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KCL Elixir 25mEg po BID. Avail: KCL Elixir 30 mEg=15mL. How many mL needed per dose? Thank you for any help you can give me. Show your math operation for this problem. I also need some help with other problems Amoxicillin 300mg po BID X 10 days. Avail: Amoxicillin 250mg=5mL. How many mL needed per dose? Cefactor Oral Susp. 250mg po TID. 375MG=5mL. How many mL needed per dose?

I am 54 years old and thinking of getting into being an EKG Technician. I took care of my mother for the past 10 years and now want to get into the job market. Is an EKG Technician a good job field? How is the job advancements and the salary?

What is the usual time to retire? Some say 67, 68, 69, or even 70. With so many starting as a nurse later in life and then they work longer and retire later in life. What about you? What is your opinion?

What is the usual age for retirement for nurses. So many nurses are going to school at a later age or as a second career to become a nurse. I have heard nurses still working at 70 years old. What is your opinion on this subject.

With an Associate Degree I can be a Case Manager? I didn't know that. Thank you

I have an Associate degree in Health Information Management. I took Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology, Psychology. Would this help me in getting into the LPN Program?

In two weeks I am going for my certification for a nurse's aide. I think one of the tasks will be denture cleaning. When you leave the bed-ridden patient to clean the dentures, do you take off your gloves and then lower the bed, raise the safety railings, and give them their call button and then put on new gloves to clean the dentures?

I have been on All Nurses since 2011 and I have gone back and forth between going for my LPN or Medical Coding. I had a conflict because I am 50 years old and I took care of my mother for 10 years and she passed away in 2010. I took a Nursing Aide training course through the Red Cross to see how I did with interacting with patients. I did great academically and with conversing with the patients but when it came to the plastic gloves I did horribly. The Red Cross was very strict with changing your gloves after doing the different steps of a procedure. With one task you can be changing your gloves up to 5 or 6 times. After the 2nd time of changing gloves my hands were so sweating that it was very hard for me to put on new fresh gloves and they said that powder was not permitted because some patients are allergic to powder. The instructors, who were RNs, said because of my difficulty with the gloves I wouldn't be a good LPN. I should be able to put on and off the gloves very fast and because of my difficulty I would put patient's lives in danger. Are there any LPN jobs that doesn't require so much glove changing?

Hi I am in a Red Cross Nursing Aide program while I am doing my prerequisites for the LPN Program for next year. The instructors, who are RNs, said I was too anxious and couldn't keep up with the fast-paced teaching of the course. They said I should reconsider my choice of becoming a LPN. What do you think? If I can't keep up with a Nursing Aide course do you think I have a chance with LPN? By the way I am 50 years old and I will be 52 when I finish LPN Program if I get in.

i think when I actually need or perform the procedure then I psyched myself out and screw things up. I know people will say don't psych yourself out or calm down but it is very hard.

My College Career Advisor told me to become a Nurse's Aide while doing my prerequisites for the LPN Program. I am doing very will with my academics. I got a B in Anatomy and Physiology and an A in Psychology I. In my Nurse's Aide training program through the Red Cross I am not doing so good. I am passing my written tests but the clinical I am not doing so good. The instructors, 2 RNs, say I am too anxious and my hands sweat terribly in the plastic gloves and when I have to change them 4 or 5 times during a procedure It is very hard for me to put on the gloves after the 2nd time changing them. The instructors think I should rethink my career plans of becoming a LPN and maybe think of becoming a medical coder, which was my original plan. What do you think?

Has anyone use the plastic gloves and did your duty and when you take off the gloves the inside is soaking wet inside. Is this normal?

Thanks everyone for all of your positive comments. I am taking Psychology I online this summer and Biology I and Psychology 2 in the fall 2013. When I become a LPN I am planning to work 2 years as a LPN and then go for my RN. I know my mother would be proud of me and smiling down from heaven.

Hi Everyone I am 50 and I am doing prerequisites to go for a LPN Program at my community college. I will be 51 when I get into the program and 52 when I graduate. I took care of my mother, who was a LPN, because of COPD and Asthma for 10 years and thought I should go for nursing since I was the caregiver to my mother for so long. I think my mother is looking down from heaven and smiling.

Hi Darlene It sounds like we are in the same boat. I took care of my mother until she passed away and now takes care of my father. I wanted to go for LPN so I could have a good career and room to grow and do something I love too. Lets stay in touch and give each other support. I read that you didn't do so well with Math. There are some online math tutoring and may be at your college. Good Luck!!!