fresitachulita

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1. Is it okay that I hate LTC?

   fresitachulita replied to fresitachulita's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   thanks guys. Don't get me wrong, I have residents I adore, I don't have a problem working with the elderly in general, I love the stories and the one thing I do like about LTC is the occasional moments I can make a confused, scared, crying older pers...

2. Is it okay that I hate LTC?

   fresitachulita posted a topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Like, I loathe it...I find myself wanting to go hide every time I go to clinical For me, it's a combination of the depressing environment, the loss of dignity I witness everyday, being treated like a slave by some of the residents. Other students s...

3. Almost half way done??...sometimes I just want to throw in the towel..

   fresitachulita replied to fresitachulita's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I am not a CNA, yeah, we have cut back alot on things, we never go anywhere, as for food...our diets have fallen by the wayside, since i rarely have time to cook, so the freshmen 15 is here to stay for a while longer I guess. My parents are pressurin...

4. Almost half way done??...sometimes I just want to throw in the towel..

   fresitachulita replied to fresitachulita's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I wish it was that easy to just not work...but we are drowing here. If I don't work, I can't make my care payment and If I dont' have a car, I don't go to school. It's all just so hard. U guys are making me cry...because I know I shuoldn't be working...

5. Almost half way done??...sometimes I just want to throw in the towel..

   fresitachulita posted a topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I have gone through so many mixed emotions about nursing school since I've been in it...I went from balling my eyes out after my first clinical experience because of the terrible thigns I saw and wasn't prepared for...to being more accepting, and sta...

6. First day of clinicals, having a hard time emotionally =(

   fresitachulita replied to fresitachulita's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Thank you all, I feel so much better this week. I just had my second clinical today, and I had to do a heat to toe assessment on a patient but they went easy on us and assigned us each a very independent and mobile patient. I wanted to cry for the f...

7. First day of clinicals, having a hard time emotionally =(

   fresitachulita replied to fresitachulita's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I didn't mean to say I didn't learn anything, I mean to say that I didn't learn the skills she does, I know these are things I need to know as a nurse, fully aware of that. I just didn't myself get to do anything hands on aside from vitals, I wasn't ...

8. First day of clinicals, having a hard time emotionally =(

   fresitachulita posted a topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I've never worked in a healthcare setting before...I had a whole different career before I decided to pursue nursing, which was mostly because I've always admired the profession, have family members who are nurses and who inspired me with their dedic...

9. I just started LPN School today, I'm just sick to my stomach..

   fresitachulita posted a topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Scared to death, the whole 9. It took me nearly 4 hours just to organize and make at least a little sense of the syllabi, assignments, due dates, readings, etc on just TWO of my courses for this quarter. I still have 3 others to do the same too. I"...

10. Applying for Nursing School, I have an old misdemeanor

    fresitachulita replied to fresitachulita's topic in Criminal

    Thanks guys...also do you know if you have to disclose juvenile stuff? It just occurred to me I was changed with criminal trespass when I was like 15....but the charges were dropped. Basically I was hanging out on school grounds with some friends aft...

11. Applying for Nursing School, I have an old misdemeanor

    fresitachulita posted a topic in Criminal

    I will be 30 this spring, but got into some trouble a few months after I turned 21 and was changed with negligent driving in the 1st degree, this is not a traffic violation but a misdemeanor that suggests alcohol may have been involved. It was a huge...