CashewLPN

CashewLPN LPN

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About CashewLPN

I am a nurse.you are probably a nurse too... I am typically cranky, yet fun loving (esp. after mandation) I love a good stiff drink every now and then, I like comfy shoes...I love my best friend in all the world..I love animals...I love you!!

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  1. Beth Israel Hospital Nursing School

    In this time and age, ADN's and BSN's are still RPN's (basically, there is no license difference between ADN's and BSN's..) Usually, the only difference between either is pay rate. Also, Most (if not all) employers do not look at the school you went ...
  2. I stopped at 205...

    I hate to say it, but its extremely hard to predict passing and failure based on the number of question... Please refer to 'How the NCLEX works', at the top of this forum for more info. --Cashew
  3. What can I do?

    I have to agree with the above... until you are issued a license number, and have the license in hand (your employer needs a copy) you are still a GVN, or GPN, legally. So, you'd still have to be co-signed under someone else until you get the snail m...
  4. HIPPA -- Use patient's first name or last name?

    hmm...if you just called for 'ms. smith' or, 'Mr. Joe Schmo' it would be ok...but if you called out 'I need the Ms. Smith with Cancer' or, ' Mr. Schmo, please come in for your chest x-ray' you'd be leaping over the line of ok... Names are cool, anyth...
  5. Nurse makes a bad patient.... arghh

    hmm... I was in the hospital I used to work for (my mom still works in the ER as an RN) for biliary colic. I recieved several mg's of mso4 for pain. unfortunately, I was having mild relief, and noted a little old lady sitting in front of me, screamin...
  6. Hi, and welcome to allnurses.com Nursing is not typically taught by a traditional apprenticeship... You must attend classes at a school that teaches nursing for a set period of time, then you begin the clinical portion of your schooling, (which is cl...
  7. ooh--bucks-- I"ve got a lol in it now, and, its the first time I've seen it since school (in 99) -Cashew
  8. LVN Wages in California

    Hello, and welcome to allnurses.com please check out this thread, its covered here. https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101290
  9. CSI, NYU and ST. Vincent's ?'s

    just to let you know, CSI also offers a BSN program. (I as one will not go there, as when i was a freshman in college, one of the instructors [who did not know I already was a nurse] looked at my high school transcripts and told me with my grades I w...
  10. Transvaginal Sonogram

    wow... I have'nt seen this thread in years.... 3 years actually... I'm gonna lock it, so that we can move more into the present. Tis always better to start something anew, than to live in the past... --Cashew
  11. Anyone passed with 205 ?'s

    Please read the post entitled 'How the NCLEX Works' at the top of the forum Yes, you can either pass or fail. We all feel like we failed until we get the news. It happens, you'll find out in a few weeks... take a deep breath, and see what happens. b...
  12. Abrasive Strips for the Bathtub????

    perhaps a shower chair and an assist for showering may be a better thing than just the non skids... a Grab bar may be a good idea too... those non skids can be found in hardware stores --Cashew
  13. Getting stuck with a used needle...

    there is no law dictating that a patient must have bloods drawn in event of a needlestick in NYS. Other states may be different.... So, basically a patient may refuse. Needlestick survivor x2 --Cashew
  14. Curious about LPN clinicals vs. CNA

    At times it can be similar, but you end up doing the same tasks for different means... (using bedbaths to learn to assess skin, et al) Sometimes ya gotta pay your dues... --Cashew
  15. I Need Help!!!!

    contact the school you intend on going into, and request from them which study guides to use, as well as the format of the test. Theres more than one entrance exam --Cashew