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  1. Nursing Pins

    leesespieces posted a topic in General Nursing

    can anyone tell me where you are currently or have ordered your nursing pins from for graduation? we got our order forms today and the pin they want us to get for my school is $160!!! we are free to...

  2. Dual Licenses

    leesespieces replied to leesespieces's topic in Illinois Nursing

    thank

  3. Dual Licenses

    leesespieces posted a topic in Illinois Nursing

    i'm a nursing student, i graduate in 9 weeks. i live in nw indiana but go to school in il. i always planned on just getting an il license bc rn's in il make more. however, i want to make myself more...

  4. Seeking a Assignment Worksheet or Form

    leesespieces replied to Scoobiedoo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Here are some Report_sheet.doc ReportSheet#1.doc ReportSheet1.doc

  5. how much Indiana nurses make

    leesespieces replied to nurseluv9's topic in Indiana Nursing

    anyone know what they are offering new grads in nw indiana...like munster, crown point, dyer??? from what i see in the posts so far (and a lot of them are a year old so i'm wondering if things have...

  6. ICU Care Plan

    leesespieces replied to leesespieces's topic in General Students

    your advice was helpful.....and i am most grateful! you are right that once one gets so immersed in all that research it's hard to take a step back and see it objectively...that's why i was asking...

  7. ICU Care Plan

    leesespieces replied to leesespieces's topic in General Students

    i want to thank everyone who added their input and gave me advice. i turned it in this morning...last care plan ever...thank god!!! i think perhaps asking for advice was not the best thing to do as...

  8. Is this ever normal??

    leesespieces posted a topic in Pediatric

    excuse my ignorance, but i was wondering if it's ever a "normal" finding for children to have dark undereye circles. the children i am speaking of have no allergies. it doesn't sit well with me, i'm...

  9. ICU Care Plan

    leesespieces replied to leesespieces's topic in General Students

    Actually I went through some of this with my instructor already and i was told to combine all 3 resp Dx's because they have similar causes and will have similar interventions. We are told to form...

  10. ICU Care Plan

    leesespieces replied to leesespieces's topic in General Students

    thanks for the suggestion... i'm going to have to add that one....these are the ones i have so far: nursing dx: impaired gas exchange/ineffective breathing pattern/ineffective airway clearance...

  11. Interpreting these PT/INR, APTT, and D-Dimer results

    leesespieces posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ok so i am working on my care plan and i'm trying to figure out how to rationalize why a pt/inr, aptt, and d-dimer were drawn on my patient and the signifance of the normal values. he was not on...

  12. Interpreting these PT/INR, APTT, and D-Dimer results

    leesespieces replied to leesespieces's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thanks again for all your help. i understand what you're saying and i wholeheartedly agree!! trust me, i didn't want to spend my sat night trying to figure that and many other things out. i'm...

  13. Interpreting these PT/INR, APTT, and D-Dimer results

    leesespieces replied to leesespieces's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    that's what i was thinking.... but only the d-dimer was elevated; the pt/inr and aptt were normal. i thought aptt pt/inr were only drawn for pt's on anticoag therapy...that's what confused me esp...

  14. Interpreting these PT/INR, APTT, and D-Dimer results

    leesespieces replied to leesespieces's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    this patient doesn't have a history of clots or phlebitis and isn't on long term anticoag therapy...that's where my confusion lies with these labs being drawn on admission. his hx includes htn...

  15. do any of you like codes??

    leesespieces replied to ryanfocker's topic in Men in Nursing

    I agree. I would never want a code to happen so someone could die. And I would most definetely NOT stand there and do nothing!! As it is, having been a part of a code as a CNA and nursing student,...

  16. do any of you like codes??

    leesespieces replied to ryanfocker's topic in Men in Nursing

    I love codes too. I will be a new grad in May and I am really hoping to land a job in ICU or ER.... It does sound sick and you almost hate to admit it, but it's

  17. Are magnet hospitals really better?

    leesespieces replied to willie03's topic in General Nursing

    i used to work at a large teaching hospital in a metropolitan area and was employed there when we became magnet certified. i noticed no difference before & after. i worked as a cna (i'll be an rn...

  18. Nursing Poems, Prayers, and Stories

    leesespieces posted a topic in General Nursing

    i save these when i find them, and i thought it might make a good thread to share nursing poems, stories, prayers, or anything else we've come across..... i'll start with one of my favorites being...

  19. Nursing Poems, Prayers, and Stories

    leesespieces replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    here's a prayer i really like too......... place your healing touch in my hands unknown author help me as i care for my patients today, be there with me, o lord, i pray make my words kind...

  20. Has anyone here had to do clinicals in OB

    leesespieces replied to edsdcs's topic in Male Nursing Students

    well, i'm sure you will be orientated and told what to expect. i'm sure you will also be taught how to perform newborn care, postpartum assessments, how to read fetal monitors etc etc. when i did my...

  21. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    leesespieces replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    once when i worked as a cna i answered the call light of an elderly woman. when i asked her what i could do for her she replied "yes, can you get me a new body????"

  22. TOO Old??? 41 1/2 years old

    leesespieces replied to chubbi's topic in Nursing Career

    :smilecoffeecup: absolutely not...don't give up! why do you feel your age is a factor in you becoming a nurse?? i am almost done with school and i can tell you that nursing is my dream, it means a...

  23. Humor in Nursing...

    leesespieces replied to postmortem_cowboy's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    about a year ago when i was working as a cna i was having a co-worker help me transport a body to the morgue. wouldn't you know that we got stuck in the elevator halfway between the 6th and 7th...

  24. How long is your commute??

    leesespieces replied to FutureLatinaRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    about an hour to school and anywhere from 30 min to an hour to clinical depending on the

  25. Winter Storm

    leesespieces replied to nurturing_angel's topic in Indiana Nursing

    well, i live in nw indiana and made it to clinical this morning in chicago. it was the ride home that was the worst!!! i made it all the way to my street before i got stuck!!! but i was able to...