lvsmith

lvsmith has 15 years experience and specializes in PMHNP.

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1. Wow, time flies!

   lvsmith posted a topic in General Nursing

   I posted some stuff when I was a new nurse about 15 years ago. Funny to see my thoughts from back then. I can say that not everything in my nursing career has been peachy keen. But, I am still a nurse. I have done so many things since then. I finally...

2. Houston! "Oh you're an RN, nurses make great money"- Seriously....

   lvsmith replied to taapple's topic in Texas

   Ok, I've been an RN for 5 yrs and I made 31.50 at memorial hermann, and I make 32 for PRN at Planned Parenthood, but the most MD anderson wanted to give me was 27.50. B/c of this I have turned down both positions I was offered. I thought they were co...

3. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

   lvsmith replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

   Had an order for feminine hygiene products PRN. We made fun of the doc for this one!!

4. would you do this if you won the lottery

   lvsmith replied to beckymcrn's topic in General Nursing

   I would only volunteer, when, where and how long I wanted.

5. I got myself in a sort of mess....

   lvsmith replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   report him

6. Would you want your children to go into nursing?

   lvsmith replied to 2rntish's topic in General Nursing

   I told my daughter - NO WAY- never want her to be as miserable as me.

7. Should nurses return to wearing uniforms?

   lvsmith replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

   I am in the navy (wont be soon) and we have to wear our khakis. This means horribly uncomfortable shoes and if you dont want to look sloppy you have to wear shirt stays (these are elastic things that attach to your shirt and socks to keep your shirt ...

8. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

   lvsmith replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

   My husband says he used to call the vagina a "pecan". We are from south Louisiana

9. Do you regret being a nurse

   lvsmith replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

   yes, this is not what I thought it would be.

10. Hate nursing job

    lvsmith replied to lvsmith's topic in Career Support

    I actually worked with palliative care patients on the oncology flor. I had a patient that I really got to know and was upset when she died, these patients were different. The oncology patients were nice and appreciated you. I got forced off the floo...

11. Hate nursing job

    lvsmith replied to lvsmith's topic in Career Support

    Thank ya'll so much for listening. I was not a prior nurse, but I was prior military, so I should have known (but I guess I chose to be blind). I have no idea what I want to do, I am interested in so many things but have lost confidence in my abiliti...

12. choosing a specialty and personality type?

    lvsmith replied to TRousse's topic in Career Support

    I'm ISTP, introverted, sensing, thinking, perceiving. Does this mean I'm not in the right profession? I hate the nursing I was doing - havent found my niche.

13. Hate nursing job

    lvsmith posted a topic in Career Support

    Hi, I am in the navy, have been a nurse for 3 years. Did psych, oncology and then surgical, I hated it so much because they stuck me on the surgical floor when I said I needed a less stress environment, I resigned my commission. I am now helping the ...

14. Do navy nurses just supervise corpsmen?

    lvsmith replied to cookie52784's topic in Government

    nurse candidate program

15. Exploring options Air Force vs Navy?

    lvsmith replied to ekb938s's topic in Government

    Hi, well I was enlisted in the Air Force and now I'm a Navy Nurse. I would have prefered to go back into the Air Force - my heart is in the Air Force (even thought I was only in for 3 years). I still wonder if I should switch I have only been in the ...