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I am almost done with EC and I am really nervous on the rest of the tests. I have 5 theory tests left and the further I get the further it seams away. I'm having problems studying for the Transition to RN test, I have failed this test before and I am...

I PASSED!!!!:) 4 more to go!

Hey all, I am having a hard time studying for the Transition to RN exam. It is not clinical based and Im freaking out. I keep postponing the test a week, and then another and another I was supposed to have done the test tomorrow and I moved it again ...

Point well taken!

I work agency part time, and one good thing about an agency nurse is that you where you will never go back. So last night I worked a LTC facility and as soon as I got there it was mass confusion to start. Getting report was a joke, getting there and ...

I did complain to the agency about her that morning and she was reported to her facility that Monday morning. I did find out that it was not the first time she was complained about and 3 other nurses also refuse to go back. The nurses that also worke...

Sorry for all the grammar errors in the original post, I posted it without reading it back.

I did give it at 44ml/hr, I gave it at the steady rate because that was the Dr's orders. He wanted me to give 1mg/kg/hr once a day for 5 days.

I have a math problem for anyone that can help me. I have a pt that was ordered IVIG and the dose is 1mg/kg/min his wt is 73kg the ordered dose is 29gm in 290ml I need to know ml/hr do I need to run it. I called the pham and he gave me 43ml/hr and of...

Ok, the problem that I have is with Hospice and the rules. I am a LVN at a hospital and I had a pt last night that is on hospice. The Dr. and the family is waiting for the guy to die, so at the start of my shift the Dr. had ordered for the pt to re...

Just an update the pt is still alive. The order has been D/C'd since it was taking so long, the family was getting aggravated that the Dr. kept say this it it and everyone would come up to visit him and nothing would happen.

I know it is unbelievable, and I would never believe it myself if it didn't happen. I am off today so I don't know if he passed away or not, I will call my friend that is working in a bit to ask. One thing I can say is that he is a fighter for life....

I passed the exit hesi, I made 1012 with a conversion score of 91.58, so excited that it is out of the way. Passing is 800 and our class ave was 804 that really sucks. My friend failed by 1 point a 799. She has one more chance to take it or she has t...

Ok, today in clinical's must have been the worst. I am doing my pedi rotation and the nurse on this unit must have gotten their degree from a cracker jack box. first we had a little baby that was forgotten about in the 1st shift, what I mean by that ...

I agree with Hygiene Queen, out of all the rules this one is stupid. I even think it is illegal, because if something were to happen to one of the residents and a family member knew that there was someone that could have helped them but did not, they...

wow, trixie333 that is amazing. I was just telling my husband that allot of changes took place in the 70's. I know this nursing school in Ohio that they are still required to wear the old uniform. The changes in the nursing uniform is amazing. Even w...

Im watching old reruns of "Emergency"1972 it is no funny all the nurses have fake eye lashes on and wear short white dresses and on course the nursing hats oh and hi hills. It is so funny how far we have come!

THanks for all the comments, Im glad Im not the only one that thinks there is allot wrong here. We did tell our instructor everything of what happened. I don't know what else I can do. I know things are different once you are a nurse, but you should ...

whoever... Gives the medication they are still doing it under the RN license and she is ultimatly responsible. I would not risk it when I become an RN, I am workiing hard to be safe and to have my license.

steady contractions 10-15 min apart for at least an hr. Or water breaks.

wow that is kindof crazy, how are we supposed to keep hospital aquired infections down, if we can't fallow simple rules of safety, for the pt and ourselves. I have also seen allot of nursing staff (aids and nurses) doing things without gloves ie. cha...

The test is not that hard, So take it. Alot of places won't hire you until you take the exam, some will but it will be at a much lower pay. But to answer your question you are a NA.

In my first semester clinicals,on the first day we had a pt, one of my class mates was so afraid to go into the pt room. When she did she went in and came out running. She saidmy my pt is smoking from the face, I think she may be on fire. And of cour...

I can tell you one time while i was doing my first semester clinicals in NS, we basicly followed the PCA. While on this one floor there were 3 of us nursing students and 2 PCA's, and of course they loved us for doing there work for them, for they wer...

I remember the first time I tried to put in a foley on a women, I was so yound and dumb. The lady was old about 80 and I found what i thought to be the urethra and it just went on and on ( it was in her vagina) AHH I was an aide then and I told the n...