mandajane4

Well come to find out the board has a hold on my license. They say that I am missing peds and ob yet they have the rest of my classes on file. I was literally on the phone all day today with BRN and the college. And it's still not taken care of! Try just sent me in circles. What a hassle. Tomorrow I have to drive to the BRN and take them more official transcripts. :-(

Yes as soon as u make an account on Pearson vue they will email u the att letter with the number on it. I got mine within 10 minutes of making the accounts. It was only a week after graduation.

So my friend and I took nclex rn together on 5/29. After the test we both got the good pop up and still are getting the good pop up when we check. Her name came up on the BRN site on 5/31 and she go her license in the mail on 6/2. I have been checking everyday and still my name is not up. I'm still getting the good pop up on Pearson vue. I'm freaking out now! Anyone have a similar situation? Not sure what to think. Seems like the PVT really worked for everyone but now having my doubts.

I am in California and did not need the att to sign up for nclex rn. I signed up on Pearson view a week after grad and as soon as I registered they emailed me the att. You should try it. Just took my test last week

They really havent told us yet. Did you get in this semester?

They said we will be taking in during the first 5 weeks of class. Before we go into med surg clinicals.

Im not sure what the 1st semester students got in their packet, but we did have study materials in the lvn-rn packet. You can go on the MJC site and see the class info by semester and it may help you decide what to study. I posted the link bellow for you. Hope this helps! http://www.mjc.edu/current/programs/divdeps/alliedhealth/adn/curriculum.html#THIRD SEMESTER

is anyone else starting out in 3rd semester for fall?

I just got accepted to the columbia campus program. Do you know anyone that whent there?

I turned in my paperwork yesterday at mjc and the lady said that 2 lvn's got into the columbia site. That seems like quite a bit sense they only have 10 students up there. She didnt say how many they took on the modesto campus though

I tried to reply to the message you sent me but I cant figure it out? I got into fall 2011. I live in valley springs so its like a 50 min drive. Are you in the program?

I wonder if they sent my letter out early cause it it at the columbia site? The packet is so confusing. Not sure where to start and cant get ahold of anyone at MJC

It is Modesto JC satalite campus.

I spoke too soon!!! Just checked my mail and I was accepted into the Upgrade at columbia campus of mjc!! I am shaking i am so excited!!!!

Sense the nursing office is closed until aug 8 does that mean we wont hear until after that or will they send out letters before? Waiting is soooo hard!!!!!

It is random selection. Last time they had too many 3rd semester students fail that they didnt let any upgrade students in bacause they let them repeat

YOu can get your LVN at a community college and they will take it. As for work experience, I only have 6 months and they said that would be enough as long as I get letters proving my employemnt.

I ended up waiting so I could appy at MJC again too. If I dont get in to MJC next semester I am going to start carrington in october 2011. Did you get in anywhere?

The MJC website says that we should hear the first week of august! That seems so far away. I have been applying for RN programs sense 2007 and In 2009 I applied and was accepted into the LVN program at delta college. Sense then I have been applying for LVN-Rn and still havent got in. I am hoping I get in this time with modesto. Starting to loose hope:crying2:

I am taking a nursing synthisis class and we have been given our first case study. I dont really know where to start. Any advise would be very helpful. Thanks Case Study Nursing Care of the Patient with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction © You are working as a nurse on a Medical Surgical unit and receive a call from an outpatient clinic notifying you of a direct admission. The estimated time of arrival is approximately one (1) hour. She gives you the following information: PB is an 87 year-old woman with a three day history of intermittent abdominal pain, abdominal bloating and nausea and vomiting. PB moved from Italy to join her grandson and his family two months ago. She speaks very little English. All information was obtained through her grandson. PMH is significant for a colectomy for colon cancer six years ago, ventral hernia repair two years ago. No history of heart disease, diabetes or pulmonary disease. She takes only ibuprofen occasionally for mild arthritis. Allergies include sulfa drugs and meperidine. PB's tentative diagnosis is small bowel obstruction (SBO) secondary to adhesions. PB is admitted to your floor for diagnostic work-up. Her VS are stable, she has an IV of 1000 mL D5½ NS with 20 mEq KCl at 100 mL/hr, and O2 @ 3L per NC. 1. Based on the nurse's report, what signs of bowel obstruction did PB present? 2. Are there other signs and symptons that you should observe for while PB is in your care? 3. PB and her grandson arrive on your unit. You admit PH to her room and introduce yourself as her nurse. As her grandson interprets for her, she pats your hand. You know that you need to do a complete physical assessment and take a history. What will you do first? 4. The grandson, an attorney, tells you elderly women are extremely modest and may not answer questions completely. Ho might you gather information in this case? 5. What key questions must you ask this patient while you have the use of an interpreter? 6. How would the description of PB's pain differ if she has a small versus large bowel obstruction? © The physician has ordered an NGT. 7. List in order, the structures through which the NGT must pass to be inserted. 8. With some difficulty, you insert an NGT into PH and connect it to intermittent LWS. How will you check placement of the NGT? 9. What comfort measures are important for PB while she has an NGT? 10. You note that PB's NGT has not drained in the last 3 hours. What can you do to facilitate drainage? 11. The NGT suddenly drains 575 mL; then it slows down to about 250 mL/2hr. Is this an expected amount? 12. You enter PB's room to initiate your shift assessment. PB has been hospitalized 3 days and her abdomen seems to be more distended than yesterday. How would you determine whether PB's abdominal distention has changed? © After 3 days of NGT suction, PB's symptoms are unrelieved. She reports continued nausea, crampy, and sometimes very strong abdominal pain; her hand grips are weaker; and she seems to be increasingly lethargic. You look up her latest laboratory values and compare them with the admission data. Her sodium has changed from 136 to 130 mmol/L, potassium has changed from 3.7 to 2.5 mmol/L, Chloride from 108 to 97 mmol/L, glucose 126 to 65 mg/dL, albumin from 3.0 to 2.1 g/dL, and protein from 6.8 to 4.9 g/dL. 13. Which lab values are of concer to you? Why? 14. What measures do you anticipate to correct each of the imbalances described in question #13? © In view of PB's continued slow deterioration, the surgeon meets with the patient and her family and they agree to surgery. The surgeon releases an 18 inch section of proximal ileum that has been constricted by adhesions. Several areas looked ischemic, so these are excised, and an end-to-end anastomosis was done. PB tolerated the procedure well and recovered rapidly from the anesthesia in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). Once on the unit, her recovery was slow but steady. PB went home in the care of her grandson and his wife on the seventh post-op day. Discharge plans included walking several times per day in the house; importance of cough and deep breathing (C&DB) and use of incentive spirometer (IS) Q2H; and observing the wound for signs and symptoms of infection. In reviewing the beginning of this care, it is clear that PB's nutritional status has been poor. It would be appropriate for her to have a medical nutritional therapy regarding long-term nutrient needs. Be sure the grandson is included in any plans

slrberry thanks. i called the office too. i was not one of the 2 lvns that got in. they had a total of 30 that applied. hopefully i will get in spring 2011. she said i wont know til dec when the semester ends guess i will keep waiting

I applied for the lvn-RN upgrade at mjc. It seems like it is taking forever for the 23rd to get here!!!!! Has anyone heard if anyone dropped or failed last semester so there will be room for LVN upgrades? I had applied for the RN program 4 times and couldnt get in. SO i decised to apply for the LVN program at Delta and got in furst try. Now I just want to finish my RN asap cause LVN positions do not pay half as well . Hope you all get in soon. I know how frustrating it is to apply over and over again.

Cyntia13 I am looking into starting in the October 2010 class. DId u start in march? if so how is it going? 330carmen I heard that some employers wont hire from WCC. Do you know if it is true? have you had any trouble with that?