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  1. NCLEX Today

    chris_at_lucas_RN posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm on my way to NCLEX! That seems like it should be a verb, right? I NCLEX, you NCLEX..... I'm feeling good about it. I'll let you know how it goes. I've gotten sooooo much support from the...

  2. Excelsior College Designated Center Of Excellence In Nursing Education

    chris_at_lucas_RN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    So proud to be an Excelsior grad~ http://www.nurses.com/content/news/article.asp?docid=45c8a2de-d562-4fc6-9b57-078500d5d0af Excelsior College Designated Center Of Excellence In Nursing Education...

  3. Disgusted with my behavior, need help

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I misunderstood "and I worked as an aide prior to finishing my BSN....."I had difficulties with preceptors as well. I'm with the others: don't let them run you off until you talk it out. I...

  4. can someone answer me pretty please!!!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to hoping1281's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Immature? Absolutely NOT! I think that was the perfect response. Good for you! Keep up that good work--protecting your patients and their privacy is Job One.Way to

  5. new grad in the icu???

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to 2beanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Five years in the ER taught you some things other new grads won't know.You will have ACLS and PALS before you graduate? Two more points in the "plus" column. Is this an internship position? Go for...

  6. Disgusted with my behavior, need help

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    Um, I guess I don't see anything that you did or said to "make" anyone feel any particular way.Is it possible that, good hearted soul that you sound like you are, you didn't do anything but it is THEY...

  7. Got an offer!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Medsport's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know already it will come back OK. You will gain experience anywhere you work, that's one of the great things about being a new nurse, there is so much to learn! You will learn some things in a...

  8. What does it mean to be a nurse

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to maggymae's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing, for me, is a heart and soul experience. It's more than showing up, it's being glad (on some level, to some degree) to be there, because I know that shows through, it makes my patients feel...

  9. Cockroaches are driving me out of the hospital!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to raynefall's topic in General Nursing

    Two words: "Health Department" Nothing to be afraid of, really, just that they are icky. As far as their being everywhere, though, the risk is that they carry contagion--and their toilet habits are...

  10. What is Happening with the Texas BON!!!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to barefootlady's topic in Texas Nursing

    You do realize you are worked up about posts that are about 2 years old, right?I didn't see name calling. I do however see that your post pretty much attacks the participants of the discussion, rather...

  11. alli ~ diet pill

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    if there was truth in advertising in the otc pharm industry, alli would be called.... oily..... hard as it is to just have a reasonable diet, healthy moderate quantities, plenty of fluids and some...

  12. Group One

    chris_at_lucas_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I cannot find a way to contact or locate Group One. Since I have left a bad job where the supervisors and nurse managers pretty much did what they wanted to you without any kind of controls (yikes!),...

  13. Are accelerated programs fair?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to caro3334's topic in General Nursing

    What strikes me here, and I truly do not mean to offend, is that this sounds like the elementary school student who complains that he had to stay in five minutes longer for the teacher to finish...

  14. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I liked it the first

  15. what would you do?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to CRNI-ICU20's topic in General Nursing

    There is still the issue of the patient's pain. There is a scale for nonverbal patients called the PAINAD. Here's the URL. It is similar to one used for infants (but don't use that one--one of the...

  16. Excess Blood Transfusion

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to discobunni's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing teaches like experience, and you are having quite some experience! This sounds a lot like they are treating the lab results instead of the patient. If he had a Hgb of 4, he would have been...

  17. I am in!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to guerrierdelion's topic in Correctional

    Congratulations! I hear there is a long wait to get those jobs. Good for

  18. What is Home Health REALLY Like?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Bugaloo's topic in Home Health

    I've been working hospice about a year. In May I took a traveler position with a national hospice company. I was supposed to be assigned between my home and their office, which was a pretty good bit...

  19. Excelsior testing question

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Suzanneyoulike's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I CLEP'd algebra about 9 months before I enrolled with Excelsior. To my knowledge, I didn't have to pay a special fee. If they require algebra within five years (as did my "brick and mortar" school...

  20. Excelsior testing question

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Suzanneyoulike's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You can CLEP any time, anywhere, any course. Whether Excelsior will accept it depends on Excelsior. The school is always the best source of specific information. And if you can email your question...

  21. I am so upset!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to lashon20's topic in General Students

    I'd be mad too.By the way, this is most definitely about nursing--nursing school is part of nursing. And there can be lots of different kinds of "discrimination," but against people without cars is...

  22. How many of yall use noncertified nonSANE nurses to do sexual assault examinations?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to texascowgirl's topic in Emergency

    http://www.sane-sart.com/ Hope this

  23. Jacho

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to marya's topic in Quality Improvement

    HI--First, it is JCAHO: "Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations." So, in contrast to the title of this thread, it is JCAHO and not "jacho." Everybody has to abide by the...

  24. My Patient is Getting These Strange Tiny Bruise-Looking Spots

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    They were in fact petechiae. Her platelets were 50 (yes, 50) post transfusion the week before the petechiae began to appear. They kept spreading. She had mets to her bones and her liver, so it is...

  25. My Patient is Getting These Strange Tiny Bruise-Looking Spots

    chris_at_lucas_RN posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I hope someone can enlighten me. My patient is a 36 year old female with melanoma metastatic to liver, lung ("just spots"), diffusely and generally to all her bones, meninges, brain and "the inside of...