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Seriously LOL'ed @ this

Know that, if you did indeed fail, it in no way reflects on the kind of nurse you *are* going to be. Regroup, refocus, retake as soon as possible. I know a girl that had horrible test anxiety all through school. She failed the NCLEX the first time an...

Muno, I'm pretty sure OP meant a supply pyxis. Supply pyxis is different than med pyxis. We keep all our fluids in a supply pyxis. Ours has an annoying voice that asks "did you forget to press a button?!" as a reminder.

She made it pretty clear that the dr had already ordered blood cultures, iv antibiotics, and percocet prn.

There is truth in that, for sure. For me, being older, it was better for me to get an Associate and then work on my bachelor after I could sign RN after my name.

I work in ICU. Just this week I was taking report on a pt and she had about a 10 beat run of what looked like v-tach on the monitor. When I questioned it the nurse giving me report said "oh yeah she's been doing that all day, it's fine". Stuff like t...

I'd also factor in how arousable they are... like you described before, a patient that's just "lethargic" might sleep all the time, but wake up easily and respond appropriately to questions. Where as someone who's hypoxic or hypercapnic might not. Kn...

I'd go ahead. She can always transition from LPN to RN. Around where I live (arkansas) the LPN programs are around a year and LPN to RN programs are around a year as well, for the most part. Unless it's a LPN to BSN then it gets more lengthy. My prog...

Saying nothing and/or doing nothing about situations you know are wrong just because "nothing will be done" is a great way to make sure nothing changes.

In Micro the general chemistry concepts that were needed were taught. I had taken chemistry nearly 20 years ago when I was 18 and in college the first time not knowing what the hell I wanted to do other than drink beer and chase boys. Maybe some of ...

Out in our unit as well. We're replacing with neo for the time being. The diprivan shortage was horrible. sedation vacations were a joke with versed drips.

I recently graduated from an ADN program and chemistry wasn't required. It is, however, for most RN-BSN programs that I know of.

I agree with nursejoed. I wasn't required to take a chemistry class to graduate and I don't feel that it hinders my patient care at all. Chemistry isn't Pharmacology. Which I wasn't required to take either... but that's a whole other story, ha ha!

I'd imagine it wouldn't make a difference. The reason we're careful when using O2 with COPDers is because we can knock out their respiratory drive. The only thing keeping them breathing is O2 lack. CO2 buildup doesn't matter to their body, they're so...

Eep! It is sad, sad, sad that you've never had the pleasure of a hot KK. The KK is a donut shop. Yummy!

As a new graduate of an associate rn program, I just want to clarify that the nclex that I will be sitting for is the same nclex that the bsn graduates sit for. An RN is an RN. That being said, there are some places that prefer you to have your BSN, ...

That. Indeed.

11. i'm not a nurse but i stayed at a holiday in express last night? @ myself...

I work 36 hours a week and am a full time nursing student in an Associate RN program. I'm set to graduate in December. I won't lie, it's not easy. I work weekend nights 12 hour shifts so I get all my work done on the weekends and can concentrate on s...

It's sort of both... in so that the statement, "I am allergic to drug x" is the subjective data and the positive test results would be objective. That being said, however, we rarely have access to that sort of test. In my experience, for the nurses t...

there have been nursing schools around since the 1920's at least (i wouldn't be suprised if even further back than that, really).. so i don't know where the idea of there not being nursing schools comes from, really. neither do i understand the idea ...

from what i understood the 2 within a week-ish thing was when you've never had a ppd before, and that after the first time you do this, for every subsequent ppd (when your year's up and you're due for another one) you only have to have the one done. ...

if you don't want to be here then just drop already. stop saying 'my mom won't let me'. grow a pair!:icon_roll at the very least *please* stop saying that you're only here to kill time until you figure out what you want to do "when you grow up". the ...

I bought myself an Ultrascope stethoscope for a reward for getting into nursing school (I've wanted one for over a year, lol) but we're required during our returns to use both the bell and the diaphragm for auscultation. Should I break down and buy a...

it took some getting used to for me to hear right out of mine. i like how easy breath sounds are. granted i haven't used a littman for any length of time so i guess i can't really say one way or another but i do like my flowers and pink tubing