andeam

andeam specializes in Getting my LVN first, the onto my RN!!!!.

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1. ~Earning your LPN~

   andeam replied to believeallispossible's topic in LPN/LVN

   I am 22 as well and will be graduating from vocational nursing school in 3 WEEKS!!! I am so excited and YES, I do see it as an accomplishment. I have worked my butt off for the past year to get my 4.0 gpa and to learn the skills and knowledge to be...

2. No She/he Did Not!!!

   andeam replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

   she did not just ask the instructor if you could live without LUNGS!!!!!! or if you could be a blood donor/organ donor if you have HIV/AIDS same girl asked both, unbelievable, i swear

3. OB/GYN RN jobs outside of the hospital?

   andeam replied to MovingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   One thing that is always in demand are teachers. Childbirth instructors at hospitals around Dallas anyway are usually RNs, there are also RNs that work in county health departments and do case work for high risk and teen pregnancies and do "home hea...

4. Starting Nursing School

   andeam replied to andeam's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   The first two weeks seemed to fly by. So far its going good. I have met some nice classmates, however, the girl I sit next to has tried to steal my calculator twice now and tried stealing a set of flashcards I spent 2 hours making, but hopefully my...

5. Starting Nursing School

   andeam posted a topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Hello everyone! I start nursing school in an hour and I am so excited. Honestly, I have not been able to sleep for the last week. Last night I kept waking up and thinking that I was going to be late! lol. I have put this off for way too long! I...

6. Do you recommend Presbyterian Dallas a good place to work?

   andeam replied to RNRebecca83's topic in Texas

   I've worked at presbydallas for the last 2.5 years and I must say it is a pretty nice place to work. The nurse to patient ratios are lower than at other area hospitals (usually no more that 6:1), and they just started a new career advancement ladder...

7. Concorde Career Inst.

   andeam replied to shihztulady's topic in Texas

   I just wanted to mention that Concorde is accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools, and approved by the TX BON, if it wasn't they would not have a 91% employment rate of their students after graduation.

8. how many non-traditional students are here?

   andeam replied to LolaBunnie's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   While I'm not over 24, I am 21 and married and fully independent from my parents. It is definetly a lot different. In my opinion, when you are older and "wiser" per say, you are generally paying for your own school, hence you will really try harder...

9. Which school is better in Dallas, Texas for LVN? Concorde,Platt, or Dallas Nursing In

   andeam replied to kw29student's topic in Texas

   FUTUREARMYNURSE: I am on the Concorde waitlist for June too, basically, the waitlist is just a way to make sure that everyone has payment plans in order and all documentation ready, I'm guessing you had the same counselor that I did, and I must say ...

10. What do you love most about nursing?

    andeam replied to ToxicShock's topic in General Nursing

    That no matter how rough it gets, I can always put a smile on someone's face and make what may be the hardest part of their life yet a look a little brighter!

11. scary scary night in icu

    andeam posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have never been so scared working in a hospital as I was tonight. We had a patient in neuro ICU that was etoh withdrawl. He had been pretty mellow all night and the dr had started to wean him off of his sedatives. About 5 am all hell broke loose...

12. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    andeam replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    When I ( a pct) tell a nurse about a patient's declining status and they ignore what I say and later we have to code the patient or send them to the unit

13. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    andeam replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    There is one room in the post partum unit of the hospital that always smells like men's cologne! When you enter the room, the door shuts without being touched, and the lights appear to be off from outside the building, when they are on on the inside...

14. Do hospitals in your area still hiring? I want to relocate.

    andeam replied to niceone's topic in General Nursing

    Most hospitals all over Texas are still hiring! Especially in the Dallas area, there are hundreds of openings!!! Hope this helps

15. SCD's and TED hose

    andeam replied to arkierns's topic in General Nursing

    In the hospital I work at the mds typically order both teds and scds. In fact, while a patient in this hospital, I was given both, and told to put them on with a bp of 210/110