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My first job as an LPN was very similar to the above poster- float in Primary Care & urgent care clinic on weekends.I loved it. Our urgent care clinic was an extension of the primary care clinic so...

We put our stickers on a whiteboard, using a small roll of tape to adhere the sticker to the board. The board is mounted child height in the hallway so the child can choose the sticker as he/she...

I'm a Kaplan grad, actually Hamilton College; they changed the name right after I graduated. I agree that the tuition is high, but in my case it was a matter of waiting 2 years working minimum wage...

Actually, I'm the one getting called in. If someone calls in sick, I can expect to get a call because my supervisor knows I usually will work. I agree that there are good parts about being a...

I think you're missing Maalox in that combo. Dixie

I apologize for not updating sooner. My job is everything I hoped it would be & then some. I work with great people, both nurses & providers and, since I work as a float, I get a real variety of...

Several years ago I tried a strange remedy for warts. A friend suggested that I put some milk weed sap on it just before going to bed. I laughed but since the wart was making my thumb odd shaped, I...

I work every other weekend in our Urgent Care clinic, although we call it convenient care. I LOVE it! I see things that I don't usually see during the week in the regular clinic setting & as a LPN, I...

I work for approximately 25 providers as a float nurse. I have gotten quite a bit of experience dealing with different personalities. But I am happy to say that the treatment you receive would not be...

The schools like to tell you that there is a very large shortage of nurses but they neglect to tell you that the shortage is for RNs, not LPNs. If you are set on nursing in a hospital, you'll have a...

"I think people that only have breast cancer, no mets, are the luckiest people in the world." Wow, you might want to put yourself into those individuals' shoes once. Cancer is cancer, whether...

During my LPN training while doing our only rotation at the hospital, 2/3 of my class worked on an oncology floor. They got to experience so much more than we who were assigned to the skilled nursing...

I'm glad to hear that you feel this way. I wanted to be a nurse since I was 4 years old but didn't get the chance for over 50 years. I, too, feel I was born for this. I have been working for just 10...

Thanks for your help. Tomorrow is my last of 4 days that I work with him & it's been an interesting time. Can't say I'd like to work in Gyn all the time but it's been interesting & educational. ...

I work as a float in a large practice that also includes one GYN, no OB. In a couple weeks I will be working with him & one of his regular nurses for 4 days & I have absolutely no experience working...

We actually did have a demonstration. Just before we started clinicals one of the instructors stopped in during class to speak with the instructor, dressed for clinicals. I was shocked at how she...

You probably couldn't pay me enough to work in a hospital or nursing home and I never did. My first and only job so far has been in a clinic. I just don't want to work in those settings. Too much...

Wow, I could have posted this exact same thing just a few months ago. While going through chemo, the same regime as Robin, by the way, my supervisor was so accomadating & so were my fellow nurses....

Don't worry about it. The math questions range from easy addition/subtraction to algebra, some of which can be figured out just by using common sense. They don't expect you to get them all right so...

Sounds stupid, but eat before going to your site. We had one gal who hadn't eaten all day & got light headed & had to sit down. Our instructor was livid when she discovered that she hadn't eaten &...

Hands on, hands on .... The DVDs we watched of the procedures were good for getting the principles but useless unless we actually got to try it ourselves. I can't tell you how many procedures I...

Erika, This is so common. I agree, it's all about stress & also picking up bad habits like snacking while studying or, in my case, knowing I'd be too tired to cook when I got home so fast food...

And so ... physicians don't see patients on the sabbath? Hospitals shut down on Sunday? Urgent care clinics no longer serve patients on Sunday? Get real! Dixie

Try calling the local nursing homes. Often they will offer CNA classes (through the local community college) with the understanding that you will work for them for a period of time. In my area (NE...

I spoke about nurses being knowledgeable, skilled, compassionate, patient, and advocates. I gave examples of nurses I knew in my life who had these attributes, the LPNs who cared for my Mom during...