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  1. Look out Baker College LPN to RN candidates!

    hopesgramcracker posted a topic in LPN to RN

    Hello everyone, I just want to tell every LPN who is wanting to go to Baker College in Auburn Hills Mi to complete the RN ladder program. I was called yesterday by an advisor that new rules for the...

  2. Vent: suspended for not charting on time

    hopesgramcracker posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Ok I just got suspended because I didn't chart off on a med that I gave at 0745 last week. I didn't chart on it because the pt was on isolation so I couldn't take my computer in the room plus she was...

  3. Vent: suspended for not charting on time

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in Patient Medications

    Well I gave my statement as to what happened and also resigned yesterday and my manager called today and left a message stating they were going to report it to the state and per policy I cannot...

  4. Vent: suspended for not charting on time

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in Patient Medications

    no we are a open door

  5. Vent: suspended for not charting on time

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in Patient Medications

    yes I know I should have charted it, I was in a rush to get down

  6. Vent: suspended for not charting on time

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in Patient Medications

    No I'm an LPN for almost 4 years now and 2.5 on that floor. I am 44 though and don't sweat the small stuff and she knows it. When I first started there she made me cry and then laughed in my face....

  7. Vent: suspended for not charting on time

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in Patient Medications

    I never thought of that, she has written me up and been petty since day one. She likes the male nurses and new students, and likes to intimidate people. I have been around that block and have...

  8. Vent: suspended for not charting on time

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in Patient Medications

    It was a med that the pt gets every two hours, no one passed off any of their pts but we just told her where we would be and we had our phones with us. No adverse effects as a matter of fact it was...

  9. anyone know of lpn jobs in michigan?

    hopesgramcracker posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hello all! I am looking for a job in southeast Mi.. Prefer a facility but home care is ok if its steady work. Any one know of openings anywhere? Been an lpn for almost 4 years. 2.5 on a med-surg...

  10. Anyone use Studyguide 101 for fcca?

    hopesgramcracker posted a topic in Excelsior College

    I noticed that studyguide 101 offers notes for the fcca, just wondering if anyone used them and are they worth it. I used them for all of my other testing and most were good but not sure if I should...

  11. Anyone use Studyguide 101 for fcca?

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in Excelsior College

    I will definitely be using the recommended textbooks, was just curious about the studygroup101. Thanks for the

  12. Burned out and hate nursing

    hopesgramcracker replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Wow RN1023 you really put into words what many of us are feeling. I am just an LPN but I do work on a med/surg floor at a hospital for a year and a half now and I feel your pain. I think that HouTx...

  13. ordered to sign orders for previous 24 hours...for someone else

    hopesgramcracker posted a topic in General Nursing

    hello everyone, looking for clarification. my manager has recently told me that if there are any orders that were not signed from the past 24 hours that i need to sign them even though i was not on...

  14. ordered to sign orders for previous 24 hours...for someone else

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you everyone for your input, all of this is still a learning process for

  15. ordered to sign orders for previous 24 hours...for someone else

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in General Nursing

    I was never told about a "24 hour check" in school or when I had my two weeks of training so it's new to me. I work days so maybe our midnight shift does it. It's not often I see unsigned orders...

  16. ordered to sign orders for previous 24 hours...for someone else

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in General Nursing

    KelRn215, Just to clarify, when an order is placed, our HUC inputs it into the system if its a lab, x-ray,ct, u/s or faxes the order to pharmacy if its a med then it goes on the MAR, I never said that...

  17. ordered to sign orders for previous 24 hours...for someone else

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in General Nursing

    NicuGal, we don't go throught the orders at change of shift, we just give report and do bedside rounds, but my last shift (the same day the manager told me this) I had charts with me and went over...

  18. ordered to sign orders for previous 24 hours...for someone else

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in General Nursing

    Oh sorry student987, I meant orders that were written/received, I would never sign off for a med given or dressing change for someone

  19. Look out Baker College LPN to RN candidates!

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in LPN to RN

    oh don't feel sorry for me, i look at it this way, god places people and situations at his discretion, so this for some reason needed to happen. a couple of months later i ended up getting a great...

  20. Look out Baker College LPN to RN candidates!

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in LPN to RN

    I did apply, was accepted and received the acceptance letter in the mail, did my background check then got a phone call that the acceptance letter was a mistake and I was not

  21. Penn Fosters Info Literacy help :)

    hopesgramcracker replied to Firemedicj's topic in Excelsior College

    Thanks for the input. I just see the one credit hour class a waste of time, especially if you are transfering from another school. Everyone I know has had to write a paper for some sort of class or...

  22. Penn Fosters Info Literacy help :)

    hopesgramcracker replied to Firemedicj's topic in Excelsior College

    Hello, I am interested in taking that class with Penn Foster myself because its cheaper, did you mean the test itself took 1.5 hours or the course and the tests took 1.5

  23. Look out Baker College LPN to RN candidates!

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in LPN to RN

    "I am in the Baker PN program, how do you think the students feel that started off at Baker from start to finish then they have to compete with people from other schools? We have a nursing portfolio...

  24. What is a potassium challenge exactly?

    hopesgramcracker posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello everyone, can someone explain to me what exactly a potassium challenge is? I am new to the hospital setting and have a year and a half under my belt as a nurse mostly in a nursing home/rehab...

  25. What is a potassium challenge exactly?

    hopesgramcracker replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It was the IV postassium, when I asked one nurse she looked at me like I had two heads now I know why. I think you are right about them not knowing. Thanks for the