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  1. Do I LOOK Like A Nurse To You?

    kaseysmom replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with a previous post that said that nurses have a certain look to them. When I was in school, I was at a diner studying (lol yes, a diner) and the waiter asked what I was taking in school - so...

  2. CNA to LPN/LVN

    kaseysmom replied to greeneyedqt's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I think that having the extra time in those areas would be benificial to anyone entering the field as a licensed/registered nurse. However, there is still a lot of material inbetween CNA and LPN as...

  3. CNA to LPN/LVN

    kaseysmom replied to greeneyedqt's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That sounds very strange to me. I guess the reqs in CA are MUCH different from VA. When I took my CNA and then took my LPN there was certanly a HUUUUGE difference between the two. Good

  4. What is a short spurt of PAT's???

    kaseysmom posted a topic in Cardiac

    I have never heard of PAT and i can't figure out what the abbreviation stands for.

  5. What was your Pinning Ceremony like?

    kaseysmom replied to Nurse2bSandy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just graduated Dec. 18th. My pinning ceremony was after our final grades were in - which was the Wed. before graduation - and our last day was the Friday Dec 17th. Our ceremony was at a country...

  6. Questions about Hospice volunteer

    kaseysmom replied to cjandmama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I took care of two pts who were on hospice care in a LTC. I found it difficult to deal with the family more than anything else. This isn't true for ALL families - but this family in particular was...

  7. Problems with References

    kaseysmom replied to BrownRecluse's topic in Nursing Career

    In the state of Virginia (im not sure how it is elsewhere) it is against the law to prohibit a person from obtaining a position simply because of something that YOU said while in the refrencing...

  8. What is a short spurt of PAT's???

    kaseysmom replied to kaseysmom's topic in Cardiac

    along with the PAT's he had bradycardia...however im not sure when these

  9. Desperately Need Help With Care Plans

    kaseysmom replied to LVN2006's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just keep in mind maslows hierarchy and your abc's

  10. O2 saturation question

    kaseysmom posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My husbands grandfather was in the hospital today..and when the took his pulseox it was 95 - his breathing was labored- and noted as labored by the triage nurse, and upon listening to his lungs he was...

  11. O2 saturation question

    kaseysmom replied to kaseysmom's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    He does have COPD but his baseline pulseox is 98. On the floor, they have him on 3 1/2 liters o2 which to me is strange because he does have COPD w/o any kind of heart problems that are making it...

  12. O2 saturation question

    kaseysmom replied to kaseysmom's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks for the replies =) My concern regarding the o2 sat was more of the fact that he was having labored breathing and congestion, but the fact that I had always been told that 98 and below helped to...

  13. Med-surg vs. LTC (new LPN needs advice!)

    kaseysmom replied to michelle-new-lpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    At the LTC facilities here, as soon as a nurse or CNA is found sleeping on the job, they are automatically fired. My mother is a head nurse and gets called in at whatever time it is that they are...

  14. Online LPN Programs, I have two listed. Are there anymore?

    kaseysmom replied to FocusRN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    A lot of states have CNA's who don't just do "dirty work". In a facility that my mother works at in VA (shes a LPN now working as a head nurse in a LTC setting), she was able to work her way up and...

  15. what nursing program do you recommend?

    kaseysmom replied to Ms.RN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    i keep hearing about adn..what is an adn?? advanced degree in nursing? sorry to sound stupid...but i've never heard of it

  16. ATI Testing

    kaseysmom replied to almostanurse26's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Crystal - As any other nursing school goes, it is very confusing, and very stressful. However, the MCI campus that I attend is EXTREMELY disorganized. A lot of it is the fact that my class is teh...

  17. This week I have lost my motivation.

    kaseysmom replied to blondiii's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If it makes you feel any better, grains aren't normally used for conversions in the nursing field (when you are working). And it isn't often that you have to calculate dosaged, unless its an IV...

  18. ECPI/MCI LPN Program - anyone?

    kaseysmom replied to kaseysmom's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Well, yes. I had looked at other nursing programs. However, they were either not what I was looking to do at the time (due to duration and starting time) or there was a two year waiting list for the...

  19. ECPI/MCI LPN Program - anyone?

    kaseysmom replied to kaseysmom's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Well, yes. I had looked at other nursing programs. However, they were either not what I was looking to do at the time (due to duration and starting time) or there was a two year waiting list for the...

  20. ATI Testing

    kaseysmom replied to almostanurse26's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I live in Manassas VA and go to ECPI - Medical Careers Institute for the LPN program and am in my 11th month of a 12 month program. We JUST took the ATI proctored test (two weeks ago) and apparently...