agldragonRN

agldragonRN

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  1. Ops! Things that make you go huh!

    agldragonRN replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Nursing

    pardon my ignorance xtxrn, but what are you trying to say? i know what fever is and its

  2. ALF 1:85 night shift sounds allright

    agldragonRN replied to treeye's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    op, have you seen this thread? link:

  3. Only 5 units of insulin per injection site??

    agldragonRN replied to utah23LPN's topic in General Nursing

    umm..no one time, i gave lantus 70 units in the abdomen. i would not subject my patient to 14 unnecessary injections and from the same needle? infection control, anyone? are you sure this person was...

  4. giving iv argumentin

    agldragonRN replied to obonye's topic in Pediatric

    you probably mean augmentin or generic name amoxicillin/clavulanate potassium, right? i never worked peds but this sounds like a good question for the pharmacist. i always call the pharmacist for...

  5. Ops! Things that make you go huh!

    agldragonRN replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Nursing

    and that nurse would be correct. what's confusing about that? am i missing

  6. ATT IN NEW JERSEY

    agldragonRN replied to NurseNyesha's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    8/28/2010: sent my application to nj bon and paid pearsonvue 9/17/2010: my school sent my paper works to nj bon 9/23/2010: received my att from pearsonvue via e-mail i think my application got...

  7. New Grad RN offered Hospital Position & Dr.'s office Position Need Advice :-)

    agldragonRN replied to kaylynnd06's topic in Nursing Career

    wow, you are lucky to have two offers in new jersey. i cannot even get a hospital interview in central new jersey. i have been trying to get acute experience but no one calls me. they all want bsn. if...

  8. ALF 1:85 night shift sounds allright

    agldragonRN replied to treeye's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    wow! i never worked alf but that sounds too much patients. i have 25 patients (3-11) who are not supposed to be "acute" and it's too much for me. my sister in law works both alf and ltc and she said...

  9. Temp permit

    agldragonRN replied to suni's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    sorry no. nj used to but they stopped it several years

  10. CPNE in 13 days-I want to puke

    agldragonRN replied to EverNurseRN's topic in Excelsior College

    good luck

  11. Delegation in an LTC setting

    agldragonRN replied to WorkinMama's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    they are testing you because you are the new kid in the block. do you work with other nurses on the floor? you may want to ask the seasoned nurses on the floor how to deal with some of the lazy cnas....

  12. LPN-Accepted a position on cardiac stepdown

    agldragonRN replied to Rico84's topic in Cardiac

    congratulations rico! nice to know lpns are still working in acute care. i never had the chance. good

  13. very general question...

    agldragonRN replied to ender's topic in General Nursing

    this is how i do it as well. i did not fully understand the question but now i do after all the

  14. Correction....CPNE in Albany at St.Peters

    agldragonRN replied to k9kabs's topic in Online Distance Learning

    good luck

  15. very general question...

    agldragonRN replied to ender's topic in General Nursing

    i would put the foley tubing under the legs because i would not want the urine to back flow. the foley tubing we use is very thick and very hard to bend so no issue with the

  16. dont know what to do, Im in term 3 now

    agldragonRN replied to spectrabrite's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    term 3 of what? 3/4? i would not make any waves and try to study on your own and hopefully that would be enough for you to pass. you don't want to be targeted and get dropped in the program since you...

  17. Haven't been on this board in a while BUT...

    agldragonRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    congratulations registered

  18. Need Advice!!! RN or LVN!? Pls read, very complex situation!

    agldragonRN replied to claudia1986's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    in addition, maybe you can just apply in an accelerated bsn (absn) program for a bachelor degree holder? usually you do the program in less than 2 years and at the end, the school awards you a bsn. it...

  19. Need Advice!!! RN or LVN!? Pls read, very complex situation!

    agldragonRN replied to claudia1986's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    "i guess trying to do lvn first is a bad idea." no it is not if that situation works better for you. rn programs are very competitive. how do you know you will get in an rn program? i always say do rn...

  20. Narcotic diversion, but not to self

    agldragonRN replied to LowPaidNurse21's topic in General Nursing

    "ok here's my chance to learn something new. why is borrowing a bad thing? does it make it harder to catch a true diversion of meds? does it wrongfully charge another pt for the med? i can see it...

  21. Narcotic diversion, but not to self

    agldragonRN replied to LowPaidNurse21's topic in General Nursing

    and also to add, i have not borrowed in a long time because now i took it upon myself to order all the medications in my cart when they are due even though it was originally assigned to 11-7 shift....

  22. Narcotic diversion, but not to self

    agldragonRN replied to LowPaidNurse21's topic in General Nursing

    "now i have a question...when you "borrow" a medication from patient a to use on patient b do you ask patient a's permission? borrowing anything without permission is theft. those meds don't belong to...

  23. Narcotic diversion, but not to self

    agldragonRN replied to LowPaidNurse21's topic in General Nursing

    "and yes, i worked ltc/snf/sub-acute for years. i never borrowed a drug. never." when was the last time you worked ltc? what year? never borrowed even colace, vitamin c, and mvi? i commend you then!...

  24. Do I need to quit?

    agldragonRN replied to TriniMa's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    don't quit until you have another job lined

  25. ICU for a new graduate LPN?

    agldragonRN replied to RN_Pink's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    wow good for you! i'm sure the director sees the potential in you. make him/her proud and be the best nurse you can be. just make sure you stay in your lpn scope of practice. congrats on passing the...