Indy

Indy LPN, LVN

ICU, telemetry, LTAC

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  1. Nursey things that you'll NEVER say again.

    Indy replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't tell people things are okay if they aren't. Especially if they're end-stage anything. The most I can do for someone who is completely in denial, is point out anything positive as a status,...

  2. To those who have been pregnant and working

    Indy replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    Your unrepaired VSD is a red flag for me, that could certainly contribute to your fatigue! Are you seeing a high risk OB and what does your cardiologist have to say about all this?! Disability, yes...

  3. NCLEX-pn at california should we complain???

    Indy replied to jaesi's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My suggestion is to frame your actual question into a format that makes it understandable. What is it you are waiting a long time

  4. Nurses and Coffee

    Indy replied to studentstorm's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a folgers gal, I like cheap, good tasting coffee. I buy, when I'm in the mood to spend a little more, organic fairly local roasted blends and grind 'em up at home. That's like ten bucks a bag...

  5. Nursing Home will not accept deaf students into their CNA course

    Indy replied to Silent Prayer's topic in General Nursing

    Now as I understand it, if you need some type of adaptive device to do that part of the NCLEX, you let them know when you apply to take it, and they make some arrangement. What that arrangement might...

  6. Nursing Home will not accept deaf students into their CNA course

    Indy replied to Silent Prayer's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with you that the nursing home is a whole different environment. Acute care generally has better staffing and therefore probably a better place for someone with a hearing problem to...

  7. UPDATE on my battle with the GA LPN BON

    Indy replied to DogWmn's topic in Georgia Nursing

    That is where you have to fedex them the copies showing receipt of certified snail mail containing form A. Good

  8. Nursing Home will not accept deaf students into their CNA course

    Indy replied to Silent Prayer's topic in General Nursing

    Allright, y'all who keep "honestly" questioning a deaf person's ability to function in a hearing world, need to just step back a second. Really. This is not last century, we have learned a thing or...

  9. Athens Tech Accelerated ADN

    Indy replied to brown eyed girl's topic in Georgia Nursing

    First off, what do you mean by accelerated? Are you an LPN looking to do the bridge program? I believe the bridge program is what they admit in the summertime. I think the program itself calls...

  10. You know you're Old School when...

    Indy replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    we use granulex at my facility! it's now known as trypsin balcast and the little green spray can says tbc on it. it

  11. States Who Have Banned HESI

    Indy replied to Decemberblues's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    Maybe, but the urban legend is based on the fervent wish of a whole lot of nursing

  12. incident report

    Indy replied to AllAngelsRN's topic in General Nursing

    It simply means someone made a mistake somewhere and it needs to be explained how and why, and what the end result was, and who was notified. In your case the lab canceled orders and the investigation...

  13. Communication Behaviors Associated with the Competent Handoff

    Indy replied to annest's topic in General Nursing

    I think the questions are well done. Good luck with your

  14. Are nurses who work in hospitals with limited resources better?

    Indy replied to zahryia's topic in General Nursing

    My ICU experience (still my prn job) is in just such a hospital. My only grumble about it is that the physicians will keep an MI there even if they aren't an elderly DNR. There are cardiac centers...

  15. ADC Electronic Stethoscope

    Indy replied to mdonohue's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have not used ADC. I have the littmann 4000. To help you answer your question, try and find out how much louder ADC is than natural sound, since the littmanns claim 18x natural sound. Thinklabs...

  16. ADN Program at Athens Technical College

    Indy replied to DollFinn's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I believe their deadline (you might know this already) is Feb. 1 for all the stuff to be submitted. It is a very good idea to double check the admissions office- they will point you to the person in...

  17. UPDATE on my battle with the GA LPN BON

    Indy replied to DogWmn's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Good gracious Louise almighty. (Louise subs for a number of words and can mean god, or any number of combinations of words that I really say and violate the TOS) Well I hope you hear good news. My...

  18. Old Wives Tale or Nursing Intervention?

    Indy replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have MOM as floor stock, it's per orders. A lot of the ostomy patients don't seem to have MOM on their prn orders, so between that and readily available ostomy glue, powder, and skin prep I...

  19. Life after nursing school: did you keep your "stuff"

    Indy replied to carajoy's topic in General Nursing

    Hm. I gave all the "study guide" things that were books in their own right, and almost as expensive as the books they went with, away the year I graduated, to a student a year behind me in the...

  20. How mych did you $pend to become a Registered Nurse?

    Indy replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    I did a two year program at a technical college, for an associate's degree. Every cent of $4200 worth of tuition for 12 quarters was paid by either pell grant or hope scholarship. (Hope became...

  21. Old Wives Tale or Nursing Intervention?

    Indy replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    Any carbonated soda can unclog a feeding tube, you just have to do it right. If you have a 3way stopcock (lopez valve), take it off and get a new, clean one. Or take the old one, use a coffee stir...

  22. Nursing themed "stuff"

    Indy replied to AHeartLikeHis's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing themed bathroom?? Put an emesis basin on the sink, place booger-anointed kleenex in it. Put poop on the rug and towel, with some blood, and do a bad job of trying to wash it out, place those...

  23. Chart Audits -- I Couldn't Make This Up!

    Indy replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    FIVE QUARTS of valium?? Jesus in a basket. I first read "viagra" then thought, nope he would have exploded by then, not wound up in CCU screaming for a drink. What did he do, rob the

  24. Chart Audits -- I Couldn't Make This Up!

    Indy replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Humor

    FIVE QUARTS of valium?? Jesus in a basket. I first read "viagra" then thought, nope he would have exploded by then, not wound up in CCU screaming for a drink. What did he do, rob the

  25. 5 hour energy drinks? Other alternatives?

    Indy replied to xyra's topic in General Nursing

    Do you work night shift? You need nutrition AND coffee. I like a heavy, reasonable breakfast before work (fried egg and toast, quickbread, or waffle with yogurt and coffee) and some light snacks in...