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On our med surg floor we never have more than six pt. usually. This is still tough. With admissions, d/charges, total cares, alcohol withdrawal you never know what to expect, and it can fall apart quickly. Med pass can take forever some days. Or...

Just wait till they find out what they are in for. Bariatric patients are high risk surgical patients. Many tend to be non-compliant. They will need all new bariatric equipment. The patients are very intensive post-op with many spending a few day...

Just wait till they find out what they are in for. Bariatric patients are high risk surgical patients. Many tend to be non-compliant. They will need all new bariatric equipment. The patients are very intensive post-op with many spending a few day...

I'm not sure where you live, but you can check the local laws pertaning to this. When I lived in PA a work place decided everyone need to purchase the same pants and tops. We had to buy them at the same place, and they were not cheap. Well, a y...

I'm not sure where you live, but you can check the local laws pertaning to this. When I lived in PA a work place decided everyone need to purchase the same pants and tops. We had to buy them at the same place, and they were not cheap. Well, a y...

answering machines, caller ID best invenions ever made. I try to remember that my family comes first. If I have time to go in extra fine, if not I don't answer the phone. At our hospital it goes both ways, they either try to call us off or call us...

take it soon, you would not believe how quickly you start to forget things, I mean your still in the testing state of mind right? go for it..if you have studied hard all along it will be a breeze. good luck

Hi. can anyone tell me the bonus they are offering? Just curious to find out. thanks

This is not to horrible but I think it happens a lot MY husband was recovering from majoe surgery on a step down unit in a major nearby hospital. The second post-op day, I had been there for 8 straight hours and noticed that no one came in to check...

luv 4 nursing---hey, I live very close to johnston city. Moved here 5 years ago from a big city..boy things are different. Johnston City is the happen place around here. There is one associate program here. It is over satelite and has a big long ...

Hey Kay, I went to TN Tech in Elizabethton Tn. Highly rated program. Very hard though. we went to class every day 8-4. It was very fast paced. our instructor was very hard, but I'm glad she was. I came out with what I needed to know. I could on...

I moved to east tn from up North 5 years ago. I will tell you one thing..The pay scale is much less. The cost of living is the same. I don't know why people think it is cheaper to live here. Actually electric, and phone are much more. I make mu...

When I was in school, I memorized the calculations. I also practiced all the time. I did'nt like our book, so I went to the college bookstore, and found one that could help. It had more examples and extra practice problems. I think I bought it wh...

I feel real old right now....I finished lpn school at 43, and am working toward my rn right now. I am 44 and the oldest in my english comp class. I had always been a waitress with a dream to be a nurse. My kids got older and more independant so I we...

Sound like the majority of my patients..I would not let her out to smoke ...If she wondered off and got lost, or something happened to her you could be held liable. If she persisted I'd have her sign ama papers before going out. I'd also call the d...

Airway.....Fluid Overload are first to come to mind. Airway is always first.....Hope you have done well

Lovenox=Lovehandles. Pt should lies flat if possible for injection into sc lovehandle. Lying flat for 10-15 minutes after seems to help bruising. Don't know why this is, but it works.. Hate to see pt given lovenox injections into stomach.......

I have spent my first year out of school in med-surg. I would not trade a minute of it. I love it...I have learned so much, and feel comfortable doing just about anything now. I would advice sucking in all the knowledge you can. Ask questions and...

On our med/surg floor, many of our elederly patients o2 sats run 90-98%. He may have benifited from rt treatment. also aspiration comes to mind. Is he swallowing properly? I don't think a sat of 95 is anything major. We can apply o2 with standin...

on our med-surg floor they never take into account acuity. we get a lot of total care patients and should only get 5 at night. however there are times it is up to 7. i feel 5 is a number i can handle being a first year out of school lpn. we usual...

I worked weekend as a waitress while undergoing a one year lpn course. most in our class did not work and our teachers advices not to work. It was hard but i would carry flash cards in my apron and study any chance I could. Every night I studied. ...

Hang in there--I did an intense one year lpn program less than a year ago. I worked part timeon the weekends and went to school 8 hours m-f. i studied every second I could. My two boys learned to do their own homework and understood Why I could'n...

In school we were taught o clamp at 650c/c to prevent bladder spasms. I would wait about 30 minutes to unclamp and try not to forget to un-clamp--cj