Grovelpnstudent

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1. Conscience Schmoncience! Who cares what you believe?

   Grovelpnstudent replied to jmqphd's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   a few years ago here in Ct a pharmacists refused to dispense the morning after pill, when the girl went back to the doctor, and her mom went with her it turned out she had been raped and she brought...

2. Med Error

   Grovelpnstudent replied to limey's topic in General Nursing

   Here is some info from the Maryland BON http://www.mbon.org/main.php?v=norm&p=0&c=medtech/medaide_vs_medtech.html Each state has different requirements some 16 some 20-75 hours of training,...

3. Med Error

   Grovelpnstudent replied to limey's topic in General Nursing

   Yes I am med certified, and i have been doing this for a while, so I know what I am doing, certain meds you have to have extra training on like insulin (our facility lets you work with the LPN with...

4. Med Error

   Grovelpnstudent replied to limey's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you!!! and yes two years Med certified and so far only (please never again) 1 med error, similar looking pill bottles, same name last, and the J and T looked the same luckily it wasn't anything...

5. Med Error

   Grovelpnstudent replied to limey's topic in General Nursing

   Yes I am Med

6. Med Error

   Grovelpnstudent replied to limey's topic in General Nursing

   that seems to be more than a med error that looks like (or sounds like) your saying they may have diverted the meds, definitely mention it to your manager as a something you noticed, not as a tattling...

7. Realistic salary for an LPN?

   Grovelpnstudent replied to LeeLee87's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   In CT they start at 18-22 depending on experience, more experienced (those with CNA backgrounds) can start as high as 25 as one of my friends did in LTC, so it

8. CT tech lpn program

   Grovelpnstudent replied to TEE1978's topic in Connecticut Nursing

   the reason they can't tell you is they don't know themselves. once they closed the program other nursing schools came and took their spots, so now they have to desperately attempt to get back into...

9. Nursing insturctor terrifying students

   Grovelpnstudent replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

   B/c older nurse eat their young??? I had a nursing counselor tell me when it came time for me to apply to schools, when i told her my real passion was OB and i wished to be either a midwife or a Dr...

10. School Advice

    Grovelpnstudent replied to NursingStudentYaya's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    ok here's what works for me: I skim the chapter before class, pay attention in class take note of anything they seem to repeat of say is important (it's usually on the test) after school i review the...

11. Tips on shopping list for LVN program?

    Grovelpnstudent replied to MySonIsAdorable's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Along with everything listed here, I have some tips as well: buy a stethescope that comes with the penlight, bandage scissors, eye size cahrt (although some of the penlights have it on there now)...

12. Nursing students who do not understand what nursing is about

    Grovelpnstudent replied to DNS on the go's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    The first CNA that has been in practice a long time will eat him alive if he tries to "delegate" all his work, and he will not survive

13. Please Help! I don't know where to start c this care plan

    Grovelpnstudent replied to RescueNinja2013's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    okay hey I hope Im not too late in helping with this, we also just started care plans so here is a sample (please don't copy it word for word the teacher will know) of a nursing care plan focused on...

14. CT tech lpn program

    Grovelpnstudent replied to TEE1978's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Im doing fabulous:D!!! Im really enjoying myself, we start clinicals in a few weeks(after spring break) and I can't wait. i was kinda disappointed to find out this semester we can't pass meds, but now...

15. LPN school starts Mon 2/7/2011, I'm scared.....

    Grovelpnstudent replied to CAdams's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    good luck im in hamden as well not lincoln but eli whitney, I have been doing great on my exams, but like they said focus, cut out all unnecessary stuff, read ahead of time that way it's only review...