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  1. Must read books for a Geriatric Nurse?

    anonymous1919 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Title says it all, basically..... I am looking for anything. Any certain textbook, pharm book, or just a novel of some sort.

  2. in 7.5 hours

    anonymous1919 replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    You soooooo called it. I called at 11am! Finally fell asleep at 4am and woke up late! Ugh! Left a voicemail, and will call back at 2pm if I don't recieve a call back. Hopefully thats not annoying/too...

  3. Kaplan works?

    anonymous1919 replied to watchasay10's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    ExamCram is just a book. Not a course. Just buy it, read the topical reviews, and take the tests on the CD. I used it the last two weeks and it helped a

  4. in 7.5 hours

    anonymous1919 replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I get the pleasure of calling them, though. 10am! I can't

  5. Kaplan works?

    anonymous1919 replied to watchasay10's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I believe this post is in the wrong place. Saunders is good for comprehensive reviews but questions like the ones in Saunders are not the kind of questions you will see on the NCLEX. Kaplan's...

  6. I just need to talk about it.

    anonymous1919 replied to anonymous1919's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks everyone for the advice and good

  7. I just need to talk about it.

    anonymous1919 replied to anonymous1919's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah, you're right. In all honesty I'm going to take whatever they offer. Where I use to work it wasn't a negotiable thing. It was "We pay new CNA's this, If you have 1 year we pay this, 2 years we...

  8. I just need to talk about it.

    anonymous1919 replied to anonymous1919's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you. So I should bring up money? I was always taught that bringing it up in a first interview was inappropriate and that you should wait till they say you are hired and/or till they bring it up....

  9. Annoyed- Surgical Tech does NOT equal Nurse!

    anonymous1919 replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe she just meant that a surgical tech and scrub nurse do the same thing (I have no idea if they actually do). She never said (from what I saw) that she went to nursing school or was a licensed...

  10. Don't know what to do.....

    anonymous1919 replied to wifeandmomoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    I am in a similar situation. I personally want to work in LTC so what I did was google a list of every nursing home in my area. I then looked up all the zip codes and grouped nursing homes together by...

  11. new job as a new nurse and I am 11 weeks pregnant, Tell them now or wait?

    anonymous1919 replied to cgilmour26's topic in General Nursing

    I don't believe it varies by state... I would tell them after the 90 day period, and take your 6 weeks when you have your baby, and hopefully afterwards you'll still have a job. You could sue if they...

  12. clinical lunch breaks

    anonymous1919 replied to larien37's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That is very unfair. My clinical instructor 2nd Q didn't give us lunch breaks. She told us to bring snacks and eat them if we get hungry. She did this so instead of 7 hours on the floor and 1 hour for...

  13. nursing assessment

    anonymous1919 replied to crazyts's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Thank you! You'll get the hang out it... they're really easy, it gets very repetitive!

  14. nursing assessment

    anonymous1919 replied to crazyts's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Oh! I found something else you'll probably like! Head-to-Toe Assessment - Page 3- Nursing for Nurses Scroll down to knittwhit's comment. She has attached a head-to-toe assessment pocket card. You...

  15. nursing assessment

    anonymous1919 replied to crazyts's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    A & O x3, no c/o pain, 0 on 0 -10 scale. moves all extremeties with equal strength. Resp even & unlabored, Apical heart rate strong with no abnormalities observed. Lungs clear Ant. and Post....

  16. New Grad RN, 17 weeks pregnant with upcoming interview

    anonymous1919 replied to skschultzRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would not tell them. It has nothing to do with whether you can work or not. If you get hired, talk to/email/phone/write a letter to who ever you need to that you are pregnant and will work until...

  17. Policy/Procedures or DON rules?

    anonymous1919 replied to Trubie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    But if you're fired because you followed P&P.... wouldn't there be a write up the DON would make? Then you take write up and compare it to P&P and just sue for wrongful termination.

  18. nursing assessment

    anonymous1919 replied to crazyts's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    My suggestions is to make a check off list to look off of until you get the hang of assessments. I wish I could find the one I used in school to show you. Your teacher will be able to catch anything...

  19. nursing assessment

    anonymous1919 replied to crazyts's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    And that is so silly that your teacher doesn't give you examples. My teacher gave us a clear outline to look off of when writing assessments. It obviously is good to have everthing memorized.. but as...

  20. nursing assessment

    anonymous1919 replied to crazyts's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    When documenting PERRLA... just write "A&Ox3, PERRLA," and then continue on with the rest from there. Basically that just say's "Alert and Oriented x3, Pupils equal, round and reactive to light...

  21. nursing assessment

    anonymous1919 replied to crazyts's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    And you didn't state hand grasps or pedal pushes either. Here is a link to a really good site. You click on the person and it gives you information, then you practice writing an assessment and can...

  22. nursing assessment

    anonymous1919 replied to crazyts's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    are

  23. nursing assessment

    anonymous1919 replied to crazyts's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Any c/o of pain? 1-10? Edit- saw no distress noted. I always state no c/o pain, 0 on scale 0-10.. just to be really

  24. My first interview!

    anonymous1919 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have no idea where this should go but I am too excited to be worried about it! I graduated July 30th 2010 and took boards October 1st 2010. I found out I passed boards October 3rd and then started...

  25. Filter needles...are they necessary?

    anonymous1919 replied to fsaav's topic in General Nursing

    If others want to risk injecting glass into their patients... what ever. I wouldn't use anything but a filter needle