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  1. Question: Online LPN to RN programs

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to reana's topic in General Nursing

    I just graduated from Excelsior College--my program would accept you with your LVN/LPN as sufficient pre-requisite. I thought the program was exceptionally good, and, compared to what I have been...

  2. The Code of Ethical Behavior for Patients

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to nursebedlam's topic in Nursing Humor

    Excellent reflection of how we sometimes look upon our patients. Thanks for posting this. (Also, pretty darned

  3. Co-worker in need of prayers

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to butterflynurse's topic in General Nursing

    She's on my list too, as well as her daughters. Rough to deal with all that. Blessings to you for being such a caring

  4. Who should pay?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to NeuroICURN's topic in General Nursing

    On the one hand, you don't want to see people in need have to do without. On the other hand, people who get something for nothing generally don't respect it (or the people who do pay for it), and...

  5. Rodney Dangerfields' Death

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in General Nursing

    It might have been a little more recent than 4/5.... I think it was just a few hours ago (as I write this, it's 1:30 a.m. on 10/6/04). This came up when I googled "Rodney Dangerfield":...

  6. Would you want your children to go into nursing?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to 2rntish's topic in General Nursing

    Would I want my children to go into nursing?

  7. Welcome to the new Nursing Student Assistance Forum

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to RNPATL's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I can understand how this must feel--perhaps you are making it into too big of a thing. When I am caring for a patient, everything I do for the patient has a purpose--a "rationale." So, if I am going...

  8. Easy Department

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to malusport's topic in Patient Safety Issues

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  10. Have you ever given the 'Nurse Dose'???

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Dinith88's topic in General Nursing

    I resent this being referred to as "the nurse dose." I would not call giving 500% of the ordered dose a "smidge." I would call it criminal--it is, in fact, battery and practicing medicine without a...

  11. Nclex!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to MissNurse-1's topic in General Nursing

    1) See about getting a tutor for English. You didn't say whether you were a "native English speaker." Either way, it's fixable. Many people, even those born here, have, for one reason or another,...

  12. Positive Mantoux

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to ohlpn's topic in General Nursing

    The reaction you describe is a classic positive reaction. If it had been from the technique alone, it would have resolved within hours and you would have had a clear area 48-72 hours later. I have...

  13. What if someone were to start a "pay what you can" chain of primary care clinics?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Roland, don't know if you are aware of it, but Patch Adams MD is a real person, who currently exists and currently runs a free clinic. His website is something like Gesundheit Institute. You can...

  14. Questions About Unusual(?) Breast Pain

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to jackson's topic in General Nursing

    If the discomfort is significant enough to interfere with your normal activities, even temporarily, and/or enough for you to post about,...... Call The Doctor's Office. They Will Either Want To Know...

  15. It's evidently too hard for others to help out.

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    I'm so glad you wrote about your experience, and so sorry that you had to have it. I've worked in situations like that myself, and I, like you, am a "doer." Oftentimes I don't realize that others...

  16. Doesn't anyone want free labor anymore?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    Habitat for Humanity will almost always put you to work--they don't require you to be experienced or have tools, just show up willing and at least somewhat able! Food pantries sometimes take on...

  17. Making students undress for clinicals is a violation of basic human rights.

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Very good points. Reminds me of the first elderly lady I bathed. I didn't realize how tuned in I was to her comfort and sensitivity level until I got ready to undercover her torso and wash there. It...

  18. Nclex!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to MissNurse-1's topic in General Nursing

    Did you go to school in the US? By chance, are you still in the same area where you went to school? Is the school NLN accredited? It is not likely, if you attended a US school, that the NCLEX...

  19. Just took the NCLEX and it shut off at 75!!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Samwise3113's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You don't know if you failed--btw, save yourself a little money and check your state's BON/BNE site and try to verify your own license (usually you can input your social security number and it will...

  20. Making students undress for clinicals is a violation of basic human rights.

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Only rarely have I observed a member ask for advice, support and input, receive it from someone on his side and then proceed to argue with that poster, citing recollections unrelated to the specific...

  21. Making students undress for clinicals is a violation of basic human rights.

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Since, by the time you get to NP education, you probably have been a patient (I certainly have, thoroughly, for 34 years), it hardly makes sense, if that was the only reason. I know what patients...

  22. I can't stop crying~ why can't I be B Positive?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to ERRN1028's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I have and I understand. Not with patients as a nurse, because I haven't had time to have any yet. But with people I cared for, in the sense that I took care of them, and friends with...

  23. Making students undress for clinicals is a violation of basic human rights.

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, an employer can make you do lots of things that you might feel infringes on your legitimate religious beliefs (like make you work on Sunday) and our choice is to find another job. So this...

  24. Making students undress for clinicals is a violation of basic human rights.

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    There's a reason they give you those classy little gowns in the hospital. I'm with Tweety, in a way--I too had some strong visceral reactions to the extent of our "participation" in the bedbath...

  25. LPN to RN with Excelsior College? Got a ? for you

    chris_at_lucas_RN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    If you went to (in a manner of speaking) EC after earning your LVN/LPN, please post whether you were required to provide documentation of the number of clinical hours you accomplished. I'm especially...