flightnurse2b LPN

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    Loosing motivation! Almost donee

    flightnurse2b replied to vikichck's topic in General Students

    im definately in the senior slump. i have 32 days left. it is harder and harder to go to class now. i am soooo ready to be
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    Finding faults

    flightnurse2b replied to redtshirt's topic in General Students

    one of my clinical rotations was like this. some of my classmates and i spoke with my instructor who arranged a meeting with the DON. nothing was done about it except the attitudes from the nurses got...
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    Fuming Mad

    flightnurse2b replied to iamhere's topic in General Students

    i would speak to your buddy privately and tell them you did not appreciate what they did. i agree with the PP who said nursing students are backstabbers. in my class, there are two people who i would...
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    Night shift employees expected to attend things during day??

    flightnurse2b replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in General Nursing

    our hospital used to do this to night shifters... we would have mandatory staff inservices for night shift starting either at like 0730 after work or 1500 before work.... but one nurse fell asleep at...
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    how do you sign your name?

    flightnurse2b posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi everyone, I am doing the program for my upcoming pinning and there is some discrepancy on how to put in the instructors names. I've asked them and it's split down the middle. Is it degree then...
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    LVN taking ACLS?

    flightnurse2b replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    take it! i am a paramedic and also in LPN school. i am ACLS certified and will remain ACLS certified. every LPN i have worked with in the hospital was required ACLS certification. i guess it depends...
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    I am a new paramedic... In some hot water, need some help? In trouble?

    flightnurse2b replied to paramedic_t's topic in General Nursing

    it really depends on the situation. you need to make sure that it is completely necessary for you to expose the patient like that, especially outdoors and infront of friends. i will be quick to cut...
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    Histamine for anaphylaxis

    flightnurse2b replied to betterlife's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    sad to say but it's true.. i have had instructors be so way off from what the text book says and they still refused to throw out the question. however sometimes instructors will budge if you provide...
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    LTC CPR on pt with rigor mortis and lividity

    flightnurse2b replied to LakesideRN's topic in General Nursing

    she was probably trying to cover her rear and did not know what else to do, as im assuming the pt was a full code? ideally, if a patient in an LTC is not a DNR, the LTC staff initiates BCLS...
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    Currently MA, should I go for CNA???

    flightnurse2b replied to Marusya's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i would not say one is more valuable than the other. they serve different and equally important roles in health care! i think if you want to work in a hospital, becoming a CNA is the way to go. some...
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    Lasix and Hyponatremia

    flightnurse2b replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    hmm... maybe because in pts with hyponatremia, they are usually volume depleted, causing an increase in ADH, causing the pt to retain water and concentrate urine.... ?? i dunno. still doesnt make much...
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    Failed Peds.......

    flightnurse2b replied to MissRNBlue803's topic in General Students

    here's a quote that someone said to me when i got my GED... i am going to use it in my pinning speech next month..... "those who are true failures, only fail once. those who are successful, fail many...
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    Curious: WHATS WITH THE CLOGS?

    flightnurse2b replied to EmergencyMedicine's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i love the mary jane crocs. i would be so sad if i couldnt wear them
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    how do you sign your name?

    flightnurse2b replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Post Graduate Students

    i haven't either, but i guess they want ALL of their degrees listed? i passed around a sheet for all the instructors to sign, and they all did it differently, but all included BSN in between. not all...
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    A&P Mnemonics!

    flightnurse2b replied to mpoppym's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    here's another one similar to remember granulocytes: Uncle BEN's rice Basophils, Eosinophils, Neutrophils.... are Granulocytes (get it, rice is a grain).... i think its cute and another one for 12...
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    Class President yea or nea?

    flightnurse2b replied to WhoNeedsaShot?'s topic in General Students

    My questions are: 1. Is it worth it? (Is it good for your resume) I would assume so, I haven't graduated yet, but I plan on putting it on my resume. 2. What are you responsibilities? TOO MANY!!! I go...
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    How do Nursing Instructors deal with this? Clinical site RNs don't want us around

    flightnurse2b replied to chicagrl's topic in General Students

    there is one nurse at our clinical site who absolutely hates nursing students and refuses to deal with us. my instructor has even spoken with her and she seems to have gotten even more prickly since...
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    No hot water or electric for 1 1/2 weeks now

    flightnurse2b replied to nurse_in_ohio's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i would think you would want them to give your company an option: put your residents in a new facility at their expense, or make the necessary repairs. isnt it called an immediate jeopardy or...
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    Do you make your title known?

    flightnurse2b replied to icunurse42066's topic in General Nursing

    i think it's kind of silly to throw it out there if there isn't a reason to. i was prepping a patient for a colonoscopy recently.... i called her from the waiting area, before i even introduced...
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    Appropriate to go to funeral?

    flightnurse2b replied to Eirene's topic in General Nursing

    i personally have only been to three funerals for patients, one was a young girl, one a teenage boy and one an elderly man, all that i had formed some relationship with either transporting them back...
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    Relocating to NC and looking for info on nursing programs

    flightnurse2b replied to wanna-b-a-nurse's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    there is also vance-granville in henderson, its about an hour from raleigh, but i heard it doesn't have as long of a wait as wake tech and durham tech. also wilson cc and barton college (which is a...
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    Endotracheal tube securement

    flightnurse2b replied to findingmywayRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    i've always used an ET tube stabilizer (the one with the Z shape in the middle, has a little bit of adhesive on the back), on an ambulance and in the ED. much easier than tape, and is better in...
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    My mom just passed away....

    flightnurse2b replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

    i haven't been where you are, but i just wanted to extend my condolences. i will keep you and your family in my prayers. you CAN make it though this.... make it a tribute to your mom. god bless and...
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    A Frustrated Nurse Writes About Poor Conditions in Evacuee Shelters

    flightnurse2b replied to cpkRN's topic in General Nursing

    it always makes me really sad to read stories like this. i dont know why people believe they are so entitled.... hurricanes frances, jeanne and wilma made landfall in my hometown. i worked in a busy...
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    Relocating to Raleigh- questions

    flightnurse2b replied to lblondie1128's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    wakemed will be your best bet for decent pay and trauma... main wake campus is a beautiful facility and they are upgrading. theres also a north wakemed campus thats nice, but all the traumas go to...