Va rebelnurse

Va rebelnurse has 3 years experience and specializes in cardiology, LTC.

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1. Work and Full Time School??? YIKES

   Va rebelnurse replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

   I actually began nursing school right after I graduated from high school in 1982. I was young- I had just turned 18- and being immature and away from home for the first time, I ended up squandering the opportunity and failing a class. At that time, i...

2. New grad taking on PRN assignment at nursing home on 3rd shift

   Va rebelnurse replied to Eaglegrad007's topic in Geriatric

   Please think long and hard about this before you make a decision. I previously worked at a LTC as an LPN while I was in school for my RN. My orientation at the facility consisted of about 2 days. I "watched" another nurse passing meds before I was tu...

3. 24 hour urine collection

   Va rebelnurse replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in General Nursing

   24 hour urine collection- discard the first void but begin timing from that point.

4. What is your weakness?

   Va rebelnurse replied to StrwbryblndRN's topic in General Nursing

   I can take poop and sputum. The sound of someone vomiting gets me. Just had a GI bleed patient the other day. The smell is horrible but I can take that too. What gets me is giving an IM injection! I guess it came from having to give IMs to so many el...

5. What CNAs need to tell the nurse

   Va rebelnurse replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   I worked as a nursing assistant the whole time I was in LPN school. I felt like the experience was invaluable to me after I graduated and began working. Since then I have completed the bridge class to get my RN. I work with a really great bunch of ai...

6. Nclex scheduled for 6/20/06-anxiety running high

   Va rebelnurse replied to kimhaw's topic in NCLEX

   Best of luck to you!!! I am taking NCLEX at 9:00 am today too. I rescheduled from a date in July at 3:00 pm. I never wanted to wait until July and especially never wanted to wait until 3 in the afternoon to take it. When I found there was an earlier ...

7. Inventions we'd love to see....

   Va rebelnurse replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

   How about an automatic impaction removal device?

8. Leaving LTC for hospital

   Va rebelnurse replied to LPN01112005's topic in Geriatric

   Are you sure we don't work in the same facility? I refuse to work nights for the same reason. On nights we usually have 1 nurse per 60 skilled residents. All these pt are supposed to be charted on every shift. At night there is only 1 nurse so guess...

9. Appalachian Trail/hospice/home health or hospital

   Va rebelnurse replied to renerian's topic in General Nursing

   I believe that the AT runs through Shenandoah National Park. That is north of where I am in Virginia. I'm in the part where the AT follows the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Shenandoah Valley area has a few smaller towns near the trail. Charlottesville isn'...

10. Delegation on NCLEX

    Va rebelnurse replied to NurseLKY's topic in General Nursing

    We have to take HESI at the end of March. Our instructors have told us to forget what we know from working. NCLEX is based on a textbook world- there is always enough staff, you always have a doctor's order, etc. Assessment and teaching are never del...

11. Appalachian Trail/hospice/home health or hospital

    Va rebelnurse replied to renerian's topic in General Nursing

    The AT also runs nearby where I am in SW VA. You can access it from Catawba Mtn or from Daleville or from the Blue Ridge Parkway. We do have snow but not enough to get thoroughly sick of it!! We have two hospitals in the area- Lewis Gale, an HCA faci...

12. Compare Nurses Salaries Across The Nation

    Va rebelnurse replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated LPN school in July. At the hospital where I took my first job, the salary for new grad LPNs was $11.33 an hour. Shift diff for LPNs is the same at nursing assistants- $1 an hour after 6 pm and $1.80 hourly on weekends. I left that job for...

13. Who is tired of the abuse from lg Corp politics?

    Va rebelnurse replied to Rnltc's topic in Geriatric

    Our facility is part of a chain of LTC homes. Our particular home has only been open a few months. There has been a real big push over the past two weeks to increase our census. We have had 4-5 admissions in a day with only two nurses to care for the...

14. comfortable shoes

    Va rebelnurse replied to Spider Cat's topic in Uniform/Gear

    I have tried several different kinds of shoes. Nurse mates are the absolute worst! Mine didn't wear well at all and by the end of the day, it was all I could do to force one foot in front of the other to get to my car. Klogs are the most comfortable ...

15. Dilemma with Narcotic Med Count

    Va rebelnurse replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    At what facility do you work where the DON actually works the floor?!!! Our's only comes out of the office to walk the hall - she hides in her office with the door closed when the units are really busy/understaffed!