APBT mom

APBT mom LPN, RN

Med/Surg, Tele, IM, OB/GYN, neuro, GI

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  1. Advice needed on first oral med pass

    APBT mom replied to JOLIEDAME's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i forogt to attach my med pass sheet. it has boxes for everything and i usually just write the pts vs on the bottom. it usually takes me an half an hour to do two pts so and hour for three or four...

  2. Advice needed on first oral med pass

    APBT mom replied to JOLIEDAME's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just make sure that you DON'T touch the pills (no no in my program), that you check the arm band and have the patient tell you their name and dob, that you have something for the patient to drink it...

  3. Gravida/Para GTPAL... HELP!

    APBT mom replied to LaceyRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Check with your instructor about including the present pregnancy. Some instructors do not want it added until delivery and you might get points taken off because of it (mine are like this). OB hx: 3...

  4. LPN students have to give bed bath to classmates

    APBT mom replied to vina2550's topic in General Students

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  5. LPN students have to give bed bath to classmates

    APBT mom replied to vina2550's topic in General Students

    We practiced everything on the dummies (except vitals) although some of the students did jump on the beds to learn how to place a patient on a bed pan. The only assessment things that we did were a...

  6. Lab value tree

    APBT mom replied to HoosierMale's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the two that I've seen CBC wbc>hgb hct CMP Na l cl l BUN K l CO2 l creatinine Just make sure that you double check with the actual lab results because...

  7. private nursing schools

    APBT mom replied to incubator2007's topic in General Nursing

    I always get them mixed up thanks for correcting

  8. How Many Lpn Students Made It Out Of Your Class

    APBT mom replied to vina2550's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The first day of class was orientation and there was 65 students. The NEXT day we were down to 48. I guess some people decided that they couldn't handle the work load that was discussed and didn't...

  9. Doctor Practices that Dump Patients

    APBT mom replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    The MD office that I use to work at would discharge patients all the time. It was OB/GYN and the only time's patients would be discharged were if an OB patient didn't come in within 60 days of her...

  10. Doctor won't back up his telephone orders!

    APBT mom replied to In_Chantress's topic in General Nursing

    I would document and report it to the nurse manager and the Medical Director of the facility. My instructor told us a story about when she was working in the ICU and one of the MD's ordered a med...

  11. private nursing schools

    APBT mom replied to incubator2007's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guessing what it says is. What can be done when an unaccredited school is giving international students nursing licenses after graduation that can be transfered to an US license? There is a school...

  12. HCC - Need to vent...

    APBT mom replied to kristykat's topic in Florida Nursing

    I wonder when they started that. They usually average about 450 applications a year. Well I hope they accept it since other's have and you already have a degree. Did you see if you could audit the...

  13. peripheral pulses

    APBT mom replied to kad13579's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't know which ones you're doing since we were taught that the peripherals were just the radials and dorsalis pedalis because they have the most distance from the heart but I help you find all of...

  14. My first bed bath!!

    APBT mom replied to ostomyrn2b09's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just talk to them while you're doing it. Ask them where there from, if they have kids/grandkids.... Make sure that you only uncover what area you're washing. If they can have them wash what they can...

  15. HCC - Need to vent...

    APBT mom replied to kristykat's topic in Florida Nursing

    Is there anyway that you can apply but have a "pending" status on the ENC1101. When I was doing micro pre reqs there were a few girls that had already applied and would be accepted into the program...

  16. how many nurses did not like being a CNA?

    APBT mom replied to dari98's topic in General Nursing

    There's six students in my class that are CNA's and they hate it but it's what's paying the bills right now so they stick with knowing that in a short amount of time (March) we'll be done and they...

  17. Funniest thing a confused pt. has told you...

    APBT mom replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked as a sitter I had an elderly man who was combative and pulling out his IV's and digging at his incision. He looked at me after I came from the bathroom with his denture cup and asked me...

  18. "Too smart" to be a nurse

    APBT mom replied to may8755's topic in General Students

    You should correct them all nurses do is clean up poop. I just don't understand why people always have the need to put down what other people want to do with their

  19. "Too smart" to be a nurse

    APBT mom replied to may8755's topic in General Students

    The smart mouth in me would have one of two replys. If I was close to them "well everyone knows I'm smarter than you so maybe that's why you don't understand why I want to be a nurse." In general...

  20. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    APBT mom replied to fascinoma's topic in General Students

    I have had ADHD since I was in elementary school. My parents refused to put me meds because the meds out at the time turned the kids into zombies. All throughout school I've done alright but when it...

  21. No Pharmacology class!!!!

    APBT mom replied to nursekrys's topic in General Students

    We didnt' have a dedicated pharm class either. Ours what built into our med/surg class. We got a new gorup of meds with each body system. I still don't know my meds and I'm kind of irritated about the...

  22. We're told to buy cheap stethoscopes

    APBT mom replied to Kina21's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    It just depends on what your preference is. I can hear fine out of a cheap one and a good quality one but the more you pay ther more you can hear. If you can use a cheap stethescope without any...

  23. Last semester and terrified

    APBT mom replied to NooNieNursie's topic in General Students

    I feel the same way. I graduate on March 6th and I still don't feel like I have any idea what I'm doing. I get asked the most obvious questions with the easiest possible answer and I always answer...

  24. Fired For Being Pregnant

    APBT mom replied to KCIN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Did your wife get a letter/note for work from here OB/GYN saying that she was unable to lift anything over 25 lbs? If so that's probably what got her fired even though it's pregnancy related. Most...

  25. Cleaning up vomit

    APBT mom replied to caliwannabenurse's topic in General Students

    I use to hate vomit and poo too. Like everyone else said breath through your mouth. Someone told me if you smile you can't gag but I can't picture myself smiling while I'm wiping someones butt or...