laxxrickLPN

We call it flexing someone at my facility. We typically flex pool employees first; full time very rarely gets sent home. You didn't post about nurse/patient ratios like most people on this thread, so if that's satisfactory, I'd deal with a shotty sch...

I can't believe people would call and ask about the trick! That's like calling your cable company and asking them if you are supposed to have extra channels your not paying for! BTW, did the trick, got the good pop-up, paid for the quick results and ...

Trick works! I passed!!!!

Bring a barf bag for afterwards... still anxiously awaiting my results.

As much anxiety as that tests causes... I truly believe I'd spend the $7.95 to get my results 20 minutes earlier LOL... Getting the "good" pop-up is great, but nothing really makes it real until you see it.

I took the NCLEX and I'm still convinced I did absolutely horrible. I felt like throwing up after I left... Been freaking out all day until I heard about this trick. I got the "good" pop-up! It seems fairly reliable... I hope it holds true. Wish me l...

I have two APA-style research papers due for two different nursing classes. The first class is ADULT NURSING; focus is on technical skills like IVs, foleys, NG tubes, OR procedures, sterile fields in the OR, etc. with theory focusing on Med-Surg comp...

I like the idea of intraoperative care, however, I don't know any pro/con arguments about nurses in the OR. For the next class, I think I will do the pros and cons of paper charting vs. electronic health records.

This confuses me too... If you have 10mL vial of 50% MgSO4, wouldn't you need to know the mg per mL?

Psychiatric nurse practitioner isn't just an MSN, I believe it's a post-Master's certificate. Which equates to 4 years BSN, another 2 MSN, another 1-2 post-Master's certificate. 7-8 years in total. I think it's an awesome career choice though. My ult...

I have over 10,000 pages of nursing books at home in just two semesters! Just realize most of your stack is reference (drug, medical dictionary, nursing diagnoses, pathophysiology). Then you have your study tool books (med calc, handbooks, study guid...

I haven't experienced any discrimination at all. To the contrary, everyone tells me how smart I am to get into this field. The "awkwardness" of being male that I anticipated couldn't be further from the truth. I feel sorry that there are still instru...

Take a CNA class. That'll get you the most basic concepts in class, some clinical experience (probably in LTC), and if you decide its just not for you, at least you have a CNA license as a "fallback" career.

I'm 27, started doing pre-reqs around age 25. Will be LPN at age 28, RN at 29.

The way I learned is simple: D - X U =Amount to Give Patient H D=Dose you want H= What you have U= Units you have Example #1: If I want 50mg of Fakeicilin, and I have 25mg TABLETS on hand, this is how I set up the problem: D - X U H 50mg ----- X TABL...

Get the CNA. I went into nursing school straight out of a business/sales job and had a really hard time. I actually failed the class. So... I failed, took my CNA, took a few more academic classes, and then went back into nursing school and am passing...

I'm about to try NUR101 for the second time. The first time I withdrew because of how low my test grades were. I studied the material pretty thoroughly, and I have taken 24 credits of academic classes with a 4.0 average. I loved the class; hated the ...

Thanks for the ideas! All are appreciated!

I am a first year nursing student and I have a question relating to restraints. My father had respiratory failure and was on a ventilator in the ICU. When he was there, I noticed everytime I went in his wrist restraints were extremely tight and his h...

UPDATE: My father has permanent nerve damage in his wrists because of neglect on the nurses part to loosen the restraints to an acceptable level. It has been reported to the Board of Nursing and they are currently conducting an investigation. The ho...

First of all, the issue isn't me loosening (not removing, I wouldn't do that!) the straps. It was originally the hand pain he is experiencing now. The nurse was in the room. I told her I was loosening the straps and that they were too tight. I told h...

I was just mad at the extreme tightness. With a 1-to-1 nurse ratio in the ICU, there was no reason it was ever that tight while I was there. I loosened it myself because while I still only am a nursing student, I have learned how to properly use rest...

Well, I think I may suggest that the chart be reviewed to see if that was performed. I picked up on it right off the bat... but carpal tunnel syndrome is a ridiculous diagnosis for his excruciating pain: that's a chronic condition and his pain has on...

i study late evenings, between 10pm-12pm and wake up at 6am to get my thoughts together, drink some coffee, and do some light studying before going to work and/or school. also study on lunch breaks at work and sometimes i have a free hour or two whil...

I work about 40 hours a week, sometimes more. My schedule goes like this: M - Work; Either 9:30-6:30 or 1pm - 9:30pm T - School 8:00am-4:00pm; Work 4:30pm-9:30pm W - Clinicals 7:00am-4:00pm Th - School 8:30am - 3:30pm; Work 4:00pm-9:30pm F - Work 8:3...