Private Peds Nurse LPN

Private Peds Nurse has 23 years experience as a LPN and specializes in Mostly Peds.

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1. Burned out and hate nursing

   Private Peds Nurse replied to RN1023's topic in Stress 101

   Sorry you feel burned out....I have been a nurse for 25 yrs and I might get tired and burnt out sometimes, but then I take a rest and get renewed and back to work. Compared to most jobs out there...I will take nursing anyday!!!! BTW I do private pe...

2. Survey: How old were you when you entered the nursing profession?

   Private Peds Nurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I was 35 when I got my LPN and still going strong at 57 next month turning 58!

3. overloaded!

   Private Peds Nurse replied to pinkpunkca's topic in General Nursing

   I went into home health nursing. Not only does it pay better, but, it is much calmer and not 1/3 as stressful as hospital nursing! You have one patient vs 7 or more patients. Did, I say I love what I do? Well I do and would not go back to hospital ...

4. How often do nurses have sex in the hospital?

   Private Peds Nurse replied to curiousstudent5's topic in General Nursing

   You didn't know??? Oh at least 10-12 times a day!!! Now where did I put that bedpan???? Get real, real nursing is NOT TV Nursing!!!!!

5. It's The Grim Reaper Charlie Brown

   Private Peds Nurse replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   I understand your situation fully. Have you ever considered Home Health Nursing? I love it!!!! And I too am in my 50's! Good Luck and God Bless!!!

6. I accidentally swallowed some dish washing soap

   Private Peds Nurse replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

   And your a ?????

7. Help! I'm a new grad and can't find a job

   Private Peds Nurse replied to I RN A's topic in General Nursing

   Have you possibly thought about the military? If I were younger, I would have tried the military if I had it to do all over again.

8. What's the weirdest baby name?

   Private Peds Nurse replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   :no::no:the weirdests names i have ever heard was a set of twins, and the babie's names were spelled orangejello (pronounced ar-mon-jalo) and lemonjello (pronounced la-mon-jalo), the only thing i could imagine was the mother must have been on a jello...

9. No Hablo Español

   Private Peds Nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   But what about patients that are so stubborn and will not give an inch to nurses who are really trying to please them? I will never forget one little beautiful and a very old woman who had a Hispanic background. She never learned to speak English, as...

10. Toileting Morbidly obese patients?

    Private Peds Nurse replied to 07302003's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, please be very sympathetic and ask the patient if there is anything you can do to help them with voiding and so on. It is very embarassing for most obese patients ( or anyone for that matter) to need help. When my mother was in ICU, s...

11. Come to America to Have your Baby!!

    Private Peds Nurse replied to hope3456's topic in Activism

    What can I say other than America does NOT take good enough care of OUR OWN NEEDY LEGAL citizens, but, we provide care for illegal immigrants? My mother is 72 and disabled as my stepfather is also, and they live off less than four hundred dollars a ...

12. What punishment should this nurse get?

    Private Peds Nurse replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    Oh...one more thing...I am sure glad I don't work for holier than thou you the boss...who is sooooo eager to fire and throw to the board like live alligators!!!!! Shame on you!!!!!

13. What punishment should this nurse get?

    Private Peds Nurse replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    First of all...why are you being so hard on this nurse???? I have had vent patients before, and beleive me if something were to happen, she would have jumped up...quicker, more than likely, than if she had been down the hall. If she did not have a h...

14. What's the weirdest baby name?

    Private Peds Nurse replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you think those are strange, how about a set of twins named orangejello pronounced armongelo, and lemonjello pronounced lemongello...so help me thats the weirdest names I ever heard of...you recon the mom was craving jello during her pregnancy????...

15. DON threatened the Nursing Staff - pending Dennis landfall

    Private Peds Nurse replied to pensacola_LPN's topic in Geriatric

    Oh my gosh!!! What a nightmare to work for!!!! There are many more jobs that have health insurance and benefits. Have you ever thought about doing home health????? One in particular has benefits now that I work for. I have a wonderful job, and e...