Daria5363

Hi everyone! I'm currently an LVN in California, but I also have my LPN license in the state of Connecticut. I'm looking to move to Connecticut (around the Southington area) and was hoping if someone could clue me in as to what decent LPN to RN programs are available. I'm interested in both ASN and BSN programs. I'm aware of what can be found with a simple Google search but I'd like to hear from someone who isn't trying to "sell" me their program. Please if anyone can help, I'd be incredibly grateful. Thank you! Kristina :redbeathe

Thank you so much for your reply! This was bad, I know. But, I've thankfully always been careful, detailed, and honest in my charting, knowing full well that the only time anyone will seriously read what I write will be in a courtroom (somehow I always knew it might end up like this). All names were changed in my post and I did not disclose any info about my patient that would be detailed enough to identify him or his family. Thank you so much for your honest answer. It helped more than you know.

I should also say that I am madly in love with this little boy. Being in the same room with him is pure joy (even for total strangers). He is just so pure of heart, beautiful, smart, and full of love even the coldest of people melt when they meet him! I would do anything to protect that little boy, but I think I need to be careful about reporting anything.... His parents would know 100% that it was me and if the Dept of Children's Services decided not to act, it would be the last time I'd ever see Sam! I don't ever want that to happen!

I've been working as an LVN with the same family (home health) for a little over a year now. This is pretty much my first case as a nurse and I think I made a BIG mistake getting too involved with the family that I work for. My patient is a 27 month-old boy with one of the most complicated syndromes anyone could imagine (affecting almost every system in the body). I will call him Sam for this post. He has a trach, GT, has undergone open heart surgery, is moderately to profoundly deaf, wears a hearing aid, glasses, has yet to walk independently, and uses sign language to communicate (he knows and regularly uses almost 300 signs). His mother insists on being with him at all times (she's a full time mom). I will call her Mary. Mary knows almost everything about his care and taught him most of his signs. When we first met, we clicked instantly and throughout the time I worked with her we became incredibly close. She also has another son, who is 9 months-old (I was there for the birth, at her request because we were so close). The problem is that Mary absolutely hates her husband (the father of these boys, whom I will call Mike). Mike still loves her and believes marriage is forever, despite the physical and emotional abuse he takes from his wife; I have witnessed her verbally attack him dozens of times right in front of me (and Sam). They recently went back to visit their families in the UK and while there, Mary hit her mother-in-law. When Mike and his mother tried to escape with the kids, Mary slashed her mother-in-law with her keys, grabbed Sam out of the car, and locked herself in the house with him. Mary's parent's managed to get Sam out of the house and take Mary and her other son into their care. Mike fled to his parent's home with Sam. A few days later, Mary shows up with her other son (sans formula, diapers, and adequate clothing for him) and says she wont leave without both boys. The cops say Sam needs to stay with his father. Mike filed for divorce requesting custody of both boys two weeks ago, but I just discovered they've reconciled (because she realized she couldn't win custody... unbeknownst to Mike, who thinks she's back because she loves him.) The whole family will be back to the US next week. I am the only person in the US that knows what happened. I wasn't there for any of this. I only know about this situation because I've become friends with Mike's sister. Do I need to report this in the US after these incidents were already reported to police in the UK? There will be no question as to who reported them here AND I didn't actually witness any of this. This is a nightmare and whatever comes from this situation will be a life lesson I will never forget.

May I just say.... THANK YOU!! You have no idea how much that just helped me! ABCs are the most basic and fundamental parts of healthcare and I honestly (and shamefully) would've totally forgotten all about them by panicking in this situation. My frame of mind up until now has been NCLEX strategies (ABCs, Maslow, Erikson, etc) that I completely forgot about applying that to real life! If I saw an answer about ABCs on a test I would pick it, but I'm so in multiple choice/NCLEX mode, that I would've had no idea what to do in real life!! I guess that just says a lot about how students get so absorbed in NCLEX, that once they pass, they have no idea how to translate what is on paper to real life. Oh, and I'm printing these responses out an memorizing them. I don't EVER want to forget this!!

Hey guys, I've been a long time reader of the posts, but this is my first time actually posting something. I'm taking my NCLEX-PN on Halloween and now that I've been hardcore studying, I'm realizing that I know details about pathologies and basic nursing care, but I have no idea what to do in an emergency situation! :uhoh21: Here's my example: I'm reading about pulmonary emboli. My book tells me all about the S/S and stuff to monitor for, but if you stuck me in the real world. I would have no idea what to do! I'm working on the med-surg floor and my pt with DVT all of a sudden starts showing S/S of a pulmonary embolus. What's my next step??? Put my patient in high fowlers and run out to the charge nurse??? AHHHH!!! What about if your with your patient and they all of a sudden go into respiratory distress? They're still breathing, but having trouble. Do I call a code? Administer O2 without an order? Run out to the charge nurse again? Nursing school is great for teaching you basics but when it comes to real-life emergencies where you need to think fast and accurately, I feel so unprepared! Please help me, all of you experienced nurses!! PLEASE!!!!