trick and reschedule. This is my 2nd time taking NCLEX and last time it let me pay for a new test. This time I got the pop up saying " The candidate has prev...

7. Looking for a job outside the hospital/nursing home. Any suggestions?

   suzi0612 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hey everyone. I have been a LPN for about a year now... working at a long term care facility currently. I have been a CNA for 2 years and a nurse for 1 year. I take my RN boards again and after I pass them I want to find a new job. I really am not i...

8. My resident died yesterday. What should I have done differently?

   suzi0612 replied to NN2BVE's topic in Geriatric

   You did everything you possibly could....the patient was sent the out and the hospital sent them right back.... they seem to do that over and over with LTC patients. They obviously missed something at the hospital. I have experienced this over and o...

9. Common meds

   suzi0612 replied to Mommy of 2's topic in Geriatric

   I work in LTC! you definitely hit all of them on the head! I give all of those drugs you just said! :):)

10. Is long term care that bad? and Long Term Care To Psych

    suzi0612 replied to DA,RN's topic in Geriatric

    I have been a LPN for about a year now... I have worked in LTC as a CNA for a total of 2 years and a year as a nurse. Taking RN boards again at the end of September. Hoping I'll pass this time! :) I believe LTC is hard work. When I started working on...

11. Taking RN NCLEX soon. Need advice.

    suzi0612 replied to suzi0612's topic in NCLEX

    Thank you! :) I think i about passed it on my first attempt, I just need to not freak out if it doesn't shut off at 75 questions and stay positive! That's what my problem was I think the first time I took it. I will study study study and hope for the...

12. Morphine and Hospice Patients that are dying

    suzi0612 replied to suzi0612's topic in Hospice

    Thanks everyone for your comments. I am a new graduate and this was my first hospice patient experience. Basically I have learned there is no high limit with morphine with the dying because some people have different tolerances. Basically keep the pa...

13. Morphine and Hospice Patients that are dying

    suzi0612 replied to suzi0612's topic in Hospice

    Yes, and the patient isn't getting it every hour. Just like six-seven (20mg) doses in a 24 hour period prn. I was reading blogs about that too about how in a facility we should not have to judge with parameters like 10-20mg prn for pain. I know that ...

14. Taking RN NCLEX soon. Need advice.

    suzi0612 posted a topic in NCLEX

    I am a LPN currently and graduated with my Associate RN in December 2010. I took RN boards in April and failed with 265 questions. I got my results and all areas were "close to the passing standard" or "above the passing standard". I didn't get any ...

15. Morphine and Hospice Patients that are dying

    suzi0612 posted a topic in Hospice

    Hello, I am a new nurse and I recently graduated with my RN and taking RN boards soon but working as a LPN at a long-term care facility. I got to take care of a patient that is dying and is hospice. We have a morphine order that reads like this in ou...