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    Can I get my last name changed on License?

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Well the bummer for me is that my program director told me I couldn't take a form of identification such as my birth certificate and true copy divorce papers showing my maiden name to the NCLEX test...
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    Procedure hoarding classmates

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in General Students

    Yes, and better left for the pros to do. A lot of folks get certified in phlebotomy and I remember some that have drawn blood on me that were swift and precise like a hawk. Others.. OMG. I see the...
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    Procedure hoarding classmates

    newtress posted a topic in General Students

    I know you all must have or are experienceing the debacale that took place this morning during my IV therapy clinical. I only have 2 working weeks left before graduating, and only 2 half mornings to...
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    Procedure hoarding classmates

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in General Students

    Oh how I appreciate you, and love seeing you here Daytonite. I read your reply X thrice. You are not only seasoned, you are saged. You were completely right in saying it is like trying to put a steel...
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    Procedure hoarding classmates

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in General Students

    I've been actually looking forward to the IV therapy clinical. I think we're lucky to be able to do this. I should have said you all may have had an experience like this instead of you all must have...
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    Med/Surg Practice Test Questions

    newtress replied to keishapound's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Wow, that campus collusion site is fantastic overview/review of systems and disease processes. Although it doesn't have many interventions it is straight forward on diseases and BAM... the answer is...
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    Vintage vid: Nurse in training journal

    newtress replied to Valerie Salva's topic in General Nursing

    That was absolutely awsome. You could feel it. I loved the part mentioning that "there was nothing wrong with my charting." I finally got to feel that in my last two weeks of peds rotation recently,...
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    Can I get my last name changed on License?

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Thank you so much for
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    Can I get my last name changed on License?

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    To answer, for all these years I was told getting my maiden name back was a mess or would make things an issue with credit reports/cards etc. And doing so while in school for many years would be messy...
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    Nurses STOP telling me to be a RN ! PLEASE

    newtress replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with you girl. Seems to me that a lot of people and yeah the nurses think we thought it all out and chose to go LPN route first. No. Very few of us would have chose an LPN program if we could have...
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    Did anyone's spouses/partners etc...... have a problem with you becoming a RN?

    newtress replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    Am I missing something? I don't see the corelation between the television show "Scrubs" and "the closest thing to real life." Yeah, I have watched that show and I don't any more because it doesn't...
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    My fear of Pediatric rotation

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So, here to say that my first day on the peds floor went smooth as silk. I previewed my meds to give and with all the fantastic input and calc examples, was able to have my divided dose range and safe...
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    My fear of Pediatric rotation

    newtress posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hey all, I have been buzzing along in my last semester of my LPN program and actually looking forward to the peds rotation. Until... I got my packet. In this packet are pages upon pages of pediatric...
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    My fear of Pediatric rotation

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Wow, Dotherightthing this is a new view into this ped calculation. Sure do appreciate you setting up the calc for the problem. It still amazes me how some folks can glide through these math problems...
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    Are LPN's hired much for psych facilities?

    newtress posted a topic in Psychiatric

    HI all, I am in my last semester of LPN program and have found that behavioral medicine is comfortable with me. I come from a family of professionals in psych/behavioral and found that I liked my...
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    My fear of Pediatric rotation

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Alas, There is Daytonite! I was hoping I'd see a reply from you. I did swing over to the discussion sticky and found the websites o' plenty. Particularly helpful was the dosage help dot com site. But...
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    My fear of Pediatric rotation

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank You for giving back! I'll take all advise I can
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    Long term acute care considered med-surg?

    newtress posted a topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Hey all, I am on the docket for graduation from LPN program early May. I just finished a clinical rotation at what is according to the facility, a long term acute care "hospital." I thoroughly enjoyed...
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    Long term acute care considered med-surg?

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Yay! That is some dandy fine news! I felt that this experience may be just what I needed to mentally place my thoughts toward a possible niche. I worked with some mighty fine nurses today, and they...
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    Could I run some NCLEX-style questions by this forum?

    newtress replied to x3xsolxdierx3x's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ooohh, you know what? How tricky they are these questions. I RE- read the question again. Key component of the question for me is "to decrease complications of this therapy." Simply having the patient...
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    Could I run some NCLEX-style questions by this forum?

    newtress replied to x3xsolxdierx3x's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I definitely agree with Earle58, answer being D. I was an ophthalmic OR tech for seven years prior to NS and you would definitely teach pt to watch for any color change of the sclera as tissue change...
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    Are LPN's hired much for psych facilities?

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in Psychiatric

    Well, this is encouraging. Thanks for your replies. Although I'm sure that different states and facilities either have LPN's on staff or it is mostly Rn's. But glad to here of those that are working...
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    Are LPN's hired much for psych facilities?

    newtress replied to newtress's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for redirecting me. But didn't see much there on that page for answers. Anything current on LPN's being part of the psych nurse
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    No You Can't (Long)

    newtress replied to nursesaideBen's topic in Psychiatric

    Well NursesaidBen, I too have an affinity for the psych field and did well in all academic/clinical during LPN school. Ultimately that is where I would like to do nursing after finishing school. I...
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    more layoffs

    newtress replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    It is even easier now, to lay off and freeze hiring related to the current economy. Some people still think that the nursing profession is reccession proof. NOT! Companies and corporations are looking...