LilyRN99

I would check out resources available to students to review how and what they are being taught. There are a lot of videos like registernursern and leveluprn on Youtube. SOS nursing has some free references that could also help. Students struggle with medication calculations so you could brush up on that. Review an NCLEX book since exam questions in nursing school are NCLEX style. You would want to be able to help student figure out the best way to answer these styles of questions.

Yes thanks!

It’s a lot of work doing the grade sheets for clinical. We haven’t had clinical in a facility since March. Now we assign a case study that gets graded and one day is at the school to practice on manakins and they get basically a participation grade.

I think it would help you. I’ve never had a RT as a student, only the CNA and med techs. Being a CNA can help in some ways but I also have to remind them to stop thinking like a CNA and start thinking like a nurse. After they do a bath they think they are done. I take them into the room and ask did you assess the feeding tube? What did you look for? What complications might you see? And they can’t answer me because they didn’t think beyond the bath.

If it is a BSN program you won’t need your LPN. A BSN program will get you your RN. Unless it’s meant to be a bridge program for people who already have a LPN and then you would need to complete that first. Most LPNs continue school to eventually get an RN and BSN. I’ve heard that Chamberlin is an expensive school. If you can afford the BSN I would do that. If not you can get your LPN and work and save up. Depending on your employer you might be able to get some help with tuition for your RN.

And you don’t have an acute care background?

I attend school with a student with a seizure disorder. There are no tubes, diapers, wheelchairs, no meds to give. I’m not sure what to write in my notes. My role is to monitor for seizures and administer emergency medication if needed. So basically I sit in the back of the classroom and just watch. I write that she is attentive and cooperative with school work. No seizure activity. I don’t think specifics about her class work is medically necessary to document. Any ideas?

A student did a care plan for disturbed thought process. I found it at nurseslabs.com which was last updated November 2017. When she tried to enter it in the simchart it didn’t come up so she typed it in. I don’t see it on the NANDA 2018-2020 approved list. Was it retired? Do I take off points for using a retired NANDA?

Thanks! Thanks!

I wonder if my education would be as good as another school if I finish it so Fast. Fast sounds good and financially wise but I also want a great education not just the letters after my name. It’s hard to decide.

100 miles?!?! That could be equal to a 2 hour drive! No way!

I’m not clear how this program works. Do you take a pre-test to see what you know? Are you able to take the competency exam more than once? I don’t understand how people are able to complete it so fast.

How is it going so far? What kind of assignments are you getting?

What do you do for the insurance company? Do you work from home?

What kind of online clinical are you having? Do you know where you would have had clinical if you had them in person? Which program are you in?