Lemur BSN, RN

Lemur has 16 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in School Nurse.

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1. School Nurse certification in PA without enrolling in a program?

   Lemur posted a topic in School

   Hello! I have a question for school nurses in PA - is it possible to become certified with the NBCSN and not enroll in classes for certification at a college?? Like, I just want to take the test and...

2. Valid excuses to sit out of sports?

   Lemur replied to Lemur's topic in School

   So since this is a boarding school the kids aren't going to have a doctor's note that I wouldn't already know about (because another nurse or I would've taken them to the doctor probably) - so I guess...

3. Valid excuses to sit out of sports?

   Lemur posted a topic in School

   Hello - I am a new school nurse and I'm at a small boarding school. My shift is 3-8 pm and I get a steady parade of kids starting at 3 looking to get out of their sports practice or games. Usually...

4. I dont handle lazy aides well

   Lemur replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with darkangel: every RN should work as an aide at some point. I have been an aide for 1.5 yrs and it's been a great experience. I work with the RNs and the other aides as one big team and we...

5. Do you know any nursing school nearby princeton??

   Lemur replied to paxpax79's topic in General Nursing

   Raritan Valley Community College, Helene Fuld, Capital Health, just a

6. License Number in NJ

   Lemur replied to JerseyGir1's topic in New Jersey Nursing

   I took NCLEX on July 6, found out I passed July 8, and JUST yesterday (July 23) got a letter in the mail saying my license is on its way. They only update the site once a month, which is ridiculously...

7. NJ nursing license application

   Lemur posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

   Hello, I sent my application for licensure by examination last week - anyone know how long until I receive my authority to test? And do you know if I will need to do the fingerprinting before I can...

8. Vital Signs - what's your routine??

   Lemur replied to Lemur's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   Thank you all for your responses! At my hospital we use a dynamap and the pulseox takes the pulse. We also use a temporal thermometer which takes 1 second. I usually try to count respirations while...

9. Vital Signs - what's your routine??

   Lemur posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   Hey guys - Not sure if I am posting in the right place, but I am a nurse intern (read: nurse aide, but I am in nursing school so I get this title and I just do NOT have my routine down for getting...

10. Please tell me I don't have a latex allergy...

    Lemur replied to Lemur's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you - I guess I am freaking myself out with all the anaphylactic shock talk that comes up when you google latex allergy. It's just my luck, really

11. Please tell me I don't have a latex allergy...

    Lemur posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a nursing student, and we only have clinical once a week so it's taken me a while to put this together - every clinical day I come home with very dry peeling hands. I had always blamed it on the...

12. Teaching care plan - please look at my situation!

    Lemur replied to Lemur's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks Daytonite! I'm actually totally fine with the actual teaching care plan part, it's just the fact that I will be handing it in without lab values that I am worried about. My patient's med dx was...

13. Teaching care plan - please look at my situation!

    Lemur posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    And tell me what you would do! We are in a 5 week med surg mini-rotation. We have clinical once a week. For two of the five weeks, we go on "filed trips" (once to PACU and once to a GI procedure...

14. I have ADHD.Can I be a nurse?

    Lemur replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    I have ADD, and have found nursing to be a perfect fit. The other job that I have excelled at is waitressing, and the similarities between the ER and a busy restaurant on a Saturday night are not lost...

15. Need info on what you LOVED about your pinning ceremony

    Lemur replied to Lemur's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I know I am going to bawl! Not a worry. I expect streams of mascara down my white uniform. I teared up just when this year's grads were explaining to us what would happen! So actually, I'm not...