loriangel14 RN

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    HELP! Failed NCLEX-RN 6 times!

    loriangel14 replied to hmctaa0511's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    People need to be realistic. I could decide that I wanted to be the world's first 48 year old chubby ballerina but no amount of faith, prayers or belief on my part would make it happen.You can't just...
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    How do you get around when the weather is bad?

    loriangel14 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    We do our best to get to work in bad weather but we don't get hassled or penalized.We very seldom have weather call ins.It did take me an hour and a half instead of 30 minutes to get home tonight...
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    HELP! Failed NCLEX-RN 6 times!

    loriangel14 replied to hmctaa0511's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Would you like a doctor that took multiple tries to pass his exams? Sometimes you have to realize when something is not meant to
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    So done with underwhelming clinical experiences

    loriangel14 replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

    I think that you get out of a clinical experience what you put into it. Plus how can you complain if you thought things were slow or boring? Did you expect them to create drama for you to...
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    Having your LPN/LVN license make it easier to get into a Bridge Program?

    loriangel14 replied to AlyseB's topic in LPN to RN

    You would definitely have to have your license to get in. LPN-BSN bridging program would imply that you have to be an LPN
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    Nursing Student Harassed at Saint Anselm College

    loriangel14 replied to studentrnja's topic in General Nursing

    If you are an adult over the age of age 18 you really don't have the right to demand that your parents be present at
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    Is this type of schedule common?

    loriangel14 replied to bella201's topic in General Nursing

    Two weeks in a row would not be
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    Sample Schedule

    loriangel14 replied to apostolic4eva's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Did they not tell you which days you would be working? So based on what you have said you will be working 2 12s during the week and every other
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    Sample Schedule

    loriangel14 replied to apostolic4eva's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    No idea. It could be anything. You would have to ask the employer. What are eow
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    How do you take NOTES in class during Nursing Scool?

    loriangel14 replied to NursingStoodent's topic in General Students

    I have never understood why people feel that you need something electronic to take notes with. Pen and paper work fine and don't cost hundreds of
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    Funny Mistakes

    loriangel14 replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Instead of applying anti deodorant I helped a client apply A5-35 to her under arms.It was in a stick form and we both thought it was anti deodorant. We had a good
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    Failed anatomy and physiology course...questioning my choices

    loriangel14 replied to dsh0012's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You need to be sure that you really WANT to be a nurse. It sounds like you are just doing this because it's what your patents suggested. That is not a good basis for being a nurse.Plus your parents...
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    Am I Too Old?

    loriangel14 replied to rdl48's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No, you are not too old.Go for
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    A nurse in a wheelchair?

    loriangel14 replied to wheelz on wards's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I would imagine trying to complete clinicals would be very difficult if you were unable to stand.Transferring and toileting the patients might be
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    Advanced foot nurse

    loriangel14 replied to miisz's topic in Canada

    If you went into foot care you would take the course ( which I have been told is quite rigorous ) and then you would be trained to do all of it. i don't think you could go into it without the course...
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    Is this type of schedule common?

    loriangel14 replied to bella201's topic in General Nursing

    Two weeks straight would run into overtime as
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    NG residuals

    loriangel14 replied to kbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Really? I've never seen it put back in. usually our oders are NS for volume
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    Is this type of schedule common?

    loriangel14 replied to bella201's topic in General Nursing

    I have never seen that and you wouldn't find it in a unionized work place.Working 2 weeks straight would be too
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    NG residuals

    loriangel14 replied to kbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Ewww no we don't push them back in. They go in the biohazard waste disposal.Some patients have a volume replacement order.Usually we track their intake and subtract from the NG output. The balance...
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    Nursing Schedulers / Staffing Coordinators

    loriangel14 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nurse Management

    We have a Central Scheduling office with three employees that takes care of most of the hospital.They are not nurses. They are trained on the job. They do an awesome
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    As a Nurse and a Patient

    loriangel14 replied to KenH's topic in General Nursing

    I would want my charge nurse to care for me if I was the patient. She is funny, kind, smart and compassionate. Firm without being mean and really cares about all of her patients.Even as the Charge...
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    First time having a patient with diabetes

    loriangel14 replied to Tammy90's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am diabetic and I take Metformin. I don't hold it even if I have a low BS.Metformin will not cause a low BS. Even at work if a patient's BS had been stable and they are on oral meds we don't always...
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    Finger stick glucose testing prep

    loriangel14 replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess every place has a different
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    Can nurses refuse to perform/assist circumcisions and abortions?

    loriangel14 replied to crunchymama91's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Not likely but you could solve that by not working some where that it would be an
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    Dumb question....

    loriangel14 replied to Emily Cox's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That's a great