scrubwearer

scrubwearer

LTC/Rehab, ICF/MR, Mental Health

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About scrubwearer

scrubwearer has 2 years experience and specializes in LTC/Rehab, ICF/MR, Mental Health.


LPN at a state psych hospital and currently working on my RN.

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  1. What sacrifices will you make? / How hungry are you?

    Your story sounds so similar. I'm having to pay for my nursing on my own now. I went to school and got a BS in Management and realized it wasn't what I wanted to do. I got into a nursing program and got my LPN but now am maxed out on student loans...
  2. I Hate LT: How I Want to Fix It

    That pretty much sums up my experience in LTC/Rehab. There were times it took me from 6p to midnight to do my med pass depending on my pts. I usually had at minimum 17 and that was if I was on the respiratory hall with the trach's...Q4 breathing tx...
  3. Do you wanna be an RN??

    Working on my pre-req's now. Just need 4 more and I can start the nursing classes in the LPN to RN bridge.
  4. I feel like a FAILURE, what do I do now?

    I haven't lost a job but a friend of mine did and he had no trouble finding a new job. I can't imagine there's a nurse out there that hasn't made a med error.
  5. I feel like a FAILURE, what do I do now?

    I think that's too much detail. I'd put discharged and if they ask say I made a medication error and here's what I learned from it...It admits accountability for the error but that you're willing to learn from it.
  6. Math Teas Help!!!

    I'm using Khan Academy to study for the math. Seems like I've forgotten a lot of math since the last time I was in school. They have videos and practice problems to do on the site.
  7. So we can't wear clogs...

    Dansko just came out with a tennis shoe looking shoe and while they aren't exactly the most awesome looking shoe their shoes are always comfortable and they do have an all white leather one.
  8. Canceled orientation...does it mean I really didn't get the job?

    I had a similar situation happen to me like that. It turns out state was in the building and they didn't want orientee's running around while they were in the middle of their survey. I'd call and clarify for sure.
  9. Looking to connect with other Christian nurses

    Nice to see other Christian nurses!
  10. 2nd shift vs. 3rd shift

    I have a horrible time sleeping in the day so second shift is great for me. I can sleep in and sleep at night. I did third shift at an MR facility and pretty much spent my day sleeping or trying to sleep. Now I work 3-11 and usually get up early e...
  11. What do you love most about your floor/specialty?

    I'm at a state hospital so we get a lot of MIW's, 72 hour holds, people who have charges and need to be stable before going back to jail etc.
  12. Galen RN online program in Louisville KY

    I'm going to Ivy Tech in Sellersburg. It's a lot cheaper. I have a couple coworkers who are going to Galen and are either working weekends only. My plan for Ivy Tech is to work doubles on weekends and figure out one more night shift I can work but...
  13. State Hospital

    I work at a state psych facility and most of our patients don't have anything med/surg related. We might do some bandaging to wounds from whatever brought them in but that's about the extent of it. I will say I absolutely love my job there and actu...
  14. What do you love most about your floor/specialty?

    I work in psych and I absolutely love it. I loved it in clinicals and am now working at the facility I did clinicals at. There's never a dull moment and each patient is different. To me it's fun and rewarding to figure out exactly how to deal with ...
  15. Galen RN online program in Louisville KY

    I went to Galen for my lpn and am going for my rn now. I'm not going to Galen mostly for the cost but also because I couldn't get a schedule that would work for me. I know people who have done it working 12's here in the Louisville area but I'm not s...