ARNPsomeday

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1. I'm Having a hard time choosing between surgicaltech/LVn

   ARNPsomeday replied to merdarah's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   JR, It's great that your parents are giving you their input. I think it is also important that you get to know yourself. Take some quiet time alone and think about both occupations. Being a surgical tech means interacting a little less with patients'...

2. 2 yr wait list-what to do until then? Suggestions?

   ARNPsomeday replied to Goodyear's topic in Career Support

   Hi, Goodyear. I had to wait and looking through the quick vocational courses my community college offered, I chose phlebotomy. It took only one semester. In clinicals I did about 140 sticks and earned my certificate. The best part is knowing how to ...

3. Preparation for Psych Clinical

   ARNPsomeday replied to Califlower's topic in Psychiatric

   Hi, Califlower. If you yourself have a disorder, please realize that if you want to specialize in psych you must work very hard on your own issues first. That's what the experienced nurses have said.

4. Tricked into Nursing

   ARNPsomeday replied to ARNPsomeday's topic in General Students

   Quote: Originally Posted by elkpark I've been an RN for about 20 years now, and have lived through several of the media campaigns to recruit people into nursing. Actually, it isn't just "spreading negativity;" there has been a legitimate (but h...

5. What can an RN do than an LPN can't?

   ARNPsomeday replied to pdpeanut's topic in LPN/LVN

   :uhoh21: Oh, no! Why does the title of LPN exist if they do the same things but are paid less, why on Earth, Tweety? Is there a historical reason? (I'm ignorant about this.) Perhaps years ago there used to be a clear distinction between the duties of...

6. Tricked into Nursing

   ARNPsomeday replied to ARNPsomeday's topic in General Students

   ((((Maggie in NC))))

7. Tricked into Nursing

   ARNPsomeday replied to ARNPsomeday's topic in General Students

   ^ ^ ^

8. Tricked into Nursing

   ARNPsomeday replied to ARNPsomeday's topic in General Students

   Yes, nursing is what I want to do.

9. I think i' losing my mind

   ARNPsomeday replied to soulsearchin''s topic in Pre-Nursing

   How funny, soulsearchin, my case is the other way around! I fought hard to get into the RN program (just like everybody else). First I did two semesters in one in the Accelerated program. Nearly got sick. Changed to the regular full-time RN program a...

10. Tricked into Nursing

    ARNPsomeday replied to ARNPsomeday's topic in General Students

    what is it you have seen in hospitals? i've done med/surg 1 clinicals. the things i saw are: rns working a 12-hour shift, going home and sleeping for 6 hours, then being called back in for another 12-hour stint. they told me confidentially that the m...

11. OK, so where can us LVN's work??

    ARNPsomeday replied to caligirl2's topic in LPN/LVN

    Hi, Caligirl. I did a search and found this site: http://www.healthjobsusa.com/ They list job vacancies by position (LPN, Allied Health, RN, etc.) and by state. Most of the listings I think are agencies. I found several agencies offering jobs full-ti...

12. RNS with depression - r u out there?

    ARNPsomeday replied to zacsmimi's topic in Psychiatric

    It is common that patients need a change in medication because the one that did the trick for years no longer works. Venlafaxine (Effexor XR) targets the levels of both serotonin and norepinephrine= fights both depression and anxiety. Maybe ask your...

13. Tricked into Nursing

    ARNPsomeday replied to ARNPsomeday's topic in General Students

    >> Thank you all for taking your precious time to reply! I am very grateful. I live in Miami, Florida. My experiences during clinicals have been both wonderful and horrendous, you know, life in med/surg. And my grade point average is 3.4 so I ...

14. Tricked into Nursing

    ARNPsomeday posted a topic in General Students

    Hi. The campaigns that began maybe four years ago stating that nurses would soon be in very short supply were impressive. They were launched or supported by J & J, state health departments, hospitals, and schools. And I believed them. After two s...

15. cadiva question

    ARNPsomeday replied to jennk's topic in General Nursing

    I was lucky to have taken my community college A&P with a professor who just happened to be the head of a local university's cadaver lab. The cadavers had already been dissected by medical students and the inner organs were kept in sealed plastic...