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  1. Level of intelligence

    i would like to say that i have horrible grammar and i'm an average speller. does that make me a "less than average nurse"? no! i was raised around people who had horrible grammar and it has been hard...
  2. NCTC LVN Program Info

    I don't know what the average score was for the entrance exam. But I did not take the hesi I took the NET. I missed 2 on the math and 3 on the
  3. Exactly! The patients appreciated the care and advice that I gave them and understood my scope of practice. They trusted that I would give them the correct advice and if the was any doubt I would...
  4. yes, you can if it is pre- approved by the physician. why, because the physician has already approved the medical advice. if the patients symptoms or illness does not fit within the protocol or their...
  5. Lvn @ Nctc

    I am currently in the program and I love it! But I do warn everyone who believes it will be easy. YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR STUFF! They prepare you so well that all of the RN’s that I followed that I...
  6. Ok, I have to have my two cents. First I would like to say that I am currently a medical assistant and have been for the past 6 years. There have been numerous times that I have been called a nurse by...
  7. NCTC LVN Program Info

    I drive a hour to the school and back... but after a few weeks u start clinical. which would require u to drive to the clinical location. There is one girl in my class that rents a room closer to the...
  8. LVN Hospital Jobs

    JPS has tons of opening for LVN's. I got offered a job at my local hospital working in the acute care area. You just have to wow them during
  9. I need a little help. I start my first clinical tomorrow on the oncology floor at a local hospital. We were told that we were going to be able to pick patients the day before but our instructor...
  10. oncology rounds......I need help!

    So today was great! I almost lost my breakfast before going in but after that I was great. It was a little slow but I loved every minute of it. I had to laugh at myself afterwards because now that I...
  11. oncology rounds......I need help!

    Thanks. I'm just a little freaked out right now. I just don't want to be the lost student that everyone worries
  12. NCTC LVN Program Info

    You can take while before or after being accepted into the course but my advice would be to take it before. Yesterday in class all of us agreed that a&p should be taken
  13. NCTC LVN Program Info

    i don't know if i would do that. i would contact nctc first. they are very particular about the type of science class you take. i took one at brookhaven and they would not accept
  14. NCTC LVN Program Info

    Hello, I am currently in the online program and I suggest that you take the A&P before you start. You will need shots, physical exam, drug test, etc. You will also have to take the NET. You...
  15. I'm looking to buy books for NCTC LVN program

    I'm in the LVN program now and you will need all the books. I'm in the online hybride course and they require reading from every book in the box. You can only buy them as a kit and its cheaper this...
  16. NCTC LVN Online study group

    not really....they are changing the med surg book and you have to buy them as a
  17. NCTC LVN Online study group

    Not really....they are chaning the med surg book and you have to buy them as a
  18. Nursing Math----Please help

    This is how I do it: order/dose on hand x V = dose 500/300= (answer) x 5 =
  19. Street Drugs and Brain Aneurysms

    i know that members are not allowed to give medical advice…but…i think this should be ok. what would you do? a 20 y/o male enters the er by ambulance. he is alert x3 but can only write his...
  20. Street Drugs and Brain Aneurysms

    Thanks. I just wanted to know how the family could take leagal. Virgo_RN, sorry I'm not trying to legal advice. I just thought that this was scary. I could be that nurse one day. Unlike most student...
  21. NCTC LVN program for Aug 2009

    if you did...i would be patient...i'm in the first class starting the program and they are still getting it worked out. just to give you a heads up....be prepared to have no social life, study every...
  22. NCTC LVN program for Aug 2009

    Did you apply for the online
  23. LPN Gets No Respect

    Oh....one more thing. How dare those nasty nurses say "LVN's have to work in LTC". First of all.....LVN's don't have to work in LTC's. Second -- I hope when they are older alone and in a LTC that...
  24. LPN Gets No Respect

    My insturctur, a LVN, works at a MAJOR ER in the Dallas/FT.Worth area and is REALLY GOOD at what he does. His friend, a LVN, work as a LVN (soon to be RN) in the same ER with ONE FREAKING HAND and had...
  25. So how's everyone doing in their lpn program?

    omg i just took my finals (for the 1st semester) and i'm so ready for my summer ( 1week) break! a week wouldn't seem like a lot to most people but to a nursing student its like a month of sleeping in,...