shawnnarae

I am going through the study guide doing all the practice questions and sample PCS things they have in there and all its doing is making me feel stupid. I think I may be lost on this nursing diagnosis stuff. I always end up thinking of a different on...

So, I got my date, (my real one this time!!) for 10/17 at Faxton-St.Lukes in Utica. :-) Kinda scary! I had originally wanted to go to a conference but I just dont have the money for it now and I really dont want to go somewheres by myself. Also, I a...

I have about 20-22 depending on census but I do all the meds and all the treatments, any orders that may come in, bs & insulin for the diabetics, calling/faxing docs if someone should get really sick and also handle any emergencies that come up. ...

I used to work at a mental health facility and there I had been spit at, bitten, hit, meds smacked out of my hands. TOOOONS of verbal, emotional abuse. A night nurse that works in my current facility (LTC) was clocked in the face by a pt having a par...

WOW. Are you serious? Are we in high school here? Never have i EVER met an LPN who wanted to "burn" an RN because they were jealous of their title. Those that want to become RNs do the schooling. I am an LPN and I have NEVER put one of my patients in...

Then please go post in the 'What do you HATE about LTC?' forum.

Originally Posted by LadyJRN1 Please do not go into LTC - you will have residents who report you for nothing but trying to help them, families who are demanding and want to tell you how to take care of their family members, and LPN's and CNA's who...

Ooo, they actually let you send them care plans?? Who do I send these to?

Soooo.... I just got a packet today with someone else's name on it for my test date/site, and I called Excelsior and that date was inteded for that other person! So, now I don't know when my date is.... which I must say is ok with me right now becaus...

Thanks! I know what the 0-10 pain scale is, it's just that when I am going over all the answers in the study guide it always said acute pain r/t tissue trauma aeb and then it states some number out of 10, and I just had no idea where they got those n...

The only 2 that passed?? yikes! But congrats to you for it! What are there... usually 6 people in the group right?

Thanks! Ill try to look some stuff up. :)

Oh No! :)

Thank you very much, that does help. :-) One thing that I just cannot wrap my head around is, when you say acute pain r/t tissue trauma aeb 7 out of 10 pain.... is that you write these up before you go into the room right? well how do you know if th...

Ohh good! Hey maybe you'll get to go to Utica on July 28th... with me! haha.

Wow. Really? I would say if you can get up to New York at all try that because they have a TON of sites. And keep hoping for a cancellation date. I hope things work out. :-)

Thank you. :-) During the CPNE, do they expect you to pick the nursing dx that they think should be there, or if you give a good rationale as to why you picked the one you did, will that be accepted? Sorry I ask a million questions, I am getting so ...

I ordered rob's video for download yesterday and am still waiting for my un and password. did it take long to get it?

I just got an email that my CPNE date is 7/28/08....(YIKES) but this is a Monday at Faxton-St. Lukes-New Hartford and I thought they did Fri-Sat-Sun. Just wondering if anyone else has gone on a Monday. Oh and any tips? I found out an hour ago and I a...

Oh and just curious... when the state was at my facility, they counted using the no-water antimicrobial stuff as handwashing.... does the CPNE count it as this?

Ya know, I always hear how 'traditional school' nurses are rude or don't give credit to 'nontraditional school' nurses, but SERIOUSLY, get them to pass this thing on the first try. At least in 'real' school if you miss something they let you fix it.

July 28th-30th in Utica, NY

Did you only mark one place? I checked off all the boxes in my area and got mine for within 2 months. Can you add more places you'd like to take the test to get a quicker date? And did you put yourself on the cancellation list? Those might help you t...

So what is it like when you are there? Do they hover over you? Are they nice or rude? Im soo curious as to what its going to be like when I get there. Everything will be so different than I am used to!

Man I really wish I knew they only needed the results page because I was SO frustrate trying to get them all together in one file. My mom has one of those printer/copier/fax/scanner things so I copied it at a smaller size, then cut them all out, then...