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  1. state is threatening to go after license over precharting

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to oramar's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The chart is a legal document. "If it isn't charted, it didn't happen" begs this: "If it is charted, it happened." If you chart that you did something before you do it, you are lying on a legal...

  2. CCC online cost

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to mygirlsmom's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I was unable to make this link work. Please cut and paste it from the actual site. The costs quoted aren't so bad if you compare them with private or out of state fees. Usually, though, you can get...

  3. CCC online cost

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to mygirlsmom's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Please post the URL (the "address" that starts with www or http) so we know what you are referring to.....

  4. I just got my TWU acceptance letter today!!!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to nanali's topic in Texas Nursing

    Way to go!!! Another Texas nurse in the making! It doesn't get much better than this..... Good for

  5. I've Failed 3 times

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to nurseneedshelp's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Unless it costs less than $43 and lasts longer than 30 days, the better bet is Mosby's online thing. It gives you an assessment of the areas you need to work on, rationales for all the answers (right...

  6. Brain Dead Child Discharged to Home With Parents

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Euskadi1946's topic in Pediatric

    I guess he's not decomposing then, as was stated in an earlier post. I see nothing wrong with a child like that being cared for at home. Who said the best place for sick people was a hospital...

  7. What makes the CPNE so hard?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Excelsior holds workshops all over the country. They are about $650 and worth every cent. (And I'm the kind of girl who compares the prices of various brands of beans, OK? LOL ) Other groups hold...

  8. Attn all recent NCLEX-RN test takers! I need your help!!!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to NCLEX_CareBear's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    i took the nclex september 14th. i had 75 questions, none were the new format type, i didn't even get any med calc questions (which was disappointing--i actually like those). a lot of my questions...

  9. Welcome to the new Nursing Student Assistance Forum

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to RNPATL's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's not so much that your question is a general one, in fact, it is a wonderful question. It is that everyone's experience will be different, and everyone comes to nursing school with a different way...

  10. Brain Dead Child Discharged to Home With Parents

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Euskadi1946's topic in Pediatric

    Okay, decomposition means plain old vanilla "dead," not "brain dead." I think Lazarus and, depending on your interpretation, J. C. himself were the only two to pull of that miracle. I also doubt that...

  11. smoking in hospice?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to petra's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Smoking is a pretty serious issue, even for hospice patients, for whom (I agree) every reasonable effort should be made to allow them their freedom and pleasures. What about the other patients?...

  12. Starting Excelsior next month

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to JKohler's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You will be surprised how well the NC exams prepare you for the NCLEX! I reviewed about the same as I did for the NC's, followed my usual exam ritual (Starbuck's early that a.m., large coffee while I...

  13. What about when it's your family?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Katmae RN's topic in General Nursing

    Kathleen, thank you for writing about your Dad. Mine has been gone 19 years as of August 6th. He wasn't sick a very long time, and he got his one wish: that he didn't have brain mets, so he was...

  14. Brain Dead Child Discharged to Home With Parents

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Euskadi1946's topic in Pediatric

    I feel badly for the family, because it's clear they are in some serious denial, but who wouldn't be? On the other hand, kudos to those parents for taking their child home. Whatever happens,...

  15. Starting Excelsior next month

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to JKohler's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You look at the free study guides (which you can download from Excelsior's site with Acrobat, also free) and look for the pages they suggest. If those pages do not cover the material in the outline,...

  16. Bad day at Work

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Ortho_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You know, hon, that doesn't sound like whining to me, it sounds like you are justified in feeling frustrated. You must be tired after your regular shifts and then to have the extra shift work out...

  17. Starting Excelsior next month

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to JKohler's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Why, jnette! I had no idea you were an EC alum! I knew I liked you for a good reason!!!

  18. Starting Excelsior next month

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to JKohler's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You want to be careful about ebay's listings for EC materials. There is a person who lists that she is selling her books or whatever plus tips and tricks "including actual test items." I reported...

  19. I've Failed 3 times

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to nurseneedshelp's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I used Mosby's online "CAT" program. It cost about $43 including tax (8.25% where I am), and it was good for unlimited uses for 30 days. It tells you where your weak and strong areas are, and gives...

  20. What's your experience with Fosamax?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to PHTLS's topic in General Nursing

    I would be concerned about some sort of pathological process. I'm assuming that some kind of scans were done? The almost bizarre circumstances of the fracture demand that she have more than a...

  21. What's your experience with Fosamax?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to PHTLS's topic in General Nursing

    I had an NP insist that I take the stuff. She said if I had concerns I could take protonix the night before so I would not have any acidy heart burn or reflux. Okay. We're supposed to take it on an...

  22. CPNE sites

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Bigmama's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi! Last I heard, there are 13 CPNE sites, and the only one in Texas is in Plano (they call it Dallas, though). Go to the yahoo group called "nontradnurses" and read the narratives about people's...

  23. feel like I've lost a friend

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Purple Princess's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I guess I'm gonna be the bad girl here. It sounds like she offered you support, and in fact asked you some questions, and told you about her workload, maybe to give you some perspective, and you...

  24. Q for nurse managers hiring new grads

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in Nurse Management

    patrick, can I come and work for you? I've been so disappointed at the reception I've been getting (you're lovely and I hope someone [else] hires you real soon). This morning I put a feeler out to...

  25. IV questions

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to daz2003's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Here are my answers. Don't take them as gospel! If nothing else, this will bump your thread back to the top of the "new posts" list! 1--B 2--A 3--B (you don't want "slow" admin of meds with IV...