SamanthaHope85

hello everyone! havent posted since i was in school and im glad to say that i passed my boards in april! yay! but now im realizing that finding a job in an actual hospital as a new VN is like finding a golden needle in a haystack! im feeling pretty h...

You have echoed my thoughts and my experiences in trying to find a job. I got my license in May and, like you, I have had no luck at all finding a job for the past 6 months. It is one of the most discouraging feelings in the whole world... Knowing th...

hey all.... im working on my respirator care plan and i have a few questions... my patient has elevated troponin thats not r/t an mi... his diagnoses are as follows... pneumonia elevated troponin hx: of htn hx: of asthma hx: of gerd hx: of glaucoma...

hello all! im about ready to tear the pages out of my med-surg book!!!! were doing a bulletin board in GU about the nursing interventions for someone with bladder cancer... pre and post op preferably ANYTHING will help at this point... can someone PL...

thank you!

thank you! i talked to my instructor yesterday and she told us to focus on the complications post-op, and come up with interventions to prevent them. thanks again! [color=#ff409f]panic plays no part in the training of a nurse. ~elizabeth kenny

Hey guys! im in my 7th month of the LVN program at ROP. Im part of the B class. if you all have questions about anything message me on this site. ill be glad to answer all your questions if i can. Good luck getting in... you basically have to sell ...

LMAO! i though my first post didnt work! hahahaha oh gosh... i look nuts... my mistake...

i know EXACTLY what you are going through...I'm in my 7th month of my 13 month long LVN program and i really do feel your pain... you learn all this stuff you, study really hard, you do well on the tests and then you start a new subject and all the i...

OMg i KNOW how you feel... im 7 months into my 13 month long LVN program and im in the same boat youre in... i studdy my butt off and get good grades... and my clinical instructors (even the "hard ones") like me alot. and youre right once the test is...

http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a237/ibite2breakskin/?action=view&current=ROPParkVista.jpg if you wanna see our uniforms... check out this picture i hope the link works...:heartbeat:nurse:

I have an OB final tomorrow and then spring break. BUT over break i have an entire care plan to write. AHHHHHHRRRRGGGGGG! lol its all good... its all worth it in the end right??

im making my med cards for my first care plan. its an integ focus and my patient is on multivitamins with minerals, zinc and ascorbic acid for increased helaing of her pressure sore. ascorbic acid was in my drug book but the others were not... im hav...

i have the prentice hall drug guide... blah.... everyone is telling me its in the davis one...guess i have to get one huh?? thank you!

Thanks so much Pixie! I just quoted your last post to my classes fourm... we were just talking about grains today and people were lost... i know this will help... thanks again!! :stdnrsrck:

im getting ready to start my integ care plan and as im compiling info about my pt, an 86 yo female admitted from the ER to the inetermediate care unit, i notice that she has only one diagnostic study... chest x-rays... blah... anyway we need a min...

i wish we could use labs as diagnostic studies... those fall under diagnostic tools... the difference between the two catagories is vague... thank you for your imput though eric and CT.... daytonite thanks for the link its really helpful... thanks ag...

ok so im doing my med cards for catapres, demerol, lasix, digoxin and k-dur. i think im making this WAY more difficult than it really is but i cant figure out what to write as my nusring implication section... we need to write something for assessmen...

find a job working at a resturant.... way less stress while youre in school and its easy money in your hand every night... im a CNA and i hate it too so i dont do it anymore...youre not alone...

3rd week of my first clinical rotation i did my first straight cath. it was on a 102 yo woman who has been bed ridden for who knows how long... it was really hard to find the meatus, even for my instructor... we both thought it was the clitoris... (o...

ok so im one of 5 alternates in my nursing program. this friday is the day they hand out clinical schedules and it is also the day that we know which alterantes are accepted... NORMALLY most of the alternates get in because some people drop for whate...

thanks to all who sent me good thoughts! IM IN, IM IN, IM IN!!!! I start clinicals tomorrow!! im so relieved.... thanks again!

hi everyone! my name is samantha and i live in southern ca. i will be starting lvn school in 3 days!!! i am 22 years old and super excited to start my new journey... my boyfriend and i are going to school together... were a great team... i dont know ...