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  1. Just took NCLEX, Anyone else feel totally lost and disappointed??/

    WVStarFish replied to WVStarFish's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My ATI predictor said a 99% chance too! And the test you described sounds exactly like what mine was like!! Everything you mentioned in your post, I think that was ALL of my test and nothing else....

  2. How can I comfort the crying patient?

    WVStarFish posted a topic in General Nursing

    As a new nurse in LTC, I've come across several residents who get bouts of crying and feeling down and alone and helpless. Some have dementia, some are just physically disabled and mostly realize...

  3. Dying Pts who are still full codes.

    WVStarFish replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Im new and have not worked in a hospital, but at the risk of sounding really, really stupid... what does it mean to code someone for so long? I always thought that the paddles were used and after a...

  4. Did anyone use ATI? Seems more of a benefit for the school..

    WVStarFish posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I just graduated LPN school in June and our school made us buy the ATI materials and assessments. All of the students thought that it was meant to prepare us for the NCLEX-PN but since taking the...

  5. Starting Salary.

    WVStarFish replied to indiawhitaker's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know per diem is way better pay, but for a new grad with "benefits", it's a whole lot less. That wouldn't be so bad for a young person just starting out, or someone who had a signifigant other who...

  6. Crushing Ecotrin for G Tube, Isn't that wrong?

    WVStarFish replied to WVStarFish's topic in Patient Medications

    Thanks to everyone who replied. Unfortunatly, this has been going on here for months, probably years. I did a rotation at this facility and noticed it way back then. No one is concerned and I'm...

  7. Digoxin Error, How should it be handled? Worried for a Pt.

    WVStarFish replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing

    I know here in WV, in LTC, there does not have to be an RN on shift. There is never an RN on evenings or midnights here at this facility. The LPN here does everything, except assessment and only...

  8. Do Nurses Live in Fear of Being Fired???

    WVStarFish posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad LPN and just started working at a LTC home. I love it there but all the nurses talk about everyone who's been fired, everyone who gets wrote up and on and on.... The way they talk, it...

  9. Crushing Ecotrin for G Tube, Isn't that wrong?

    WVStarFish replied to WVStarFish's topic in Patient Medications

    OK, thank you, i wasnt sure how important or detrimental it could be. And they've been doing it forever that way, I'm sure it's just the accepted practice. Me and my silly conscience, always making...

  10. Digoxin Error, How should it be handled? Worried for a Pt.

    WVStarFish replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember if I clarified in my original post that this was my second day orienting, and as a new graduate. I was "shadowing" an RN, and all I knew to do was report to her, and bring it to...

  11. Digoxin Error, How should it be handled? Worried for a Pt.

    WVStarFish replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing

    I know that he was getting a very very low dose, and his heart rate was only 50 when he was getting it. What worried me most was that, after one day of not getting that little dose, his HR was so...

  12. Digoxin Error, How should it be handled? Worried for a Pt.

    WVStarFish replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it was 0.06. The pharmacy had split the 0.125 pills and then they are put in individual packets with the name and containing dose. The 0.06 is printed on the package as well and it's clear that...

  13. Wv Lpn Wage

    WVStarFish replied to star707's topic in General Nursing

    I can only say what I know for a new LPN, at CAMC, they start at $13 something for days, sorry that's all I know for sure. the highest paying LTC is $14 an hour for days, though I've heard most are...

  14. Starting Salary.

    WVStarFish replied to indiawhitaker's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Here in Charleston WV, new graduate RN's start at $18 an hour at CAMC. No, that is not a typo. Eighteen an

  15. How hard is it for a new grad to find a hospital job???

    WVStarFish replied to ohcomeon's topic in General Nursing

    I know that when we (the June 08 grads) found out that the local hospital would be hiring new grads, most of us were very excited and felt sure of going to work for "the hospital". Then we found out...

  16. I can't cath to save my life!

    WVStarFish replied to espritjolieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I thought cath-ing was a sterile procedure, no? We used packets of sterile lube and were taught that UTI's were the most common problem in the hospital d/t cathing. In school, it was beat into our...

  17. Do Nurses Live in Fear of Being Fired???

    WVStarFish replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the replies, and after reading your posts, it is more clear. I believe I was right in thinking that the ones who keep their mouth shut and make the facility look good on paper, are the...