RunAwayNurse

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1. LPN to RN?

   RunAwayNurse replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in LPN-RN

   Hello everyone, I have been an LPN for 11 years and I just recently completed my prerequisites for the LPN to RN bridge. I'm now preparing to take the TEAS V exam. My concern is whether I should start from scratch in a traditional RN program or go th...

2. Does anyone LOVE long term care??

   RunAwayNurse replied to katy417's topic in Geriatric

   Yea, but are you still doing it, and on a continuous basis? If so, good for you. I decided that it wasn't good for me and have chosen to upgrade. Either way you go, it does not make a person bad for feeling the way they do. I'm sure we all have "been...

3. Does anyone LOVE long term care??

   RunAwayNurse replied to katy417's topic in Geriatric

   Sorry for missing the whole forum on LTC. But if you had read my post with understanding, you would have seen that I never once stated that I did not love LTC. Everyone on the forum may not have it, like you. There are some folks out there that are t...

4. Does anyone LOVE long term care??

   RunAwayNurse replied to katy417's topic in Geriatric

   I'm surprised that the last post on this subject was in April 2010, I guess everybody is busy taking care of 60+ residents and filling out incident reports, lol. I woke up today, thinking about the state of LTC for the LPN. As the user name implies,...

5. What does your username mean?

   RunAwayNurse replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Humor

   My username represents me completely and I believe that one should be able to work in a humane and safe environment which does not seem to be the case these days. I have been known to leave a place in a heartbeat if things aren't the way they should ...

6. First Nursing job, and I drowned!

   RunAwayNurse replied to galenanurse's topic in New Nurse

   I'm so very sorry that you had to go through what you did but you made it out alive and with your license. It seems that this has become common practice for most LTC facilities today. I work in LTC now and compared to most, my facility is not as ba...

7. Worried about possible future job

   RunAwayNurse replied to ladybug9681's topic in Mississippi

   I agree with you, there is a nurse where I work that was doing the exact same thing, looking for ways to get other nurses in trouble. She would make copies of med cards, trying to show that meds were not being given as ordered and a host of other thi...

8. Move Over, Norma Rae

   RunAwayNurse replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sorry to hear how your facility has been treating you but this apparently is becoming standard practice in most facilities now. They feel that they can do what ever they want to their employees and get away with it and do so with a smile. I have ...

9. Discouraged by Nurses who hate their job

   RunAwayNurse replied to Tooimpatient's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I totally agree with another post, that, administration, unrealistic expectations in the work load as well as the way things are ran in a hospital/facility can play a major role in how a nurse really feels about his/her job. I worked at a hospital w...

10. Refusing Mandatory Vaccination

    RunAwayNurse replied to vanillagerm's topic in General Students

    I totally agree with you, I can understand childhood vaccinations to some degree but making someone take a vaccine that does not have enough research to back it up, is like forcing someone to play russian roulette even though they value their lives. ...

11. Lessons from a blind man

    RunAwayNurse replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    This was a very touching story and even though some of us are in horrible work environments, have bosses that don't care about anything but the bottom line $$$$$, our patients are the ones who really appreciate what we do for them and they all touch ...

12. Hostile work environment

    RunAwayNurse replied to cometothecradle's topic in General Nursing

    Reading the threads related to a hostile working environment has made me realize that my entire nursing career has been just that. I have been an LPN since 2003 in the state of Mississippi and out of all the jobs I have had, my ability to hang on ran...

13. "Are you an RN OR LPN ????"

    RunAwayNurse replied to notsosupernurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an LPN and a lot of times people, excluding patients and family members, ask "Are you a nurse or an LPN" I have never had a patient/family member ask me that question, I simply provide care within my scope of practice to the best of my ability. P...