tookewlandy replied to Guest219794's topic in Medications
I am a new RN to, But when I was in school( a few months ago lol) We were taught hat when you give an IVP med, You time the follow flush as well, so if you give lasix over at least 2 min you should flush at least 2 min after you give the med, Another...
We just took the HESI exit as well, Unless you have to have a certain score to graduate don't study for it. It is supposed to gauge how well you do on NCLEX and what areas you need to refresh your knowledge in. I got a 996, 94.78 conversions score a...
wow, i cant believe that jan of 2006 i was worried about getting any nursing program and here i am a graduate nurse. i just want to thank all nurses and it's members for so much support, this community is amazing! i still have along way to go, with t...
You need a med-surg book. When i was in Fundamentals we had to get our careplans and patho info from our Med Surge book( only time we used it in Fundamentals was to do care plans) I'm sure there are other texts you can use like Patho books etc but I ...
tookewlandy replied to xrayjenn's topic in LPN/LVN
I have heard ( and of course the infomation i recieved could be wrong) that LPN's in PA cannot do triage, something about assessment and that not being in their scope of practice.
tookewlandy replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Students
The same situation happened to me last week in the ER, accept that my first one did not end up getting in at all. After that, i realized I went to deep, refocused. and then I was able to start them the rest of the day, I unsuccessfully started the fi...
tookewlandy replied to gt4everpn's topic in LPN/LVN
Just a side note, I started my ICU/Critical care rotation the other day and almost every patient was a senior citizen, and a lot were from LTC facilities. So you will come across that population alot it seems unless you are in PEDS/maternity etc. But...
I used to think( and still do sometimes) how am i gonna remember everything to for a physical assessment. but if you really take it in a head to toe approach and think of it as parts instead of a whole( not the pt the actually skill of physical asses...
I am taking these courses this semester( each 5 week individual courses, so its going be jammed packed and difficult) Was wondering if anyone had any resources they would suggest for each one( books, websites, etc) I start with critical care. Thanks ...
tookewlandy replied to yogaluvr's topic in Nursing
I think i have heard that you can apply to take the NCLEX in any state as long as you apply to the BON(state) you choose to work in. Is this true?? Like if I go to school in PA and i wanted to move to ohio when im done with school, while i am finishi...
