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  1. Just cancelled contract-LPN-RN

    nurseunderwater posted a topic in Excelsior College

    with the college network - Call it buyer's remorse followed by some not so postive feedback. Well, that and 5400 for a bunch of study guides seemed absurd even with "guarantee". :uhoh21: I am...

  2. Nurse Practice Act/poll/ROLL CALL!

    nurseunderwater posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have been reading the discussion under LVN/LPN are we regarded as proffesionals...(paraphrased). I have also been to the NFLPN site and was suprpised by the lack of traffic on the message board...

  3. Staffing Rant...

    nurseunderwater posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    so- i work on a rehab floor in a medium size hospital. i do 2X16 qwkend and tomorrow morning we will have 2 nurses; 1 pca and 15 pts... mind you the charge I will be working with is "restricted" in...

  4. What is your least favorite kind of med-surg patient?

    nurseunderwater replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Anyone with allergies to Toradol, Demorol, Motrin, Codiene, Tylenol....etc and on the button every 1 hr 50 minutes for thier 2 mgs of IVP MSO4. Oh, and complain that the Ms. Dash didn't come with...

  5. "college network" lpn-rn

    nurseunderwater posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    have any of you used them for their study guides? LPN - RN? what did you think? Thanks,

  6. male labor and delivery nurses

    nurseunderwater replied to booluvstrains's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Me too: 3 kids, homebirth, midwife - I controlled who saw my cootchie and when. There was a reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally hot debate on this a couple of years ago on the board. A male LD nurse was part of...

  7. "college network" lpn-rn

    nurseunderwater replied to nurseunderwater's topic in Online Distance Learning

    anyone?

  8. Lansing nurses:

    nurseunderwater replied to nurseunderwater's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Just wanted to tell you thanks for all the great information. Now time will tell.

  9. Lansing nurses:

    nurseunderwater posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

    We are thinking about relocating our family to Lansing. I suppose I am looking for general info regarding hopital nursing in Lansing: where you work, neighborhoods you like and why, cool things to...

  10. Britney demanding background checks for her L&D nurses..

    nurseunderwater replied to Peachy720's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the part about "serving" her is what really chaps my #@%. please - someone - kill me

  11. Med-Surg Topic of the Week .... Nurse to Patient Ratios

    nurseunderwater replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I think so... On our floor the most we get on days is 7 - and that can be insane if you have a patient on peritonial dialysis...or someone who needs suctioning or a really needy family... or a lot of...

  12. Game: Name that smelly drug

    nurseunderwater replied to Rhoresmith's topic in General Nursing

    Hands down - Mucomyst.... Man is that bad - it takes weeks to get it out of a room if the pt is getting regular nebs... I don't know how they take it PO - :uhoh21: juice just doesn't cut

  13. Room service anyone?

    nurseunderwater replied to ayndim's topic in General Nursing

    One thing on the plus side.... It would save me from the frequent flyer, handwritten menu, I need this now pt. Sometimes a couple of folks like this on a shift with a super busy aide can put me in...

  14. really worried........

    nurseunderwater replied to uk_nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As my midwife explained and showed me.... when you deliver a baby face up the presenting part of the head is not the crown it is the front of the forehead and the top of the skull...which is a bit in...

  15. really worried........

    nurseunderwater replied to uk_nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi mama - My #3 baby was born posterior - at home in the water with a midwife. My first 2 were too fast - 4 and 3 hours, so it was actually a blessing. My midwife had to do a little internal...

  16. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

    nurseunderwater replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse who worked on my floor (and had also been a nursing instructor) took a verbal order then administered Xopenex po as a gargle... She said that was how the MD rx'd it so ..... No-one would have...

  17. Not sure if I want to become an LPN or RN

    nurseunderwater replied to Melissalee's topic in General Nursing

    I am fortunate to work in an acute setting here in Texas. IMO - If you have the time and $$ for school to go now - do it and get your RN. Many more choices as far as area of practice and better $$....

  18. Old abbreviations now passe?

    nurseunderwater replied to stevierae's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We can no longer write.. MSO4, qd, qod, U - others added I while I am writing this. Incidently - the other day i was doing chart check and an MD refused to sign the home med sheet. The nurse had...

  19. Mnemonic for cranial nerves

    nurseunderwater replied to KR's topic in General Students

    There is one... over olympus mountain tops a fin and german viewed some hops...someone help me here it's been a while.... I know there is another one for function....

  20. Would you recommend Valerian to promote sleep?

    nurseunderwater replied to Animaniacs's topic in General Students

    Love it... you can combine it with skullcap or motherwort for a synergistic effect.

  21. Do hospitals hire LVN's in OB-GYN?

    nurseunderwater replied to taapple's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Post-partum utilizes LVNS...that's where lot's of the mom-baby stuff...helping mom get back on her feet, breastfeeding, helping mom learn how to care for herself/baby ...happens. Good luck in your...

  22. The Pain Scale - too subjective IMO

    nurseunderwater replied to FZ1Tom's topic in General Nursing

    i love to compare a 10 to unmedicated childbirth....leg cut off w/ out anethesia....and go from there.

  23. Special Weekend Shifts?

    nurseunderwater replied to HisTreasure's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Where I work (hospital) if you choose to go back to school for your RN, they offer a work 24 get payed for 36...they also pay for tuition and books. I am currently working 20 hours, weekends only and...

  24. Anybody else work with a "super nurse?"

    nurseunderwater replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    ahem...like you leslie

  25. Anybody else work with a "super nurse?"

    nurseunderwater replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    There is a CRNA that works at my hospital...same deal, tall, athletic and strong in appearance and smart as h***. I sometimes wonder about natural selection and the end of the weeding out of the gene...