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  1. Agency in northeast PA area

    dolphn545 posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    Hi! I am a LPN looking for info on any good agencies to work for in the northeast PA area. Please PM me if you know of who is good to work for, etc. Thank

  2. CLEP, testing out, etc

    dolphn545 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi Everybody! I am going to start Excelsior for LPN to RN. And the more I'm reading about the testing out, the more I'm getting confused as to which to test through who. I know that I can test out of...

  3. CLEP, testing out, etc

    dolphn545 replied to dolphn545's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Thanks everybody! Decisions, decisions ... trying to decide which order to study and test out

  4. Need advice on how to find a job (New Grad)

    dolphn545 replied to jamintz's topic in General Nursing

    The hospitals in my area offer a nurse intern (extern?) program over the summer for new grads. Start there, see if the hospitals in your area offer something like that. Also in this area, it is...

  5. can a rn or lpn answer my interview questions?please

    dolphn545 replied to heavenangel90's topic in General Nursing

    1.whats a typical day at work like? My typical day may not be what you're looking for. I am a pediatric private duty nurse. So I go to people's homes, help with their disabled, medically fragile...

  6. Interim Healthcare - Need Info Please! :-)

    dolphn545 posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I live in Northeast PA, and recently met with Interim, and am looking for info from anybody with experience with dealing with them. (I have to go in for more paperwork, but I like to hear what others...

  7. Interim Healthcare - Need Info Please! :-)

    dolphn545 replied to dolphn545's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Thanks for your response! I did meet with them a second time today, and think I've decided to go with them. They have 2 cases they want to get me on. Hopefully I'm making the right move. I've...

  8. Any ADN(RN) nursing schools without waiting lists in the United States?

    dolphn545 replied to thejourney's topic in General Students

    Click on this link: http://www.discovernursing.com/ and look on the right for the "HOW" tab. In there, it says "Nursing Programs Without Waiting Lists" Maybe through this, you will be able to find...

  9. LPN to RN online

    dolphn545 replied to bumsha's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I don't have an answer to your question -- but I must be missing something in my research for LPN to RN online schools. South University, from what I've read, does RN to BSN. I'm aware of Excelsior...

  10. Know of Any ADN Programs With No Wait List?

    dolphn545 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    go to discovernursing.com Put your mouse by the "HOW" tab toward the right, and there is info for nursing programs without waiting

  11. How Do You Promote Yourself as an Almost-Grad?

    dolphn545 replied to EquuszARNP's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I did post on your other thread, that's closed now. And my suggestion is to see if any of the local hospitals will offer an internship type program, that way you can get your foot in the door, and...

  12. Got My First Job Refusal Due to Being EC Student

    dolphn545 replied to EquuszARNP's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Maybe check with the same, or other local hospitals and see if they offer an internship program that will give you the clinical skills you need to pursue your

  13. lpn test in pennsylvania

    dolphn545 replied to mrobinson22's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I graduated June 7, and sat for (and passed) boards on June 13. The DON at my school was on top of getting her paperwork into the State ASAP. So, part of the "wait" depends on your

  14. Any advice for smoking/non-smoking relationship?

    dolphn545 replied to thetravellertoplaces's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I don't smoke but my husband does. The last two places that we lived had a basement, that was "his" room, and he could smoke away down there, but not in the main part of the house. Now that we are...

  15. Question about charting?

    dolphn545 replied to Lorie P.'s topic in Private Duty

    I work agency, and make a notation every hour. So if my client is sleeping the day away, I will write every hour "remains sleeping" "sleeping soundly",

  16. Can nurse ask family to wait outside while doing treatment

    dolphn545 replied to muleboy's topic in General Nursing

    You can't refuse to do the treatment, but maybe you can get the time that it's done changed. Hopefully there should be at least SOME period of time when no one is there with your resident, (first...

  17. Does anyone go to school with their client?

    dolphn545 replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    I go to school with my client. It's something that I'm still getting used to, because I happened to start with my client at the beginning of summer, where it was just me and them for the summer, and...

  18. Positive ppd test

    dolphn545 replied to foster's mom's topic in General Nursing

    I had a false positive TB test once as well. The MD that read the test is telling me not to worry because he tests + Some people just need to get annual CXR instead of annual TB tests, to make sure...

  19. "Nursing students with C's are still nurses".. ?

    dolphn545 replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

    Being booksmart won't necessarily make you a better nurse. Someone was in my class who would have been the top nurse, GRADE wise, but this particular person had no bedside manner. This person's sense...

  20. Need Help : how to transfer the CA license to NY license ?

    dolphn545 replied to mikhy's topic in New York Nursing

    You would need to go online with the NY State Board of Nursing and check their requirements. If you still have questions regarding your credentials, etc., you can call them. That would be your best...

  21. Letters to Doctors

    dolphn545 replied to athomemom56's topic in Private Duty

    If you're working for an agency doing private duty, doesn't your agency have any forms that the patient takes to the MD to have filled out at that time? (my agency does and when I know my client is...

  22. can you apply for two states?

    dolphn545 replied to IvyIV's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Although there is only one test to take, and you can only "register" for one state at test time, the licensing REQUIREMENTS for each state may differ. Make sure you check with NYS BON to be sure you...

  23. Nursing Diagnosis DM

    dolphn545 replied to gracie_baby4u's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    These are only Possibilities, without me knowing the pt himself, any lab works, etc. Ineffective tissue perfusion peripheral r/t impaired arterial circulation R/F injury: hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia...

  24. Helping Someone "Let Go" At Time of Death

    dolphn545 replied to Passion4Compassion's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree with the previous posts, thanking your loved ones near the end. Also just by telling them that "it's ok" is something that they need to hear. It's ok to let go, and that you will be alright....

  25. what is your facility protocol?

    dolphn545 replied to celestial1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    some of my residents receive 2-cal, so I will usually put the MOM in that. You can try putting the MOM in his healthshake, if you know that's what he drinks all of. Just a suggestion. I have a...