TurboGirl

Hi Everyone, I am a LPN and my father in law has a URI and md put him on doxycycline since this is really the only antibiotic he is not allergic to. He has had bad side effects with anitibiotics/other medications in the past like Bell's Palsy, irregu...

Thanks! Yes I def have to remember that thanks for the advice!

I got into the lpn to rn program for Sept!!!!!!

Thanks everyone!!

What bp cuff would you recommend to get. My job prefers manual but a lot of the nurses use a wrist one. I have a big pt load and manual ones just take long to do sometimes. There are electronic ones at my job but they don't always work and I would pr...

Oh ok then I will do that. Thanks so much for the advice I appreciate it!

Oh awesome!! Thanks!! I just got a job also that if I'm there for 6 months they pay for school so even better!

I never heard that either. No one is perfect and even older nurses aren't always great. All I can say as a new nurse I try my best and hope to get better and better and maybe one day be "great".

You def need thicker skin for this career. U can do everything right and still get a comment like that. Sometimes you just can't please everyone. As for your skills, your still in school utilize the skills lab while you still can, also get a book on ...

Lmao with this thread

I have 40 patients on my shift and sometimes its hard to get a cuff around their arm. I usually do manuals but sometimes I have to use the wrist one. If it seems high I always recheck manually. I'm the only nurse with only 2 aides so it gets crazy a...

Thanks so much for the advice!

Ltc is def not the answer. They are always understaffed and a lot of patients. I'm a new nurse also and they just threw me in and its either sink or swim. I have 40 patients on my watch and I'm the only nurse with 2 aides. I usually work over nights ...

Wow! So happy to hear she is reporting it. That is so unethical in so many ways. People need to think before they do things and except the consequences of their actions. Please keep us posted. Boston I'm so sorry for your loss and what that nurse did...

PVT worked for me. I am officially a nurse!

I just took my LPN boards today and got the good pop up when I got home so I am praying it works for me cause I am freaking out!

What did it mean because that is what I got!

Please help. I have been trying to find this answer since yesterday. None of my books really mention anything like this and I have looked online and haven't been able to find any solid answers. Patients glucose level was at 480 mg/dL. Question is she...

All White but we are allowed to wear navy blue sweater over or long sleave shirt under.

Thanks soooo much!

Jessica is 13 y.o who has had diabetes sice she was 7. The case study says Jessica developed a cough, nasal congestion, and a low grade temp 3 days ago, but told her parents she felt well enough to go to school and didn't want to miss any of her clas...

I felt the same exact way. I was never good in Science and completley suck in math but with a lot of studying and hard work I made it. You will do it if you put your mind to it and you really want it. Good luck!!

I have had the same experience. Sometimes they eat there young and forget they were once NS too. You just have to grim and bare it. But sometimes the RN's are so nice it reminds you why you are there. I have also been in a hospital where the care wa...

I'm sorry but bottom line you are going to be working with people. If you are high do you really think you will function better? I don't think so. If you are high you can mess up on so many thing for example like meds. If you gave the wrong dose you...

We did the same but we didn't practice shots on each other yet. I am not sure if we do that. My first semester in clinical I was giving shots. I practice on my parents since they are diabetics.