pinefarmgirl

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1. I Feel So OLD In My Class!

   pinefarmgirl replied to land64shark's topic in General Students

   Me too! I just graduated my LVN program, and I'm 47. I am going to an RN bridge program next, and will probably be at least 50 when I graduate that. I was not the oldest in my group either. Luckily nursing is one of the few areas that readily accepts...

2. Quitting job to go to school full-time

   pinefarmgirl replied to pp516's topic in Career Support

   Well, O.K., I looked it up on yahoo- It's a Home Equity Line Of Credit. So I guess you could just basically get a second mortgage...If you own a house.

3. Quitting job to go to school full-time

   pinefarmgirl replied to pp516's topic in Career Support

   I guess that would depend on how much your bills are... & what is a HELOC? :uhoh21: An Age Limit?????!!!!??????? That is so rediculous, I don't have words- is it a private school?

4. California Flu

   pinefarmgirl replied to oramar's topic in Disease

   i knew there were some nasty new ones going around, because two weeks ago my 15 year old became sick, 2 days later in er with 105 temp that tylenol couldn't touch and petechiae all over... he was admitted for 2 days, but is fine now. "just" the flu....

5. What would you do...?

   pinefarmgirl replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

   From a patients point of view- I had to have an emergency appy a couple of years ago, and was floating on ms. The floor nurse comes in to be sure I have no jewelery or bra on, and get me prepped. I asked if I should lose the underwear, and she said n...

6. what job can i get before i grad lpn school?

   pinefarmgirl replied to cowgirl88's topic in Flight

   I agree- where I live the hospitals nearby hire unit clerks for ED and OR and PACU. right now these 3 dept.'s are also looking for ed tech-ED unit clerk-OR unit clerk-OR "assistant". The most training any of these require is a CNA. The OR assistant t...

7. Group One background checks in Texas

   pinefarmgirl replied to edgreen's topic in Texas

   I thought that giving out info about why someone was fired was illegal- or is that California only? I keep hearing that all they can say is if they would hire you back when a reference is called.

8. Need advice badly.

   pinefarmgirl replied to clee1's topic in New Nurse

   I agree- keep the job you have. I tried what you were thinking about- work as a cna while in the lpn program. After clinicals started, really the second semester of clinicals, I thought I would lose my mind! Way too much hospital and not enough life....

9. I just took the NCLEX - PN, my thoughts.

   pinefarmgirl replied to BigB's topic in NCLEX

   YEP! I think I can safely say that almost everyone feels that way- I didn't learn anything and will never pass this test. You actually know more than you think at this point... You will do fine. Just hit those books. We are all pulling for you and yo...

10. I just took the NCLEX - PN, my thoughts.

    pinefarmgirl replied to BigB's topic in NCLEX

    O.K. Popcorn- where are you????

11. I just took the NCLEX - PN, my thoughts.

    pinefarmgirl replied to BigB's topic in NCLEX

    In California, you do not get a license number when you pass the nclex- you still have to pay more money, and wait a few more weeks, for your license paperwork to be hand processed and receive a license number. So, because of this long drawn out way ...

12. Northern Calif Roll Call

    pinefarmgirl replied to Spidey's mom's topic in California

    Yep- I just finished my second summer of clinicals at Enloe this year, in Cardiac step down- all three of those are there- although it is hard to tell when son and father have same name, but I did have patients with Zubiate and Poa.

13. REST BREAKS for Nurses in The ER

    pinefarmgirl replied to AngelGirl's topic in Emergency

    This makes me really angry, and is a constant topic at every hospital. YES- the LAW is that in an 8 hour shift, you MUST get a 30 min meal break, and 2-10 minute breaks. Almost nobody actually gets all that at any hospital I have ever seen. Then you ...

14. Funny patient names by nurses

    pinefarmgirl replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    I had one patient with a name that was very hard to keep a straight face on, and I made sure to pronounce perfectly: Mr. Balzac. You guessed it- Harry Balzac.

15. I just took the NCLEX - PN, my thoughts.

    pinefarmgirl replied to BigB's topic in NCLEX

    UUmmmhhh, I think it was about three weeks, you can see that blind snails move faster than these folks... I wonder if you could go there monday am with your money- then how long would it take them?