msnicola27

msnicola27 has 15 years experience and specializes in Community nursing/hospice/case mgmt.

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1. South University FNP MSN program???

   msnicola27 replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in NP Students

   I am currently an FNP student at South University and have one more class before my first practicum. I did the BSN completion program at South. The format for theory worked around my work schedule which was M-F 8-430. A few months ago I was able t...

2. Role Call! RN to BSN online students........

   msnicola27 replied to Tweety's topic in Online Learning

   Hi, I'm in my second semester at South University's online RN-BSN program. I'm only attending one class at a time but enough of my credits transferred so I should be done sometime next year. Nicola

3. use of Cadd pumps in pain management

   msnicola27 replied to jwelhwel's topic in Hospice

   We use the CADD legacy pumps. Ours has a screen that says "demand" where you can set the prn dosing, then after that screen it lets you set the lockout. This is in addition to the scheduled dosing. I think the CADD pumps are great, especially ...

4. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

   msnicola27 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice

   I love using the scop patches, they work pretty good. I find them better when we can get the 72h ones. When our pharmacy runs out, we are having to deliver scopolamine gel out in a syringe with patches for families to "make their own" but those on...

5. LPN job despriptions

   msnicola27 replied to bornfree's topic in Hospice

   Hi, check out your scope of practice for CA. I was an LPN there while I was going through RN school. As an LPN I was allowed to care for pts with vents, but as far as IVs go we were only allowed to d/c them and hang fluids (but no abx and definitely ...