rlockd

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   Thinking of having a baby while in LPN school

   rlockd replied to malloryg's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   To be honest, I would wait. I just finished nursing school and just passed my boards as of monday. I had a child that got burnt right before starting nursing school. I had a hard time keeping up with school having to go to appointments and stuff. Plu...
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   Nclex today omg-good pop up!!!!!!

   rlockd replied to oztizz184's topic in NCLEX

   I left thinking i would not pass also. I had alot of those SATA questions think about 20. I also had a ton of infection control question. I did not end up having any calculation questions. I left the testing site and could not do anything for hours b...
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   Nclex today omg-good pop up!!!!!!

   rlockd replied to oztizz184's topic in NCLEX

   Hey, I took my test monday. I just got my results today... I passed....
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   3 things you wish someone would have told you, that you had to find out on your own..

   rlockd replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am not sure I would like to think it might be laziness or not wanting to come out of an office :)
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   3 things you wish someone would have told you, that you had to find out on your own..

   rlockd replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

   Onething, I learned is that it is ok to leave a call light going if you are in the middle of something else. I always look in the room to make sure the patient is ok and ask if they need anything emergrent. If they are ok, I leave the light on so i ...
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   Not sure where to go to obtain the best experience, as a new nurse

   rlockd replied to rlockd's topic in General Nursing

   this is a good idea. I will give this a try.
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   Not sure where to go to obtain the best experience, as a new nurse

   rlockd replied to rlockd's topic in General Nursing

   I want to gain clinical experience and skills. I would eventually like to do burns or be a SANE nurse. The problem i am running into is it hard to find jobs that allow LPNs on a med/surg floor which i know that is what i really need to do. I did mos...
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   Not sure where to go to obtain the best experience, as a new nurse

   rlockd posted a topic in General Nursing

   finishing nursing school this year has been one of the biggest achievement s in my life. all of a sudden, i have whole new set of skills. every day i am asked "what area of nursing are you going into?" all i can say is i am not for sure. i know i nee...
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   Passed my nclex!!!!!! :)

   rlockd replied to natalciapl's topic in LPN/LVN

   Congrats, i go on monday to test... So nervous
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    New Student, Not Sure Which Route to go?!?!

    rlockd replied to Sunchine123!'s topic in LPN/LVN

    We did most of our clinical roution on an med/surg floor. They hired some of my fellow students straight from school with the understanding that they would have to contiue their education.
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    Elder Abuse - A Hidden Epidemic (Part 1)

    rlockd replied to VickyRN's topic in Emergency

    Whats the most fustrating part for me with long term care is staffing issues. So many nursing homes work under staffed and the company makes them work under staffed to save on cost. The last nursing home I worked at had five CNA and 2 nurses to the...
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    Nursing is not what I thought it would be!

    rlockd replied to loheRN's topic in General Nursing

    This was directed to some comments about nursing school. To be honest, not all nursing schools give you one to two patients at a time. Even though i went through an LPN program, I did almost all my clinical routines in the hospital on a med/surg or s...
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    Nursing is not what I thought it would be!

    rlockd replied to loheRN's topic in General Nursing

    You know i just finished nursing school this spring. Even though I worked as an CNA before becoming a nurse, I get worried about not having time with my patients too. My biggest conern is not having the time to throughly look them over. I am afraid i...
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    Why I went into nursing?

    rlockd replied to rlockd's topic in Burn

    When i wrote that i was trying to make a point and no it was not because she bought the easter baskets. Wendy inspired me to become a nurse because she took the time to slow down and care about our situation. This is something that nurse are guilty o...
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    Why I went into nursing?

    rlockd posted a topic in Burn

    Dear Burn Nurses... I want to thank you all for what you do with your patients. A burn nurse is the reason I decided to go into nursing. This is my story. On July 7th of 2008, start like any other day with the exception that I placed something in the...