JONlvn-np2b

JONlvn-np2b

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  1. Anyone enrolled in the ISU LPN to BSN program?

    acouple of my co workers are enrolled in isu. btw, how many years is it if you were to start from phase 2 and doing the program full time? studying 5 days a week, 6-8 hours a day.
  2. mad cow disease

    i looked it up on wikipedia and i got a little more information(very good info). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt-Jakob_disease
  3. mad cow disease

    sorry to hear about your aunt... as far as what i have read and learned, cjd is a tse caused by prions. i remember reading that it can be acquired through the consumption of infected cns tissue, but not meat, and as well as through genetic mutations...
  4. EKGs.....I think I'm screwed!

    take it easy. ekgs will come with practice. just remember the rules
  5. CHF ( Left or Right Failure)

    left- blood pools into the lungs. right- usually the rest of the body, think edema.
  6. Jobs for LPN's....is it true???

    here in california, lvn jobs are plenty, specially in ltc/rehab or snf. many hospital jobs also want 1 year experience.
  7. Disease and s/s

    one thing that is really great about nursing and medicine is that almost everything that you encounter makes sense. one way that i learned to know the s/s is to also know the cause of the disease.
  8. LPN school and all the drama that comes with it!!(vent)

    hmmm i think you have to develope the look to get the drama queens away from you. the look is something the older nurses taught me at work and i didnt learn in nursing school. basically, the look is an emotionless, ice cold, poker face look that yo...
  9. dose/ have. 1500 mcg=1.5 mg(dose) 0.5 mg(have) 1.5 mg/0.5 mg = 3 tablets.
  10. I Need help with Medical Math...

    dose/have. for example, md orders lasix 40 mg po(this is the dose), what you have on hand is lasix 20 mg tablets, how many tablets are you going to adminster? to set up the the equation using dose/have it would look like: lasix 40 mg/lasi...
  11. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

    i barely passed high school. i was top 4 from the bottom. anyways, friends of mine told me that i wasnt gonna get anywhere so i had to prove myself to them. also, my girlfriend at that time wanted to move out of her parents house and get a place to...
  12. Irritated with myself....

    lol i stay awake sometimes thinking about the things i did or didnt do. lol at first i thought i was the only one that does that. but i like your strategy, im gonna try that from now on too.
  13. Lets brag about our hospitals where we work!!

    weve been trying to go computerized for the last 2 years, but about 3 months ago we finally got internet connection.... that was pretty cool. and then, last week, my station got a brand new 02 sat machine thingy.... that was pretty cool too. even t...
  14. How hard was nursing school?

    nursing school was hard. long hours of studying and preparing. but it was one of the best times of my life. i met people that i have kept in contact with even though it has been almost 2 years since graduation, and the experiences i have had alway...
  15. what metal should my wedding ring be?

    how bout aluminum foil?
  16. Personal questions for male nurses

    even as a nurse i still wipe butt from time to time. to be honest with you, i like wiping butt because i am able to assess a patients better. but there are people out there who have never wiped butt, i know of only one person.
  17. facial hair?

    i wish i could grow a beard.
  18. heavy lifting

    ummm one thing about male nurses is that male nurses also work as a security guard and a forklift aside from being a nurse.
  19. Men in Nursing Historical Timeline

    in 1986, jonlvn-np was born. the baby looked like normal human baby, but what was not known was the fact that the baby was destined to be a fanny pack wearing male nurse... to be continued...
  20. I want to work in a Doctor's office.

    its highly possible to work in a md's office. i was offered a job to work in a retinologist office that consisted of 1 md, 2 pa's, and a bunch ma's. your real competition in getting a job in a md's office is the fact that most of them are private o...
  21. LPN to RN....(i know but)

    pros: EXPERIENCE. no amnt of schooling can replace that fast money. you get into the job market faster. cons: transition: though there are many options, the transition to rn may not be as fast as going straight to rn. lvn vs rn: i hear a lot ...
  22. LPN school and all the drama that comes with it!!(vent)

    yeah, theres a lot of drama involved with nursing school. actually, based on my experience its safe to say that nurses love drama. just dont mind the drama. keep your goals clear right in front of you and dont let anything/anyone stop you from acc...
  23. I Need help with Medical Math...

    as an lvn your best friend is d/h.
  24. Help Calm Me Down!

    whoa, first of all, take a deep breath and calm down. second, congrats on your acceptance. i dont really have any personal experience on cna-lvn, but what i can tell you is that your cna experience will help you out in your nursing education. some...
  25. Charting Help Please

    heres an easy tip. i know as a student you might not know all the terms, but always think of charting as telling a story. start the charting off with what you see. usually youll always greet the patient so its gonna be their loc. and after you c...