Swiftright

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1. Starting LPN program on Aug 29, 2011

   Swiftright replied to Classy05's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I am just finishing up LPN school. It was pretty fun nothing to hard, all round good learning experience. My advice: You will get use to feces vomit and mucus, don't run from them. You get out what you put in, study study and study. If in clinical a...

2. Pyxis - The Ultimate Fomite

   Swiftright replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in General Nursing

   One day for kicks and giggles the pharmacy manager and the infection control nurse at the hospital I worked at decided start randomly culturing items up on the floors and the pharmacy. Our Pyxis machines were just behind the elevator buttons for tota...

3. Filter needles for glass vials?

   Swiftright replied to jrsmrs's topic in Medications

   Is there some confusion here between glass ampules and glass vials? The only time I ever used a filter for vials was on certain drugs that can crystallize in solution and the rare cases of coring the stopper an irreplaceable drug. (working in pharmac...

4. Can they make me stay at the hospital without pay?

   Swiftright replied to myoglobin's topic in General Nursing

   posted in wrong thread and cant figure out how to delete

5. LPN-BSN ISU Grads

   Swiftright replied to AGF-LPN's topic in LPN-RN

   As in Indian State? I'm looking at that school to. I would love to hear some real people give their opinions.

6. Want to move to a coastal town with a great hospital to work at as nurse manager

   Swiftright replied to Cville RN's topic in Management

   I use to live in Cape may and Wildwood. There are 2 hospitals down there, Ocean city and Cape May Courthouse. Its a freaking nice area, cost of living isent to bad either. We had a 2 bedroom apartment 2 blocks off the beach that cost us 550$ a month....