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queenjean

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  1. LPN/LVN Online Degrees?

    queenjean replied to latinarabiya's topic in Online Distance Learning

    i see, i missed that. totally. i even posted a response, and then realized what you meant. i did not even realize that there was such a thing as an lpn program on-line, my brain just went directly...

  2. Feeling Useless in Clinicals

    queenjean replied to MomRN20082b's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is what I do 99% of my shift, and I am a nurse....what sort of experience are you looking

  3. LPN/LVN Online Degrees?

    queenjean replied to latinarabiya's topic in Online Distance Learning

    All LPN to RN programs that I know of require clinicals, so the program isn't exclusively on-line. I have no experience with Excelsior, so I don't know if you can set up your own clinicals or not (it...

  4. Nurse Rounding

    queenjean replied to Margeincharge's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We check on our patients q 1 hour, day or night, minimum. It's a medical floor, 45 bed, census between 22-35 on average. As an LPN, I don't have a team with an aide, only as total patient care, so I...

  5. Pt identifiers

    queenjean replied to jamst149's topic in Patient Medications

    We barcode, too. I ask them their name and date of birth at the time I do their initial assessment and check it against their band. Then I don't do that the rest of the noc, because we scan the ban...

  6. Newbie LPN- need drug help!

    queenjean replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    To clee's post I would add: anticoagulants (like heparin and lovenox) anti-depressants--people will be taking their regular home meds in addition to anything added for their acute medical issue, so...

  7. did y ou all go to pinning ceremony?

    queenjean replied to Ms.RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Omg, I hope it isn't a bunch of cheesy crap, I don't know if I will be able to keep a straight face and not roll my eyes continuously. I am not going to sit though a big slide show, a candle holding...

  8. Does GPA matter after graduating?

    queenjean replied to springgarden's topic in General Nursing

    I suspect it varies by institution. In my first degree, I had a cumulative grade point average, and a departmental grade point average. While applying for nursing school, they looked at cumulative...

  9. did y ou all go to pinning ceremony?

    queenjean replied to Ms.RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    For social situations that I know I will find highly annoying, I find a flask of Bailey's Irish cream is a handy thing to have. Add a little to your coffee, and Viola! Everything is much more...

  10. religion in the workplace

    queenjean replied to elrondaragorn's topic in General Nursing

    Aww, come on, dale, tell us what you *really* think of us. I did not realize that faith was a characteristic exclusive to believers in

  11. What are your clinical experiences like?

    queenjean posted a topic in LPN to RN

    I'm curious to hear how your clinicals are, in regards to the fact that you are already a nurse. Here is my concern. I have worked as an IV certified LPN in acute care for 7 years. I'm concerned...

  12. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    queenjean replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  13. One month Notice?????

    queenjean replied to mim-o's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital requires it if you want to be considered as having left in good standing. They can't MAKE you, you can quit and just not show up the next day; but it just doesn't look good if you want...

  14. The logistics of nursing school and being a mom (or dad)

    queenjean replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Students

    I'm also not interested in a debate on childcare; ultimately I think kids are very flexible, and if they are going to thrive, they are going to thrive in a multitude of environments. But I know where...

  15. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    queenjean replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    :yeahthat:

  16. No one's hiring LVN's these days

    queenjean replied to sweetface's topic in LPN to RN

    I'm not in Cali (I'm in the midwest), but most hospitals here hire a limited number of LPNs. There are some on every floor, but there are, of course, many more RNs. ICU would be the exception,...

  17. Rate My Professor

    queenjean replied to BenevolentOne's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There is a high school equivalent called ratemyteacher.com My dh is a high school teacher, and his impression is that the reviews of teachers at his school is right on. Like others have said, one...

  18. Good morning

    queenjean replied to MRDDnurseTN's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome! Since no one else has had a go, I'll give you my two cents. I have no idea. Why don't you ask the nurses? What makes them happy about their jobs, what makes them unhappy? What suggestions...

  19. religion in the workplace

    queenjean replied to elrondaragorn's topic in General Nursing

    I think I don't have any problem with the silent prayer; you put it very well, Tazzi: "I wouldn't care if a Jew or a Muslim or a Buddhist prayed over me, they are praying to their higher power for...

  20. religion in the workplace

    queenjean replied to elrondaragorn's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to add, if I were hospitalized in a religious hospital, where the nurses are also sometimes nuns, I wouldn't have that reaction. I spent 5 days in a catholic hospital where several of my...

  21. religion in the workplace

    queenjean replied to elrondaragorn's topic in General Nursing

    Here's my honest answer: I wouldn't call it *offended*, but I think that I would be annoyed. When one of my patients says, "God Bless you, you've been so good to me," or "I'll say a prayer for you...

  22. religion in the workplace

    queenjean replied to elrondaragorn's topic in General Nursing

    I still can't tell if we are on the same plane or not. I think maybe we actually agree on this, but then again.... Maybe *I'm* not being clear. If I come in, and I'm in a full code, let's say from a...

  23. religion in the workplace

    queenjean replied to elrondaragorn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, in reading your post, there is extensive use of the word "if" and of "if clauses". Could you perhaps point me directly to the "if clause" that qualifies your contradiction? Your explanation of...

  24. Can nurses wear skirts?

    queenjean replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry you have such a low opinion of feminists. To me, and this is in sync with the general definition of websters, a feminist is a person who promotes and supports the rights and interests of...

  25. Can nurses wear skirts?

    queenjean replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

    I dont' like skirts because the catch on things--too much fabric, too much opportunity for mooning. I like cotton fabrics that stretch and give on my scrub pants. I would prefer a little...