As others have said, it depends on the office. At the clinic I work for now, the nurses also double as the scribe for the physician. We are in the room with the docs during every patient encounter and...
You hit it right on the head there. I'm not there for them and I really need to be. I've interviewed for the other job and gone in for my drug test and to sign for my background check. It is time to...
I've been working as an LPN on nights for a little over a year now and I just got a clinic job offer. I'm toiling with the decision to leave or stay. I hate 12 hour shifts. I hate our ratios. I am...
Thank you so much everybody for responding. It gives me hope. If you all have survived such bad situations and continue on as nurses, it gives me hope that I can get through my bad nights
I work nights on a MedSurg floor and recently had what I like to call the worse shift ever. We were short staffed for the night and had no manager on the floor. During this shift we had two patients...
Thanks everybody! I do have my parents that help me quite a bit. I'm just struggling with time management and Med Surg is absolutely kicking my butt. I think my critical thinking needs some
Hi everybody! I am halfway through an 11 month LPN program and I feel like I'm losing my mind. I'm a single mom of three kids. They are 4, 2 and a half and 13 months. I am havinh an extremely hard...