maisyLPN

Checking in...how's everyone doing?

So frustrated by this program!

Hello! I've been locked out of the site for a while and really busy with work so I haven't had time to check in. To respond to the question from the other thread: I rented all of my books from Amazon. I couldn't afford to buy them outright at the tim...

I'm not sure. I was wondering this as well. I guess we'll find out tomorrow!

The system is down so I can't log in to sign up, not until midnight 😔. I'm so anxious and have so many questions now! How much did they charge you for this course?

No, I went to school in another state, transferred my license here three years ago.

Got the official acceptance letter for the LPN bridge program! Woohoo!

I've been emailing Dr. Rice for the past week. We keep missing each other's calls and when I try to call him, I've only been able to leave a voicemail once. I got an email today saying I'll receive my acceptance letter today or Monday but it's condit...

Sylvia was the one to tell me that I had to have the class completed, plus the grade has to be on my transcript to be considered for the LPN-RN program. So I just emailed her to ask if anything has changed since the deadline was extended.

I'm also a LPN but I applied for the regular RN program because they told me I wouldn't be accepted if I wasn't finished with Micro 233. I'm in Micro right now. I got an email a few weeks ago however that stated I needed to make a payment because I h...

A couple more..didn't happen to me, but I witnessed them! -Nursing instructor D was a super "witch." She told a student that she didn't like her, no one liked her, and if she had her way she'd kick her right out of the hospital and the program. She ...

Oh another... At our school, if you got 3 med errors, you were brought down a grade. If you got another 3, you were out. Well, I got 3 in one day. 1. Pt was going down for a cardiac cath. We can't give meds without our instructor. I had my meds prep...

3rd quarter, I was on a med-surg floor. I had an easy patient and the day was going pretty smoothly. There was a very lazy nurse on the floor who passed all of her work onto the students without even bothering to check on her patients AT ALL througho...

When I was in school, I went with a patient to observe a cardiac cath and I had to fight so hard to stay awake. I went with another patient for an echo and nodded off for a minute or two. During an observation rotation in the GI lab I almost fell asl...

I graduated in March, licensed in May, started working in a pediatrician's office the same month. It's been difficult adjusting to things but I'm trying and I'm grateful for the opportunity.

Today I had a 4 yr old come in for her shots. She was getting a Varicella and MMR. These always make me nervous because the doc prefers we do them in the thigh at this age and there usually isn't very much of a fatty area. So for the little girl I ha...

Thanks everyone. MMR and Varicella are given subq. There is no other way to give it. It may have seemed like it was IM because a lot of nurses give those injections in the thigh along with the IM injections, such as DTAP, HIB, and Hep A. I'm well awa...

MMR, Varicella, and Polio are given subq. Polio can also be given IM.

I graduated from LPN school in March and started my job in a peds office 3 weeks ago. I have an 11 yr old who is coming into the office tomorrow to get Tdap, Menactra, Hep A, and Gardasil. This will be my first time giving so many shots to an older c...

I graduated from LPN school in March and started my job in a peds office 3 weeks ago. I have an 11 yr old who is coming into the office tomorrow to get Tdap, Menactra, Hep A, and Gardasil. This will be my first time giving so many shots to an olde...

Based on the schedule posted in our office, Tdap is given at 11. She was born before 2006 so Hep A wasn't routinely given when she was 1. So yea, she's behind with that and the first dose was given years ago. We have the Gardasil girls lay down for 1...

I don't know if this particular parent would refuse them or if she'd insist on having them all at once. She seems like she's just going with the flow.

Thank you guys. I was going to suggest to the mom that she bring her back another time for the HPV because I know it's very painful. The package insert was where I read about giving it in the thigh but I've also never known anyone to get Gardasil any...

I graduated in March, was very hesitant to take NCLEX because I tend to let my nerves get the best of me. I just feel like I did horrible . I'm too scared to do the trick! I'm just soliciting best wishes and prayers right now, I feel like I'm about t...

The 2 drag and drops weren't extremely difficult, and they weren't necessarily common sense. I always get confused on them because there's always a step I mix up and I was worried bout that. But my questions after them were pretty hard so I guess I g...