wt2001

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1. INfo for LVN to BSN at indiana state university?

   wt2001 replied to Kashia's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Hi, I have just started this program and I will be doing my clinicals at my local hospital. It does take a little time for approval but this process was already started by 3 fellow co-workers that...

2. Any LPN's in KY? I have a question...

   wt2001 replied to KentuckyLady's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a LTC facility that is sending the LPN's through a class so that we can do IV pushes. Also we are not able to spike blood but will be able to monitor and discontinue blood. LPN's are not...

3. Please Respond!!

   wt2001 replied to NCJill's topic in General Nursing

   It's even lower in Murray, KY. Base pay is 12.20 for LPN and shift diff. is 0.25, with only $3.00 for the weekend shift. RN's base pay is $15.79. Yes that's all and we were told that our pay is...

4. LPN coming to Fort Campbell, KY area as CIVILIAN

   wt2001 replied to stevenking's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Well there is a hospital in Hopkinsville called Jenny Stuart (don't know much about them), also the psychiatric hospital in Hopkinsville, Western Baptist and Lourdes in Paducah, KY and Murray-Calloway...

5. nclex with 85 questions......

   wt2001 replied to Vman's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I had the computer cut off at 85 questions. I was so scared and I had to drive 150 mileds back from Nashville, TN to Murray, KY in the worst thunderstorm. I checked online 48 hours later and I had...

6. having trouble with care plans and the nursing DX process

   wt2001 replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   I found a book called The Nursing Diagnosis Handbook : A Guide to Planning Care by Betty J. Ackley and Gail B. Ladwig. It's an older book, 4th edition published through Mosby. I was able to do all...

7. Almost fired today

   wt2001 replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

   I have only been a nurse for 6 months and this seems like a scary situation to be in. Now at the hospital that I work at an order for ativan or haldol wil not be accepted by the pharmacy without a...

8. African American Care

   wt2001 replied to CametoitlateTexan's topic in General Nursing

   Eating dirt is also known as a form of pica. So if this was true in the South if may have been due to a lack of iron. This might be an area where there is not adequate

9. Send your best success vibes my way!!

   wt2001 replied to Pocamom's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I read your post a little late but I am saying a prayer for you. I took the NCLEX-PN and it cut off at 85 questions. When I got to 84 I just sat there for a while and prayed that it would not shut...

10. Affirmative action for single mothers?

    wt2001 replied to Multicollinearity's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Guess what? I am a single mother of two young boys that was accepted into nursing school based on my GPA. Also I worked hard and paid my own tuition until my last semester which is when I applied for...

11. Real 911 calls.....

    wt2001 replied to RosesrReder's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have another 911 story which involves my son when he was a year old. My son picked up the phone and hit the 911 button on the phone, well I just thought that he was just playing or pretending to be...

12. Real 911 calls.....

    wt2001 replied to RosesrReder's topic in Nursing Humor

    There was a resident in the LTC facility that I work in who would use her phone to call 911, ER, her physician,and any phone number she could find. She would tell them to call the nurses station and...

13. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    wt2001 replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    My younger sister who is now 17 used to call her lady parts "Bop". So when she was little there was a singing group called EnVogue and in one of their songs they would say "UM Bop". Well my sister...

14. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    wt2001 replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    Now that's funny:chuckle

15. Nurses who smoke?

    wt2001 replied to Pete Venkman's topic in General Nursing

    I am a smoker but I don't take alot of breaks just to have a cigarette. I very rarely go out to take a break to smoke, which is something that I can do after work. I just feel that having the smell...