Holly27

Holly27

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  1. Delivering lab specimens...what do you think?

    REFUSE! REFUSE! I had a friend doing a "errand" for her work. Well the parking lot was full so she decided to pass it and stop at the gas station and get a coke (to waste time till the parking lot...
  2. employee health and pre-employment physical?

    For me it was TB Test Drug Screen Paperwork Basically like the kind you fill out at the doctors office and fitted for a TB mask. I thought more would be involved, but that was
  3. Baptist Health School of Nursing

    Ask Pile about the book or call the PTC bookstore. There should be a list on the board across from the lockers in the hallway at Baptist. If not ask Pile. If you don't know who that is. Then PM
  4. I start the Cardiac Unit Monday. Did I just say Monday?!? OMG! I did I did. I'm sooo nervous. I bought a book to help me through things but I need advice on what things I should brush up on while I'm...
  5. Baptist Health School of Nursing

    I just finished LPN school in June. I have a few friends in the RN program and plan on Fast Tracking in Jan. If you have any problems or questions.Please Ask! I'm still on campus a lot(Summer Classes)...
  6. Tricks to remember things

    For whatever reason it wouldn't let me change my post but it goes like this white(clouds) -------black(smoke) -------------brown------------- green(grass)-------- red(fire) on your chest TA
  7. Tricks to remember things

    Oh! I have another one I just learned this week. How to hook up a heart monitor. Going left to right. "Like reading a book" Clouds over grass . Smoke over Fire. Nowhere else for brown to go but in the...
  8. Need Help With Blank Report Sheet!

    I don't have a copy of mine to send ya. But I can tell ya what is on it. I made my own sheet on my computer at home. RM# NAME AGE & SEX DIAGNOSIS DOCTOR LAB- To check or needed to be done IV-...
  9. PLEASE! Advice for Newbie LPN in CARDIAC

    I really like the Cardiac Unit, but I'm lost as a goose. There is so much to know and I really don't know where to start. I need to get a grip on labs,meds,procedures,patient teaching for post-op, and...
  10. new -helpful abbreviations?

    I might even check with your instructor about a list for the hospital you do clinicals at. When I started clinicals they had a book of approved abb. that could be used. (sometimes they differ by...
  11. PLEASE! Advice for Newbie LPN in CARDIAC

    Thanks that helps out alot. If anyone else has suggestions please reply.
  12. PLEASE! Advice for Newbie LPN in CARDIAC

    Ok it Thursday and I start Monday and have only reveiwed a few meds. I need advice on what to cover before my first week. I can't remember everything I need to know in one week but I would like some...
  13. Ok Ok I'm crying! I've received candy and left over flowers from patients when I has in clinicals. but my last month at rehab I had a patient in for a cerebral Hemm and then it turned out she had...
  14. What kind of study area do you have/use???

    I have 5. 1. My car. . . In the carpool lane, waiting at doctors office,after dropped kids off at school i went straight to school and sat in the parking lot 2. Denny's- Yes Denny's! They served me...
  15. Lawsuits and Nursing Notes

    OK Question. I have some friends involved in a lawsuit against a hospital. They are saying the nurses gave a med that the patient was allergic to and also gave too high of a dose for the patients age....
  16. Do i look tasty???

    I have been informed by my new supervisor that the night shift was "strong personality" and if that would be a problem ? I laughed and told her I can handle my own and that I'm always up for a...
  17. Baptist Health School of Nursing

    I just finished the Pn program and will fast track come Jan. I have a couple friends currently in the RN and they really enjoy it. Good
  18. I took Chem for Health w/ lab and microbiology w/lab. I don't know which is better than the
  19. Lawsuits and Nursing Notes

    Fishing Expedition ? I'm not sure I'm understanding. Anyways,I just want to know the chances of me encountering someone like that and the proper say to respone. Yes I was in total shock when she made...
  20. Lawsuits and Nursing Notes

    They had a autopsy done and thats why there is a lawsuit after the doctors and nurses.All I know is that the nurses said that they called the doctor to have patient moved to ICU 3 days after the fact...
  21. Could anyone please help with anatomy question?

    Well it always seemed to me when I was pregant that when I ate a banana my legs stopped hurting. I had Mg pills but didn't help. I vote for K+
  22. Has any got there acceptance to test yet?

    I turned in all my paperwork to Arkansas state board on Tues June20th and paid for my exam same day. Does anyone have a est date that I would receive my temp permit ? I have been told anywhere from 2...
  23. do you read everything?

    I have never read my book. I know that sounds bad. I always follow along with the instructor and highlight. I always went back and read all boxes and charts plus anything I highlighted. I also read...
  24. It just isn't fair

    I hope we are on a understanding now that I agree with you about hardships and other consideration because we all have them. I just look at all sides and saw where she was coming from about not...
  25. You might suffer from ADHD if...

    You know that you have ADHD when. You get up @ 5am for clinical's and take your Adderall and FORGET that you already took it and take it again. So within only 2 hours @ the hospital, you have filled...