ZanatuBelmont

ZanatuBelmont

Rehabilitation; LTC; Med-Surg

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  1. Mental Health Suggestions?

    ZanatuBelmont replied to jmcarthur's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You need to learn about the different mental disorders (bipolar disorder and their phases, eating disorders, compulsions, etc.) I found mental illness easy when I finally realized the correct answer...

  2. Less than 1 month to Grad!!!

    ZanatuBelmont replied to LPN_thts_M3's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That's interesting if your friend is able to function as a nurse completely independent without her certification. Amazing how state laws change dramatically from state to

  3. How do you apply for jobs without having a license

    ZanatuBelmont replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    You need to be sure to include a cover letter. In it you should make note of your official graduation date, expected time to become a GVN, and time frame you intend to take the NCLEX examination. Let...

  4. Respirations

    ZanatuBelmont replied to cali1213's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Really? Last? That's the first thing I look at while I'm assessing

  5. Working with mostly women. Heaven or Hell?

    ZanatuBelmont replied to lsvalliant's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I find that when there are five female nurses to one male nurse the environment is "stiff." On the other hand, when I did rotations on a unit where there was an EQUAL mix of males and females, the...

  6. end of nursing school- itis !

    ZanatuBelmont replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Yes I am very burnt out.. we still have a Neuro and Endocrine test to take, then two finals, plus a bunch of "busy work" since we technically finished the material early (just waiting for exam days)....

  7. Help Understanding Test Question

    ZanatuBelmont replied to vmoh18's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I agree with both of you. I agree with you because in real life, you would obviousy begin initiation of nutritional intervention first. I agree with Daytonite because in the NCLEX hospital - for test...

  8. Less than 1 month to Grad!!!

    ZanatuBelmont replied to LPN_thts_M3's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    You mean your friend is a nurse tech, right? You need to get your GVN/GPN to work as a nurse while waiting to take your boards. I don't know what it's like in your state, but you can only work as...

  9. Second time through Nursing School... hate those tests!

    ZanatuBelmont replied to laxxrickLPN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Visualize yourself in your mind performing all the basic functions of a nurse. Follow every step to the book in your head. Remember, "seeing is believing." Purchase a Saunders NCLEX review guide and...

  10. its my turn...

    ZanatuBelmont replied to VM85's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    congratulations! i am so jealous - i graduate in three weeks, lol. so yeah, there was orientation for the new group in my program. they all looked so scared and nervous. i forgot how scary it was in...

  11. New Lpn Student...Any Help Will Do!!!

    ZanatuBelmont replied to Strivin2BgreatNurse's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    If you can, cut back to at least 20 hours per week. 12-hour shifts are very difficult in NS. There are people in my class that managed to hold a full-time (40-hour workweek) job while in the program,...

  12. Got job in the OR today!

    ZanatuBelmont replied to ZanatuBelmont's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hello, You need to apply for your GVN (or GN -- are you RN or LVN?) with your state board. My school sends all our paperwork in for us so 10 days after pinning we all receive our GVN to work. That's...

  13. NET vs. HESI A2?

    ZanatuBelmont posted a topic in LPN to RN

    Hi, I just looked at the new packet for my program and they have abandoned the NET test and switched to HESI A2 before you are able to get an application. My question is: those of you that have taken...

  14. are there any male lpn students here?

    ZanatuBelmont replied to mikehammerly's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Student for 24 more days,

  15. Terrified of Graduating

    ZanatuBelmont replied to NursingStudent1013's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Speaking for myself, I am cautious about starting out in a LTC facility. I worry that by starting as a new graduate at LTC I will be "trained" to do things "their way." At least in my area, nursing...

  16. How do I "WOW" them in my interview?

    ZanatuBelmont replied to mommyof2Tees's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    On top of appearing professional and dressing conservatively (no dangling earrings, for example), you want to impress upon them that you are bound and determined to not only graduate from the program,...

  17. Nursing instructor that reads powerpoint word for word

    ZanatuBelmont replied to mwdw04's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Until salaries balance out between a RN educator and a RN floor nurse, we are probably stuck with "average Joe's" teaching the next generations of nurses. =( I had an instructor last semester who...

  18. Hit Right smack in the face with the "Nursing is a CALLING not a job" crap today

    ZanatuBelmont replied to Tony1790's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Your instructor should be ashamed of him/herself. I would report this incident after graduation to the dean of the program - forget the department chair at that point. While working as a CNA you are...

  19. How to pass Pharmacology

    ZanatuBelmont replied to mscandi2's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Learn the differences between the sympathetic and parasympathetic responses in the nervous system. Drugs mimic those responses - they will either be a "sympathetic drug" or "parasympathetic

  20. What you'd REALLY like to say....

    ZanatuBelmont replied to ICor9:24's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This is one of those debates that gets deep into moral issues, even. Should a person flipping burgers make $15/hr as a minimum wage? Should an aide make the same as a nurse? If so, why become a nurse?...

  21. What you'd REALLY like to say....

    ZanatuBelmont replied to ICor9:24's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Just my opinion, please calm down - I do work as a CNA. I am not a nurse

  22. What you'd REALLY like to say....

    ZanatuBelmont replied to ICor9:24's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I wouldn't consider the job of a CNA to be terribly hard. Yes, there are trials and tribulations, but you knew what kind of job you were going into. I hear too many aides complain about their "nasty...

  23. What you'd REALLY like to say....

    ZanatuBelmont replied to ICor9:24's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    North Texas, close to Dallas. The cost of living is

  24. I did it !... I am a nurse !

    ZanatuBelmont replied to livinlife1257's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Correction: you are NOT a nurse, you are a GRADUATE

  25. What you'd REALLY like to say....

    ZanatuBelmont replied to ICor9:24's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The other day I was in clinical rotation and a nurse had 10 patients with two CNAs on the unit - there are a total of 24 beds on that floor. Another nurse had 10 patients, and the charge nurse had...