TLynn

TLynn

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  1. --------I first tried to go into college for a nursing degree. I was told I had to have so many prereferences and I could go into the next class. I decided to double up so I could get in the sooner the better. I was then told that I couldn't do th...
  2. NCLEX- RN

    When I attended nursing school we were taught to fear the dreaded NCLEX. Then we were informed they were writing a new test and testing it on new graduates, us included. I got the book and studied, studied, studied, took the test on computor and di...
  3. I found when I worked any where and had to deal with both family and patients, using humor with both eases the pain of patients and the stress and worry of the family. I had the one patient whose sister sat beside her day in and day out, most though...
  4. I have only been working in nursing for a year and a half. All my experience is mostly in LTC and clinical. I work for an agency, drive 50 plus miles to work, make $18 an hour but spend most in gas ($1.75 gal.) I have been sent a wonderful opportu...
  5. Nat'l Nurses Week(ness)

    You guys make me sick. You are the main reson for the nursing shortage. Nurses work their butts off to get recognized and are heros to many and derserve to be recognized. You make me hate this bulliton board. If you don't like this profession get...
  6. Wacky things our patients say or think!

    A friend of my in-laws comes down periodically to visit. One day him , my father-in-law and my husbands uncle were sitting behind our shop talking of things they would like to have. One said they would like a car the other a house. The friend, who...
  7. Untitled Poem

    I thought that too, but would it take aways from the mystery if I am speaking of a higher power??????????
  8. Untitled Poem

    I need help with titling this poem... A hand reaches down from somewhere up above, A hand of miracles, a hand doing what it loves. Calming a sick child that is in need, Wiping tears from an elderly woman's cheek. The face of this stranger is all aglo...
  9. aide from hell

    As far as I am concerned you did all you could do short of changing her diaper. She is a risk to the rep of all new NA's, to the staffs moral and most importantly the reason we are in the health care field the patients. In this case I would talk to...
  10. I WILL BE A NURSE(even after reading this board)

    God Bless you. When I found this site I was so excited to have a place to share with my sisters, now at times I want nothing to do with this site. I find those on the BB going to nursing school and push and encourage them into this field. I may be...
  11. The Male Nurse

    Some of the most caring, warm hearted nurses I have ever been blessed to work with as a nurse and a CNA were males. I have found in most cases they have the most tender touch and heart. I pray that men will overlook the comments, the sneers the rud...
  12. I wrote the following essay to send to this company offering a scholorship to nursing students. I wrote it the day my dad called me from the hospital saying he had been given three to six months to live. I never sent it in, but it still impacts me e...
  13. starting nursing school in 2 weeks!

    Expect the Unexpected while your in nursing school..Are you married? Do you have a boyfriend? If so let them know that you must dedicate 99% to this. Yes, it leaves only 1% to them, but this is not to be taken lightly. I'm about to enter an essay...
  14. AllnursesWAR.com

    I grew up in the same belief. I have found burned out nurses ditching the profession and it hurts. If you are burned out, don't like the pay get out and let those who love their work and went into it by choice love their work. I was called to nurs...
  15. nursing caps

    I have been a LPN for two years. I proudly wore my cap at graduation, to be the cap has been the ongoing symbol of patient care, however I have seen no one wearing them today. i admit to wearing white scrub pants, always white, and colored shirts b...