LanaBanana

LanaBanana

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  1. Tulsa Tech LPN Program

    LanaBanana replied to HopefulRN09's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    There are a couple of us on here that went through the program. I found it to be pretty easy most of the time, yet learned what I needed and had a few challenges as well. My instructor was extremely...

  2. Agency Advice

    LanaBanana replied to SW_07's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    As a new nurse I would be hesitant to do agency and would be leary of the agency that would hire you with no experience. If you were to do agency you would be thrown in to a floor with no orientation...

  3. dealing with residents

    LanaBanana replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Boy, good thing he wrote that order - you know we never give patient's water! LOL. We have a R2 who still writes scripts for coumaRin to patients to take home after discharge. She'll also call and...

  4. dealing with residents

    LanaBanana posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have some resident dr's at work that I love to deal with. However, there are so many others that really make you wonder how they could be so dumb! Today I called my dr's office and specifically...

  5. Nurse Tech Training Class...

    LanaBanana replied to sweetfoot77's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I guess it depends on if you are needing to actually have certification as a Patient Care Tech or or just wanting to work as a nurse tech. As was said above, many nursing schools require either PCT...

  6. Salary for starting LPN?

    LanaBanana replied to HTmommy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hospital starting LPN pay in my area of Oklahoma is $13.44. Let's just say that agency nurse aides can make more than me, especially if they work

  7. Oklahoma introductions....

    LanaBanana replied to LanaBanana's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I haven't been able to be on the boards much lately but wanted to so HELLO!!!!!! to all the new "faces" on AllNurses Oklahoma forum!!! It's exciting to see how much this forum has grown in the last...

  8. tax free weekend!!!!!

    LanaBanana posted a topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Okay my fellow Okie nurses/students. This weekend is a tax-free weekend on clothes and shoes. Go stock up on your shoes, socks, undies, etc! I'm assuming that this should apply to scrubs too, so...

  9. Tulsa Hospitals

    LanaBanana replied to dana204's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    As for which hospitals are better, I'm biased and say St. Johns! But honestly they are all good. St Francis has a trauma center so if that's what you're interested in that might be the best route....

  10. Nursing program wait lists

    LanaBanana replied to lpnstudent07's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I would assume that there would be less waiting lists in Lawton than in OKC and Tulsa, but that's just a guess. I do know that 2 years ago when I had checked into OU they told me that their Lawton...

  11. Oklahoma CNA test.....

    LanaBanana replied to 2bRnKim's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Congrats!!!!!

  12. Oklahoma CNA test.....

    LanaBanana replied to 2bRnKim's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Although I took the test 2 years ago, I can give you the same advice I was given - when completing a skill, talk your way through it. For instance, when you are giving a bed bath it is a "mock bath"...

  13. LPN salary in OK?

    LanaBanana posted a topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    For those of you working in OK, do you know what an average salary for LPN's is? Just trying to get an idea of where I'll stand in a year! I found an old post on the LPN board that said only $10-11...

  14. few questions from An OKLAHOMA PN graduate

    LanaBanana replied to mary794's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    As I understand it, Oklahoma does not recognize the "graduate practical nurse" in terms of employment. Graduate nurses from RN programs can use the title and be employed in that status. I would...

  15. normal peds assessment?

    LanaBanana posted a topic in Pediatric

    I'm doing my peds rotation and am wondering about peds assessments. I haven't been able to find what a "normal" assessment would be like. My patient is 7 months, bowel obstruction, exploratory lap...

  16. CNA base pay

    LanaBanana replied to OURN83's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    VA's are Veterans Administration hospitals. It's where vets can go for treatment. I think there is one in Oklahoma, maybe 2. There are several VA clinics

  17. Moving to Tulsa Area....Saint Francis Hospital at Broken Arrow?

    LanaBanana replied to njrn05's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    All nurses in the hospital (except the mother/baby floor) can wear either all white or all wine scrubs. They like to have your name and credentials emroidered on (Nichole, RN or Nichole, RN, BSN...

  18. Moving to Tulsa Area....Saint Francis Hospital at Broken Arrow?

    LanaBanana replied to njrn05's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    dangit - that's what I meant to say! 10east gets most of the general surgery type stuff. I remember when I did some clinicals on 10 east it seemed like almost everybody had a colostomy! LOL...

  19. Tulsa LPN Opportunities

    LanaBanana replied to HuggyPuglet's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I just wanted to add that most of the openings for LPNs at St Johns are either dialysis or IV team for right now. Home health is also an option in addition to what others have

  20. Moving to Tulsa Area....Saint Francis Hospital at Broken Arrow?

    LanaBanana replied to njrn05's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Congrats! So it's

  21. St. Francis South

    LanaBanana replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Congrats!!!!!!!!! No answer on the hospital issue

  22. Excelsior OB/Peds

    LanaBanana replied to dottimur's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Dotti, I took the mental health one earlier this month. It pretty much covered the kinds of things they have in the exam content guide. I spent time reviewing my ATI book for mental health as well...

  23. drawing up small amounts of meds?

    LanaBanana posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering how other people draw up small amounts off meds, like 2mg morphine. We can't store leftover narcotics so it all has to be drawn up and wasted. Seems like there should be a better way...

  24. CNA nursing students.........

    LanaBanana replied to 2bRnKim's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Orientation usually lasts a couple of weeks, depending on the floor and how many hours you're able to work during the orientation. If I were you, I would apply for jobs even before you take the...

  25. drawing up small amounts of meds?

    LanaBanana replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Can somebody tell me the best way of diluting things like morphine with saline? I usually draw up the morphine, waste what is necessary and then draw up saline. I've seen others draw up all the...