NurseLoveJoy88

NurseLoveJoy88 ASN, RN

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  1. Too late to take NCLEX?

    My moms friend took the nclex and passed 15 years after becoming a RN. You can do it. You may have to take a refresher course though. Good luck. Its NEVER too
  2. LPN school changed minimum grade

    I would just work extra hard, nursing school is way different from other classes... not to scare you but I know A students who became B,C, and D students once they got in nursing school. Just work...
  3. When I was in eleventh grade in 2005 I took Chemistry, when I became a senior I took AP to give me a jump start. I just wish I didn't have that bad case of senioritis which caused me to skip a whole...
  4. Do you consider 26-30 dollars an hour too little and too much trouble of LPN school to deal with
  5. Wife Just Completed 2nd NCLEX - question

    My mom just passed her nclex a couple of days ago and it shut off at 75 Q's. She probably did
  6. high school senior in need of advice

    Right out of high school at age 17 I started my prereqs and I also completed my CNA. Now I'm in the nursing program at CC and I'll be a nurse at 20. I do plan to transfer to a university to...
  7. i'm sorry i just had to vent. i've been literally working on this 27 page ( oh i wish i was exaggerating) careplan since 9 oclock this morning. this is my careplan for ob and its taking forever to get...
  8. I am sure that I failed at 75Qs. :(

    My mother took the nclex on march 6th of last week. She was "sure" she did not do well when her computer turned off at 75 Q's. But she did WELL, she passed and is now an RN after being an lpn for 4...
  9. This monster careplan is taking 4ever !

    At my cc, its part of the "care plan" We don't have to turn in weekly clinical ppwk. The only ppwk we have is when we are documenting something and thats usually done in the pts.
  10. How expensive is your program?

    Very expensive
  11. You know you're in nursing school when....

    I have another one. You know you are a nursing student when you are at the doctors getting your IM injection, you're watching the MA closely just to make sure she aspirates before giving the...
  12. Why is the Middle of the Semester Always the Worst?

    I felt like this at the beggining of last week. I was so anxious, nervous and stressed. After I finished two major assignments I decided to take the rest of saturday and all of sunday off to just...
  13. What tricks do you use to make your day more bearable?

    Well I'm a student who works full time( for now atleast) and sometimes I pull 16 hour days between going to work and school and studying. Each day I have to pray and read my bible, when things get...
  14. This monster careplan is taking 4ever !

    What am I gonna do ? Ima do the best that I can and work to the competency to the best of my ability and act as a prudent nurse would. Hey it comes with the territory. I'm determined to become a...
  15. This monster careplan is taking 4ever !

    Well I guess I should of clarified. Its for the mother/baby couplet. The careplan had to include demographic data, prenatal data, a medication chart, lab data for both mother and baby, assessments,...
  16. You know you're in nursing school when....

    You cringed when you saw the man in the tyler perry's movie smoking while on oxygen. - You feel guilty for even going to the movies( what was I thinking) -When you start having dreams about being...
  17. Wearing scrubs to nursing school?

    I wear scrubs only because I'm leaving work and going STRAIGHt to class after work, so I have no choice. However, when I'm not at work I try to never wear them scrubs. I so miss regular cute colthes....
  18. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    Wow are you kidding me ??? I will never condone YELLING. Being confident, stern, and persistant yes but not ever yelling. If you are smart, educated, and intelligent why should you need to yell to...
  19. This monster careplan is taking 4ever !

    Tell me about it
  20. Would you "Facebook Friend" a Professor?

    Who have time for facebook ? I 've decided to have either myspace,facebook, or allnurses. I don't have time for facebook, wish I
  21. My pt dies on me in clinicals... and.

    Wow I probably would of passed out or something. I did hospice once as an aide and will NEVER do it again. I'm petrified of even being alone with a dead person for more than 20 minutes by myself. I...
  22. Prejudiced Professor

    Your instructor should definetly be talked to about this. That was a comment made out of pure ignorance. I remember when I was in my first semester and we were learning about doing assessments for the...
  23. I'm doing it now, and I must admit I do feel the pressure. I've even come to the conclusion that I may need at least one day a week off, or atleast a half day once a week will help. I work mon-Friday...
  24. This monster careplan is taking 4ever !

    I'm finally DONE ! I just finished it and I'm about to start doing cartwheels. 27 page care plan took four days to complete between working,studying, and attending class. But now I'm done, done with...
  25. This kind of irked me !

    okay, so just because i'm a student nurse does not mean i want to practice assessments on you and offer my " medical advice. so many of my coworkers know i'm a student nurse, not because i broacast it...