wannabalvnurse

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1. What would you think of dropping "Licensed" from our title.

   wannabalvnurse replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN/LVN

   fiona59 i am with you, i too say drop the words"registered" and "practical" and just use "LN", short for Licensed Nurse

2. New to allnurses.. a little introduction.

   wannabalvnurse replied to SarcasticLVN's topic in LPN/LVN

   you've joined the ranks, god bless!:yelclap:

3. Do You Hate Being A Nurse?

   wannabalvnurse replied to ButterPeacanRican's topic in General Nursing

   ......forgot to also mention that i am exausted and my days off are spent on my couch recuperating from the tremendous stress......it'

4. Do You Hate Being A Nurse?

   wannabalvnurse replied to ButterPeacanRican's topic in General Nursing

   :scrying:While i do not hate the profession, i do regret ever making the decision to become a nurse, i was in my early 20's when i decided to 'take the plunge' but never once did i do my research first....i wish i had. I'm an LPN with 20 plus years i...

5. Graves disease / thyroid conditions

   wannabalvnurse replied to Leelee2's topic in Disabilities

   I was given a temporary diagnosis of Grave's in June of 2005, however it was really Hashimoto's Disease in the making and i didn't even know it. Hashimoto's happens when you body's own immune system gets out of whack (for lack of a better word) and s...

6. Nurses with Rheumatoid Arthritis

   wannabalvnurse replied to ssanders80's topic in Disabilities

   I also have RA and am 48 (RA factor this year was at 217) and i feel your pain, i am a full-time LPN out of work since late last month and will be returning very soon on transitional/light duty. I am on Methotrexate but on again/off again due to 2 ba...

7. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

   wannabalvnurse replied to siringe's topic in Headlines

   I truly feel your pain but i cannot stress enough how i hear almost all the time to "be careful what you post on the internet" be if FB, Twitter, MySpace, etc. On a popular syndicated radio show there was a report a few months back that several emplo...

8. What to do with severe physical limitations?

   wannabalvnurse replied to Doxies's topic in Disabilities

   I am just about on the same boat, now out of work for the ??? time due to complications stemming from RA and severely painful ulcer(s) in my lower leg d/t venous insufficiency from a blood clot years ago. I work in LTC and it is not light duty, it is...

9. Any other LPN's find LTC too much to deal with?

   wannabalvnurse replied to cardiacnurse34's topic in LPN/LVN

   That is wonderful, if we didn't have that dreaded 2 hr med pass (twice during our 8 hr shift) we can be able to do the most important tasks, when i went to nursing school it was for nursing not just medications. Where do you live if you don't min...

10. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    wannabalvnurse replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    They are just looking out for their own well being and don't give a hoot about ours!

11. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

    wannabalvnurse replied to siringe's topic in Headlines

    i'm just wondering if she started that topic or just replying to someone else's, that would make a huge difference. If its the latter, and she only said what a great person that cop was, then no she should not have lost her job, on the other hand if ...