AZ_LPN_8_26_13

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  1. Took Nclex Pn 6/3/2013

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to 2bNurseMustang's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I will be taking the NCLEX-PN soon - still waiting for the ATT. What is the "good pop-up"? I have my green Saunders NCLEX-PN book plus some NCLEX-PN flash cards. Will try to review pharma and...

  2. "When Was the Last Time I Wow'ed a Patient?"

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to Mully's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That was my first thought when I read the OP..... This is the type of question that would be asked by someone who has no experience as a nurse and has never had to care for patients in a hospital....

  3. Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am a newly graduated LPN but have been an aide for the past three and a half years. A lot of the "poop jobs" end up falling to the aides although I've seen nurses do it. If you have good aides to...

  4. I passed my NCLEX PN =) Some tips

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to xxMichelleJxx's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thank you so much for this - I really needed to read something like this. I will be taking my NCLEX-PN very soon. Just waiting for my fingerprints/bkgrd chk to clear with the state board so I can get...

  5. A now working LPN, but I wasn't a CNA prior

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to ASPIRING2BGREAT's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am a recent LPN graduate (haven't taken the NCLEX-PN yet) but I am currently working as an aide - have been one for almost four years. Like you I did it mostly for the contacts, being at ease with...

  6. University of Phoenix LPN to BSN 2012....Any Insight's?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to Wild Irish LPN's topic in School, College Programs

    So what you are saying is that we aren't going to get any credit for classes we have already taken - I've already taken college level chemistry, biology, algebra, English (including writing research...

  7. University of Phoenix LPN to BSN 2012....Any Insight's?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to Wild Irish LPN's topic in School, College Programs

    I'm wondering about this option myself - I just graduated with a certificate in Practical Nursing and will be taking my NCLEX-PN soon. I'd like to go right from being an LPN to BSN and do it all...

  8. Online LPN to RN/BSN programs

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have just successfully finished my LPN program, but still have to take my NCLEX-PN certification exam. While working as an LPN, I plan to continue my education to become an RN eventually, preferably...

  9. Why can only nurses call the MD?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    "MA" = Someone who wants a career in patient care but is unwilling to put in the time, blood, sweat, toil, and tears of going through nursing school, NCLEX, nurse preceptorship, "dues paying" etc. to...

  10. Why can only nurses call the MD?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly the way I view these things. You don't have time to be other people's secretary or go-between, You have more than enough of your own work to do. Same thing with patients who say "Can...

  11. When to not read too much into the question.....and answers

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to HelloM1M1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I would actually pick number 2 as the least safe, and part of this is my experience with kids. I have an adult son who was once an adventurous and too smart for his own good two year old. Just because...

  12. Any other cold hearted nurses out there?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to sweet~revenge's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "I have been stared at in horror by a new grad who was shocked when I didn't cry when we coded a baby in the er who arrived asystolic. " I'm a guy and this is just my take on it, but the er isn't the...

  13. Any other cold hearted nurses out there?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to sweet~revenge's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think that it's bad feeling the way you do IMO. I am a male nursing student who is just about done being a student and plus I work as an aide in a busy metro hospital, so I've seen and...

  14. Stereotyped...and not sure what I should do

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to gorjos's topic in Men in Nursing

    Part of the situation could be that the person who told you this doesn't really have the skills or what it takes to be a real manager. That's one thing I've come across in nursing so far - managers...

  15. What do I do after my clinical instructor told me I will never be a good nurse?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to starrys's topic in General Students

    You can actively take action against her and go to her higher ups but I advise against doing that. The reason being that you may need this person later on in some capacity down the road and while they...

  16. If you know someone is going to be fired - do you tell?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to Lucky724's topic in General Nursing

    That's my thought too. Of course someone taking a vacation in and of itself wouldn't mean that, but the timing of it all indicates that. Someone who is hanging by their last thread and has a bad rep,...

  17. If you know someone is going to be fired - do you tell?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to Lucky724's topic in General Nursing

    I myself would tend to stay out of it. You probably don't know the whole situation. Who knows - maybe his "vacation" is his chance to look for and interview for other jobs. Maybe he will come back and...

  18. What do I do after my clinical instructor told me I will never be a good nurse?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to starrys's topic in General Students

    Excellent advice! Don't let anyone ever rob you of your joy, or allow yourself to live under the power and effect of word

  19. Advice for pre-nursing student

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to nhunter6's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes you can and should work as a CNA while you are in school. That's what I am doing right now. I work as a nurse's aide in a large metro hospital level one trauma center plus I am just finishing the...

  20. Had my first official interview as a new grad for an Operating Room Position

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to PzNumb's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I am in nursing school for RN, and I want to be an RNFA in the OR, but I'm not entirely sure right now exactly how to get there from here. But I will make it a point to find out...... Best of luck...

  21. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    You may not be the actual person administering the med, but you should still know what it is, and why it is being administered. Even if you are assisting the physician. Physicians are human, so maybe...

  22. Gay male nurse stereotype?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Women really weren't widely accepted into nursing as we know it now until the era of Florence Nightingale. Before this nurses on the battlefield were men, and nurses in hospitals were monks. Hospitals...

  23. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    As a current second semester nursing student almost ready to go to third semester I can assure everyone that we are being educated in pharmacology. It's actually one of the hardest areas in our...

  24. Am I crazy, because this seems VERY WRONG...

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to Fannie'sMom's topic in General Students

    It's called "reading for comprehension". IOW, being able to not only read the words but to understand the author's intent behind those words. It's sort of scary to think that nurse's could...

  25. Am I crazy, because this seems VERY WRONG...

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to Fannie'sMom's topic in General Students

    I'm in semester two of my ADN program and my schedule is exactly the same as yours except peds/baby stuff is semester three and psych is semester four. We've had plenty of opportunity so far to work...