PghRN15

PghRN15 has 2 years experience and specializes in Hospice.

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1. Nursing diagnosis

   PghRN15 replied to navarrown's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Do you have a NANDA book? That was my go to in nursing school. Keep it simple, they are just trying to teach you the process. I have honestly never used sleep

2. Drug seekers

   PghRN15 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

   As a hospice nurse I have given Dilaudid 1mg every 10 minutes at times. I know that this is not a comparison, and yes we use the concept that pain is indeed what the patient says it is. If a patient...

3. Wgu bsn start date 11/1/15

   PghRN15 replied to BrittanyMcGheeCole's topic in Western Governors University

   I am. I have 40 units to

4. Wgu bsn start date 11/1/15

   PghRN15 replied to BrittanyMcGheeCole's topic in Western Governors University

   Hi I am starting 11/1/15. I also have 40 cu to

5. For those of you who started outside of the hospital

   PghRN15 replied to Jaellys's topic in General Nursing

   I started out as a CNA with a hospice agency, I worked as an LPN with the same hospice agency and now I am an RN with them as well. I have never done anything outside of hospice care. I am okay with...

6. A Letter to The View

   PghRN15 replied to rs1029's topic in General Nursing

   Nicely

7. Nurses don't know the lab

   PghRN15 replied to ezpzpizzi's topic in General Nursing

   It sounds like a major inferiority

8. New job. Help!

   PghRN15 replied to missourirn1234's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   I work inpatient hospice GIP. It is all I have ever done as a CNA, LPN and now RN. We are a 12 bed unit with 2 RNs, 1 LPN and 1 CNA. In my opinion the biggest skill needed will be physical...

9. Hello out there......anybody there?

   PghRN15 replied to qaqueen's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   The company I work for has an IPU. I work there and in the field. We are a small unit, 12 beds. We are not a hospice house but a short term symptom management unit. Very few hospices in my area...

10. Kaplan? Hurst? Or NCSBN nclex rn review?? (Can't decide!)

    PghRN15 replied to Edz86's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I attended the Hurst Review in August. I paid $350. I attended with 3 of my classmates. I passed NCLEX the first time in 75 questions. I was the only one of us that passed the first time. Hurst had...

11. WGU RN-BSN October 2015 start date

    PghRN15 replied to WandaRN2BSN's topic in Western Governors University

    October here

12. PVT: Question of Character?

    PghRN15 replied to oldandintheway's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have been asked about the PVT and I simply state that it is unreliable. My results were on the SBON within 28 hours. I have a nurse friend that took her NCLEX about 20 years ago. She had to wait 6...

13. KINDRED HOSPITAL

    PghRN15 replied to lvn4me2011's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I did a clinical rotation for my LPN - RN program. It was awful. Understaffed and mean employees that went out of their way to NOT be helpful. It was so bad that at one point my clinical instructor...

14. Taking the NCLEX multiple times

    PghRN15 replied to cambrose's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passes my NCLEX in 75 questions on the first time. I mainly had prioritization questions, what would you do first? Who would you see first? I feel that the only way I was able to do this was my...

15. meds - confused

    PghRN15 replied to nurs15's topic in Patient Medications

    Yea, I thought about that myself. I hope the OP meant