bluelace

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1. IV Insertion...HELP!!!

   bluelace posted a topic in General Students

   My school restructured our curriculum so that IV insertion is not taught until the second year (they also nixed the LPN program). I just started a job as an ED tech, and one of the duties is to start IVs. I get a flash, but then I blow the vein. The ...

2. 6 right in administering meds

   bluelace replied to chazca's topic in General Students

   We were taught that the 6th right is documentation. What helps me remember is making a sentence neumonic, such as "People Really Do Take Drugs Daily." People = Person Really = Route Do = Drug Take = Time Drugs = Dose Daily = Documentation

3. There's always one student.....

   bluelace replied to APBT mom's topic in General Students

   What you permit, you promote, so I'd find a way to tactfully ask her to please shut up! I definitely wouldn't study with her, as it seems she creates a lot of negative energy. In my class the problem is there is a student who asks way too many questi...

4. Nursing Student, working as CNA?

   bluelace replied to GirlCalledJack's topic in General Students

   In my first year, I worked as a CNA on a part-time basis, one night a week (usually Friday or Saturday). I was lucky because I was able to set my own schedule, and I tried not to schedule myself to work the night before an exam. I felt it really he...