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Does anyone know where I can find cd for Excelsior College Nursing Concepts 5. I have been studying this and its driving me nuts. Thought CD might help if it was available.

I work in long term care facility, my position is Treatment Nurse. I always follow universa precautions, and good hand washing before and after patient contact. I have had rash for about 2 weeks, these begin as what looks like little bite, then bec...

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If the wound is developing black eschar it has to be changed to stage 4, in our facility if resident has stage 3 or 4 we can put catheter in them to help keep urine out of wound. I like to use accuzyme on necrotic tissue, it helps to debride the es...

status post means condition after.

I love LTC. We have communication sheets for each hall, I use an extra one of these and make notes on patient as to how take meds, what treatments etc. by all means listen to cnas they have most hands on with that resident and they know if somethin...

In LTC facility I work at the charts have pink dot on outside of it if they are dnr, is also on bottom of MAR, and our names outside the door are red if DNR, black if not, this helps alot.

I have worked in LTC for 21 years, 5 years as CNA and 16 years as LPN. Yes i get frustrated when working short and inappropriately placed residents and demanding families, beds not working etc. However i dont see myself anywhere else. I have had l...

In 1998 we moved from New York to Tennessee. I had to contact Tennessee Board of Nursing and get paperwork from them to fill out for license in Tennessee. Also had to send form to NY board of nursing to fill out and they sent it to Tn board of nurs...

Thanks for websites, need all the help I can get.

I had 1st at 23, 2nd at 26. was through with LPN school before got married. was working hubby worked full time too. wouldnt change anything except for the constant bickering between them. I am told this is normal though. Were we ready? No but w...

I am studying psych and having hard time with meds and categories and what they are used for. Any advice on this please help.

No i do not regret being a nurse. It is truly one of the most rewarding jobs a person could have. also there is bad side to it, sometimes the resdients kick, hit, pinch, spit, slap, bite and all that other stuff. but just to hear a thank you or ge...

So sorry to hear about her loss and suffering. It could have been avoided if Doctor and family were more compliant and willing to work and take care of her like she should have been. Hats off to you, you tried everything you could to help her and g...

When measuring always use centimeters. We have plastic films that we use to measure wounds. length of the wound is measured from head to toes of person or using clock method between 12 and 6. width is side to side or on clock between 9 and 3. hop...

congratulations. glad to know there is hope for me yet. been lpn 15 years and working for RN now. hope to be done in next year or so.

Have you looked into Vol State . Not sure what all they offer but might be worth checking out.

I recently sat with gentleman holding his hand while he took his last breath. We had window open to allow spirits to come in to take his soul to the other side. I watched as he inhaled and the blinds flew out straight into the room and when he exha...

I like idea of scheduled chats or topics. I also like idea of stump the nurse sounds like fun

I have taken all of my excelsior college tests at sylvan learning center. you have 3 hours to do test. test is 160 questions. something new they have started doing is giving paper after done with test that gives graphics of how well you have done ...

I had resident with decub on ankle. Resident also had had surgery in past and had hardware in this foot and leg. About a week after area began, hardware was showing through. Resident was sent to see surgeon who removed hardware. What stage should...

I am currently studying college network books for Nursing program at Excelsior college. There is lots of material in books and I find them to be beneficial for me.