suznan

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1. Hello North Dakota!!!!!

   suznan replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing

   Hey there!! I am an LPN who is going to be taking the RN boards soon. I just finished an ADN program in Devils Lake. In fact we just had our pinning tonight and graduation tomorrow. I am so...

2. ATI Testing is BS!

   suznan replied to TsavarenaRN's topic in General Students

   We do the ATI tests here too but all we have to do is get aboved the 5oth percentile. If we don't we take it over but it doesn't make or break the class that we are taking it for. We also do those...

3. Do Students Get Breaks In Clinicals?

   suznan replied to FutureNurse2008's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I had clinicals today and I was bored out of my mind. We each have one patient and a crap load of paperwork for each one. But today my patient went home this morning at 930 so I had nothing to do...

4. Do Students Get Breaks In Clinicals?

   suznan replied to FutureNurse2008's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   we are actually there for 9 hours from the time we get there and have postclinical at the end of the day. those nine hours do not include our break times.

5. cna's who don't do their job

   suznan replied to LanaBanana's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   after reading this I just had to reply. Any aide that works like should be reported whether a person feels like they are tattling or not. If you are aware of a situation like that and do nothing...

6. How did you felt with your first expired Patient

   suznan replied to RNKay31's topic in First Year After Licensure

   My first experience came about a year ago while I was still working as a CNA. I was a bath aide and my first bath of the day the resident passed away after getting into the shower chair and before...

7. What's a nursing Dx for someone who knows it's unhealthy to skip breakfast but does?

   suznan replied to Mesomorph's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I would think that Ineffective health maintenance would work.

8. Do Students Get Breaks In Clinicals?

   suznan replied to FutureNurse2008's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Right now during clinicals we have plenty of time to get a lunch break. I live in rural north dakota and we do our clinicals in a hospital with 30 beds. Right now our ob unit has been closed for...

9. MedSurg Class Tips Please Help

   suznan replied to Leng27RN,BSN's topic in General Students

   My advice to you is to just read your assigned chapters. In the program that I am in we are also lucky enough to have instructors that are willing to hold study groups for us. But I definitely...

10. Do Students Get Breaks In Clinicals?

    suznan replied to FutureNurse2008's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We have nine hour clinicals and according to policies at the school we are entitled to a ten minute break every hour. What we do is take a fifteen minute break for breakfast and a thirty minute lunch...

11. Giving injections!

    suznan replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I gotta say that i don't mind giving injections whether its sc or im. We did get lots of practice in clinicals though. We spent two mornings doing nothing but giving nursing home residents flu...

12. Let's introduce ourselves...

    suznan replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all Just took my LPN boards in august and passed with 85 questions. I am working in long term care in the facility that is helping me financially with school. Eventually I would love to work in...

13. Change in BSN requirements

    suznan replied to texan's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have to say that as a student of an ADN program here in North Dakota I am offended by this. I have worked very hard in this program and feel that I have had a great education. Not only that but...

14. What is your passing percentile?

    suznan replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

    It's 76% in the program that I am in . So far we have one that may not be able to progress to the next semester. We did lose some in the LPN program last year.