AZ_LPN_8_26_13

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1. Fired. How To Get Over It.

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to rninformatics's topic in Career Support

   I retired from nursing this past October and things like this happening are partly why. I've been getting phone messages about various positions open but I'm not really interested. I will keep my nursing license current though, and the necessary cert...

2. Unrealistic nursing students

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

   That's great. It's people like this, that I like seeing in nursing. Hey, bedside care is not for everyone. Just so a person understands that they may have to do at least their small share of it along the way to where they are headed. You want to be t...

3. Unrealistic nursing students

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

   My best wishes to her and I hope she makes it. Hey it's OK to have hopes and dreams.... One thing a person will find sometimes is that their exact route to where they eventually want to be may turn out to be a bit different than they originally imagi...

4. Unrealistic nursing students

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

   I see nothing wrong with this myself - so you do a few years of anywhere from 4:1 to 6:1 bedside nursing then move on. Do your time in purgatory cleaning poop, dealing with dementia and violent patients etc. I myself do not advertise my plans, hopes ...

5. Unrealistic nursing students

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't find it hard to read. Somewhat long-winded maybe, but IMO his writing is excellent.

6. Why did you decide to be a nurse?

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to rachel_fusion's topic in General Nursing

   Many older nurses and nursing instructors have probably never had to take an NCLEX exam or anything resembling it, nor have they had to put up with nursing "instructors" who really aren't so much instructors as they are people who weed out students. ...

7. Unrealistic nursing students

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

   Actually that's my only real regret - that I never thought of or considered doing this 20 or 30 years ago. Back then a medical career in a hospital just wasn't on my radar - not even a little bit. I never really spent much time in or near hospitals, ...

8. My clinical instructor...

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to Orizza's topic in General Students

   "You were so lucky to have a clinical instructor like this in nursing school period. My experience in an accelerated program was just the opposite. There was one clinical instructor my second semester who was very instructive and encouraging. However...

9. My clinical instructor...

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to Orizza's topic in General Students

   I will have to say without reservation or exception that when I was in nursing school, my *clinical* instructors were the absolute best. They were the most honest, down-to-earth, and genuinely helpful people on the face of the earth. I cannot really ...

10. Being bullied at school (I thought we were all adults here!)

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to granolatrees's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    I actually somewhat agree with the post, but I still think bullying is real, it's a real problem, and no it's not just in the person's emotions or mind. And it shouldn't be tolerated. Having said that, it's been my own personal experience that to sur...

11. Lawsuit Claims Nurse Was 'Worked to Death'

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    @ OP: There isn't now, and never has been a "nationwide shortage of nurses". There are plenty of qualified, educated American citizens willing and able to work as nurses. The shortage is of employers willing to hire them and pay them what they are re...

12. Night shifters-when do you eat?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to cassie77775's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked the overnight shift for many years now, even before I started working at a hospital. We are mandated to take at least a half hour clock out break during our twelve hour shift. I usually take mine around 1 to 1:30 AM which is about the hal...

13. Are these true or false rumors about LPN

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to mcclot1993's topic in LPN/LVN

    Teaching plans are created by determining what a patient needs to know for their continuing care and their ability to learn.The RN makes the call as far as what the patient needs to be taught and how. When a patient is first admitted to the hospital...

14. Are these true or false rumors about LPN

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to mcclot1993's topic in LPN/LVN

    It all depends on where you live and what the defined scope of practice is. Where I'm at an LPN can do practically everything an RN can - the only things only an RN can do are care plans, teaching plans, initial hospital assessment and admissions, ca...

15. Job Fair Hints

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to dnsonthego's topic in Job Hunt

    A lot of it depends on where you live. Where I live, the local Chamber of Commerce, and also the businesses themselves together, helps advertise job fairs, and ads are run in the paper, on TV, Internet, and billboards. Billboard advertising is big wh...