SunnyAndrsn

SunnyAndrsn

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  1. Can you take the NCLEX-LPN after taking a yr. of the RN program?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to merrywhiterose's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from the Wisconsin Technical College System, with the LPN in December of 2007 and my RN in December of

  2. what is med/surg like after doing long term care?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to thekid's topic in General Nursing

    It's been a very easy transition in many ways for me as far as the physical tasks go. It will also depend on the med/surg unit you're working on. I usually have 3-4 pts on med surg, where as I have...

  3. Can you take the NCLEX-LPN after taking a yr. of the RN program?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to merrywhiterose's topic in General Nursing

    I was eligible to sit for the LPN boards after completion of the first year of my ADN program. Depends on your school, possibly your state. I'm in

  4. ADN vs BSN What do I do now?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    I would not go 27K in debt for something that my spouse was opposed to...I see it as a respect for the spouse issue. There are other ways to finish that BSN that yes, will likely take longer, but it...

  5. Over confident colleague

    SunnyAndrsn replied to SNurselewlew's topic in General Nursing

    There seems to be someone like this in everyone's nursing class. The one in mine had a very hard time finding a job, although she worked as a UC at a hospital prior to graduation. Her classmates...

  6. Treating the Muslim patient

    SunnyAndrsn replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

    I would hope that your charge nurse is culturally competent when making assigments and would assign Muslim women to female nurses, and Muslim male pts. to male nursing

  7. LTC - Subacute vs speciality hospital, vs nursing home vs rehab?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to mag_new's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I'm a little confused by your wording too. I work in a LTC, which has a subacute (also known as transitional care, or rehab) wing. In the last few months, we have had pts. with new brain shunts,...

  8. Where Can a New Grad Get experience!?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to dfowler19's topic in General Nursing

    I do LTC, homecare, and on-call med/surg. No tips for getting a job, sorry. My med/surg was hard to come by. Do you really think you don't have to use critical thinking skills in the nursing home?...

  9. Homecare Cleansing of Nasal Cannula

    SunnyAndrsn replied to retyurednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Vinegar will not harm the plastic. Just make sure you really, really, really rinse it well or the smell will be

  10. Most RN's first borns?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I'm the baby of the family :-) Mother was the youngest daughter, large age gap between her and youngest brother, father was the youngest, but sibling died before he was born so he was an only...

  11. I had my first clinical today & I cried in the pt room in front of everyone.

    SunnyAndrsn replied to Angels_wearScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Your instructor is cruel, I'm sorry you have to put up with her the rest of the semester. I cried a week ago. A long time pt. died, not unexpectedly, with her son and daughter nearby. I cried with...

  12. A day in the life as a nurse.

    SunnyAndrsn replied to itsnever2L8's topic in General Nursing

    Any time you're dealing with sick people, there are going to be aspects that are hard to handle (physically). In my med/surg job, I get to the report room and get report on between 3-6 patients,...

  13. Should I head for the hills???

    SunnyAndrsn replied to LostLilOne's topic in General Nursing

    Typical ICU pts. require total care, including frequent repositioning, toileting, bathing, etc. What is appealing about ICU? What do you see yourself doing? You will be doing frequent assessments...

  14. Should I head for the hills???

    SunnyAndrsn replied to LostLilOne's topic in General Nursing

    geeze everybody, relax! Did you GET that the OP is trying to figure out of nursing is for her? OP: It seriously does not sound like you want to be a nurse, and I'm curious, why did you consider...

  15. really struggling with my decision...chewed out by another rn!

    SunnyAndrsn replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse was out of line, that was very rude and unprofessional of her. Sorry you're having a tough time. Bedside nursing is hard

  16. Can I use my father with Alzheimer's as work experience on a resume?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to aquariusbridget's topic in General Nursing

    You could mention it in the cover letter, briefly. I did not add my experience with huntington's disease in my cover letter, but did bring it up at the interview. And yes, I did get the job. I agree...

  17. Gossiping amongst nurses

    SunnyAndrsn replied to QTpie86's topic in General Nursing

    I've recently found myself in the situation of being frustrated with some of my new coworkers, and found myself complaining instead of helping. Another nurse and I instead started by making a list of...

  18. New nurse - wrong specialty- very panicked

    SunnyAndrsn replied to ringtail RN's topic in General Nursing

    Bide your time and make the best of it until you can make a change. I don't want to sound cold, but there are a lot of new grads struggling to find a job

  19. do you think i am annoying?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    One of my favorite nursing school instructors drilled it into my head that I should always ask for help if I'm doing something that I haven't done before and am unsure of...regardless of how long you...

  20. Trying to keep me off the floor (nursing home).

    SunnyAndrsn replied to IMABSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good grief, I hope it's only where you work. I love being on the floor, although I do wish at times I could give more input on management/decision making side of things. I'm a charge nurse, but at...

  21. new nurse in LTC

    SunnyAndrsn replied to horsehobby's topic in General Nursing

    While starting at an LTC is very challenging, especially as a brand new nurse, this expectation is abusive! Find a new one, a better one. There are good facilities out there. Set your boundries and...

  22. Non-Compliant Alzheimer Patient

    SunnyAndrsn replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    I would crush them too, but AFTER I talked to the family/POA. I'd also update the MD and make sure there was documentation that the MD was on board with the crushed meds. I do think the clonidine...

  23. Non-Compliant Alzheimer Patient

    SunnyAndrsn replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto. Have you been talking to the POA for this pt and/or family? Make sure they are well informed about the pt's refusals as well. Document, document,

  24. Nursing Diagnosis

    SunnyAndrsn replied to LexiStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Break it down and use the nursing process: Start with your pt's symptoms: fever and right upper quadrant pain. kidney stones which made him septic respiratory distress/hypoxia uncontrolled diabetes...

  25. RN vs Surgical Technologist

    SunnyAndrsn replied to kyou03's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this. I know you've already said you don't want to be an LPN and the schools are hard to get into in your area, however if you do eventually want to be an RN, get on the wait list now,...