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The 5 days has to do with whether the PT/OT/ST frequencies will be included on the 485. If those evals are not completed within the 5 days they cannot be included in the start of care and an order must be written to initiate these services. And thus ...

I am so excited because I have finally finished nursing school. We had our pinning ceremony last night and it was so wonderful. I have been a LPN for 18 years and after many trys I have finally earned my RN!!! (as soon as I pass the NCLEX). I also re...

Thanks everyone, I appreciate it. :monkeydance:

I am currently a LPN in a RN bridge program (graduate Dec.15 YEA!!) and I work on a mother/baby unit. I love it soooo much! It can be done but somtimes you have to know someone to get in the door. Try to make friends with someone on that floor and t...

Hey Annie, I attend Valencia Community College in Orlando, Fl and our program is online except for clinicals. I love this program because it allows me to work, go to school and still have somewhat of a family life because I can study w...

I really love what I do now, I work on a mother/baby unit and feel it has been the best job I have ever had in my nursing career (18yrs). You have to find the area of nursing that makes you happy and the shift you want also helps. When you find your ...

My pet peeve is nursing students who think they know everything and will not listen to anyone elses ideas when you are in a group setting! :angryfire I had this happen recently when doing a group discussion regarding a postpartum careplan. I suggest...

I can totally relate with you. I start my rotation in 3/06 and also I just got a job on the Peds/Mother/Baby floor at the hospital. I have never worked in this field and I am nervous but also excited! Good luck with your rotation and the thing I am g...

I work at a 4 doctor retina practice. We also do FA's and PDT's and do office surgeries and I assist in the OR doing vitrectomy/membrane peels, RD repairs, etc... Our doctors won't let anyone else do the IV sticks for the PDT because if they blow the...

I actually have started the nursing component of the LPN-RN bridge program!!! This term I am in Transitions into Professional Nursing for the first 8 weeks and then after spring break I will be in Maternal/Child (OB/PEDS) for the last 4 weeks of the ...

I am right there with you, I also start tomorrow and am nervous too. But at the same time I am excited to finally be on my way to finishing what I should have finished many years ago. Good luck to you and just take one day at a time, don't try to loo...

I will be attending Valencia Community College in Orlando, Fl. I start on Jan. 9 and graduate Dec. 2006 Yea!!!!:rotfl:

I have done my time on a med/surg unit, and I know I don't want to do that again! I think I want to work in a free standing ambulatory surgery center or possibly L&D. Unsure as of yet, but looking foward to the change!

:balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: I too am happy to have a "place" of our own. My name Is Gina and I have been a LPN for 17 years and have been accepted for the Bridge program at Valencia Community College in Orlando, Fl. I am so exci...

Congrats to you! I also recieved my acceptance letter this week and will be attending the LPN to RN bridge program at Valencia Community College in Orlando in the spring '06. I am so excited and nervous!! Good luck to you.

I have applied for the spring of 06 at Valencia Community College for their LPN to RN bridge program. I have finished all of my pre-reqs and this fall I am taking some classes that will apply to a BSN if I decide to persue that route. Good Luck to ev...

Nothing really to do about conjunctivitis because it is usually viral and will resolve on it's own, you can use the gtts but they probably won't help much. I used to work for an ophthalmologist and we saw it all the time, just make sure you wash your...

AMEN to that!! I agree 100% that this class should be for NP students only!

Amen to that!! :chuckle

One that has become an issue recently here is artificial finger nails in the workplace and infection control.

Thanks I needed a good laugh today!! :rotfl:

we have one of those at my school, can't wait to meet him!! LOL! :rotfl:

I have never had an anxitey attack until this past monday. It was my first day of Health and Physical Assessment class, I was just sitting there listening to the instructor talk and all of a sudden I got this rush of anxiety, it felt like I couldn't ...

Prayer sent to you :)

I know a nurse that I have worked with that graduated from there. I don't think she had any problems getting her license or working in Florida