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1. OU LPN to BSN program

   nurse100 replied to nurse100's topic in Oklahoma

   Actually the NLN's and NCLEX are two separate tests. The NCLEX is the national licensure exam. There are two NLN Mobility tests called ACE exams. ACE I is intended for those LPN's who are entering an ADN program. The ACE II exams are for those RN's o...

2. OU LPN to BSN program

   nurse100 replied to nurse100's topic in Oklahoma

   No, I am working on my last two prereq's this summer which may hurt me. She said that you can still be working on prereq's but those applications that have already completed them will be considered first. She did say that she didn't think that it wou...

3. OU LPN to BSN program

   nurse100 replied to nurse100's topic in Oklahoma

   OU does have a study guide that the nursing department developed but they told me they recommended I just use a NCLEX-RN study guide. I used Nursing made incredibily easy Pediatric nursing, maternity, and NCLEX Review. The Nursing made incredibily ea...

4. How much do you do?

   nurse100 replied to mickeypat's topic in Geriatric

   I just have a question, are you the oncoming nurse? It is policy in our facility that if the admitting nurse does not complete an admission, etc, then the oncoming nurse should pick it up where she left off.

5. OU LPN to BSN program

   nurse100 replied to nurse100's topic in Oklahoma

   I had to do quite a bit of studying just because I have spent the last 14 years in long term care. I really had to focus on peds and maternity. I think that they were a lot easier than I expected but I would definitely rather have taken them right ou...

6. OU LPN to BSN program

   nurse100 replied to nurse100's topic in Oklahoma

   Thanks, I will let you know how it goes. I do recommend that you take the NLN's as soon as you get out of LPN school even if you have a lot of prereq's to work on. The tests were a lot easier than I expected but I definitely would have preferred to h...

7. Help!!

   nurse100 replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric

   We use the cloth bed pads and adult briefs. We have no decubs that occured in house. I think as long as the residents are actually checked q 2 hours it doesn't matter but if they are not then the cloth is definitely better. The plastic allows more mo...

8. Quit after a week!

   nurse100 replied to McArdle's topic in Geriatric

   I had a similar situation happen, except I witnessed verbal abuse. I reported it to the DON and Administrator and NOTHING was done! If I EVER witness any type of abuse again, report it, and nothing is done to the person, I will personally call the st...

9. Staffing Issues

   nurse100 replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric

   We have 1 LPN and 1 CNA for our AL (40 patients) and we have 6 CNA's and 2 LPN on our SNF (85 patients).

10. OU LPN to BSN program

    nurse100 posted a topic in Oklahoma

    I was wondering if anyone here has done the OU LPN to BSN program. I have applied for this fall but won't know if I'm in until July! Just curious if anyone else has done the program...

11. Assisited Living DONs--anyone here?

    nurse100 replied to Renashia's topic in LTC Directors

    You can try alfa.org. I had an administrator's course for AL administrators which helped me a lot. My state ALFA offered the course.

12. Staff eating with residents

    nurse100 replied to Inquisitive one's topic in Geriatric

    I truly did not mean to imply that I wanted to make a facility "look pretty". It was unfortunate that the Eden program failed to do what it was intended to do for LTC. Hopefull, the greenhouse projects will succeed. Each facility serves a different t...

13. Oddest things found in a patient!

    nurse100 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I was removing an impaction from a LTC resident once and pulled out plastic flowers! She had apparantly ate the artifical flower arrangement next to her bed!

14. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    nurse100 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

    I was working in LTC, passing medications. We had a patient (I'll call Jane) actively dying who was one of our "spunky" patients. Her daughter was a frequent visitor so we all knew her well. I was outside Jane's room getting her medications ready to ...

15. Snf Or Hh?

    nurse100 replied to lisa41rn's topic in Geriatric

    I haven't done Hh, but plenty of SNF. To be honest, you won't find a whole lot of difference between LTC and SNF except SNF requires more documentation :-) and some of the patients eventually get to go home. It depends on the SNF you're working at bu...