LisaG21

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1. Charting Time of Death

   LisaG21 replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric

   Ditto to april....you wouldn't say you bathed someone at 10 when you really did it at 11 cause you got held up would you?

2. Scope of practice concern

   LisaG21 replied to NurseCherlove's topic in General Nursing

   I searched the board of nursing and our scope for this one I was curious. I think you need to get futhur explanation on this though. Are you the first person that the pateints sees? and you are admitting them to the psych unit for suspected? until a...

3. Are nursing students allowed to give IV push meds?

   LisaG21 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

   I went for my RN BSN and I gave IV push meds from the start. I am in pa and had clinicals in de and pa. The only time we weren't allowed to was in our peds rotation but that was the hospitals rules...we couldn't give any IV med. LPNS are not allowe...

4. Commute time?

   LisaG21 replied to rnbeauty's topic in CRNA

   I drove 2 minutes up the road to school every day lol So I don't have anything to offer here but I wanted to say you shouldn't listen to your lecture tapes lol If they are as boring as my nursing school's classes were you would fall asleep at the whe...

5. calling all that failed Nclex...and maybe those that passed :)

   LisaG21 replied to LisaG21's topic in NCLEX

   Welp, she got her results in the mail, and she failed. She bursted into tears just telling me about it. I didn't know what to do so I just listened to her, and I gave her a bag of m&ms lol. She keeps saying its a minor set back and that she will ...

6. calling all that failed Nclex...and maybe those that passed :)

   LisaG21 posted a topic in NCLEX

   Its not often we ask for the advice on those that failed....:chuckle but this is different. I took my RN boards in june and passed with 86 questions, found out in 2 days (my state does not participate in early notification but I verified my license...

7. real bed baths on classmate?

   LisaG21 replied to nurseabc123's topic in General Students

   No we did not. We did get in gowns to learn how to do various assessments, however no private areas even came close to being exposed. I would refuse on all counts to do this, although a proper bed bath does not expose a patient if it does it is very...

8. CPR certification

   LisaG21 replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

   ok I am kinda nervous saying that I do not have a cpr certification during an interview.....I have one on thursday for st. christophers and I don't now...I def will not get pals but I am still thinking about the BLS lol....has anyone heard anything a...

9. CPR certification

   LisaG21 replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

   ok so I need BLS so I should take the class saturday...then I will have to take PALS...and if I want ACLS? what is the difference between all these? lol I mean... the BLS class on saturday is from 9am till 330pm...what could possibly take that long??...

10. CPR certification

    LisaG21 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys Really quick....I am gonna renew my CPR card on saturday cause it runs out the 31st but I am a new nurse and I am pursing a pediatric position ...should I just wait cause the class this weekend is 60 bucks and its for the healthcare provider...

11. car plates

    LisaG21 replied to LisaG21's topic in Pennsylvania

    alright lol...hey do you know do I have to join the full membership or just the state membership because I really don't have 300 dollars for the full lol but i would renew the state for 99 lol

12. car plates

    LisaG21 replied to LisaG21's topic in Pennsylvania

    Some people have told me not to get them because they said you are at risk for being sued cause people know you are a nurse or they may fake emergencies and then rape you or something I don't really know lol everyone keeps telling me its a bad idea. ...

13. Catheter problems

    LisaG21 replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

    He does have a wound care specialist that was tending to both his colostomy and his bed sore (some nurses didn't think it was important to clean him up everytime he went to the bathroom but that is a whole other story lol) but they said his stoma wa...

14. Spots on lung X-ray

    LisaG21 replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

    hey guys We went to the doctor yesterday. And there mixed news. The spots are what I thought was going on, the doctor sees lung transplant patient and doens't want to over look anything lol so they send you to your lung doctor. So the lung doctor sai...

15. Catheter problems

    LisaG21 replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

    hey guys Sorry I haven't been back here since I posted my life is sooooooo extremely hectic lol. My dad does need the catheter, he has retention. He is a parapeligic they think some form of MS but they don't know cause its so hard to diagnose. He has...