can I use a signed & dated passport photo for endorsement application?

Hi,

I have a SC RN license and am completing an endorsement application for a license in VT. It states that I must attach a passport sized photo from within the past 6 months to my application. I have a passport sized photo .... the one I submitted f

Study Guides

Has anyone ever used chancellors study guides to go from LPN to RN?

Night shift and cognitive function

I've been night shift (6-6) for about 2 weeks now. This is my first time ever working late PM hours as I've only ever worked jobs that required very early morning starts. I learnt very quickly that flipping sleep schedules back and forth was not go

Hypercalcemia and heart rate

Hello everyone!

Could anyone possibly help me to understand the mechanism of the effect of hypercalcemia on the heart rate?
I know that normally excess in extracellular Ca++ has a ''sedative effect'' on the Na+ channels. It actually raises the t

Taking care of confused patients in subacute setting

How can you deal with a confused patient taking off nasal cannula in subacute setting where you have 15-16 patients. I keep going in the room every now and then to keep check on patient and checking O2 sats. What nursing interventions could you do? Ta

Call light

i have a rehab patient that presses her call light all the time for mostly no good reasons.yesterday i had the cnas and i keep track and it was a total of 48 times she pressed her light.numerous times she took her water and poured into her brief and

How do you handle the smells and control your gag reflex?

As I anticipate starting a direct-entry program in the fall, I'm not too worried about the workload or the sleep deprivation or even being confronted with some very sad cases during clinicals. HOWEVER, what has got me anxious is my ability to handle

The nurse as Patient Advocate

I have been in my current endoscopy unit job for about 3 months and this is something I feel quite strongly about.We get patients who have asked to have either a throat spray OR sedation for their gastroscopic procedure and end up being given both as

Becoming a nurse

I feel at crossroads. I am a med tech in a lab and my husband and I are confortable financially. The thing is that I am not happy with my career. I do not really like what I do. I feel like a lab rat and I am just a worker that is not appreciated.

my

New Grad Do not like my job interview tomorrow

Ok, so I just graduated from nursing school in December (2014). I have been working on a specialty unit for just over a week now, and I think I made a mistake. It's very specialized, my preceptor doesn't teach me well, I feel like I am learning not