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  1. Desperate for advice!!!!

    ukstudent replied to dbledutchs's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    With the added information, I would get the LPN. Try and get some student loans to help you out for the year. Good luck and welcome to the world of

  2. Desperate for advice!!!!

    ukstudent replied to dbledutchs's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ask the hospital if they will help pay for you to go to nursing school. Some hospitals will train you to become a CNA and pay you for that training. Then after you have been working for a period of...

  3. Three Bad Things

    ukstudent replied to Ilovewaiting's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    (((((Paul))))

  4. How would you tell your boss this?

    ukstudent replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    Someone is paying for those meds, either parents/insurance or state insurance. Are they getting a refund for any unused meds? If not it's called insurance fraud and

  5. would you choose a job based on salary or "the job"?

    ukstudent replied to NurseEmily22's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Choose the job. Money is good and if all else is equal then get the better paying job. But things aren't equal here. Go to the ER if that is what will get you out of bed each day with a smile....

  6. why are some students getting 2 patients?

    ukstudent replied to lpnhell's topic in General Students

    How do you mean not better? Maybe they are more organized than you, maybe they asked for extra patient's. Maybe they go over just the minimum needed to pass clinicals and the instructor is pushing...

  7. Fired in 1 day

    ukstudent replied to svetas's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Sorry that you lost your job with no written warning. I do have some questions though. Would you have called the Doc about a K level of 2.7 on the med side? That is really low and should be called...

  8. Is it to be an RN and go CRNA(Not in academic sense)? Whats your Experience as CRNA?

    ukstudent replied to tonyluvnelly's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Sorry, it wasn't very clear in your first post. I suggest that you look at the CRNA forum and the pre-CRNA forum. From what I have seen, you can get a good view of what they do and how it differ's...

  9. Is it to be an RN and go CRNA(Not in academic sense)? Whats your Experience as CRNA?

    ukstudent replied to tonyluvnelly's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm not a CRNA and have no desire to be one, but at least I know why. All I can get out of your posting is that you have NO desire to be a nurse but you have to be one? Who is making you become a...

  10. EKG interpretation in your curriculum

    ukstudent replied to psychonurse57's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Not an educator - however in my ADN last semester we had to do 12 lead EKG's on each other in lab. Were lectured on reading strips and tested on the more basic strip readings. We also had clinicals,...

  11. Help! I may get fired!

    ukstudent replied to Siouxz2's topic in Operating Room

    Please don't think of it as giving up. It would be the reflection that at this moment in time the OR is not a good fit for your personality. Which was the underlying theme of your first post. Before...

  12. Help! I may get fired!

    ukstudent replied to Siouxz2's topic in Operating Room

    Different personalities have either an easier or harder time in different departments. It seems that you are saying that you are hard wired (personality) to not function well in a OR. Before getting...

  13. Staffing question & your cardiac floor

    ukstudent replied to laurenjarrod's topic in Cardiac

    People higher up than the manager need to know what is happening on your floor. Write a letter with just factual information and send a copy to the chief nursing officer and risk management. If...

  14. I just failed my second semester of nursing school.

    ukstudent replied to naturalized's topic in General Nursing

    I want you to know that some of the BEST nurses that I have ever met have been LPN's. I mean no disrespect. Just as doctorate programs are taught at a certain level and baccalaureate programs are...

  15. I just failed my second semester of nursing school.

    ukstudent replied to naturalized's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry. I don't know what other schools will do. The best thing would be to call around and find out what their requirements are. Depending on your situation you may want to think about...

  16. Sit the last one out? Mulling this over....

    ukstudent replied to NurseDaddy2006's topic in Male Nursing Students

    That one CI might not mind students not showing up for the last day, but what about all the others. Believe me when I say that all the CI's talk to each other and it will be noted as to which...

  17. been too long on the electronic pumps....

    ukstudent replied to kaeri's topic in General Nursing

    Your doing great. I got the same answer for number 1. For number 2, there is not enough data, how long has it been running? 41 gtts/min / 20 drop factor = 2.05 ml/min x 60 mins = 123 ml/hr. For...

  18. The UK path to Universal Coverage

    ukstudent replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    indeed, a 2006 study published in the journal of the american medical association found that, on average, english people are much healthier than americans are; they suffer from lower rates of...

  19. One quiz question I am struggling with

    ukstudent replied to PennyNickelDime_RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Forget that she is 16 and pregnant. This is a first visit. What is important about that first interview and comunication. I would answer b. Also without trust, she would not follow up on any...

  20. My path to becoming a CRNA... am i doing it right?

    ukstudent replied to rustausa's topic in International Nursing

    You have a bigger problem than becomming a CRNA. You have a student visa and will need to change that to a work visa. You need to talk to an immigration lawyer, which none of us are. Good luck in...

  21. Nursing Assistants/Techs: Poll

    ukstudent replied to RedERRN's topic in Emergency

    what functions do the nursing assistants provide in your er? start iv's, do ekg's, set up rooms, place pt's on monitors, foleys. does your er have good rn/assistant relationships? yes what...

  22. Need some guidance about my future

    ukstudent replied to ChristyMNOP's topic in General Nursing

    I second what Anne74 said. It's nice to have that money from the government but it is NOT needed. Get a job, and find out what interests you about nursing. Find your area, from there you can go...

  23. Need advice RE: Job change and starting NP program

    ukstudent replied to HealthyRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    How about doing case management if you don't like patient care. Please reconsider becoming a

  24. Have emailed and called repeatedly for a license by endorsement application....???

    ukstudent replied to yogastudentRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Maryland started this year, to require background checks for everyone. This has slowed their normally slow response to just about no

  25. Advice about a teacher....

    ukstudent replied to JDLAStew's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    She is creating a hostile enviroment. However, if she has tenure there might not be much that can be done. Do you have any tapes of your classes that you have been in, that comments have been made?...