JoanieDee, LPN

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  1. NurseGreeneyes is officiall an RN!!!!! Woo-Hoo

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to NurseGreenEyes RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    congratulations,

  2. You will pass NCLEX because I passed

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to kleona's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations!!:yeah:

  3. its unbelievable i PASSED with 75q

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to grc119's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations!!:yeah: (Three Cheers for all of the New

  4. Anyone 40 Or Older Starting A Lvn Program??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to shalamar's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    a dinosaur? lol...hardly!! I am now 44 (will be 45 in November, and am awaiting my ATT for boards)....you are a yungin(??) (from jersey, so not sure how that nice southern word is...

  5. Anyone 40 Or Older Starting A Lvn Program??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to shalamar's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    wtg on your endeavor......not an easy one, as i can attest!! best of luck to you as you approach

  6. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Medications used for Intercranial Pressure ("ICP"): Mannitol (Osmitrol): A hyperosmotic agent that increases intravascular pressure by drawing fluid frin the interstitial spaces and from the brain...

  7. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Respiratory patterns and neurological disorders: Cheyne-stokes respirations (rhythmic, with periods of apnea) ---May indicate a metabolic dysfunction or dysfunction in the cerebral hemisphere or...

  8. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Post-thyroidectomy, monitor for s/s of airway obstruction; hemmorhage (be sure to check behind client's neck, as bandage may appear clean when severe bleeding may be draining underneath); thyroid...

  9. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    MAO INHIBITORS - Risk of Hypertensive Crisis if taken with: --tyramine-rich foods --amphetamines --methyldopa, levodopa --dopamine --epinephrine --norepinephrine --reserpine --vasoconstrictors Tx for...

  10. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    you need to change mcg's to mg's because mg's diluted to ml's is what you have on

  11. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    ADH, or "antidiuretic hormone," is produced by the posterior pituitary gland.......(think opposite of diuretic.....if you have too little ANTI-diuretic, you would be voiding as if you were on constant...

  12. Attn: Graduating class LPN from OCVTS

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to 2ndTimeLPNStudent's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I just graduated from OCVTS, but they are changing almost every book we used for the upcoming year. My niece is starting in September also, and I cannot even give her more than 1 or 2 - they changed...

  13. Anyone got the last question wrong but still passed?

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to awfullysweetgal's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    the NCLEX is a CAT test, and must give a minimum amount of questions, even if the computer has decided well before that minimum amount that one has passed or failed. You could certainly get more than...

  14. Ocean County College-Uniforms?

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to buzkil's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    uniforms for OCVTS purchased at Life Uniforms in Toms River....not sure about

  15. will you work during school??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to SPNbabe08's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Our LPN program went from September to July, Mondays through Fridays, 8 am to 3 pm......I worked, as a CNA, every Friday, 3-11 shift; Saturdays 7 am to 11 pm; and Sundays 7-3 shift. I am a single...

  16. 75 questions w/o using Kaplan...

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to Jack_ICU's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations, and thank you for all of the help you have been giving!!!!!! I hadn't been on here in a while (work, work, work), and just happened to remember you were testing and had to look you...

  17. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thank you so much for all of your wonderful posts, and bet wishes for a successful NCLEX on Thursday.....no-doubt you will do

  18. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    WTG.......congratulations!!

  19. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations, and thank you for all of your great advice......You ARE a great

  20. Anyone 40 Or Older Starting A Lvn Program??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to shalamar's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    congratuations, and best of luck to you in

  21. Anyone 40 Or Older Starting A Lvn Program??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to shalamar's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Thank you for that post......funny you should say "keep below the radar of the instructors"......I wish I had over the past 11 months!! If and when I decide to go for RN, I will do just that!! At any...

  22. Wish me luck!!

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to dee78's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    good luck to you......CNA is a great way to begin a nursing

  23. Anyone 40 Or Older Starting A Lvn Program??

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to shalamar's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    i am 44 and graduating Friday.........you will do

  24. any LPN students Fall 08?????

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to Coffee Addict's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    gl to you.....you will do just fine this

  25. Students that Fail

    JoanieDee, LPN replied to KIMMY03's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    hang in there......A&P was the worst for me, mainly because i tried to understand everything in the book.....it is, in fact, nursing school, not medical school...so best off memorizing what you...