Nurse Pure-Spring CNA, LPN

Long Term Care & Sub-acute Rehab

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    Should I or shouldn’t I have given Ativan?

    Nurse Pure-Spring posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hello! I’m a new nurse about 3 months of practice. And a few nights ago I gave a PRN Ativan 0.5mg to one of my long term care patients. He is mentally ill but stable enough to function and wheel...
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    Unruly CNAs, how to get them moving?

    Nurse Pure-Spring posted a topic in General Nursing

    New nurse here, and of course we have not yet grown our big boy pants! However, when work needs done it needs done. I think I do a decent job at assigning tasks and requesting a reasonable amount of...
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    Other nurse and DON are besties!

    Nurse Pure-Spring posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Sooo I have been working at a place as a new nurse for about 3-4 months now, and one of our unit managers was just promoted to the role of a DON. We have another nurse who is an LPN and she and the...
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    Stressed LPN

    Nurse Pure-Spring replied to Tinamae's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hello there! I’m so sorry to hear about your issues and I hope it’s gotten better! Nursing is stressful in itself. The floor nurses will have the most stress because they are truly “running the...
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    5 Things To Ask Your Nursing Professors

    Nurse Pure-Spring posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello everyone! Congratulations on choosing to become a nurse and getting into nursing school! Below you will find a list of helpful things I personally wished I had been taught or at least introduced...
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    Med error/feeling overwhelmed has me thinking of career change

    Nurse Pure-Spring replied to Fl0ridaNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I’m sure glad I got to read your post and the comments above as well. I am experiencing the same thing and have been questioning whether or not I should have given PRN Ativan or not... But as a new...
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    I failed a nursing course, should I go back?

    Nurse Pure-Spring posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone! I am currently in the LPN program and I was unsuccessful in our PN-118 class. We need at least an 80% to pass and move on to the next class. Unfortunately, I finished the class with a...
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    I need Tips for surviving LPN school!

    Nurse Pure-Spring replied to JaszB's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    Hey there and congrats on making it this far! A great app for your phone would be Nursing Central (Unbound Medicine). It's like an electronic drug and disease handbook for anything you can think of,...
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    I failed a nursing course, should I go back?

    Nurse Pure-Spring replied to Nurse Pure-Spring's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you guys for the feedback! I was quite upset until I read more about why I should not give up so rashly. I have spent so much time, energy and money into doing this and I realized I should not...