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  1. I just started working my first job as an LPN for a Home Health Agency. I have one client who I take care of in the mornings before I go to my full time office job. This client has paralysis and requires a bowel program each morning in which I have t...
  2. Associates or Bachelors?

    Can anyone tell me the major differences between an associates degree and a bachelors degree? I realize the bachelors requires more schooling and more job opportunities. Jobwise is what I mean. Can you still aquire a job at a hospital with an ass...
  3. I need some advice. Can a client sue a nurse for being the one who happened to be pushing the button on a wheelchair lift when it broke? There weren't any other circumstances and no one was hurt. It was just being lifted back into the van so it co...
  4. Equipment Breaking during a home health visit

    Thanks!
  5. Interview Questions

    Hi, I have been an LPN for a little over 2 years and recently became an RN. I have never really had a formal interview as I've worked home health and was hired on a few years ago as an Aide by a friend and was eventually moved up to a nursing positi...
  6. First day of nursing School *unleashed* post yours

    We used hot dogs for our injections--especially helpful with ID Injections!! The wheal rises up beautifully!!
  7. Anyone going for their RN part time, while working full time?

    ME!! I'm getting ready to start on June 29th. I work a M-F 40 hour accounting job and a weekday morning/weekend 10 hr a week LPN home health job. And I will begin a Part Time Evening/Weekend RN program. I did this for LPN too.. worked the same 2...
  8. How did you balance your school & work life?

    I worked a full 40 hour week while going to nursing school. I went to a school though that offered an evening/weekend program. So I would work during the weekdays, have class 3 nights a week and my clinicals every other weekend. It took 2 years ra...
  9. Things people say coming out of anaesthetic

    When I was in labor for my son I was given Nubain in my IV. I was in a dreamy state but I believe it was a mixture of the drugs and pain. At one point when I was laboring I heard a loud continuous "BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP". I started yelling "Oh my God...
  10. Nclex results?

    Hello. I am getting ready to take my boards in a couple of days. One of my concerns is obviously failing. A few people from my class have already taken the exam and their results were posted on the Ohio Board of Nursing website by the next day statin...
  11. Part-Time LPN to RN

    hocking college is planning to offer a part-time evening/weekend version of their rn program. this will consist of 2-3 nights of class a week (usually from 5:30-10) and clinicals every other weekend. the program will begin in january for students w...
  12. Possible LPN to RN program at Hocking College

    I am currently going to Hocking College for their Part-Time Evening/Weekend LPN program. This program has been a wonderful experience and it is very convenient for my schedule. I am still able to work my full time day job. I go to school 2-3 nights p...
  13. LPN to RN - Evening/weekend program?

    Does anyone know if an LPN to RN - Evening/Weekend program exists in Southern Ohio? I am currently attending a college that has an evening/weekend LPN class. I will graduate in September, but they do not offer an RN program of the same set up. I r...
  14. OR Observation Thread?

    Does anyone remember a thread that was once a sticky topic that talked about tips for someone who is doing an OR observation? I remember seeing it awhile back, but am unable to find it with a search. I haven't been able to locate the sticky on the ...
  15. OR Observation Thread?

    nevermind. I just found it. https://allnurses.com/forums/f39/soooo-you-re-observing-operating-room-o-r-142748.html
  16. Aspirate Always?

    I am not sure what is the 'norm', but we were taught the following on aspiration : IM - I must ID - I Don't SC - Some Could
  17. Will I really be qualified enough?

    I am currently a student in the LPN program. It is an evening/weekend program, so it is taking be twice the amount of time than it would take a normal day student. I am currently in the first part of quarter 3. And I have 3 quarters left. I am c...
  18. Will I really be qualified enough?

    Thanks everyone! You have all made me feel a lot better. I am in clinicals every other weekend. We are currently on the med/surg unit and we have 2 patients each. Its just intimidating because we do so little and then we see the 'real' nurses do...
  19. If You Got Your Letter Post Here!!!

    DATE RECIEVED: I received my letter and clinical paperwork on Tuesday, April 24th PROGRAM: Nursing Level 1 (LPN) SCHOOL: Hocking College STATE: Ohio WHEN: Fall semester
  20. Surgery before school???

    I am scheduled to begin my general classes this Spring, and my clinicals in the fall. I *thought* I had everything worked out.... but no. I just recently learned that I have a herniated disk in my lower back. It started out about a month ago as a "...
  21. Hocking College?

    Has anyone here attended, or are you attending Hocking College? I applied for their Evening/weekend program beginning in Fall 2006 (but have not heard anything yet). I was just wondering if anyone had any info about the E/W program...
  22. Hocking College?

    I scored college level in all three subjects!!! So I have completed everything for my registration. They said that the acceptance letters for the fall will not go out until March, and there is no waiting list for the evening/weekend program at this...
  23. Hocking College?

    Wow!!! It sounds so wonderful!!!! I am going tomorrow morning to take my entrance exam. I am VERY nervous.