vern234

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1. What can I do?

   vern234 replied to butterflysvn's topic in LPN/LVN

   She contacted the state licensure board by phone, we don't get a score here either, its pass or fail, but they had to explain what took so long. How long since you took your boards?

2. What can I do?

   vern234 replied to butterflysvn's topic in LPN/LVN

   I had to let you know I graduated with a girl who took her boards around the same time as I did and she never heard if she had passed for almost 6 weeks. She also had 85 questions, we tried to be supportive thinking maybe she had failed, but to her g...

3. First week on the job & I made a med error!

   vern234 replied to vern234's topic in LPN/LVN

   Thanks for the advice, everyone at work has been very supportive & I know I will learn from my mistake. I don't care if it takes me an hour to pass meds, I will slow down & double check everything.

4. First week on the job & I made a med error!

   vern234 replied to vern234's topic in LPN/LVN

   :Melody: Yes, everyone found out, because I reported it right away. Thank god the pt. was alright. I went back to work after a day off and concentrated more on what I was doing, instead of being so distracted by what everyone else was doing.

5. First week on the job & I made a med error!

   vern234 posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I gave a patient the wrong meds, I broke the CARDINAL RULE of administration....Check the wrist band!!! How many times did instructors drill that phrase into my head? I'm still in orientation for 3 more weeks and everyone was very understanding, RN, ...

6. LPN student First day of psych rotation, HELP!

   vern234 replied to vern234's topic in Psychiatric

   I think you may be right, I am not used to the slower pace and need to feel alittle more at ease. The thing that really got to me was a verbal attack on all the students by a patient, He "Didn't give his permission to have students watching him all d...

7. LPN student First day of psych rotation, HELP!

   vern234 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   :imbar Today was my first day of a three week rotation in psych, I left the floor feeling stressed out,& emotionally tired. I am normally very good at communicating with my patients, but today I just froze, any advice would be greatly appreciate...