queen777

queen777

med surg, geriatric, clinical, pool

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About queen777

queen777 has 8 years experience and specializes in med surg, geriatric, clinical, pool.


I have always lived in FL, I waited until my youngest started school before I got into nursing, worked as a pool nurse for 8 years before quitting to take care of my dad who died of cancer. Now I am thinking about getting back into nursing

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  1. Going to Nursing School at an Older Age

    If you don't have any prior experience in the health field, especially in the hospital or nursing home scene, the LVN or LPN is a much better place to start to get your feet wet. Which is not what I wanted to do, but NO, my husband said, "if you are...
  2. Going to Nursing School at an Older Age

    You darn its not typical! The problem is not a single coworker will back you even if you are right. When you follow another nurse, you are taking on her problems too, no matter what you are responsible for everything, even the CNAs that work under yo...
  3. Going to Nursing School at an Older Age

    I already have my LPN license, but I quit working as a nurse just because I got so tired of the hassle coming on shift and things were not done right by the prior nurse, such as admitting a pt as not amitting a pt as a diabetic, and I was bolus feedi...
  4. Going to Nursing School at an Older Age

    Sorry to hear so many of you nurses think that in your 40s & 50s is old! I have been thinking about going back to work myself and I am 57 in Sept. so what? I am probably in better shape physically than most of the overweight 20- whatever age. I...
  5. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    This was the reason I quit nursing although I do wish I had kept up my skills now due to my husband's business doing so poorly we could use the money. I just got tired of not being able to Just Go To Work and do my job without having to fix a proble...
  6. Struggling.....Should I do Kaplan or Hurst?

    I am a LPN, but its a nursing test too! Anyway, I asked my sister, who at the time as a teacher, both are state tests, and asked her if she had any advice before I took my boards...this makes all the sense in the world....as she told me "one answer...
  7. This is exactly what I thought! I would not. I refused stimulation on a para once. Being untrained at this, you could damage the rectum or he could code on you because you are stimulating the vagus nerve which goes to the heart. And hemmorhoids ...
  8. CNA shoes - what kind to get?

    Totally agree with the New Balance shoes. Just get them all white and they look and FEEL great too. Oh yes, don't forgot the ensoles and they really work to you comfy. You can't go wrong!
  9. CNA shoes - what kind to get?

    Whatever you buy, don't go cheap. You will only end up throwing them away in a couple of months. Your feet deserve the best. They are going to work hard for you. Get someone with support. I always liked running shoes because I have a high arch. ...
  10. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    I have to hand it to you nurses who hang in there. The whole thing of having to fight/take up for yourself got so tiresome and I could not see the point of even trying to stay with nursing, so I quit! I followed nurses from the prior shift only to f...
  11. I Will Never Call Myself Just an LPN anymore!

    Wow! I wish I had written this a long time ago, Thank you all! This proves that education is never a waste of time or effort.
  12. I Will Never Call Myself Just an LPN anymore!

    Thank you so much for your kind responses!
  13. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    I also thought this way! I kept my mouth shut and went along to get along. I thought things were like that because I was new and its something all newbys have to do. But no matter what I did, it was really hopeless. I can truely look back now, 20...
  14. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    Very nice for you. You had the guts and the knowledge to know where to turn to. I went to the floor supervisor after being so picked on because I could not understand why these 2 head nurses just seemed to have it in for me. That did not work either....
  15. What would you do?

    I just think your charting could use a little help. I was taught to report those things that the pt didn't come in with. Ex. Foley catheter, IV fluids. etc. I once heard a doctor remark when reading a pt's chart, "don't give me a creative writing pap...