I have two residents on my unit who get latulose. One gets it at 5pm and the other gets it at 8pm. our standing orders for no bm x3days is to first give 30 mL of MOM at HS. of course if the day...
I work in a lock down alzheimers unit at a nursing home. we usually keep our med cart behind the nurses station so the residents won't mess with it. recently i had my relief, the 11-7 nurse complain...
The nurse working the hall decides which CNA has which residents. On my alzheimers unit there are basically two halls. one cna gets the front hall while the other gets the back hall. on the other...
we had to do all the ati's too but it wasn't a 'you have to pass it in order to get your paperwork signed' type of thing. they basically used it as a predictor for us and for them of who would pass...
I just finished the LPN program at Coastal in may. Yes it is a good school. What i did when i applied was i applied to both the LPN and RN programs. I got the letter that i was an alternate in the...
AngelaSPN replied to nursetabby73's topic in LPN, LVN Corner
I think everyone walks out after testing feeling like you have failed. i believe the test is designed that way. i took my test on 6/2 and got 92 questions. i felt like i had guessed on most of my...
the place that i am planning on working (a nursing home) only pays a $0.75 shift differential. on the weekends they give $2.00 for working weekends plus the $0.75 shift differential. they also throw...
i did that sometimes when i was in school. what i would do is underline the key words in the sentence. since obviously you can't do that on a computer, seek out the key words to the question and keep...
About how long did you have to wait to get your authorization to test after submitting all of your info?? I turned in my application with fees and registered with pearsonvue on 4/10/06. but i didn't...
AngelaSPN replied to wasted-enough-time's topic in LPN, LVN Students
i just had my final exam on the 5/9/06. now i'm looking forward to pinning on the 19th and taking the boards. i can't believe it is over. i'm happy but sad all at the same time. i am going to miss...
i don't think so. it sounds like she was just saying that her experience was different than yours. i do think that she could have just written what happened on her shift without the "Contrary to...
i think i know what message board you are referring to. there was a post about a mother who had had a previous c-section and had since then become an MD hater and would not deliver in a hospital...
Hi! I am from Jacksonville, NC. I am currently an LPN student at Coastal Carolina CC. My dad was in the military and we moved her when i was 7. I plan on possibly doing the bridge program at...
why don't you go up to their table and join in on the conversation?? when you are sitting by yourself do you think you look approachable?? sometimes you just have to show people that you are...