PedsAtHeart

PedsAtHeart LPN

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  1. I made it!

    PedsAtHeart posted a topic in LPN to RN

    So finally after 8 years of being an LPN (which I have loved) I start RN school next month. I am doing a bridge course so I only have the last year of the RN program to do. I'm so excited but so...

  2. Hand Sanitizer and Asthma

    PedsAtHeart replied to rnintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't get to me as bad as it does you, but hand sanitizer bothers me as well. I would actually prefer to go back to the good ol soap and water. I think hand sanitizer is over-used and not as...

  3. Need advice choosing where to take RN pre-requ. courses OKC Area

    PedsAtHeart replied to Oknursinggirl's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Seminole and Midwest City are pretty comparable in travel time from Shawnee. I attended Seminole for quite some time until I ran out of things I could take. I'm a single mom who was working full...

  4. I made it!

    PedsAtHeart replied to PedsAtHeart's topic in LPN to RN

    Thanks everyone!! And good luck

  5. letter to potential ER employer...please read and critique! Thanks

    PedsAtHeart replied to Trilldayz,RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe so, but, as I said, that is how I was taught. Spell everything out, especially in a professional

  6. worst death you've seen

    PedsAtHeart replied to Darkfield's topic in General Nursing

    That is so sad But warming at the same time, that their love was that

  7. letter to potential ER employer...please read and critique! Thanks

    PedsAtHeart replied to Trilldayz,RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    i would leave out abbreviations, such as pals and acls... sure we all know what they mean, but as far as what i was taught, when writing professional letters or resumes you should spell it out and not...

  8. worst death you've seen

    PedsAtHeart replied to Darkfield's topic in General Nursing

    I think sometimes nurses do need to get this type of thing out. We are human and we have emotions. Most outsiders would not understand, so I think this thread is good for those who have experienced...

  9. anyone work in a primary care clinic before?

    PedsAtHeart replied to rainbowbright2's topic in General Nursing

    While I agree with some of what you are saying, I do not agree with parts. I have worked in primary care since graduating from LPN (not RN) school 8 years ago. I have done everything from internal...

  10. If you are an RN and have kids...

    PedsAtHeart replied to weluv3's topic in General Nursing

    I live just east of Oklahoma City but have fallen in love with Denton, TX just outside of Dallas. I don't know why, but I love that town. I have to stay there anytime I am in that area. Thats a...

  11. This may be a silly question, but I need advice...

    PedsAtHeart replied to ssrhythm's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Have you tried G-2 in fine point? I love those pens. Usually go for the bold tipped ones, but when writing in small spaces the fine tipped work great and it is a nice bright black, not that dull...

  12. Standing orders (Please explain)

    PedsAtHeart replied to ScreamBoxDolly's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with Otessa and elkpark. Anytime I go from standing orders, I also chart such and such per standing order Dr so and so... I would never document telephone order if I did not telephone the Dr....

  13. Advice needed (sorry so long lol)

    PedsAtHeart replied to nicenurselpn's topic in General Nursing

    As much as I love my life as a nurse, I am a mother first and foremost. If leaving work for an emergency with my child means that I will lose my license, then so be it. I can find another career but...

  14. Need advice choosing where to take RN pre-requ. courses OKC Area

    PedsAtHeart replied to Oknursinggirl's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I don't know what other additional classes you would need to take if you are in the regular micro and a&p, or do you mean pre-reqs for those classes? Since I knew I was going to apply for Rose's...

  15. Working as an LVN during LVN-RN bridge program

    PedsAtHeart replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in LPN to RN

    Our's is set up mainly online and with weekend clinicals. So I'm going to get to work my 40 hours a week (mon-fri 8-5) and do my classes online in the evenings (i hope) and do clinicals every...

  16. Platt college Tulsa

    PedsAtHeart replied to calliesue's topic in LPN to RN

    I had a DON who swore she would never hire another nurse (LPN) from Platt. But of course, we could have just gotten the bad apple of the class. I am doing an LPN to RN bridge at a state college and...

  17. LPN/RN Program

    PedsAtHeart replied to Liz Luv's topic in LPN to RN

    If I were able to, I would have gone ahead and got my RN first. BUT I was single and a new mom, I needed a better job so I went ahead and did the LPN course. It was full time for 11 months. And have...

  18. I made it!

    PedsAtHeart replied to PedsAtHeart's topic in LPN to RN

    THANKS!! I am in Oklahoma and I have passed all my pre-req tests and everything so I will be starting in the 3rd semester. So start in January and graduate (if all goes well) in

  19. Need advice choosing where to take RN pre-requ. courses OKC Area

    PedsAtHeart replied to Oknursinggirl's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    You can take the courses at Rose that do transfer, you just need to watch which ones you take. They have an Intro to Clinical Microbiology, which is specific for their nursing program. But they also...

  20. Low diastolic = 911?

    PedsAtHeart replied to JLForever's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ok, I understand being able to hear all the way down to 0. Just didn't see how you could have a start but no stop. My bp is weird... You get a start at the normal 120 or so, then it will stop at...

  21. Low diastolic = 911?

    PedsAtHeart replied to JLForever's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ok, I'm lost. Call me crazy, but how do you have a systolic and not a diastolic? Does that mean you just heard one "pulse"? I have never encountered this. If you hear a beginning, shouldnt there be...

  22. College Network

    PedsAtHeart replied to Ms.RN's topic in LPN to RN

    I met with a TCN rep a couple of years ago. It was a high pressure sales call. Only to find out that there are NO sites in the state of Oklahoma (where I live) to do clinicals and I would have to...

  23. Do you take Ativan ?

    PedsAtHeart replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I WISH it were that easy... I have tried that approach over and over. I was in a horrible/abusive relationship and even once it was over was still tormented by him. I laid awake at night listening...

  24. Do you take Ativan ?

    PedsAtHeart replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I have anxiety issues which get really bad when I'm trying to go to sleep. Things roll through my head constantly and sleeping pills just really don't work for me. As long as it is taken as...

  25. Advice needed (sorry so long lol)

    PedsAtHeart replied to nicenurselpn's topic in General Nursing

    Is your daughter quite young? I would also suggest taking a leave of absence. I had my first child when I was 19 and single. I had a c-section and was in the hospital for 2 weeks afterward. I had...