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cursenurse

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  1. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

    cursenurse replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    Very well

  2. Differences Between LPNs/LVNs and RNs

    cursenurse replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with what you're saying about the rn education telling me as an lpn why i was doing alot of what i did. i was often bored in clinicals though, because i wasn't doing anything different than...

  3. Mental Health Class help for LVNs

    cursenurse replied to bonnieL123's topic in Psychiatric

    what exactly are you having trouble with in the class? please give details so we can help

  4. anyone considering going back to school to become an RN?

    cursenurse replied to Kirstie04's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    if you are going to sign with them, be very certain that you want to go the distance learning route. i signed on and then found that i didn't really have the discipline to do total self study. by the...

  5. Do one thing over?

    cursenurse replied to sprite123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    probably the one thing that i would do would be to have all my pre reqs done before starting nursing school, and especially before graduating. i hated that i had to delay taking boards two months...

  6. kissing a pt/ resident

    cursenurse replied to Marti Ann's topic in Men in Nursing

    for elderly pt's, i don't see any problem with it whether the nurse is male or female. i know that when you work ltc, the residents and the staff are often very close and you kind of feel like...

  7. T.O. order

    cursenurse replied to jareze1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i don't know what the BON says about it, but i have done it many a time in LTC when i cannot get in contact with the md and a fracture needs to be ruled out. i have never had any problems doing

  8. "Nurses are not just handmaidens for the doctors"

    cursenurse replied to Miss Nightingale's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    there is a very good website at http://www.nursingadvocacy.org that deals with image problems in nursing. you should be able to get info from there. you may want to do some research about what nurses...

  9. Why are some staff nurses such HATERS!

    cursenurse replied to kjt2004's topic in Agency Nurses

    i have worked agency for 3 1/2 years. i have never experienced the negative attitudes that some nurses seem to have had. people are usually happy to see you because they will have less of a pt load....

  10. bodily fluids on you

    cursenurse replied to sheliamd1's topic in General Nursing

    one tip, keep your mouth closed any time that you are not talking-i once had an incident with a foley catheter that made me forever grateful my mother taught me that one. and like someone else posted,...

  11. wages for tele triage/nurse ans line

    cursenurse replied to cursenurse's topic in Telephone Triage

    thanks for your responses. sflohaug, i don't know if they would hire an out of state nurse, they do say you can work from home, so who knows? go to their website, download an app and give it a try!...

  12. All who feel Saunders review is the Best give feedback

    cursenurse replied to ISM's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    kaplan is a company that has a review class for the nclex rn. i believe the class meets for two weekends and then you can go to the kaplan centers and access more nclex practice material on their...

  13. question regarding license

    cursenurse replied to cassieopea2193's topic in California Nursing

    you can probably get interviewed w/out a ca license. new grads get interviewed and offered jobs all the time w/out even having taken the nclex. have you submitted your paperwork yet for ca

  14. All who feel Saunders review is the Best give feedback

    cursenurse replied to ISM's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    i recommend that you take the kaplan. everyone i know that took the kaplan review was thrilled with it and felt they were totally prepared. also, do you know why you failed the first 2 times? whatever...

  15. When to start studying?

    cursenurse replied to Fun2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    don't bother studying for NCLEX until you graduate. you are really putting the cart before the horse by worrying about it now! concentrate on nrsg school, believe me when you start those classes, you...

  16. Please explain this nonsense to me!

    cursenurse replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with the poster who said to contact the medical director. also there have been times as a ltc nurse that i have just sent a pt to the er w/out a dr's order if i felt that they needed to go. in...

  17. clep or excelsior

    cursenurse replied to ihavehorns's topic in Online Distance Learning

    i agree with the others that say to clep whenever possible. i did because money was definitely an

  18. Cities and states with full-time jobs for LPN'S.

    cursenurse replied to Blackcat99's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    detroit,

  19. Nurse Aide advice

    cursenurse replied to Nurse7Son's topic in Nursing Career

    i actually was a CNA while i was going to lpn school, and did not receive that kind of treatment. i don't deny that it exists though. i do think sometimes that the kind of CNA that you are does alot...

  20. Nurse Aide advice

    cursenurse replied to Nurse7Son's topic in Nursing Career

    i am sorry that you have had these experiences, but i do not think that these things happen everywhere. i have never worked anywhere where anyone was discouraged from taking a break. and there are...

  21. Other 'jobs' for LVN's?

    cursenurse replied to PatriciaInCA, LVN's topic in Nursing Career

    you could try LTC. that's where many LPNs get their start just out of school. that's the first job i had as an lpn and felt like i knew

  22. Vein Locating Devices?

    cursenurse replied to MrRacer98's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    in the e.r, for pediatric pt's or other hard to locate veins we use a transilluminator to find veins. it works pretty

  23. CNA's slow me down

    cursenurse replied to Mandylpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i agree with most of the nurses here, the cna should be directed to ask another cna for assistance. you cannot stop your med pass for every little thing. i was once told by a state surveyor who was...

  24. Dilemma with Narcotic Med Count

    cursenurse replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    i didn't mean the narc sheet itself, but the sign sheet that indicates that at 3pm nurse jones counted with nurse smith and verified that all the meds in the cart were

  25. HIV patient

    cursenurse replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    i don't know about the chance of infection, but i do think that you should fill out an incident report-just in case, so that there is a record of the