LaShell

LaShell

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  1. A few questions for the "older" new nurses...

    LaShell replied to adiliegro's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be done with RN school in May and I'll be 42. I too am not the oldest in my class, I'd say at least 1/3 are my age or older. Hang tough! You have to live your dreams otherwise you'll be...

  2. Not likeing my hospital job to much!

    LaShell replied to newflgrad's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Oh, I just feel for you so much, that awful feeing of not wanting to go into work, ish!!! Have you only been working for a week? Take my advice with a grain of salt, but try to give it at least 7 or...

  3. family doesnt understand what I want

    LaShell replied to amber74's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I started LPN school at age 36. Now I'm in RN school at 41 and it feels like I've been going to school forever!! However, I don't regret at all that I have chosen the "ladder" route, there's no way...

  4. What can an RN do than an LPN can't?

    LaShell replied to pdpeanut's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Definitely, well said!!! I just started my LPN to RN program and after only half a semester, I have learned sooo much more. It's like I have a huge lightbulb on the top of my head "oh!! that's why I...

  5. SUPER NURSE SNYDROME??? Do you know anyone that has it???

    LaShell replied to minnib's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    oh minnib, how awful, you are definitely in the right about your report. nobody wants to hear these really long reports with info that is not out of the ordinary. If anything "vital signs stable"...

  6. Will I have any life during LPN School Please Advise

    LaShell replied to carrihopefullnurse's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I had a ton of stress when I was in LPN school, you can do it!! and still have a bit of a life too. My suggestions 1. don't work too much, it's great experience that will solidify what you're...

  7. How fast does it take for a patient to aspirate?

    LaShell replied to angel p's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    yup, true true granny nurse. It takes a second for a person to aspirate, as long as it takes the liquid to run down the trachea, but it may take a couple of days for an infection to develop. You may...

  8. Do I need to do LPN first

    LaShell replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The school where I go to now has the option where people can test for LPN after their first year of nursing school, or they don't have to and can just keep going for the second year and test for RN....

  9. What were your clinicals like?

    LaShell replied to FarainFlorida's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    8 weeks in a long term facility 8 weeks in a medsurg unit of a major hospital 8 weeks in a clinic setting floating to various departments 8 weeks on our own basically somewhere of our choosing--some...

  10. LPN for 7 months now......(long vent)

    LaShell replied to Nique_RN2B's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi! I've been an LPN for almost 3 years now and had a bit of the same experiences you are having. I too was at the top of my class, I think that maybe had something to do with it, I tend to be...

  11. ISO Nursing Diagnosis Info

    LaShell replied to athomemom56's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had much luck finding free info online. Best to buy a book, you'll get a lot of use out of it. Or go to your school library, lots of careplan books on shelves there I bet. Check your...

  12. New LPNs going to EC....why not?

    LaShell replied to luv4nursing's topic in Online Distance Learning

    True true true. I thought I knew so much when I got my LPN. Now after 1 1/2 years of science and prereqs for RN and just starting these new classes, it is very obvious that we are thinking at a...

  13. ? about pregnancy test

    LaShell replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Definitely just have your sis buy a kit from the drugstore, they're very accurage early on. I work in a clinic and it is policy to not call patients if their tests are negative (I think this is not...

  14. RN is he making a pass at me what will this do to my job

    LaShell replied to heaven in your eyes's topic in General Nursing

    there is this icu nurse who is very friendly to me such as telling me i smell good and i look pretty in pink. are those the reasons you want a man to love you? how about your brains and...

  15. LPN question

    LaShell replied to Isabel5's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Usually there is just a general assessment test to get into any school/college. It covers math and reading, results help you determine which class level you should start at (basic math or...

  16. L.P.N. to R.N. is it that much harder?

    LaShell replied to wanna-b-R.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! That's what I thought too. Even if you didn't know, it takes two seconds to look it up, then

  17. L.P.N. to R.N. is it that much harder?

    LaShell replied to wanna-b-R.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    I have been an LPN since June 2003, started my RN prereq a year ago and now will be starting the real RN courses and clinicals next month. I've heard both sides... one is that LPN's have a slight edge...

  18. am I beyond hope?

    LaShell replied to BandEmom's topic in General Nursing

    I feel for you! I graduated with LPN 1 1/2 years ago with honors too, and after working in an ICU as an NA during schooling and seeing and learning so much from great coworkers, I felt pretty...

  19. Persistant low grade fever in 21 month-old.

    LaShell replied to Atlnurstudt's topic in Pediatric

    22,000 WBC is pretty high, and too long to be running a fever imho, even though it is low grade. Also the bruising.... How are her platelets, how about a blood culture, liver tests? Have you had...

  20. high fever in 1 year old

    LaShell replied to caringRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an Urgent Care and we have seen a lot of kids this last season with high fevers lasting about a week. My own son got it too, very scarey. Or docs were treating many of the kids with...

  21. Anyone else hate their clinicals?

    LaShell replied to moonbunnie's topic in General Nursing

    I am an LPN just starting my RN transition. I too really hated clinicals, I guess it was mostly nerves and feeling soooo out of place. We sometimes had a teacher we had never met before (too many...

  22. Scared to be an LPN.....

    LaShell replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Wow, exciting and scary, you'll do GREAT! I've been an LPN for 1 1/2 years. I can't believe what I've learned in this time and didn't even realize it when it was happening! Don't worry about your...

  23. Giving meds in a timely manner

    LaShell replied to debbiemig's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    eeer, memories of rehab... nope believe it or not it's the state that's concerned with their dining experience. when they are doing surveys, that is one of the things they look for--that we aren't...

  24. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    LaShell replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I'm one of these "crazy" moms (now an ER nurse) who brought in their kid for seizures for two long months before getting a diagnosis... I heard it all from several lousy docs "oh, it's been 5 years...

  25. Raunchy advertisement

    LaShell replied to Repat's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree with Dave, not a big deal. I wonder if there are just as many folks on police and teacher websites upset with their stereotyped images. All professions have good and bad stereotypes...