APBT mom

APBT mom LPN, RN

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  1. Help! I am so stressed! I took my boards and I shut off at 261

    APBT mom replied to platanos1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    When did you take it? If you can get up enough courage (I almost didn't) you can call the Fl BON if it's been 24 hours since you took it and ask for you license number. They just ask for your name and...

  2. Foley Catheter

    APBT mom replied to WingsEarned21's topic in General Nursing

    I thnk what the OP is talking about is when the patient has a foley in the proper position (over leg and bag lower than bladder attached to the bed) is that the urine has to build up enough to go over...

  3. Arnett test....

    APBT mom replied to FLg8rfan's topic in General Nursing

    I took it too. It's just like a HESI and the NCLEX. Studying NCLEX questions should be enough. Just make sure that you pay attention to the parts that you did poor on during the Arnett when studying...

  4. Charting Wounds

    APBT mom replied to natrgrrl's topic in General Nursing

    We aren't allowed to document the size of a wound or stage ulcers. When we find something that we are concerned about we can put in a consult with the wound nurse and she does all of those things....

  5. what is the nurse/patient ratio where you work?

    APBT mom replied to Hubby's girl's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a med/surg floor and it's 1:5-6(usually

  6. Please MAJOR TROUBLE!!

    APBT mom replied to setingle's topic in General Nursing

    There was a woman in my class that was due three days before graduation. She just had to get a letter from her OB/GYN saying that it was OK for her to go to clinicals. The only thing she wasn't...

  7. Post-Mortem care

    APBT mom replied to rehabhereIcome's topic in General Nursing

    That was a good article. The only thing that I could add is in the area where it was talking about raising the pts head so the pooling doesn't discolor the face would be to prop the head/neck so it is...

  8. "English Only" Rule at Work?

    APBT mom replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    I previously worked at a MD office were the doctor, staff, and patients mostly spoke Spanish (except me) and there were times when they would speak Spanish in front on me. It didn't bother me until I...

  9. LPN IV certification, Port Charlotte, Venice

    APBT mom replied to nursepammiej's topic in Florida Nursing

    Try calling some of the LPN programs in your area. Most don't have a dedicated IV skills class in their programs and usually offer one or know where one is for their students to get after graduation....

  10. florida community college help!

    APBT mom replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Florida Nursing

    The restrictions for Excelsior are only for students who do not have a LPN license but a license in some other field. So if you picked that route you shouldn't have any problems but I would call the...

  11. Galen School of Nursing

    APBT mom replied to MissJLG's topic in Florida Nursing

    The students that I see from Galen just wear standard white scrubs with the schools patch sewed on the sleeves. Maybe different campuses have different

  12. What Does Your Nurses Practicing Certificate Look Like ??

    APBT mom replied to MicStar's topic in General Nursing

    In Florida licenses look like business licenses but we get a smaller one that we can put in our wallets. We also have online verification but some places of employment want an original from the

  13. Does your hospital require a certain color uniform?

    APBT mom replied to ctspargo's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses wear royal blue or white. CNA/PCT's wear beige and black. Both are allowed to wear those colors however they want. RT wears gray, transporters wear maroon, dietary wears maroon tops and black...

  14. My boards today

    APBT mom replied to shakinginmyshoes's topic in General Nursing

    You were me two months ago. I did well in school graduated with honors and the NCLEX still messed with my brain. I got 85 questions and I never heard of the meds that I was given. I got ten of those,...

  15. For those in Florida, is medical error 2hr c.e a requirement?

    APBT mom replied to breeqt's topic in Florida Nursing

    You'll get your license in the mail about a week after they post it on the website. Congratulations on

  16. LVN/LPN Assessments

    APBT mom replied to Simpleplan's topic in General Nursing

    In Florida LPN's are not allowed to do the initial assessment and the pt has to be assessed by a RN at least once every 24 hrs. We're also not allowed to make the care plans or change the priorities...

  17. St Joseph's Hopsital-Tampa, FL

    APBT mom replied to PediRN*FL's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No, I wouldn't want to work their but not for the reasons that you are having problems. I didn't appreciate the way that we were treated by almost all of the staff while we were their. When I was...

  18. Moving AFTER I get certified

    APBT mom replied to dancer_meggs's topic in General Nursing

    I would just call the Fl BON and ask. I don't know where you're moving but here the classes start about every six weeks at one school or another. Just goggle the Fl Dept. of Health and search around...

  19. For those in Florida, is medical error 2hr c.e a requirement?

    APBT mom replied to breeqt's topic in Florida Nursing

    I posted this in another thread but you should have taken it during school and received something from them stating that. We got little certificates. Check with your school and if you have taken just...

  20. Is 2 hr medical error c.e course requirement??

    APBT mom replied to breeqt's topic in Florida Nursing

    You should have taken that in school. We were given little certificates for that and the others as proof in case we get audited by the BON. Call the school you graduated from and ask for a copy to...

  21. Free Cna Training

    APBT mom replied to pgramann's topic in Florida Nursing

    From what I was told by a few people that were CNA's in my LPN program that if you pay for a CNA program and get a job within 90 days at a LTC facility that by law you have to be reimbursed for it....

  22. Is this letter alright?

    APBT mom replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I don't kow if they would be able/willing to answer all your questions listed in the letter. It would probably be easier if you called the HR or Education department for the hospital because sometimes...

  23. St Joseph's Hopsital-Tampa, FL

    APBT mom replied to PediRN*FL's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I did my pedi clinicals their. Anyway, I don't know how you would go about doing it but I do know that there are unions in some hospitals in Florida. Brandon Regional has a union but it's only open to...

  24. Advice for a failure!!

    APBT mom replied to Foxxyy44u's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Call the school you attended or the BON in the state you're in and see if they know of any refresher classes that you can take. The BON would be the one to tell you what you would have to do to be...

  25. AMAZED at what some students get away with!!!

    APBT mom replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school we were given a list of things that we had to do before the end of the rotation. We also never knew who our patients were before we got their and had to know what meds...