Pipsqueak ADN

I respectfully disagree. Every nurse has recieved "training" in basic care. That is included in the classwork and clinicals no matter if you are an LPN or an RN. That said, I personally would not be comfortable or happy if I was pulled to fulfill a ...

Not to mention the notes are not 100% complete, you have to understand what you are expected to know to understand some of what the notes mean. Because they are just that, notes. They are not complete thoughts. And I'm not sure I would want any nurs...

Or worse yet, what always happens to me, I go through the time and effort to apply online, only to be told that I still have to fill out a paper application which expends even more time and effort, and all the info is duplicated anyway. So unless I'm...

I also live in PA. My former employer held our original licenses as well. I didnt really have a problem with it. I retrieved it when I needed it for my part time job then gave it back. It was policy at the long term care facility I worked at. Not sur...

Thank you, Thank you Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!! It's rare someone understands what I go through.

I get instant debillitating headaches from all perfumes/colognes/scented lotions no matter how lightly applied. Even scents I think "smell good" still gives me these horrific headaches. Like another poster said, in public, I just have to deal and avo...

The LTC facility I worked at had several residents who smoked. There was an area outside designated for the residents (and another area designated for empoyees who didn't wish to share their breaks with a resident). Only one was deemed safe to smoke...

I cry like a baby everytime when I come out of it. I remember the first time I was put under: my boyfriend came back to recovery just as I was waking up and I was lying there balling my eyes out telling him to go away, that I didn't want to see him. ...

I do homecare so unfortunately snagging supplies from work is not an option.

So where has everyone found their practice supplies? The excelsior skills bag is so expensive and I don't need everything in it, such as alcohol swabs, gloves, but I do need the IV stuff, the primary/secondary bag and tubing, and the wound. I've been...

Thanks for the suggestions. And I never even thought about needing a Rx for a needle. So how do you practice this if you don't have access to these supplies. I'm currently doing pedi homecare, so this is really unfamiliar territory for me. I'm guess...

congratulations!!!!! how relieved you must feel!

Oops, sorry! Gosh darnit, this assuming thing has been getting me in trouble alot the last few days!!

I am so sorry if you took my post the wrong way. One, I totally missed that this was LTC, I guess I assumed it was acute care, and two, I always try to keep an open mind and remember that every story has two sides. I have witnessed so many complaints...

Good luck Sue! Heck, NCLEX will probably feel like a piece of cake after all the EC exams and CPNE! Best case scenario, only 75 questions! You've got this.

I'm not sure which textbooks you used for your LPN program, but the only ones I was able to recycle were my maternity, nutrition, and fundamentals book. My med surg book was geared only for LPN's (it completely eliminated the assessment and diagnosis...

Actually, if a patient is requesting pain medication, it is not the job of the CNA to relay the info that "it's not time yet". That is your job. If a patient is having pain it is your job to assess it, and if it is not yet time for the pain med, you ...

The number of posts per page vary with each individual person depending on how you have your preferences set up. For example my screen shows 15 posts per page while many others only shows 10. Hence, the thread november is referring to will have only ...

Finally!! I've completed ALL of my exams and as soon as they update my status I can officially apply for the CPNE. My question is, How do you get a cancellation date? Do you get your official date first, or do you start calling right away? And once y...

So do you have to take the date they give you if you opt for a cancellation date? What if your not ready yet? I read somewhere in the study guide about having to pay a fee to postpone your date, or is that only if you accept the date they give you? ...

Are you referring to giving it in the deltoid??? I don't think I can even reach around well enough to be able to get it in straight even if I wanted to try! More power to ya!

Too funny, don't think I'll be walking around with a gas mask on, but.... I get extremely horrendous intantaneous headaches with nausea d/t a huge list of odors. Hairsprays, candles, perfumes, lotions, even strong scented deodorants, and certain scen...

I really like the South Beach protein bars. Out of all the protein and granola bars I've tried, they taste the best (to me anyway), are the most filling, and have the most protein and less fat/carbs of the other brands at the grocery store. Plus, the...

Just an FYI.....Remember that even though a specific section of the exam may be only (for example) 25%. This means that only 25% of the total questions are based on this section, BUT you must receive a 70% or better on each section to pass the overal...

This is what I learned as well during one of my nursing courses. Thanks for posting the source because I no longer have the textbook where I learned this info from and couldn't remember for sure.