Silk_Daisy

i don't think that djb727 meant her statement to sound like lpn's are not qualified. i think she meant that since the rn is the primary nurse taking care of the patient that she feels responsible to make sure that the patient is properly taken care of. since the lpn is only giving meds that day, she was unsure if she (the rn) was responsible to verbally notify the lpn to hold the med. if you think about it the roles can be reversed. if the rn was giving meds and the lpn was the primary care giver, the lpn may wonder the same thing. this is just a matter of what needs to be communicated than a rn vs lpn issue.

I am so ready for Graduation too. I love the holidays but can't wait to start my last semester in Jan because that means it is nearly OVER.

You need to get a nurses guide to diagnoses. It is called a Nanda. It is the only way to go and very easy to use. If I am not mistaken, osteoarthritis is not a nursing diagnoses and should not be used in your diagnoses at all. EX: Instead of: -PAIN R/T OSTEOARTHRITIS OF SPINE, AND INTERVERTEBRAL DISK PROBLEM (B/C SHE HAS A WEGDED AND MISPLACED VERTEBRE) You could use: Acute pain r/t spine curveature aeb inability to bend forward over 15 degrees. You have way to many pain diagnoses, try to condense it down to ONE. Also, you can find some good hypertension diagnoses and interventions in the Nanda, you should invest in one. I hope this helps.

Although your instructor is reading straight from the powerpoint she may be stressing certain things about a medication, she/he may be saying something about a med that is important but you didn't catch it because it is already on the powerpoint. My nursing school also uses powerpoint and my instructor reads it also, but she also stresses certain things like, NEVER GIVE TO, or ALWAYS check for, at that point I make myself a note and I can guarantee that the information WILL be on the test. Hope this helps.

I was taught that each facility has their own NORM values for the Pt, but all facilities use the same INR norm value. You should only have to decide what to do next by looking at the INR value. Coumadin's antidote is vitamin K (ALL OF THE TIME), and heprin's antidote is protamine sulfate (ALL OF THE TIME). Hope this helps.

From what I hear from the nursing school that I am attending is that not all nursing schools care if you have a criminal past but you have to report it to them and to the state board of nursing, because they check your background and they will find out, if they find out and you didn't tell them YOU will be in trouble. Since you don't have a felony, I would continue with the prereq's and try to get into school.

Prereq's seem like the hardest part of it all, don't stop, KEEP GOING, if you are tired, take a nap, but keep going, nursing school is so much fun and if you want it bad enough you will get there. You sound like you have the enthusiasm to become a nurse so get those classes out of the way and find your light at the end of the tunnel.

Let me be honest with you here butterfly, I am a 3rd semester nursing student in a RN program and I have seen alot of the LPN's not do as well through the bridge program but don't let that discourage you, if it were me, I would take the LPN program in a heartbeat because you have time to get it done but I wouldn't wait to go back to RN school, I would try to get in right after LPN school. I think the longer you wait, the harder it is, good luck with your decision.