cindyRN 2006

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1. Internship in the ER

   cindyRN 2006 replied to cindyRN 2006's topic in Emergency

   I will be working under my LPN license. I realize that the scopes are different and I will be very careful not to practice out of my licensed scope. Thank you so very much for the feedback!!!

2. Who attends/attended Indian Hills Communtity College

   cindyRN 2006 replied to S.N. Visit's topic in Indiana

   actually I am a current IHCC student and it actually has a great reputation for turning out some of the the most expierenced nurses in this area. Des Moines is a bigger hospital however there is not much yall do there that we don't do here in the sma...

3. Internship in the ER

   cindyRN 2006 posted a topic in Emergency

   YEAH!!!! I have been accepted as an intern in our emergency department. I am so excited but of course nervous. I will be interning as a LPN under that license since I am still in school for my RN. My question is to all of you expierenced ER nurses. W...

4. Pain: Defined by patient or provider?

   cindyRN 2006 replied to wildcats's topic in General Nursing

   Pain is determined by the patient. Pain is what the patient says it is, that is why we provide the pain scale because pain is subjective so we give the PATIENT a scale to rate THEIR pain. I have always been told this in school pain is what the patien...

5. bummed about available lpn positions

   cindyRN 2006 replied to jab3da's topic in Missouri

   I hear you. I don't really need to work as a LPN but when I passed my boards in July I thought I would get somthing just PRN to get my foot in the door or part time just to gain expierence. There are no jobs around here for LPNs. I am still not worki...

6. I have a question for everyone

   cindyRN 2006 replied to southern_rn_brat's topic in Geriatric

   In small hospitals this is a common practice. You have to mix your own insulin.

7. Rn in charge who has a temper?

   cindyRN 2006 replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

   It is your duty to report her. What if you didn't and next time she gets "mad" she seriously injures a resident. OMG. You can't worry about you right now as bad as it sounds. You have to fight for the patient, who else will?

8. Working under threat of termination

   cindyRN 2006 replied to april34's topic in Activism

   Dito BLack cat, Could not have said it better myself.

9. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

   cindyRN 2006 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Humor

   SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Funny.:) :) :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

10. HELP!!! Electrolytes/Fluid Imbalance/Acid Base

    cindyRN 2006 replied to bellanoo's topic in General Students

    First you have to remember that you are dealing with two different systems. You have the respiratory system and then you have the metobolic system(kidneys) these two systems are try to balance each other if one is off you will have the other one tryi...

11. To the 1st Time Passers

    cindyRN 2006 replied to TheCommuter's topic in NCLEX

    I think when I took my boards that getting over the initial anxiety of taking boards was 3/4 the battle. IF you think about it you hear about taking boards from the time you consider becoming a nurse, you hear how hard they are and how the pass rates...

12. Failed Nclex Twice Need Help!!!!

    cindyRN 2006 replied to candyp1308's topic in NCLEX

    Candy, I am so sorry, Is it the test anxiety or do you feel unprepared? If it is a mental thing than maybe you just need to walk through it in your mind and realize that its not so bad and that you can get through it. I think when I took my boards t...

13. IM injections???

    cindyRN 2006 replied to carlom's topic in International

    The reason that you aspirate is so that the patient gets the med the correct route. If you don't aspirate and get it in a vein then the patient just got the med IV instead of IM. There is obviously serious complications that would accompany this err...

14. LPN School nurse?

    cindyRN 2006 replied to AngelOvaMe's topic in School

    In Iowa I was told you have to have a BSN to be in the schools as a nurse because it is education.

15. Would you marry your prison pen pal?

    cindyRN 2006 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Correctional

    Oh my Goodness. I also hope that the OP is joking.