debsuztx

debsuztx

Member
  • Content

    49
  • Visitors

    1,764
  • Followers

    0
  • Likes

    0

All Content by debsuztx

  1. Question re: Kidney Stones

    Typically yes; but personally I've had a kidney stone and I eventually felt pain in the abdominal area. Apparently, the stone was moving. The nausea and vomiting came from the INTENSE pain I was...
  2. Okay, I have to vent today. I don't know about anyone else, but I am so ready to graduate and get away from my classmates. Even the people I really like are starting to get on my nerves recently. I...
  3. This issue hasn't really come up for me; but I will be having surgery next month after graduation. Never really thought about telling them or not. I'm an LVN to RN student, so working as an LVN...
  4. Has anyone taken the Kaplan review course?????

    It's my understanding that the RN Complete has additional questions for you to do. Wasn't sure if it was worth it or not, but decided to go with it. Just placed my order last week, so haven't seen...
  5. We had a HESI review, the materials were from HESI but our instructors taught the class over a 4 day period. I noticed the questions that they ask in the HESI review are much easier than the HESI CD...
  6. Pay Scale for new RN's

    Looked on the site to see if this subject had come up recently and didn't see anything. How much should (do) new RN graduate make? I know this will vary from state to state, just wanted to hear some...
  7. Paramedic to Nursing??

    Right now in my LVN to RN Transition class we have one girl who is a Paramedic to RN Transition student. She's great! She has so much insight and experience working in that field. But we did have...
  8. I know you posted a whlile back, but did you ever figure out what to do for your pinning announcements. I am making my own as well; if you need a suggestion for yours; let me know and I will email my...
  9. Anyone take the HESI?

    Okay, I need some advice, suggestions, comments, etc. I took a practice test on my HESI CD tonight and after I took it I made like a 59% on it. OMG, there were twenty million questions on...
  10. Hello to all! I am about to graduate in May and have NO idea what type of job I want. I am currently an LVN with about a year experience in Med/Surg, Ortho. I thought working in a hospital was...
  11. Anyone take the HESI?

    I really needed to hear those words from you today. I am currently taking the HESI review this week and taking the test on Monday (4/17). The community college I attend has different locations and...
  12. saudners??? mistakes????

    Actually, just last week I found a mistake taking the study test for the Endocrine section. I checked with my classmate to see if maybe I was just looking at the question wrong; but, nope the answer...
  13. White Pants Underwear Woes

    Yea, this is a topic about to come up for me and my classmates. Our pinning ceremony is in May where we are to wear white scrubs. Someone (student, teacher, etc) is going to have to bring up the...
  14. Need Information on LVN to RN

    Do you want information on this website and LVN to RN information? I can't tell me alot about the website, registered in 2003, but have been away for awhile, and just returned recently. As far as an...
  15. I Passed!!! Incredibles06

    Congratulations! You should be so very proud of yourself and your accomplishments. What an inspiration to all of us in school and about to finish. I have my pinning in 39 days and graduate in 41...
  16. What to wear to pinning?

    My class is also wearing WHITE SCRUBS. Thank God, because some of the students wanted to wear all different colored scrubs or dressy outfits. I went to a Pinning ceremony where they could all wear...
  17. We voted as a class which pin we wanted from a catalog. There are 50 students, and we picked a Cadeceus pin. But, then others didn't like the pin and wanted to order another pin. Our class...
  18. Nclex Review Classes

    I took a Review class for my LVN boards, but really to boost my confidence. I felt it was worth the money, because if for some reason I didn't pass the NCLEX, I'd be mad at myself for not taking the...
  19. new LPN w/? about finding a job

    I graduated two years ago as an LVN (Texas) and did have difficulty finding a job, but I did want to work in a hospital to get some good experience. My advice is to be persistant and don't give up....
  20. HELP!! I was accepted to 2 LVN programs!

    Dear kdgiles: I was accepted to an LVN program which had several campuses. I could of gone to a campus that was 8-10 miles away, or a campus that was about 28 miles away. I based my decision on word...
  21. Performance Anxiety

    Hi everyone, This is the first time that I've posted something, so I'm a little nervous. I just found this website yesterday, and was so into it, that I was reading the posts for 2 hours. I have a...