wt2001

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1. INfo for LVN to BSN at indiana state university?

   wt2001 replied to Kashia's topic in Online Learning

   Hi, I have just started this program and I will be doing my clinicals at my local hospital. It does take a little time for approval but this process was already started by 3 fellow co-workers that began in January. I'm just happy that I don't have ...

2. Any LPN's in KY? I have a question...

   wt2001 replied to KentuckyLady's topic in Kentucky

   I work in a LTC facility that is sending the LPN's through a class so that we can do IV pushes. Also we are not able to spike blood but will be able to monitor and discontinue blood. LPN's are not allowed to do the initial assessment of a patient (...

3. Please Respond!!

   wt2001 replied to NCJill's topic in Kentucky

   It's even lower in Murray, KY. Base pay is 12.20 for LPN and shift diff. is 0.25, with only $3.00 for the weekend shift. RN's base pay is $15.79. Yes that's all and we were told that our pay is competitve with others.

4. LPN coming to Fort Campbell, KY area as CIVILIAN

   wt2001 replied to stevenking's topic in LPN/LVN

   Well there is a hospital in Hopkinsville called Jenny Stuart (don't know much about them), also the psychiatric hospital in Hopkinsville, Western Baptist and Lourdes in Paducah, KY and Murray-Calloway County Hospital in Murray, KY. Starting pay for ...

5. Grading Scale For Your Nursing Program........

   wt2001 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   I only remember 77-83=C, and this was in the RN program that I was in at first. I did not pass my last semester by 76.7. This was of course a D and the grades were not rounded. I was crushed but was accepted into the LPN program the next semester.

6. nclex with 85 questions......

   wt2001 replied to Vman's topic in NCLEX

   I had the computer cut off at 85 questions. I was so scared and I had to drive 150 mileds back from Nashville, TN to Murray, KY in the worst thunderstorm. I checked online 48 hours later and I had passed. Alot of people that I know have had it to t...

7. having trouble with care plans and the nursing DX process

   wt2001 replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I found a book called The Nursing Diagnosis Handbook : A Guide to Planning Care by Betty J. Ackley and Gail B. Ladwig. It's an older book, 4th edition published through Mosby. I was able to do all of my care plans from this book. Section I tells y...

8. Almost fired today

   wt2001 replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

   I have only been a nurse for 6 months and this seems like a scary situation to be in. Now at the hospital that I work at an order for ativan or haldol wil not be accepted by the pharmacy without a prn prescription also. Actually that is for all na...

9. African American Care

   wt2001 replied to CametoitlateTexan's topic in General Nursing

   Eating dirt is also known as a form of pica. So if this was true in the South if may have been due to a lack of iron. This might be an area where there is not adequate healthcare.

10. Send your best success vibes my way!!

    wt2001 replied to Pocamom's topic in NCLEX

    I read your post a little late but I am saying a prayer for you. I took the NCLEX-PN and it cut off at 85 questions. When I got to 84 I just sat there for a while and prayed that it would not shut off at 85. Well when I pressed the next button it ...

11. New Diversity Criteria for Admission...what to make of that?

    wt2001 replied to luv2yoga's topic in General Students

    If the quotas were in effect when I was accepted to the nursing program then I would not have been the only minority in a class of 40. Also I work in a LTC facility at the present time and guess what, there are only 3 minority nurses, and 3 CNA's in...

12. Affirmative action for single mothers?

    wt2001 replied to Multicollinearity's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Guess what? I am a single mother of two young boys that was accepted into nursing school based on my GPA. Also I worked hard and paid my own tuition until my last semester which is when I applied for a scholarship through the hospital where I had bu...

13. Real 911 calls.....

    wt2001 replied to RosesrReder's topic in Humor

    I have another 911 story which involves my son when he was a year old. My son picked up the phone and hit the 911 button on the phone, well I just thought that he was just playing or pretending to be speaking to someone so I took the phone away from...

14. Real 911 calls.....

    wt2001 replied to RosesrReder's topic in Humor

    There was a resident in the LTC facility that I work in who would use her phone to call 911, ER, her physician,and any phone number she could find. She would tell them to call the nurses station and tell them to change the channel on her television o...

15. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    wt2001 replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    My younger sister who is now 17 used to call her vagina "Bop". So when she was little there was a singing group called EnVogue and in one of their songs they would say "UM Bop". Well my sister would start crying because she thought that my mother an...