farmlady

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1. I'm sick of taking care of people who don't care

   farmlady replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Also, inform them about using cinnamon to help cut cravings. It is sold in capsules at Walmart now for blood sugar stability (which probably won't hurt anything. ) I have used this on family members and it cut a 2.5 pack a day smoker to 1 pack and he...

2. Everything I Know About Life, I Learned From Nursing

   farmlady replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   When they increase your patient load to 40 or 52, all bets are off! And worse, when they increase my CNA's load to 19, all bets are also off. This is the perfect stew to cause tempers to boil, and staff to get angry with each other and lose compassi...

3. I'm sick of taking care of people who don't care

   farmlady replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   If we become a 100% socialized medical system (as opposed to the 70% we now are, yes I learned that statistic in nursing school, between Medicare and Medicaid support, that's what it is), then we will get more of the same. When people abdicate person...

4. For all pre-nursing students

   farmlady replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Unfortunately, I live in the less populated areas of California (or shall I say fortunately?) and we have very little opportunity here, unless I want to drive 3 hours. So I must drive to Reno Nv, (right to work state, no benefits in my last 5 jobs) o...

5. For all pre-nursing students

   farmlady replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Anyone who learned English in the "Old School" remembers that there was no awkward "he/she" concerns. It was usually "he" which used to be inclusive of "she" but the feminists were offended by this. (Take a semester of Spanish and realize it's just a...

6. For all pre-nursing students

   farmlady replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Sorry afineparadigm, Just reality. I think we all can deal better with reality than a false ideal. If I had known what I was going to up against 20 years ago, I would have gone straight to RN school and gotten it out of the way then. There are no i...

7. For all pre-nursing students

   farmlady replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Njitalgirl, Don't be discouraged by age. I am 46. Got my LPN at 41 after trying to make a living cleaning houses and cooking at below minimum wage at times. I was a CNA in the 80's and gave my best, but felt it was too much for me. Never wanted to go...

8. For all pre-nursing students

   farmlady replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Sounds like you have the ideal hospital to go work for! That is great! That is rare, always appreciate it. I finally quit my 40 patient load SNF/rehab in NV and went to work for a small town (pop 817) SNF in California. I had worked there before thr...

9. For all pre-nursing students

   farmlady replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Pre-Nursing

   The first job I had out of LVN school (that's LPN in any other state except TX), was with a registry. They took the chance on me and I managed to gain experience in ER, med-surge, SNF, rehab, psych, long term acute, child locked facility (psych), jai...

10. For all pre-nursing students

    farmlady replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Pre-Nursing

    You forgot to mention the unmentionables, the barf, the poo, the incontinence (it took me a month I think to accept the reality of incontinence in adults when I was in my teens, working at my first SNF) the crankiness, the impossible patient loads. I...

11. Please Help Me!! 50 pts med pass [New grad]

    farmlady replied to medsurgcutie's topic in New Nurse

    Well I graduated in 2004, and stayed in school for a year to finish my RN prereqs, but had to stop short of my last RN semester becsause we needed the money. All places are bad here, so what choice did I have? The first interview I had was for a cli...