Elle.p.enn

I too had 75 questions, lots of priority, tons of pharm. I had no idea on about 75% of this test, and just went with my "educated guess". I've taken the lpn test as well, and wasn't worried about that one at all after I walked out. I Knew I had pas...

Did you make it?

Insert a Foley in a top-heavy 400-pound woman: ON ICE!

If the blood was red, and it had backed up into the cassette, wouldn't that be a new arterial line?

When is your graduation date? May 18, 2007 Any special plans after graduation? I'm celebrating with my family for a few days, then possibly going to Vegas for a weekend. When will you be taking the NCLEX? Probably June Will you be taking an NCLEX re...

Hi everyone! :) I'm graduating in May 07, hopefully. I have a problem: 1. I transferred in several pre-requisites to my current school from another state. My advisor assured me that these credits transferred in fine, and that I was set to go. 2. I ...

I'm in a LPN to BSN program and am at the end of my preceptorship. I worked 16 to 24 hours throughout, mostly 8 hour shifts, on top of the 3 twelves with my preceptor. I'm a little frazzled now, to say the least, but it went pretty well. The hard p...

I can tell from this statement that, unfortunately, you have ended up with a less-than-satisfactory preceptor. It's part of the preceptor's job to provide you with feedback. I'm in a preceptorship now as well, and my preceptor is fantastic. She gi...

Thanks for the advice! :balloons: :)

I love this thread! :balloons: Especially the asking questions, and not taking things personally part. Any advice on how to talk to doctors? I'm really having a hard time with this, I'm scared of them! :uhoh21: Thanks for the advice!

Hi everyone, I'm doing my preceptorship for RN on a medical-surgical floor. I've learned so much it's amazing, I have a great preceptor. But, so many things I've seen the other nurses do are so far from what I've been taught. The first thing my pr...

Scares me a little too, but I think this post attracts people who have negative views/opinions about the current nursing environment. We should start a post that says: "Why are nurses staying?" or "That won't happen to me" I may be wrong, and I'll ...

I'm in the same position as you, I'm doing a preceptorship on a med-surg floor with 4 patients. I do the aide's job at times, too, but usually the aides help if you ask them nicely/help them out too. There is also always an RN saying I neglected t...

I did the same thing in a similar situation, pneumococcal vaccine, thin, elderly lady, IM needle, 1 inch, 23 guage. I felt a sickening "thud", like chewing aluminum foil, and the poor woman jumped. She said "That one hurt more than the other one", ...

Thanks to everyone for the extremely thoughtful and helpful advice :) My gut instinct is to wait for now, if it gets worse, I'll send her a nonconfrontational email. Thanks again

Hi everyone, I have a clinical instructor during my preceptorship that is something else. I said one of my learning objectives during clinical was proper medication administration, and she said if I was working on that, then maybe "we could recycle ...

I had an appointment with a rep from there last year. 1. You "self-study" with modules that they give you, then go to a testing center to take a test, you have to set this testing center up yourself. 2. It takes 3 years for an LPN to BSN. 3. You hav...

Hi all, I'm graduating next May (RN) and I still have no idea what kind of nursing I want to do. I don't like peds, I like geriatrics, but I also like ICU: cardio and neuro. I've never tried outpatient, or ER. Did anyone have a strong feeling when...

Hi, I did the same thing, graduated from LPN school last August '05, then started LPN to RN school a few weeks later. For me, RN school is easier than LPN, I knew the basics of nursing, so the info they gave me was added on to that. I would finish t...

Hi everyone, I just found my first "real" LPN job, it's in an urgent care setting. There are three doctors: a cardiologist, a pulmonologist, and an orthopedist. There are no RN's. I get one week of training, and the job description doesn't really ex...

I'm doing this now, graduate in May '07. I think it has helped a little, the RN courses seem to flow easier, now that I've got the LPN under my belt. I think you'll find the RN to be more informative, after you know the nursing basics, you can free...