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I thought it would be nice to hear what everyones clinical uniform looks like:chuckle My school wears a bright green snap down top,with white pants and a yucky patch. we have to buy the top and patch from the school. We also have to wear a huge p...

I love the clipboard with the nurse stuff on it. It comes in handy. Just make sure that the stuff on it relates to your facility. Like the lab values. When I was in nursing school we sold the clip boards as a fundraiser for the student nurse ass...

I just got done reading Nurses: the Human Touch by michael brown, RN. Very well written and interesting But I have read all of Echo herons books many years ago. You have all convinced me to re read them!

74.99 is failing have to have above a 75 to pass course clinical not part of grade it is pass or fail 100 on med math test pass ERI exams at national passing It's the final countdown!!!! can't wait until may!!!!!

LPN- med/surg float pool large city hospital about 40 patients per floor most nights 3-11 shift RN's 6-7 patients cover LPN's (blood, pushes, out of ordinary problems, first anitbiotic etc) or charge nurse covers LPN LPN's 7-8 patients CNA's usually1...

light grayish blue walls and the same color scrubs.

at my school one of my classmates had a baby in march. She brought her baby to lecture for the rest of the semester to continue breastfeeding. I was suprised she did this (bringing the baby to class. I do not have a problem with breastfeeding in p...

I had a great OB, LDR and Nursery rotation last year. The RN's, NP's and LPN's where very receptive of us. I could not wait to have a baby after that rotation. I am currently a RN student and a LPN. When I am at work, we love to have nursing stu...

I was on the ambulance and have seen much blood and guts. But something freaked me out about purposely cutting someone, the smell, the drills and saws etc. that is the part that made my stomach turn. Surgery of the abdomen was easier for me to obs...

the first day of nursing school we had to fill out a state form which asked about any criminal activty. They nipped it in the begining. I do not know of anyone who got licensed after a criminal activity. The state board of nursing or a lawyer should...

don't touch anything blue is true. Get a feel for how the doctor and the staff is towards you before you start asking questions, as a student myself I sometimes feel I am in the way so I just observe when I feel the time is right I will ask someth...

I am a LPN in the med/surg float pool at a large hospital. I float to medicine, surgical, ortho, oncology, gyn, ER , telemetry and sometimes very rarely as a extra pair of hands in the delivery room( starting IV's, assisting with c-sections and help...

where I go the care plans and all the clinical stuff just counts as pass or fail. how annoying no credits either it is required. all that time !

where I go the care plans and all the clinical stuff just counts as pass or fail. how annoying no credits either it is required. all that time !

make sure you document both the confusion and her thoughts on life. Have your professior help you chart it or tell your co assigned nurse. Where I work there is a procedure for suicidal ideations. hope this helps

make sure you document both the confusion and her thoughts on life. Have your professior help you chart it or tell your co assigned nurse. Where I work there is a procedure for suicidal ideations. hope this helps

Sorry for your loss. In the hospital where I work patients who have had a pregnancy loss are admitted to the gyn floor unless they choose to go to ob. We have a very good support program that continues after discharge as well. A card is placed un...

Always no matter what type of insulin is checked by another nurse. This is the way I was taught and it is the policy of the hospital. Although we do not have to document the second nurses initials anywhere.

Malpractice insurance was my gift to myself when I got my license. I had it as a student as well. well worth the money for piece of mind!

In a NY ADN program you can take the LPN exam at the end of your third semester. I just did that. I do not know the requirements for other states/areas

we had to list our references when we did ours. They could be typed or hand written they just had to be done.

I like the Saunders NCLEX-RN as well. I read the outlines before lecture if I do not have time to read the textbooks. I also used the Saunders NCLEX-PN for my LPN exam. Passed with the min amount of questions. Saunders Comprehensive Review for NCL...

Confidence comes with experience just remember to keep your goal in mind>>>>> ! I am a RN student as well. I work as a LPN while I go to school and have been told by my coworkers and have seen confindence in my self increase as I beca...

I have a pair of New Balance white sneakers for school. I have white birkenstock clogs for work. I had the nurse mates clogs with the strap thing on them and I wore them for school and work and they heel cracked after five months and they were not...

I am not a ob/gyn nurse. when I think of a doula I think of a holistic approach to childbirth. Although scrubs are comfortable, I feel they represent a clinical/ healthcare attribute. I feel if you wear a nice, comfortable outfit, you would repres...