SugarNSpiceX2

I'm going to try to give a brief history so you can understand my situation without making this too terribly long, so please bear with me. I got my LPN license in 2009. Immediately went to work, everything was great. Then 2013 came and began the be...

Well, the job search definitely was not as easy as I thought it would be but I finally got hired at my first job as a nurse!! I will be working at a Long Term Care facility. The pay is really good and it's about 5 minutes from my house, so I am hap...

......how long will it be before I am issued a license number?? I took NCLEX on September 16th and found out through Quick Results that I passed on Sept. 18th. Now, I am just wondering how long it will be before my license number is issued and shows...

Well it finally got posted! I took NCLEX on the 16th and my license number was posted on the 23rd. :) YAY! I am a licensed nurse!! finally!!

Well, I took the NCLEX-PN today and WOW...it was harder than I thought it was going to be! Very challenging questions. But it cut me off at 85, which is the minimum so I guess that's a good sign. Keeping my fingers crossed and will be sitting on p...

Well.........I PASSED!!! Woooo hoooo!!!

Good luck to you! I know the 48 hour wait is rough!! I just went through it! But I bet you passed! Mine cut off at the minimum too and I was freaking! But I passed!!

Okay I looked up what the Peason Vue trick is and I tried it and I got the pop up that supposedly means I passed....I PRAY that the trick really does work!! I'll find out in about 24 hours. It sure helps relieve some anxiety!!

No, what is the Pearson Vue trick?

Hello everyone :) I graduated from LPN school this past Thursday.....I was valedictorian!! What a great feeling!! Now that the school part is over, my focus is on taking the NCLEX and finding a job. I have submitted my resume to several places alre...

Anyone starting LPN school in September? My first day of class is Sept. 2nd. I have orientation August 18th. I am chomping at the bit! Can't wait to get started. :)

What is the IV Fluid D51/2NS?? The order says IV of D51/2NS @ 100cc/hr So, what is D51/2NS and what would this IV fluid be used for? Rehydration? It's for a patient with a Dx of Urosepsis. But this pt. is not NPO. He is on a soft diet as tolerated....

What I am asking is.....in what situations would this IV fluid be used?? Dehydration??

I have limited information on 3 different patients and I have to take this info and do the following: 1. Identify abnormal lab values and specify whether it is low or high, slightly or critically. 2. Give specific names for deficiency or excess of th...

Ugh...I have a test tomorrow on A&P of the Nervous System. (I am in LPN school). There is just SO MUCH info to know and no other system that we've studied so far has made me this anxious. I just don't know what to study b/c there is just so muc...

For my graduation next August, I am going to have to wear the whole traditional nurses' uniform...the white dress, the white stockings, white shoes and the nurse's cap. And we have to pay over $100 for this uniform....a uniform that I know I will onl...

Hey all. :) I am doing an assignment for school that is due tomorrow. Basically here's what I have to do... I have a set of lab values from a urinalysis. I have to take those lab values, analyze them, and then try to use those lab values along with ...

I wasn't aware that my reply was "dirty"....but I'll try to keep that in mind. I posted here because I know that there are a lot of people on here with much more experience than I have and I wanted to make sure I was on the right track. As you could ...

Um, well...if that insult was directed at me... I do very much want to learn and I appreciate Daytonite's information...it was VERY helpful! It's not that I didn't want to learn, I just didn't want to make the assignment more complicated than it has ...

I really don't think she wants us to go THAT in depth. I mean, there's only so much info we can know at this point in the nursing program and we haven't even touched on Diabetes yet.

I'm not really sure how specific she wants us to get. The 3+ glucose COULD be an indicator of diabetes...BUT, a diet high in sugar will also increase the risk of a UTI...right?? So it would be important to know the patient's dietary practices when ta...

Yeah that's what I was thinking too... Bladder Infection/UTI/Cystits...something along those lines. Does anyone know of any website I could go to to verify? Or check lab values that would be expected w/ those diagnoses?

I also started on September 2nd. I'm glad to have the first week behind me. We've already had two tests. I made a 96 on the first one, pretty sure I made a 100 on the second one. So far so good. Looking forward to what this week brings. Better go...

Ours is: 94-100 A 85-93 B 81-84 C Anything below that is failing. Unit grades must average to be an 81 in order to pass. If you make an 80.4 or less on any unit average....you're cut. They're strict about it too....kinda scares me.

Just wondering if anyone else here is in TN? If so...where are you going to LPN school?