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  1. Dear Nursing Students: We Need to Talk About Homework Help

    This is not good for an interview....get out from a computer and go network
  2. huber needle

    You should have Called IV nurse.....i don't deal with ports at all in nursing home
  3. Anyone else tired of LTC?

    I will be out of LTC soon....doing it as an LPS and RN but I am tired of it........
  4. Have you ever called your Compliance Hotline?

    Yes I have called the compliance hot line in my facility......it's supposed to be private but the administrator found out some people who called and retaliated on them. Bad bad nursing home
  5. wow!!! Bad popup and STILL passing......

    wow ....my friend took her exam ..went to 265 questions and was devastated...when she reached home..she tried the pvt trick after it said delievery successful and it went to the CC page....she even gave me her name/password and i tried it for her and...
  6. Do you have to count lyrica at your LTC facility?

    you are right....i have seen it at my facility toooo...and if there are that many that remains the patient has NOT been getting the dose.....i guess it might be a good idea to count it with the incoming nurse to make sure it was given
  7. Do you have to count lyrica at your LTC facility?

    LOL @ counting coumadin and antibiotics..........what a waste of time.... YES we count lyrica in my facilty..........
  8. New vision Canada web site

    really sorry about what happened.... sounds like a scam. no company in good business will take that long to respond to calls and email
  9. Where do you Study?

    yeah.....i only study on the bed when I feel I have finished studying and I am just looking to wind down.... ' if u do your main studying on the bed....you will get tired easily......
  10. ncsbn, hurst or kaplan?

    kaplan is pricey but its the closest to the nclex imo......... even if you dont pay 499 for kaplan....using their strategy book helps a lot
  11. Maryland Board of Nursing Horrors

    MD BON is just badly run ...PERIOD!!! They need someone new to take over....clean house and start refresh
  12. Nclex but not going to America

    Can you do your nclex exam but not actually use it? what do you mean? The nclex is for students who went to nursing school....no one from ouside can take it like that...the board of nursing when you want to get a license wil give you permission to t...
  13. Where do you Study?

    it all depends on the person..... i cant study in a libary b/c its gets tooo boring and i get distracted ina lib rary even if i am in a quiet room i tend to study in my room where is comfortable....in my familiar environment but i dont study on the b...
  14. Favoritism in nursing?

    i worked in a facility like that one time here in MD....had to watch what you say....i left b/c it was just too many favortism
  15. Can LPN lose a license by not practicing for a year?

    just keep your license active....i think that should be enough..... some states do audit nurses though if they have requirements on hrs of pratice but i think if you keep the license active that should be enough.....
  16. Describe a shift in LTC? Please??

    2 hrs is just ridicuolous for orientation......they will put the blame on you if something happens....i dont care if you been a nurse for 25 yrs.....a 2hr orientation in a new facility is still not enough.... i work in a LTC facility too but hope to ...
  17. Do you have to always call for abnormal labs?

    Dont you worry about that doc..... you have to protect your license....god forbid but if that patient had died....they will try to put a blame on you for NOT calling a lab in.... It all depends on the lab and the patient symptoms....I cant advice you...
  18. Your opinion about "lifelong learning in nursing"?

    1,2,3 YES 4) I work in MD...continuing education is NOT required to keep/renew license...but DC has it to keep license...i believe if more states had CEU's requirements to renew license...it would hel nursing knowledge 5)I think a nurse is resonsibl...
  19. Is it worth going the LVN route to get into the RN programs faster?

    it depends on the individual....i went to a private LPN school....cost me about 8,000 and when i finished...i quickly started working on my prereq for the RN b/c i knew no college will accept the credits from th eLPN program...but the main thing was ...
  20. Side Jobs for Nurses ????

    whats their number...lol
  21. FINALLY: NCLEX Today ... 75Q and Good Popup!

    yeah....nclex4000 CD is great resource to use
  22. Newsflash: Med/Surg RN's have the toughest job

    hahaha.......I work in a LTC facility.....its a mess. I have 16 pts with soooo many issues, its insane. And sometimes, they want you to work doubles....lol or complain you aint leaving on-time when you have to chart on all 16 pts...admissions...et...
  23. RN and Excelsior

    I am trying to gather information for a student.......here is what the maryland board of nursing says about excelsior:" Effective July 25, 2006, all Excelsior College students who are enrolled in the nursing program before July 25, 2006 and who gradu...
  24. HEEEELP....failed

    no one knows how many times someone has taken an exam....once u finish..we will all have the same license..and that what matters.... As for her situtaion....dont let it make u nervous...every ones path is differ ent and u keep on preparing... as...
  25. When to stop studying...thoughts?

    for me ... I stopped studying 2 days before the nclex..my rationale was 'you know more than you think you know'......i have known others who studied till the last minute...some do questions even on the day of the exam.....whatever works...lol as long...