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some states will not allow a rn student to sit for the lpn test, new york comes to mind but i guess there are others i have never heard of a state allowing you to sit after 5 years cna plus pharmacology is this a limited license??

END STAGE may refer to those whose weight has adversely affected their vital organs and general health to the point that they can not be helped with the procedures now available it takes a long time to lose 800 lbs and some of those on Discovery Channel have at least that much to lose and their body just gives out if you haven't walked in a long time your bones have lost calcium, your heart is straining to pump blood etc the sad thing about so many of these people are that they don't really see to enjoy a meal...they just push the food in as fast as they can and don't really taste it

trauma, good luck with your surgery my dd had the bypass surgery and she had some rough spots but has lost over 100# and she says she would do it again in a heart beat...she had tried every diet w/o success she looks so good and she can exercise daily and she feels so much better keep us in touch

a patient had a high potassium level and the doctor ordered kayexelate but she did not d/c the k+ and for two days the nurses gave the patient both the potassium and the kayexelate i have worked with so many lazy, incompetent nurses i have lost count...tptb believe that a warm body with a license is the answer to all their problems

On another note the cholera epidemic in zimbawee [sp] the death rate is running about 5% These people have so much to put up with and this is another hardship

being honest and up front you may want to reapplying if the other does not work out this is a thing that happens all the time good luck

indigo, thanks for keeping on top of something that is so important not only to nurses but the public at large your work is appreciated

we have more doctors who are foreign born than nurses, usually if you are on a floor where they frequently have patients you learn what they are saying and can relay this to a patient too many times they will learn to speak to the minimal skill...then they no longer attempt to improve rudeness is not to be tolerated but communications is a large part of nursing

if patient is lying on back doing a heimleich, a thrust beneath the ribcage will push out the air from the lungs and then the fresh air will rush in to take its place you need to keep that blood flowing thru out the body to make sure that the important organs keep oxygenated

only one with that combination but i have met several who were incompetent or inadequate as nurses, and some who could not work up respect for patients some lazy as all get out the constant pattern in all of this was that in most cases the TPTB thought that these nurses were the best in the building

nasty situation as noted above you have to fall into a certain catagory, whether or not you are 'good' or not if tbtb are deciding who falls where in this ladder thenyou are at the mercy of someone who doesnt know what is going on in many cases i know you have a lot of time invested in this place but it might be time to at least look around and see what the other facilities offer

i never had either but pain is a warning sign and should not be ignored...if the pain has not abated you need to take action when something goes wrong the doctors say 'well that was a learning experience'

i agree with belle about getting established in one job before taking on another one..it may work out to be more hours than are available now my personal opinion is that a pool-nurse should be a more experences nurse..it takes a lot of adaptablity to go into a strange situation good luck

not against me personally but the hospital that i worked for sent a questionaire home wit the paitents in which they were to report the goods/bads part of the visit on on sheet that was returned there was a remark that the aids would come in and take v/s w/o a smile or exchanging a word we also use to get opinions [none favorable] about the food and the noise in the halls about the early wake up hour it is good to give patients some of giving a hospital a grade card so to speak, some things can be changed, somethings cannot if it is something that you cannot change [such as am noise] you can prepare them for it with an admission brochure explainging that make things have to be done early for tests, surgeries, v/s, etc

be honest and up front during interview the office will know that you are on probation and it is imperative that they know what the offense was and that you are not a danger to patients good luck finding a job